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
Wolfpack23 vol 5 is the latest installment in a series of virtual compilation albums, the proceeds of which go to defray the medical expenses of Genesis Breyer P-Orridge who has been battling cancer for a number of years now. Track… Continue Reading
The the wake of the passing of singer/songwriter Ed Masters, formerly frontman for the proto-punk pub rockers Eddie and the Hot Rods, LouderSound decided to look at how Aleister Crowley helped inspire their evergreen “Do Anything You Wanna Do.” Part… Continue Reading
Into the Mylar Chamber is a recent publication from the UK’s Fulgur publishing house. It’s a look at the work of NYC artistic polymath Ira Cohen a colleague of occult/art icons like Harry Smith and Angus MacLise. The publisher’s site… Continue Reading
The Conversation recently posted an historical essay on Leilah Waddell aka Soror Agatha or Laylah. One excerpt states: “Waddell is often relegated to a character in Crowley’s life. But if we assess her life on its own terms, we see… Continue Reading
Jazz icon John Coltrane was born on September 23. He would have been 93 this year. Gotta love those digits! More seriously, here’s a deep dive article looking at how Coltrane integrated mystic religious practice into his composing and performance… Continue Reading
We’re seeing the sad news on FB that seminal American folklorist and performer John Cohen experienced his Greater Feast yesterday. I haven’t found any obituaries at major new sources yet but the people posting include many of his acquaintances and… Continue Reading
SWANS Leaving Meaning is the band’s fifteenth studio album, the follow up to 2016’s The Glowing Man and due for release by Mute / Young God Records (N America) on 25 October 2019. Leaving Meaning will be released on double… Continue Reading
Earlier this Summer, the Amsterdam University Press published a new anthology called Hermes Explains: Thirty Questions about Western Esotericism edited by Wouter Hanegraaff (Editor), Peter Forshaw (Editor), Marco Pasi (Editor). The description posted online says: “Few fields of academic research… Continue Reading
The second Trans-State Conference will be held September 13 and 14 England’s University of NorthamptonWaterside Campus University Drive Northampton Northamptonshire NN1 5PH . The programme currently stands thusly: Day One: Friday 13th, September 9.00-9.30 Registration & coffee Exhibition & Town Hall… Continue Reading