Here’s am excerpt from a tasty essay on the poetry of Aleister Crowley by one Heather Schubert. “When I read many of Aleister Crowley’s poems I find myself submerged into decadent tales full of rich scents, sounds and tastes so… Continue Reading
We just stumbled across the OccultPark Tumblr page – which features notable figures in recent occult history as South Park character. Historical characters include Aleister Crowley (link to his page included below), Gerald Gardner, and Marjorie Cameron Parsons Kimmel among… Continue Reading
Line 17 of Aleister Crowley’s “Rights of Man” states: “Man has the right to die when and how he will.” Yet all too often, living wills are ignored by hospital personnel and the right to die with dignity when faced… Continue Reading
vt430m6b03my Weiser Antiquarian Books have just published their 144th catalogue, this one focused on the works of the Prophet of the Lovely Star. Their online blurb sez: “It is a quite varied catalogue, with ordinary second hand books as well… Continue Reading
The Art Newspaper has run an article stating that the recent Los Angeles showing of occult artist Cameron’s work at the Museum of Contemporary Art (MOCA)is coming to New York City. Entitled Cinderella of the Wastelands, the show is put… Continue Reading
New book announcements from Three Hands Press are always attention-grabbing, and this time it’s especially so as the subject of their latest title is Babalon. The anthology A Rose Veiled in Black: Art and Arcana of Our Lady Babalon has… Continue Reading
At its biennial National Ordo Templi Orientis Conference (NOTOCON), U.S. Grand Lodge just launched Neither East Nor West, the fourth volume in its ongoing series of NOTOCON proceedings books. This title contains a selection of papers that were presented at… Continue Reading
Atlasobscura.com recently ran an item about the cottage in New Hampshire where Aleister Crowley ghost-wrote Astrology: Your Place In The Sun and Astrology: Your Place Among The Stars for Evangeline Adams. They report: “The original, and still private, 200-year-old house… Continue Reading
For many of us attending Notocon X, the highlight was the Grandmaster Sabazius’ keynote speech during Saturday night’s banquet. Among other topics it addressed a Thelemic approach to politics, both with regards to the upcoming Presidential election as well as… Continue Reading
Late this passed Spring, BBC Culture asked readers to choose and comment on the works of influential painter Paul Gauguin. Gauguin is of course one of the Phallic Saints included in the list intoned in the fifth Collect of Liber XV,… Continue Reading