[Adonai!] Haaret, one of Israel’s major daily newspapers commemorated the 99th birthday, yesterday, of Francis Israel Regardie, noted occultist, erstwhile personal secretary to The Great Beast with an extended and non-sensationalistic biographical piece. Besides his connection with Crowley, Regardie became… Continue Reading
NOTOCON XI, the 11th Biennial National O.T.O. Conference will be held August 11-13, 2017 in Orlando, Florida, hosted by Hidden Spring Oasis, Swirling Star Lodge, and Serpent & Lion Camp. The list of presentations is now available: 11 KEYS TO… Continue Reading
Robert Flores recently posted a description of how Crowley would quickly derive a hexagram utilizing just 6 sticks which is a method he developed. This was published in the OTO newsletter Vol. III no. 9 (Summer/August) – 1979 e.v. “Given by… Continue Reading
As pointed out by Richard Kaczynski on his FB feed, Harvard University’s student paper the Crimson posted an article about Halloween-appropriate holdings in their library. These would include: “Moving away from fiction and into reality, the library owns some oddly… Continue Reading
Last month, the New York Times Book Review interview noted author and unrepentant occultist Alan Moore who recently published the epic novel. Most of the interview is about the novel, things, notably books, that influenced it and Moore. In the… Continue Reading
Noted academic and author, Henrik Bogdan just uploaded a paper to Academia.edu – available for free download! It’s titled “Envisioning the Birth of a New Aeon Dispensationalism and Millenarianism in the Thelemic Tradition” https://www.academia.edu/1879766/Envisioning_the_Birth_of_a_New_Aeon_Dispensationalism_and_Millenarianism_in_the_Thelemic_Tradition
Last month, AtlasObscura posted an article documenting six sites when the Prophet of the Lovely Star abode for significant periods of time. That’s kinda cool even if their presentation is predictably snarky and rife with ridiculous inaccuracies and distortions, yes?… Continue Reading
Here’s a link to a lecture and slide presentation given by Azi Rasa of Pyramid Lodge on Thelema and the Yezidi “Devil Worshippers”, given at Blazing Star Oasis O.T.O. in the Valley of Oakland, CA on 8/27/2016, e.v. In this… Continue Reading
The current (September 2016) issue of MIT’s Performing Arts Journal (PAJ) includes the article “A Disturbing Mix of Religion and Politics: Aleister Crowley’s The Savior” by Edmund B. Lingan, Chair and Associate Professor in the Department of Theatre and Film… Continue Reading
A tasty collection of occult books previously owned by Frank and Gail Zappa–mostly from the 1960s and 1970s–is coming up for auction at Julien’s Auctions on November 4, 2016. Rarities in this lot include a first edition of Aleister Crowley’s… Continue Reading