The Book of Aiwaz
Sean Woodward announced on FB: “A new graphic novel coming in 2023” w this graphic: No other info on FB or elsewhere that I could find on this “Book of Aiwaz.” But the cover art is beautiful and promising.
Books
A Serious History of Prophecy
Nice! A New York Times Book Review article on THE PREMONITIONS BUREAU: A True Account of Death Foretold, by Sam Knight ,a book taking a serious look clairvoyance, prophecy, etc. The article begins: “On Oct. 21, 1966, Lorna Middleton woke… Continue Reading
Scarlet Imprint Announces its 2023 Publication Plans
UK imprint Scarlet imprint just announced it’s publishing plans for the coming year: “Peter Mark Adams’s Hagia Sophia / Sanctum of Kronos is currently open for pre-order and we expect to begin shipping the standard hardbacks and paperbacks in the first week of February.… Continue Reading
Learning To Manage The Voices In Your Head
I’m a little behind in my reading and just came across a New York Times Book Review piece on THE MIND AND THE MOON: My Brother’s Story, the Science of Our Brains, and the Search for Our Psyches, by Daniel Bergner. This… Continue Reading
Recently Published Book on William Blake
This passed Summer, the New York Times Book Review reviewed a new book about Gnostic Catholic saint William Blake, WILLIAM BLAKE VS. THE WORLD By John Higg. An excerpt reads: “Higgs’s Blake is not the tripped-out proto-hippie of some renderings, nor… Continue Reading
What Deep Listening Taught Early Christian Monks
Published by Princeton University Press this past Summer, Kim Haines-Eitzen’s Sonorous Desert: What Deep Listening Taught Early Christian Monks — and What It Can Teach Us strikes me as a book that might be of interest to Thelemites considering the extraordinary mystical… Continue Reading
Occult Currents in Dante’s Inferno
A recent publication by Three Hands Press is UNDERWORLD GNOSIS Occult Currents in Dante’s Inferno by A.D. Mercer. The posted description says: The Inferno of Dante Alighieri, written in the early 1300s, contains some of the most vivid imaginings of Hell and its… Continue Reading
Intimate Relationships with Otherworldly Beings
Being based in the Philly ‘burbs, we’re especially obsessed with the story of erotic martyr Ida Craddock who was raised on Race Street. She was an advocate of sex education, a woman’s right to say no, even to her husband,… Continue Reading
Visions of the Occult: An Untold Story of Art & Magic
Next month will see the publication of Visions of the Occult: An Untold Story of Art & Magic by Victoria Jenkins. The posted description says: “The word ‘occult’ comes from the latin occulus, meaning ‘hidden.’ The underlying assumption is that there is… Continue Reading
New Edition of A∴A∴ Member’s Book The Hieroglyph Coming This Spring
Snuggly Books has announced the Spring 2023 publication of a new edition of the long out-of-print The Hieroglyph by Ethel Archer. The posted description says: The poet Ethel Archer was a long-time associate of the occultist Aleister Crowley and a… Continue Reading