Author Ian Drummond has posted a 20 pp paper titled “The occult macrohistory of Aleister Crowley” to Academia.edu where it’s available for free download. https://www.academia.edu/3991438/The_occult_macrohistory_of_Aleister_Crowley.
Dr. Richard Kaczynski recently posted to his FB page regarding the publication of a new book of Notocon proceedings: “Fire of Motion,” the proceedings of NOTOCON X (Austin, 2015), will be launched at this year’s NOTOCON in Orlando, FL, on August 11-13… Continue Reading
Simon & Shuster have announced the upcoming publication of Occulture: The Unseen Forces That Drive Culture Forward by Carl Abrahamsson; with a forward by former Blondie bassist Gary “Valentine” Lachman. The publisher’s site states that the book: “Art, magic, and the occult… Continue Reading
Altered States: Sex, Drugs, and Transcendence in the Ludlow-Santo Domingo Library is a new exhibition at Harvard’s Houghton Library that investigates human kind’s search for transcendence via religion, the occult, philosophy, music, endorphins, sex, ecstasy i.e. most of the elements of theurgic… Continue Reading
On Monday, September 18–Tuesday, September 19, Saturday, September 23–Monday, September 25 The Barnes Foundation will host the world premier of “The Wake World.” This production is being directed by R.B. Schlather; music and libretto is by David Hertzberg, based on… Continue Reading
There is currently a petition up at Change.org asking Italy’s Ministry of Cultural Heritage and Activities and Tourism to restore and preserve the Abbey of Thelema in Cefalu. You can sign the petition here: https://www.change.org/p/ministero-dei-beni-e-delle-attivit%C3%A0-culturali-restauriamo-l-abbazia-di-thelema-casa-di-aleister-crowley-in-italia?recruiter=46703682&utm_source=share_petition&utm_medium=facebook&utm_campaign=share_petition&utm_content=nafta_share_post_copy_en_4%3AFB_share_copy_2. thanks to Brother Sacha for… Continue Reading
The BBC is basically the standard in what good TV should be. It shouldn’t be surprising that their new documentary, “The Summer of Love, How Hippies changed the World” would be just as interesting and informative. The surprising part of… Continue Reading
Here’s an interesting little piece I came across regarding the relationship between Baphoment X° and Gerald Gardner, the latter being best known as the instigator of the modern Wiccan Revival. I present it NOT because I agree with all the… Continue Reading
Earlier this year, the organizers of the Trans-State Conference posted videos of some of the presentations from last year’s installment. Alistair Coombs’ presentation was on “Kenneth Grant’s Borderland of Mystic Horror.” It was described as: “Grant’s symbolic and perplexing universe… Continue Reading
Frater S.L.Q., the Treasurer General of Ordo Templi Orientis International Headquarters posted the following announcement to http://www.oto.org/. “Academia Ordo Templi Orientis, in cooperation with the OTO Grand Lodge of Italy, is pleased to announce a conference at Monte Verità in Ascona,… Continue Reading