Here’s a open-access article posted a little over a year ago – but a humdinger, renowned occult author Manon Hedenborg White’s “Proximal Authority: The Changing Role of Leah Hirsig in Aleister Crowley’s Thelema, 1919–1930.” Hedenborg White explores ‘proximal authority’, or… Continue Reading
The following PhD thesis has just become available to download via EThOS, the UK’s national thesis service. You must register for access. Title: In search of Frieda Harris Author: Whitehouse, Deja Date of Award: 23 Jan 2020 Awarding Institution: The University of… Continue Reading
The Palgrave Studies in New Religions and Alternative Spiritualities is finally publishing the collection Essays on Women in Western Esotericism: Beyond Seeresses and Sea Priestesses, edited by noted occult author Amy Hale. The posted decription says: “This book is the… Continue Reading
“The Museo Novecento, in collaboration with the Monte Verità Foundation (Ascona Canton Ticino), presents the exhibition “Monte Verità. Back to nature“, dedicated to the famous hill of utopia, to its founders and illustrious guests who saw in its spaces suspended in time a… 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
Richard Kaczynski posted this on his FB page: SISTER LUCILE HILL, 0=0 IN THE GOLDEN DAWN? I’m grateful that the Spanish translation of gave me the opportunity to correct an error in the English edition, where Crowley’s opera-singing fiancée in… Continue Reading
50 years + 1 day ago, Ordo Templi Orientis’ name and insignia were officially registered in the State of California. Frater Orpheus posted a pic of the doc!
Here’s an excerpt from Tobias Churton’s Aleister Crowley in England, a biographical work looking at the final period of his life. Churton has previously authored books about Crowley’s time in India, Germany and the United States as well as a… Continue Reading
A little while back, U.S. Grand Lodge of Ordo Templi Orientis soft-launched its own YouTube channel at https://www.youtube.com/c/OrdoTempliOrientisUSA. The channel started with introductions to O.T.O. and Thelema as well as playlists of related video content. Over time, the channel has… Continue Reading
Yesterday saw the publication of a new edition of Peter Albano’s Elucidation of Necromancy (Lucidarium artis Nigromantice) , translated, notated and commented upon by Joseph Peterson. The posted description says: Since it first appeared over 500 years ago, the Elucidation of Necromancy… Continue Reading