Here’s a recording of Brion Gysin declaiming his poem “I Am That I Am.” https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rL-jdlTvRkk&app=desktop For those unacquainted with this gent, http://briongysin.com/ offers: BRION GYSIN, ARTIST, TRAVELLER, WRITER AND ALCHEMIST; ONE OF THE UNSUNG ENGLISH PAINTERS OF THE 20TH CENTURY, EXPELLED BY… Continue Reading
As noted on Sabazius’ FB feed, Karl Germer, third O.H.O. of O.T.O., was born January 22, 1885. The website of U.S. Grand Lodge of Ordo Templi Orientis states: Crowley died on December 1, 1947; and in accord with his wishes… 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
Anyone who practices thaumaturgy or theurgy knows how to whip up some shiz (with varying degrees of skill and thus success no doubt) and there are plenty of guides to this sort of activity that have been concocted over the… Continue Reading
71 years ago today, having completed a series of rituals he referred to as the “Babalon Working” to summon an Elemental to be his magical partner, rocket scientist and Thelemite Jack Parsons came home to find Marjorie Cameron waiting for him… Continue Reading
The International Business Times reports on recent breakthroughs in achieving quantum teleportation. Pertinent to our, ahem, interests is the scientific basis for this: “…quantum teleportation relies on ‘entanglement’ — a weird and counter-intuitive phenomenon once famously derided as ‘spooky action… Continue Reading
In case you’ll be in Dublin, Saturday January 21st, Cuchulain Oasis OTO will be hosting a lecture by Dr. Richard Kaczynski, ‘Sex and Sex Magick in the Victorian Age.’ The lecture will be presented at the Teacher’s Club, 36 Parnell Square… Continue Reading
Do what thou wilt shall be the whole of the Law. “Krewe What Thou Wilt” is the official Mardi Gras Krewe of the New Orleans Ordo Templi Orientis body, Alombrados Oasis . Alombrados Oasis is a Thelemic initiatory fraternity located in… Continue Reading
According to the Hell Fire Book Readers’ Club FB thread: “The Book Of Forbidden Knowledge was published in 1951 by the Johnson-Smith Novelty Company (X-Ray Specs and Joy Buzzers, anyone?) The section titled ‘Secrets of Black Magic Revealed’ is actually… Continue Reading
Krewe What Thou Wilt, a project of Alombrados Oasis, is preparing to roll for its third Mardi Gras season in New Orleans’ satirical Krewedelusion parade. If you would like to march with Krewe What Thou Wilt you must pay annual dues… Continue Reading