Dr. David Shoemaker posted on FB: “We’re excited to announce that ThelemaCon 2022 will take place October 14-16, in Raleigh, North Carolina! Presenters will include David Shoemaker, Lon Milo DuQuette, Richard Kaczynski, Harper Feist, Lauren Gardner, and Andrew Ferrell. Details… Continue Reading
A MULTI-VENUE CELEBRATION OF THE 125TH BIRTHDAY OF AMERICA’S – AND HISTORY’S – GREATEST VISIONARY PHOTOGRAPHIC ARTIST. Venues paying homage include The Heritage Museum of Orange County, curated by Annabella Pritchard, The Buckland Museum of Witchcraft and Magick curated… Continue Reading
Farrar, Straus and Giroux recently published Robert Gross’ The Transcendentalists and Their World. This is an examination of the American reaction to the materialism that dominated the rapidly industrializing society of the United States in the early 19th century. Thinkers like… Continue Reading
The Routledge, Taylor & Francis group have announced the 2022 publications of The Routledge Companion to Ecstatic Experience in the Ancient World, edited by Diana Stein, Sarah Kielt Costello, Karen Polinger Foster. The publisher’s posted descriptions says: “For millennia, people… Continue Reading
Occult publishing house Hadean Press just announced their 2022 publication schedule – to wit: January: The Numbers & The Words: English Qaballa and the Book of the Law by Cath Thompson. Standard hardcover and paperback. February: Goetic Evocation by… Continue Reading
Hoodoo. Rootwork. Conjure. Each of these names references a remarkable and distinctly American magical system rooted in West African Congo spirituality. The original spiritual practices of the enslaved Africans were disrupted by American slavery – but not destroyed. Like the… Continue Reading
Last week, Japan Today ran a feature about the opening of Japan’s first Tarot museum. The article begins: “Whether or not you believe in the fortune-telling and self-discovery powers of tarot cards, you have to admit that they can be beautiful… Continue Reading
Last week, Eric Purdue’s translation of Agrippa’s Three Books of Occult Philosophy was published. Ya prolly knew this, but this is one of the foundational works of Western magical theory and practice. The posted description says: “One of the most important… Continue Reading
We’re posted pretty frequently about modern ceremonial magick’s roots in 19th century Spiritualism (originally “Spiritism”) and this practice is still alive an well and gathering celeb believers. The New York Times recently ran a feature on Carissa Schumacher, a modern… Continue Reading
Bitter Winter is running MASSIMO INTROVIGNE’s 9 part series on the origins of the Bavarian Illuminati of which Joe Biden and Hilary Rodman Clinton are the current American overlords of ,right? Hmmm. I think this series would beg to differ. So… Continue Reading