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Occult History
Aleister Crowley in India The Secret Influence of Eastern Mysticism on Magic and the Occult
Inner Traditions is announcing the publication of Tobias Churston’s Aleister Crowley in India: The Secret Influence of Eastern Mysticism on Magic and the Occult this December. The publisher’s press release states: Early in life, Aleister Crowley’s dissociation from fundamentalist Christianity… Continue Reading
Hadean Press Opens pre-Orders for Opuscula Cypriani
The U.K.s Hadean Press has announced that they’re they’ve opened pre-orders for Opuscula Cypriani: Variations on the Book of St. Cyprian and Related Literature. The publisher’s site says: “Presented as a sequel to his first work, The Book of St. Cyprian:… Continue Reading
The Feast of Saint Sir Richard Francis Burton
Sunday, October 20, is the Feast of Saint Sir Richard Francis Burton. Born March 18, 1821, Sir Richard Francis Burton KCMG FRGS was a British explorer, geographer, translator, writer, soldier, orientalist, cartographer, ethnologist, spy, linguist, poet, fencer, and diplomat. He died in… Continue Reading
Order of the Eagle Essay For Soror Meral
Last Summer, the Supreme Grand Council of U.S. Grand Lodge of Ordo Templi Orientis inducted Sister Phyllis Seckler into the honorary Order of The Eagle, after being nominated by Sister Harper Feist (host of the Thelema, NOW!) podcast. Her nominating… Continue Reading
The Feast of Dame Ida Craddock
Tomorrow, October 16, is the feast of Dame Ida Craddock. Born in Philadelphia on August 1, 1857, she was inducted into the Order of the Eagle by O.T.O. USA in April 1999 EV. Ida Craddock wrote about sex and sexuality in a… Continue Reading
Video Interview with Richard Kaczynski Regarding Crowley’s Use of Drugs
Pot.TV recently posted a video interview with Richard Kaczynski discussing the role of drugs in Aleister Crowley’s work. “Host Chris Bennett talks to Dr. Richard Kaczynski, author of Perdurabo: The Life of Aleister Crowley; Panic in Detroit: The Magician and the… Continue Reading
Capsule History of the Illuminati
The BBC recently posted a capsule overview of the actual history of the Illuminati… an organization that Ordo Templi Orientis is not the visible organ of. https://www.bbc.com/reel/video/p07q0jd2/what-is-the-fascination-with-the-illuminati-conspiracy.
Crowleymas Feast!
Tomorrow is Crowleymas, the official unofficial celebration of Aleister Crowley’s birthday. Born 144 years ago today to a wealthy Plymouth Brethren family in Royal Leamington Spa, Warwickshire, Edward Alexander Crowley is known to some as the “wickedest man in the… Continue Reading
John Dee and The Concept of British Empire
Last month saw the publication of The Anarchy, an account by William Darymple of the history of the East India Company, the most successful capitalist undertaking of its time and possibly of times since. It was a multinational corporation empowered… Continue Reading