Late last week, 22 royal mummies were transported in a grand procession from the venerable Cairo Museum to the new National Museum of Egyptian Civilization. I’ll bet the reincarnation Ankh f n Khonsu who first appeared in 1875 would have love… Continue Reading
Thelema, NOW! has posted it’s latest episode. Zemaemidjehuty speaks to TN! host, Harper about his book, Book of Flesh and Feather. Zemaemidjehuty (Zemmi) is a poet-priest and theurgist in service to the Great God Djehuty. The founder of the Church of Flesh and… Continue Reading
Asharq Al Aswat (among many other outlets) ran a story about archaeological finds in Egypt pertaining to a Christian Monastic community in the 5th century. Just for context sake I’ll point out that this is the same century when the… Continue Reading
A goodly number of theorists hold that the tarot started as a deck of playing cards (I’ve got a friend in New Orleans who theorizes that the original cards and game referred to the activities of mediaeval ruling classes, gaining… Continue Reading
The New York Times Book Review ran a review of A World Beneath The Sands by Toby Wilkinson which recounts the “golden age of Egyptian archaeology” that occurred in the 19th century. This was a time, frankly of pillage, exploitation… Continue Reading
Frontiers in Medecine recently published a piece by Zahi Hawass and Sahar Saleem regarding the finding of a recent tomographic investigation of the embalmed remains of Pharaoh Seqenenre-Taa-II, who was likely captured in battle, tortured and ritually executed by a… Continue Reading
A number of outlets including the Guardian recently published accounts of recent discoveries in the necropolis of Saqqara in Egypt, near the pyramid of King Teti. The article begins: “Egypt has announced the discovery of a new trove of treasures… Continue Reading
An obsession with what was being discovered about Pharaonic Egypt’s religion, monumental architecture, funerary practices and magick was endemic to British culture in the early 20th century and an obvious influence on the Prophet of the Lovely Star in embellishing… Continue Reading
Netflix recently released a new film Secrets of the Saqqara Tomb, a documentary about recent discoveries at Saqqara, site of an ancient necropolis dating to Egypt’s Pharaonic period which boasts the Stepped Pyramid, Red Pyramid and Bent Pyramid – the… Continue Reading
MagicalEgypt.com is getting ready to roll out Season 3 of it’s online lecture series. The site states: “The Talmud states: Ten measures of Magic (keshafim) were given to the world; Egypt received nine while the rest of the world received one.” “Magic… Continue Reading