Every Thelemite worth their salt knows about The Prophet of the Lovely Star’s manse Boleskine House, but CornwallLive.com recently toured the ruins of a lesser known country home of The Great Beast: “Mention the ‘Aleister Crowley house’ in conversation with… Continue Reading
Saturday, October 20, was 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
Noted Occult author Erik Davis interviewed noted occult author Richrad Kaczynski for the former’s Expanding Mind podcast. Davis states: “Occultist and Aleister Crowley biographer Richard Kaczynski talks about Jack Parsons, the ‘method of science,’ the Agape Lodge, the women of Thelema, and… Continue Reading
Brother Scott Wilde shared this good news with us! As part of my Crowley First edition scanning project, I’d like to announce that ΘΕΛΗΜΑ is available at https://keepsilence.org/the-equinox/ A print version of this will eventually be made available as part… Continue Reading
While there have been two English translations of the Picatrix in recent years—the two-volume set from Ouroboros Press (2002-2008) and various Lulu permutations by Christopher Warnock and John Michael Greer (2011-2018)—this edition from PSU’s excellent “Magic in History” series is… Continue Reading
The Argus recently ran an interesting piece on Phillip Heselton’s biograpy of noted Wiccan author and practicioner, Doreen Valiente, and posits that she was part of the team that cracked Nazi Germany’s cipher codes which helped turn the tide in… Continue Reading
United States Grandmaster Sabazius X* made this announcement on his FB feed: “While it is not an official holiday on the Thelemic Calendar, today marks the 143rd anniversary of the birth of Aleister Crowley, sometimes referred to as ‘Crowleymas.’ OTO-USA.org… Continue Reading
The Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, in New York will be hosting the Hilma af Klint: Paintings for the Future exhibition October 12, 2018 – January 27, 2019 featuring 161 works by the pioneering abstract artist whose work was informed by her… Continue Reading
The Witch of Kings Cross, the cinema length documentary from writer/director Sonia Bible about the life of radical artist Rosaleen Norton, is reported to currently be in post-production though no release date has been announced as yet. The project’s website… Continue Reading
Last year saw the release of the five part series “Inside the Freemasons” via Netflix. The service’s site says “Explore the history and future of the Freemasons, a fraternal order steeped in both secrecy and tradition.” At least some Masons’… Continue Reading