Weiser Antiquarian Books just posted a new online catalog, featuring rare items by Aleister Crowley & related authors including typescripts and original editions of publications by Frater Achad, editions of Crowley’s work, etc. Check it out here: http://www.weiserantiquarian.com/searchResults.php?category_id=1415&action=catalog&browseLetter=A&orderBy=author
The BBC recently posted a story on the poisoning of the river Ganges. It begins: “The Ganges is one of the greatest rivers on Earth, but it is dying. “From the icy Himalayan peaks, where it begins, right down to… Continue Reading
The Daily Mail recently an article on John Humphrey Noyes and his Oneida commune, established in upstate New York in the mid 1800’s. The Oneida community was a number of utopian undertakings that would appear to have contributed to the… Continue Reading
Here’s a very lively an colorful account posted by the BBC of one tourist’s account of fraternizing with Hindu Saddhus during festive proceedings surround Shiva’s Night – proceedings which includes veneration of images of the Divine Phallus. I’m thinking that… Continue Reading
Trasmoz, is a tiny village situated in the foothills of the Moncayo mountain range in Aragon. The village has a strange, centuries-long history of association with witchcraft. This started as a ruse to cover the manufacture of counterfeit coins in… Continue Reading
The Tanakh’s Psalm 119 (Psalm 118 in the Septuagint) is acrostic poem that runs in alphabetical order. Each stanza is ascribed to a particular letter of the Aleph-Beth starting with Aleph and ending in Tau. Each stanza begins with a… Continue Reading
The goddess of love, the Minoan Astarte, is the key figure that unlocks the mystery of the Phaistos Disk, according to linguist, archaeologist and coordinator of the program Erasmus of Crete Technological Institute; Gareth Owens. See more at: http://greece.greekreporter.com/2015/12/16/archaeologist-claims-to-have-unlocked-phaistos-disk-mystery/#sthash.H6TRfMQJ.dpuf
Well DAMN this is cool! An audio recording of erstwhile Golden Dawn member (and personal secretary to Aleiste Crowley) Israel Regardie reciting the Invocation of Horus!
Cambridge University Press just published the Cambridge Handbook of Western Mysticism and Esotericism – 10 years in the making! The publisher’s site states: “Mysticism and esotericism are two intimately related strands of the Western tradition. Despite their close connections, however,… Continue Reading
NPR had an interesting look at the interrelationship between science and religious belief — something clearly of interest to Aleister Crowley when he came up with the slogan: The Method of Science, The Aim of Religion. Their piece starts: “When… Continue Reading