Dr. Emily Selove, Senior Lecturer of Medieval Arabic Language and Literature, at the University of Exeter, discusses her Leverhulme-funded research project, “A Sorcerer’s Handbook,” which will create an edition, translation, and literary study of Siraj al-Din al-Sakkaki’s (d. 1229) Arabic… Continue Reading
Here’s a review from earlier this year of a new re-publication of The Hearing Trumpet, a 1974 novel by Leonora Carrington, a potent, underappreciated Surrealist painer, author and mage. If you search this blog you’ll find a buncha stuff on… Continue Reading
Coptic Magical Papyri team leader Korshi Dosoo will be presenting an online talk entitled “Who Used the Magical Papyri?” this Friday (23 April) at 4.30pm EDT (10.30pm CET) as part of the Bryn Mawr College Classics Colloquium. For nearly two… Continue Reading
The Southern California Research Lodge has published the Fraternal Review, a magazine dedicated to Freemason education, for over six decades. The current issue is The Death of Ritual? February 2021. This issue explores the importance of, not only Masonic ritual,… Continue Reading
University of Gothenberg Professor Henrik Bogdan posted on FB: “On June 7-10, 1908, the Congrès Spiritualiste was held in Paris at the Grande Salle du Palais des Sociétés Savantes (8 Rue Danton). Organised by Papus (Gérard Encausse, 1865-1916), the partipants… Continue Reading
Jerusalem Press has published THE STATIC ALIGNMENTS: Austin Osman Spare’s School of Draughtsmanship , an examination of the art of seminal modern magician Austin Osman Spare. For a time, Spare was involved with To Mega Therion and the A.’.A.’., but eventually… Continue Reading
The Witchhassle podcast recently spoke to Brian Johnson, author of Necromancy in the Medici Library: An Edition and Translation of Excerpts from Biblioteca Medicea Laurenziana. https://soundcloud.com/witchhassle/022-brian-johnson. Brian Johnson comes by to talk about his translation of excerpts of manuscript Plut. 89… Continue Reading
The Theosophical Society in America is offering a free webcast Thursday April 8 at 8PM EDST = 7:00PM CDST = 6:00PM MDST = 5:00PM PDST. Keep in mind that almost every major player in late 19th century Western occultism was… Continue Reading
The European Society for the Study of Western Esotericism has released it’s latest newsletter and you can DL a free copy here: https://www.esswe.org/News/10227653. The new issue is helmed by new editor Chloe Sugden, a PhD candidate at the ETH in… Continue Reading
Obviously you’re aware of the descent and touchdown on Mars of the rover Perseverance. You may have noticed the signage on display in the mission’s control center. If not — have a look: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4czjS9h4Fpg. Besides “Mars 2020” there’s logos for… Continue Reading