An obsession with what was being discovered about Pharaonic Egypt’s religion, monumental architecture, funerary practices and magick was endemic to British culture in the early 20th century and an obvious influence on the Prophet of the Lovely Star in embellishing… Continue Reading
Do what thou wilt shall be the whole of the Law What it was like to be a direct student of Aleister Crowley’s is a question often answered negatively. After all, the man has a reputation of being cruel… Continue Reading
Released last month, S. Elizabeth’s The Art of the Occult is subtitled: A Visual Sourcebook for the Modern Mystic . The posted description states: “Mystical beliefs and practices have existed for millennia, but why do we still chase the esoteric? From the… Continue Reading
UK publishing house Fulgur Press has now opened pre-orders for various editions of The Tarot of Leonora Carrington by Susan Aberth and Tere Arcq included the Star Edition. To wit: STAR EDITION – Limited to 87 copies for sale in crushed white… Continue Reading
The UK’s Fulgur Press has opened pre-orders for The Tarot of Leonora Carrington. The publisher’s site states: “The British-born artist Leonora Carrington (1917–2011) is one of the more fascinating figures to emerge from the Surrealist movement. As both a writer… Continue Reading
Do what thou wilt shall be the whole of the Law The November 9th, 1910 edition of “The Bystander” ran an editorial entitled “The RITES (or Wrongs?) of ELEUSIS” which included an image of Crowley as the “Guardian of the… Continue Reading
In Magic: A History: From Alchemy to Witchcraft, from the Ice Age to the Present Oxford professor of archaeology Chris Gosden explores the history of magic―an ancient and currently often overlooked aspect of human behavior and its present day resurgence. I learned about… Continue Reading
Do what thou wilt shall be the whole of the Law “The Elusive Rites of Eleusis” This article was published in the 1910, October 26th edition of The Sketch. The author recants his experience of the Rite of Saturn, lamenting… Continue Reading
Do what thou wilt shall be the whole of the Law This is a brief overview of three articles published in October of 1910 which included many of the photos we all familiar with from the Rites of Eleusis. The… Continue Reading
Do what thou wilt shall be the whole of the Law A few friends have recently commented that they would like to see some of the articles which were published regarding the Rites of Eleusis performed in Caxton Hall in… Continue Reading