NOTOCON X was held in the Valley of Austin, TX, over this past weekend. All attendees continue to ride the high brought on by the theme, Fire of Motion. Members of Scarlet Woman Lodge, Bubastis Oasis and 718 Encampment exemplified… Continue Reading
Last month, the New York Times Magazine ran a feature by Elize Grizwold about the persecution and slaugher of Middle Eastern Christians. Of course the Christians they’re referring to are primarily not the Protestant sects or the Roman Catholic Church… Continue Reading
Saturday, August 8, was the Feast of Saint Melchizedek. According to the Invisible Basilica, “The name Melchizedek (qdc_iklm) can be translated as ‘Righteous King’ or ‘My King is Justice.’ Melchizedek was the ‘king of Salem,’ and ‘Salem’ was probably Uru-Salim,… Continue Reading
The first official announcement has now appeared about the January 2016 publications of Western Esotericism in Scandinavia edited by Henrik Bogdan (University of Gothenburg) and Olav Hammer (University of Southern Denmark). brill.com states: “This is the first encyclopaedic work on… Continue Reading
The Daily Mail recently published an Associated Press account of the publication a book containing photos of the first printer’s manuscript of the Book of Mormon and the “seer stone” that Joseph Smith used to translate documents to produce said scripture.… Continue Reading
United States Grand Lodge of Ordo Templi Orientis recently published its Annual Financial Report for 2014. While you might imagine this to be dry reading it actually opens with an eloquent and inspiring introduction to our Most Holy Order, a… Continue Reading
Del Tashlin is neither Asatru, nor heathen, nor any of the known organizations that practice with Norse deities. He calls himself a Northern Tradition Shaman, explaining, “They are interested in reconstruction and I am not. I am interested in what’s… Continue Reading
Wonkette reports with proper snarkism: “A Brazilian evangelical pastor, Valdeci Sobrino Picanto, has been arrested after promising his parishioners that they could get generous helpings of the Holy Spirit by ingesting it directly from his little bishop. ” read the… Continue Reading
Smithsonian Magazine recently published an article regarding an astonishing achievement in archaeological research – computer scientists at the University of Kentucky were able to “digitally unroll” and read a 1500 year old scroll of Bibical text that had been burned… Continue Reading
Reuters News Service reports that the unveiling of the Satantic Temple’s much discussed statue based on Eliphas Levi’s depiction of Baphomet, wound up being done privately before an invited audience who’d previously purchased tickets. The event was originally intended to… Continue Reading