The New York Times recently ran an interview with Melissa Madara, owner of well known NYC occult shop Catland Books and currently “Witch In Residence” at the James New York hotel. An excerpt reads: “A short taxi ride later, I… Continue Reading
Sunday, October 20, is the Feast of Saint Sir Richard Francis Burton. Born March 18, 1821, Sir Richard Francis Burton KCMG FRGS was a British explorer, geographer, translator, writer, soldier, orientalist, cartographer, ethnologist, spy, linguist, poet, fencer, and diplomat. He died in… Continue Reading
Last Summer, the Supreme Grand Council of U.S. Grand Lodge of Ordo Templi Orientis inducted Sister Phyllis Seckler into the honorary Order of The Eagle, after being nominated by Sister Harper Feist (host of the Thelema, NOW!) podcast. Her nominating… Continue Reading
Last month, the New Yorker ran an article on the “self-care” regimes of veteran rapper Common: meditation, visualization, what appears to be astral projection, chakra work. Hmmm. Do a few of these activities sound familiar to you? So, yeah, of… Continue Reading
Here’s a tidbit from Jason Miller’s Magick Monday newsletter: “The psychological Model of Magic held sway for a LONG time. Anything that was not visible and or verifiable by physical experiment belonged to the mind, and so, people thought did… Continue Reading
The world’s largest Ouija board, weighing 4.5 tons and measuring 15.5 feet in length, debuted Friday, October 11, 2019 in Salem, Massachusetts, home of Knights Templar Oasis, O.T.O. According to The Boston Globe, “…the fully-functional board was created by New… Continue Reading
New York City’s Metropolitan Museum of Art is currently hosting “Another World Lies Beyond: Chinese Art and the Divine,” an exhibition of artworks that document China’s various views of the religious and supernatural spanning centuries. The exhibition runs through January… Continue Reading
Thelema, NOW! host Harper Feist talks to Jon Povey & Marco Conti, the minds behind the album Sympathy For The Beast: Songs From the Poems of Aleister Crowley. This album is from Twink & the Technicolour Dream, being released by the… Continue Reading
The Hunter’s Moon is the full moon following the Harvest Moon and the one closest to the autumnal equinox. The moon gets its name because it occurs at the time of the year when the leaves have fallen and time… Continue Reading
Saturday, October 19, 2019 at 3:30 PM – 5 PM, Star Sapphire Lodge – OTO will be hosting “The Magical Legacy of Phyllis Seckler,” a lecture by Sister Catherine Berry on Phyllis Seckler. It’ll take place at 3212 Honolulu Ave, La Crescenta-Montrose… Continue Reading