The Codex Gigas is a mysterious Mediaeval manuscript currentyi housed within the National Library of Sweden in Stockholm. The codex requires two people to lift its 165lbs. It’s been nicknamed the “Devil’s Bible” because of a striking, full page depiction… Continue Reading
Containing a ritual that has become nearly ubiquitous with Crowley’s A:.A:., Hell Fire Club Books has recently released a deluxe edition of Liber Pyramidos sub figura DCLXXI in a printing of fifty boxed sets. Containing a facsimile of an original typescript believed… Continue Reading
David Tibet, a non-initiate member of Ordo Templi Orientis’ International OTO Cabinet, has announced the long awaited release of the second edition of SING OMEGA. SING OMEGA spans 3 decades of art and lyrics from Current 93 and other projects. Printed… Continue Reading
Dating from 1250, the Black Book of Carmarthen is the earliest surviving medieval manuscript written solely in Welsh, and contains some of the earliest references to Arthur and Merlin. The book is a collection of 9th-12th century poetry along both… Continue Reading
According to it’s website: “The New York Public Library has been an essential provider of free books, information, ideas, and education for all New Yorkers for more than 100 years. Founded in 1895, NYPL is the nation’s largest public library… Continue Reading
Dangerousminds.net – our favorite source for entertaining and sometimes informative reportage on subcultural phenomena – just posted an appreciation of Man, Myth and Magic. This was originally a newsstand magazine in the UK, eventually repackaged as a 24 volume encyclopedia… Continue Reading
The new Journal of Thelemic Studies is out, with an issue containing a wealth of essays on the Gnostic Mass from a number of luminaries within O.T.O. and featuring as beautiful cover art a painting of the Gnostic Saints by… Continue Reading
I recently received a copy of The Book of Oberon, a much-awaited release of a sixteenth century magical grimoire from Daniel Harms, Joseph Peterson, and James Clark. My publication of The Offices of Spirits (published in 2011) is actually an extract from this… Continue Reading
Considered an outlaw saga, the Gisla Saga survives in thirty-three manuscripts, first written in the 13th century. It is notable for its psychological treatment of characters and its blatant contradiction of Icelandic family values. Gisli Sursson is considered a man… Continue Reading
The Scottish Rite Research Society (SRRS) has just published two new titles relevant to those interested in the origins and early history of the Scottish Rite. Freemasonry’s Royal Secret: The Jamaican “Francken Manuscript” of the High Degrees by Arturo de… Continue Reading