Sir Christopher Lee celebrated his Great Feast this past Sunday, June 7. He had a LONG and distinguished career in cinema, acting in a prodigious number of films. Though he tackled a fairly diverse variety of roles he is best… Continue Reading
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
Containing a ritual that has become nearly ubiquitous with Crowley’s A:.A:., Hell Fire Club Books has recently released a deluxe edition of Liber Pyramidos sub figura DCLXXI in a printing of fifty boxed sets. Containing a facsimile of an original typescript believed… Continue Reading
On March 13, 2015, Eleusyve Productions released a DVD and on-demand video of its rock opera adaptation of Aleister Crowley’s The Rite of Mars, filmed in Seattle, Washington, during its September 2014 performances. The Rite of Mars is part of… Continue Reading
Eleusyve Productions is releasing their performance of Aleister Crowley’s “The Rite of Mars” this month [visit their FB page here: https://www.facebook.com/eleusyve]. In the third Rite of Eleusis, the armies of Mars gather to make war. Mars rallies his troops and marches off… Continue Reading
In 1981, initiates of the Ordo Templi Orientis began performing Aleister Crowley’s Rites of Eleusis dramas in California. Revived by Lady Chandria and Vandimir McAirt, backyard productions of these mythic dramas became popular and took on a life of their… Continue Reading
At the Cameron-Parsons Foundation, Marjorie “Cameron” (her maiden name) Parsons is described as “A maverick follower of the esoteric mysticism of Aleister Crowley and his philosophical group, the O.T.O. (Ordo Ternpli Orientis), Cameron was also an accomplished painter and draftsman… Continue Reading
Writer/director Sonia Bible has released a new three-minute promo for her still-in-production documentary about Rosaleen Norton (1917-1979). The Witch of Kings Cross is a cinema length documentary set in the occult subculture of 1950’s Sydney, which explores the life of… Continue Reading
from Philip Weaver at http://disinfo.com/2015/01/william-s-burroughs-possessed/#sthash.RjMfZIRP.dpuf Thelema Now! host Frater Puck discusses William S. Burroughs, possession, synchronicities and chaos magick in a new documentary short from Imperium Pictures. Imperium Pictures is currently completing The Gent (a feature starring Genesis P-Orridge, Alex… Continue Reading
Looks like we will get a chance to do the Time Warp again, as Richard O’Brien is Releasing “Shock Treatment”, the sequel to The Rocky Horror Picture Show to the London Stage this spring. The production will be at King’s Head… Continue Reading