8 Jan. [1920] ♃. Hexagram LI. Startling movements. I suppose I’d better go to Fontainebleau. No: I ran around Paris, and walked into Laperouse for lunch to find Beadle and Willy! Packed and paid. Marlotte-tomorrow. — The Magical Record of… Continue Reading
Here’s a fascinating essay by noted Thelemic author Rodney Orpheus posted at the official website of Ordo Templi Orientis Eire in 2013 on On Thelemic Orthodoxy that I’d not come across before. ENJOY! http://oto-ie.org/articles-2/on-thelemic-orthodoxy/
It’s well known that famed British author W. Somerset Maugham based the highly dubious character of “Oliver Haddo,” in 1908 novel The Magician on Aleister Crowley, with whom he had some acquaintance, both being members of the expatriate artists community… Continue Reading
The NOTOCon committee has added a special event to proceedings requiring separate registration. They say: “As promised, we have opened registration for a separate event the Thursday before NOTOCON, to visit the the Harry Ransom Center to view selected items… Continue Reading
On June 12, Christie’s in NYC will be auctioning Aleister Crowley’s personal copy of The Works. Foyers: Ballantyne, Hanson and Co for the Society for the Propagation of Religious Truth, 1905-07. Christie’s site gives this description: Three volumes, 8° (194… Continue Reading
Last Saturday’s OTO In North America Centennial Conference in Vancouver followed a day of amazing lecturers by some of the world’s most respected Thelemic scholars with a celebratory dinner catered by The Granville Island Hotel, Granville Island, BC (where the conference was held).… Continue Reading
This passed Saturday May 16th, 2015 e.v. was the occasion of the O.T.O. IN NORTH AMERICA CENTENNIAL CONFERENCE, held in Vancouver. The day’s program included a full slate of lectures, opening and closing remarks by Frater Iskander of OTO Canada as well… Continue Reading
Continuing the exploration of September 1930, Lisbon: Aleister Crowley’s lost diary of his Portuguese trip, we read: “Wed[nesday] [September] 3 [1930]. Moved to Hotel de Paris Estoril 17 m[etres] on sea. A perfect plage: French, but dignified. The climate seems… Continue Reading
In September 1930, Lisbon: Aleister Crowley’s lost diary of his Portuguese trip, we read: “Tues[day] 2. 3.45. Pessoa met us: a very nice man. Hotel de l’Europe. Lisbon, to judge by the noise, is a Greater London. Like a boiler… Continue Reading
The Magical Record of the Beast 666: The Diaries of Aleister Crowley, 1914-1920 documents some of the prophet’s work with sexual operations in magick. However, like any good magical diary, the book also includes some of the food consumed during… Continue Reading