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
Yesterday’s Sunday New York Times ran a piece on a shop in Brooklyn that specializes in selling the “nazar,” a traditional Middle Eastern amulet that gives protection against the baleful influence of the Evil Eye. The article notes: “The amulets… Continue Reading
On the public OTO website, we have a link to Initiation, which discusses the various degree titles and provides a 30,000 foot view of some of the things that happen as we go through initiations within the Order. There are three “Triads”… Continue Reading
Video of Richard Kaczynski, Ph.D.’s keynote address from the September 2016 Trans- States conference has now been posted. The address was titled “Transmutation and Transmission of a New Iconography in the Thoth Tarot.” On his FB feed Dr. Kaczysnki described… Continue Reading
Many years ago I was working with a certain teacher within the A∴A∴ who asked that I provide them a list of the ten books which most influenced my life… and this little gem made the list. For those… Continue Reading
Break.com has posted an article about the rivalry between Alan Moore and Grant Morrison. Their professional work and magical practices are both discussed. So if you need a primer on all this, here ya go: http://www.break.com/article/alan-moore-and-grant-morrison-occult-war-for-25-years-3080666
Here’s an update about Iceland’s Witchcraft Museum from the always fascinating Atlas Obscura. We wrote about this place originally in 2015. This piece discusses the challenges of maintaining the museum these past few years, as well as detailing its holdings… Continue Reading
(A poem. Sorta.) Nobody talks about it much. At least, if they do, not to me. But it’s weird… being dead. The floor is cold and hard beneath my bare feet. I’m standing, propped up by a spear of some… Continue Reading