March 10, 1582 EV, Gnostic saints Dr. John Dee and rogue Edward Kelley conducted their first scrying session at Dee’s home at Mortlake, in Surrey. Encyclopedia.com’s skeptical account of the events immediately preceding and then following for a number of… Continue Reading
Llewellyn Worldwide has announced the publication of The Complete Mystical Records of Dr. John Dee this coming September. Title says it all, no? The publisher’s site sez: A lavishly packaged, two-volume box set containing the most faithful and accurate versions of… Continue Reading
The Irish Museum of Modern Art in Dublin is is presenting a major international exhibition that looks at the role of spirituality in visual art from April 13 to August 27. In particular, it considers the role played by certain… Continue Reading
Based in Ireland, Bornless is a new project exploring spoken-word performances of Thelemic texts and minimalist ambient music. Give a listen here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yk1LW3p6GyY This outfit’s first piece is an intense, brooding, and female-fronted rendering of Aleister Crowley’s “Hymn To Pan,” which… Continue Reading
Frater Ashen Chassan has been interview about his current work and newest title, “Gateways Through Light and Shadow” with Alexander Eth on the GLITCH BOTTLE podcast. https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=fWb73O-vylE The YouTube page notes: Frater Ashen Chassan is an author, practicing occultist, and… Continue Reading
Wow, Frater Ararita 418 of William Blake Lodge in Baltimore is on fire lately! Check out this post on Lent, the HGA and the Calcination of Failure! And then scope out his other recent posts. He and I have been… Continue Reading
The January/February issue of Relix Magazine closed with a full page interview with Tool frontman Maynard James Keenan, promoting his recently published biography A Perfect Union of Contrary Things as mentioned on this blog. Among other things it touches on… Continue Reading
The Alchemical Great Work is a process that reduces a given thing to its constituent parts, purifies them, and then brings them back together to create “The Philosopher’s Stone.” While this is a grossly oversimplified explanation of a topic that… Continue Reading
NPR recently did a news story about an updated translation into English of the entirety of the Zohar finally nearing completion. Commissioned by Margot Pritzker, who’s family owns the Hyatt Hotel empire, the translation has been the ongoing work of Berkeley… Continue Reading
Various news outlets have reported that witches the worldover (not EVERY witch out there per se, but from all over) have determined to cast binding spells en masse at Donald Trump. This working is to take place the night of… Continue Reading