Our favorite online cultural news outlet (outside of the U.K.’s Daily Mail of course!) DangerousMinds.net has posted an update on the whole kerfuffle involving the statue of “10 Commandments” installed on the grounds of the state capitol in Oklahoma and… Continue Reading
Today, June 29, is the Feast of St. Simon Magus, who lived around 35 e.v. The Invisible Basilica tells us the following about him: Samaritan founder of the Simonian sect of Gnostics, contemporary of the Apostles and of Philo Judaeus… Continue Reading
Marlene Cornelius reports via FB “Good News ! “The second printing of Mystery of Mystery, written by Sabazius X*, has shipped… Within a week we will be able to fill orders :o) “If you want to order a copy, you… Continue Reading
Thelema Now! welcomes back author and speaker J. Daniel Gunther! Frater Puck speaks with Daniel about his latest book, The Angel & the Abyss: The Inward Journey. Listen here: http://oto-usa.org/main/podcast/
The new issue of Vice Magazine has an interesting piece on the reputed conflict between followers of the spirit Dorje Shugden and mainstream Tibetan Buddhists. We don’t vouch for how accurately the beliefs of alleged Gelugpa monks are portrayed or… Continue Reading
Soror Amy forwarded a link to a tantalizing piece by Allison Meier on the use of offerings in thaumaturgy. It centers on the chapel of St. Roch in New Orleans, whose devotees are unlikely to view their practice as “magical”… Continue Reading
The Sunday May 30 edition of the Wall Street Journal had a fascinating piece on the Kumari, living child-goddesses worshipped in Nepal. They are held to be reincarnations of the Goddess Durga, are carefully selected for the position by Hindu… Continue Reading
Robert Buratti of Collective 777, the Art Guild of Ordo Templi Orientis Australia was interviewed by ABC regarding “Art As A Spiritual Practice.” In part, the interview states: “Robert Buratti, curator of the Windows to the Sacred exhibition at the Mornington… Continue Reading
Last year Sara Amis posted a thoughtful essay at Patheos on the role of the modern Cunning Woman or Man put into historical context going back at least to Neolithic times, that I thought I’d pass along. It states in… Continue Reading
We came across this report in the Siberian Times of an event called “Call of The 13 Shamans” It begins: “This festival, named ‘Call of 13 Shamans’ was held in an area of Siberia that retains great respect for shamans… Continue Reading