Sir James George Frazer was born 164 years ago today in 1854. Frazer was a social anthropologist best known for his seminal study of mythology and comparative religions throughout Europe The Golden Bough. This book documented and pointed out similarities in… Continue Reading
418 Lodge, OTO,, presents the Eleusinian Rite of Saturn, at the Wilkerson Theater in midtown Sacramento on December 30th, 2017 show starts at 7:30 PM. Tickets can be purchased in advance for $20 via PayPal (send to treasurer@418lodge.org) or for… Continue Reading
Frater Orpheus noted that the Supreme and Holy King of OTO USA posted an image of a Xmas postcard sent by Aleister Crowley and Victor Neuburg to C.F. Fuller from Bou-Saada, Algeria. He notes: “This card was likely sent on… Continue Reading
Seattle’s Eleusyve Productions are currently running an IndieGoGo campaign to stage a production of “The Rite of Saturn,” one of Aleister Crowley’s Rites of Eleusis. They have been producing these multi media plays for a number of years and “Saturn” will… Continue Reading
The Eloquent Blood: The Goddess Babalon and the Construction of Femininities in Western Esotericism is a recently published study by Manon Hedenborg White of the Thelemic deity Babalon, a monograph comprising her doctoral thesis. It was recently published by Uppsala… Continue Reading
“Do What Thou Wilt – The Search for Meaning in Stein” 24.Nov.2017 – 18.March.2018 Appenzeller Volkskunde Museum, Stein, CH In the archive of the Swiss Canton Library in Appenzell Ausserrhoden can be found the “Collectio Magica et Occulta”, a collection… Continue Reading
The next Advanced Initiator Training events is scheduled for December 9-10 and will be held in Dallas TX hosted by Bubastis Oasis. Registration is open NOW: http://ait.oto-usa.org/registration Advanced Initiation Training offers educational resources and training workshops to active, chartered initiators,… Continue Reading
This is a recording of “Swinburne Stomp” from The Fugs first album, aka “The Village Fugs.” The Fugs were a collective of poets, musicians, political rabble rousers and what have you operated out of New York’s East Village when that… Continue Reading
Dr. Richard Kaczynski reports that there’s a new, 240pp exhibition catalogue of the works by Canadian painter J. W. Morrice, a companion of Aleister Crowley’s from their Chat Blanc days in Paris ca 1902 recently published by National Gallery of… Continue Reading
The L.A. Review of Books just published a review of Douglas Rushkoff’s Aleister & Adolf a fictional work done in collaboration with illustrator Michael Avon Oeming. In part, the review states: “With the impact of real history and the possibility of what… Continue Reading