According to Tau Polyphilus, today is the Feast of the Dragon, which can be celebrated with a ritual including three officers: the Magister Templi, the Virgin, and the Bull. To celebrate this feast, we provide you a link to the… Continue Reading
Yesterday, October 25, was the Feast of Doctor Gérard Encausse, and of Sir Karl Johannes Germer, both Gnostic Saints. According to the Invisible Basilica website, “Gérard Encausse, usually known by his pseudonym ‘Papus,’ was a Spanish-born French physician, hypnotist, and… Continue Reading
Today is the Feast of Sir Karl Johannes Germer, and of Doctor Gérard Encausse, both Gnostic Saints. Aleister Crowley designated Karl Germer as his successor as Outer Head of the Order; Germer took office upon Crowley’s death in 1947, serving… Continue Reading
Gnostic Saint Sir Richard Francis Burton died of a heart attack 127 years ago today, October 20, in Trieste. According to The Invisible Basilica of Sabazius, Burton was an “English explorer, orientalist, scholar, linguist, sexologist, mystic and spy. He was… Continue Reading
Anglo-Irish writer Jonathan Swift died 272 years ago today. Swift is remembered for works such as A Tale of a Tub (1704), An Argument Against Abolishing Christianity (1712), Gulliver’s Travels (1726), and A Modest Proposal (1729). Encyclopædia Britannica refers to him… Continue Reading
Born Elizabeth Virginia Wallace February 13, 1885, in Independence, Missouri, Bess Truman passed from her mortal coil 35 years ago today. She served as First Lady of the United States from 1945 to 1953. The Truman Library website tells us:… Continue Reading
Seven hundred and ten years ago today, Friday, 13 October 1307, King Philip IV ordered the arrest of Jacques de Molay and scores of other French Knights Templar. The arrest warrant claimed that during Templar admissions ceremonies, recruits spat on… Continue Reading
Today is Crowleymas, the official unofficial celebration of Aleister Crowley’s birthday. Born 142 years ago today to a wealthy Plymouth Brethren family in Royal Leamington Spa, Warwickshire, Edward Alexander Crowley is known to some as the “wickedest man in the… Continue Reading
173 years ago today, Henry John Heinz was born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, the son of German immigrants. He founded the H.J. Heinz company in his birth city, producing more than 60 products. Probably the best known Heinz products is tomato… Continue Reading
In a creative use of what would otherwise be waste, Sam Chereskin and Whit Rigali use excess bread, bagels and cakes to make vodka. NPR explains, “The pair launched Misadventure Vodka this past summer with the dual goals of producing that vodka… Continue Reading