British guitarist George Hoyle, recording as “Cunning Folk” has released a new album, A Casual Invocation that features a lengthy psych-folk piece titled “Pan To Artemis” that incorporates a Crowley poem. Give a listen: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rIfaAVoPvaw&feature=youtu.be. Here’s an excerpt from an… Continue Reading
Do what thou wilt shall be the whole of the Law What it was like to be a direct student of Aleister Crowley’s is a question often answered negatively. After all, the man has a reputation of being cruel… Continue Reading
Every individual has a right to their own political views including the editors and contributors to Right Wing publications and organizations: Daily Mail: “Plans to turn the former home of the ‘wickedest man in the world’ Aleister Crowley into holiday… Continue Reading
Do what thou wilt shall be the whole of the Law The November 9th, 1910 edition of “The Bystander” ran an editorial entitled “The RITES (or Wrongs?) of ELEUSIS” which included an image of Crowley as the “Guardian of the… Continue Reading
Do what thou wilt shall be the whole of the Law “The Elusive Rites of Eleusis” This article was published in the 1910, October 26th edition of The Sketch. The author recants his experience of the Rite of Saturn, lamenting… Continue Reading
Do what thou wilt shall be the whole of the Law This is a brief overview of three articles published in October of 1910 which included many of the photos we all familiar with from the Rites of Eleusis. The… Continue Reading
Do what thou wilt shall be the whole of the Law A few friends have recently commented that they would like to see some of the articles which were published regarding the Rites of Eleusis performed in Caxton Hall in… Continue Reading
Tau Polyphilus, a long tenured Bishop of the Eccelsia Gnostica Catholica has published a new book A Bisho’s Advice. His own description of its contents is as follows: “This new book offers practical advice regarding the production of the Gnostic… Continue Reading
I don’t have to tell Crowleyphiles that Aleister loved Islamic/Arabic culture. He honeymooned in Cairo (where he received Liber XXXI). He extolled its “masculine” values, adopted Arabic dress on occasion, had a number of intimacies with Arabic men and adopted… Continue Reading
We already have written about the recently release compilation of B-Sides of the records chosen by EGC Bishop Harry Smith for his epochal Anthology of American Folk Music. The media coverage has been interesting, largely focusing on the curators’ decision… Continue Reading