Outside of Aleister Crowley’s more distinguishable appearance as a Mr. Clean doppelganger on albums such as Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band, he is also often found in his guise as “The Silent Watcher,” wearing a robe of the A..A.’.… Continue Reading
According to Ordo Templi Orientis’ U.S. Grand Lodge website: “Aleister Crowley wrote Liber XV in 1913 in Moscow, the year after his appointment by Theodor Reuss as the X° Head of the British Section of O.T.O. According to W. B.… Continue Reading
Vice.com just posted a new essay on Jack Parsons by George Pendle, author of “Strange Angel” a full length biography of Parsons which you can read here: http://motherboard.vice.com/read/the-last-of-the-magicians?trk_source=homepage-lede And let us not forget that Ridley Scott is working on a… Continue Reading
For those who wish to avoid the opprobrium of being, literally, an “arm chair magician” without indulging in the sports of the profane, we offer the pastime of the “Game of Thelema.” The rules of play were originally outlined by… Continue Reading
Last week, we reported that Doctor Richard Kaczynski had inaugurated a “Thoth Sightings” webpage which you can find here: http://www.richard-kaczynski.com/index.php/home/academia/thoth-sightings/ On the site he explains: “This page is a real-time version of the Thoth sightings appendix from my paper “The Crowley-HarrisThoth… Continue Reading
Doctor Richard Kaczynski has inaugurated a “Thoth Sightings” webpage. He explains his motivation: “Have you ever seen Vincent Price mugging behind a mural of the Thoth Tarot’s Ace of Cups while Bill Bixby translates the Necronomicon? “Have you ever seen… Continue Reading
During his lifetime, Aleister Crowley was depicted by the tabloid press as the “Wickedest Man In the World,” a notoriety he took wry pride in and slyly cultivated for its publicity value (not unlike Disney child-stars releasing provocative music videos… Continue Reading
Earlier this year Ordo Templi Orientis International Headquarters’ news page reported on the completion of the restoration of the original paintings for the cares in Thoth Tarot deck: “O.T.O. had known for many years that the original Thoth Tarot paintings,… Continue Reading
Once you’ve checked out BBC Radio 4’s adaptation ofTerry Pratchett and Neil Gaiman‘s “Good Omens” you can tune into the latest episode of “42 Minutes,” where The Sync Book crew interview Doctor Richard Kaczynski about his biography”Perdurabo: The Life of… Continue Reading
DangerousMinds.net has posted Aleister Crowley’s recipe for “Riz Aleister Crowley” an exceptionally hot curry he made on a mountaineering expedition. http://dangerousminds.net/comments/aleister_crowleys_curried_rice_recipe From “Confessions” “The weather made it impossible to do any serious climbing; but I learnt a great deal about… Continue Reading