Smithsonian reports: “…a device built by a team in Spain and the U.K. can levitate and manipulate small objects in air, and possibly in water and human tissue, using high-frequency sound waves. The technology holds promise in a variety of… Continue Reading
The oft thought-provoking ultraculture.org blog (I know Genesis Breyer P-Orridge is a longtime fan!) has posted a link to video featuring British comic genius John Cleese discussing the means for reaching an altered state of consciousness. He recommends it to… Continue Reading
In news relevant to the Halloween season, Atlas Obscura reports: “A surprisingly large number of academic studies—as in, more than one—have applied mathematical modeling to the concept of human-vampire co-existence. Using the depiction of bloodsuckers in various forms of media,… Continue Reading
According to Culture24, treasured books from the lost Library of Tudor polymath John Dee will part of a special exhibition at the Royal College of Physicians Museum in January 2016. “Among the curiosities are Dee’s astrological textbooks; he was once… Continue Reading
Soror Hypatia came across this essay on modern porn vs. the Sex Magick theory and practice established by the Prophet of the Lovely Star. Not surprisingly, the author gets alot of things wrong, but proposes some offers some interesting parallels… Continue Reading
Three Hands Press has announced the November publication of Effigy: Of Graven Image and Holy Idol by author Martin Duffy and illustrator Raven Ebner. Effigy is described on the publisher’s site thusly: “From ancient times to the present, humanity has wielded a… Continue Reading
Examiner.com posted a lengthy account of “Cinderella of the Wasteland” – a group discussion of the life and work of Marjorie Cameron Parsons Kimmel by her friends and other associates. They discussed her marriage to rocket scientist/magician Jack Parsons, her… Continue Reading
The call for papers for Psychoanalysis, Art & the Occult at the Freud Museum, London is officially going out: Vanessa Sinclair and Carl Abrahamsson present: Psychoanalysis, Art & the Occult: A Multi-disciplinary Conference 30 April – 1 May, 2016 at… Continue Reading
On October 1, Wordsworth released a revised and expanded second edition of Aleister Crowley’s collected fiction, The Drug & Other Stories. In addition to nearly twenty previously unpublished and thirty-odd published works in the original, this new edition adds several… Continue Reading
“Cameron: Cinderella of the Wastelands” is an exhibit of the art of Marjorie Cameron Parson Kimmel mounted at the two Jeffrey Deitch galleries in NYC running thru October 17, 2015. These are the same pieces displayed at MOCA in Los… Continue Reading