Atlas Obscura recently posted a nifty little piece on one of the holdings of the Knights Templar and also their surprising fate in Portugal which included becoming the Order of Christ and holding on to this lovely castle I wonder… Continue Reading
Appropos of nothing, here’s an extensive oral history one of my favorite pieces of meta-thaumaturgy (second only to the transformation of United States effected by EGC Bishop Harry Smith via his talisman titled The Anthology of American Folk Music), the… Continue Reading
On this day in 1671, Isaac Newton was elected a member of England’s Royal Society, of which he became president some 32 years later. While he’s come to be considered one of the fathers or at least popularizers of a… Continue Reading
Separation of church and state in the United States of America, as established in the First Amendment of this country’s Constitution, is one of the political principles most cherished by the Satanic Temple, those exemplars of vivid political theater. A… Continue Reading
NOTOCON XI, the 11th Biennial National O.T.O. Conference will be held August 11-13, 2017 in Orlando, Florida, hosted by Hidden Spring Oasis, Swirling Star Lodge, and Serpent & Lion Camp. The list of presentations is now available: 11 KEYS TO… Continue Reading
The paperback version of the Handbook of Freemasonry, which was co-edited by Henrik Bogdan (University of Gothenburg) and Jan A.M. Snoek (prof. em. University of Heidelberg), is now available for preorder from Brill Academic Publishers! It’s still expensive at €75,00,… Continue Reading
At the end of the Summer, The New York Times Book Review ran a review of Anthony Gottlieb’s “The Dream of Enlightenment” an examination of the work of the philosophers that ushered in and oversaw the Age of Reason, a… Continue Reading
Recently, a member of Black Sun Lodge, OTO, in the Valley of Cleveland posted a picture of an “Adopt A Highway” sign crediting “Black Sun Lodge, Ordo Templi Orientis” as caring for a stretch of road in Ohio. We got… Continue Reading
The current (September 2016) issue of MIT’s Performing Arts Journal (PAJ) includes the article “A Disturbing Mix of Religion and Politics: Aleister Crowley’s The Savior” by Edmund B. Lingan, Chair and Associate Professor in the Department of Theatre and Film… Continue Reading
The cottage was discovered near Lower Black Moss reservoir in the village of Barley, in the shadow of Pendle Hill. Archaeologists brought in by United Utilities to survey the area found the building under a grass mound. Historians are now… Continue Reading