The New York Times Book Review recently published a review on The Bad Ass Librarians of Tibuktu, a book documenting the courageous work being done in sub-Saharan Africa to protect a mind-blowingly rich literary legacy not to mention one of… Continue Reading
The name Timothy Leary is likely familiar to most modern day spiritual seekers. His Wikipedia pages states, in part:? “Timothy Francis Leary (October 22, 1920 – May 31, 1996) was an American psychologist and writer known for advocating the exploration… Continue Reading
Noted occult Aaron Leitch recently posted his thoughts on Chaos Magick. These appear below. These views do not necessarily reflect those of the curators of this blog and sure as hell don’t represent the official views of O.T.O. on such… Continue Reading
A Thelema, NOW! fav is BACK! None other than Genesis Breyer P-Orridge. Genesis talks to Frater Puck about what s/he’s been up to lately! And Genesis has been busy. The main topic is the Rubin Museum “Try To Altar Everything” exhibition. But… Continue Reading
BBC.com has posted a feature about the use of body parts from albinos in various magical potions, talismans and such. When this means hair, nail clippings, etc. this is harmless enough, but reputedly this extends to actual body parts, viscera… Continue Reading
Here’s a 44 minute long talk by noted author Stephen Skinner given at Watkins Books in London. The YouTube page it’s posted at says: “This talk is about the earliest complete records of real magical techniques in existence – the… Continue Reading
In commemoration of the birthday of the late Kenneth Grant’s birthday, WhollyBooks is making this article on the Typhonian Order founder available for ONE DAY ONLY. The article first appeared in New Dawn, No.156, May-June 2016. Access it here: https://whollybooks.wordpress.com/2016/05/23/typhon-rising-kenneth-grant/ and here’s… Continue Reading
Yesterday, O=II announced the first performance of the Gnostic Mass in Japan. We have since got notification from the FSR of Japan that they’re FB posting was in error. The Mass will be in June, not July. Also, we were… Continue Reading
Lost Envoy is a new book edited by artist Jonathan Allen, which brings into public view the recently discovered hand-painted tarot cards by English artist and mystic Austin Osman Spare. It’s available directly from the publisher Strange Attractor press and in… Continue Reading
There’s a handy compilation of surviving movie scenes in which Jane Wolfe (Soror Estai) appears posted on Youtube. Although she acted in over 100 films, most of these do not survive. Wikipedia states: “Jane Wolfe (March 21, 1875 – March… Continue Reading