The Sunday, May 24 issue of the New York Times included an article by Robert Ito surveying several new and upcoming publications devoted to a variety of beings that populate Japanese “folklore” and superstition including the spirits of deceased humans… Continue Reading
Here’s a fascinating essay by noted Thelemic author Rodney Orpheus posted at the official website of Ordo Templi Orientis Eire in 2013 on On Thelemic Orthodoxy that I’d not come across before. ENJOY! http://oto-ie.org/articles-2/on-thelemic-orthodoxy/
This passed Saturday May 16th, 2015 e.v. was the occasion of the O.T.O. IN NORTH AMERICA CENTENNIAL CONFERENCE, held in Vancouver. The day’s program included a full slate of lectures, opening and closing remarks by Frater Iskander of OTO Canada as well… Continue Reading
ZION TRINITY are a New Orleans-based vocal trio formed in 1997. They are songwriters who sing in the genres of Reggae, Jazz, Funk, African Ritual music featuring powerful vocal harmonies. Last year they released Spirit of the Orishas which their… Continue Reading
The Codex Gigas is a mysterious Mediaeval manuscript currentyi housed within the National Library of Sweden in Stockholm. The codex requires two people to lift its 165lbs. It’s been nicknamed the “Devil’s Bible” because of a striking, full page depiction… Continue Reading
Renowned mystic, poet, painter, printer et al William Blake – the namesake of William Blake Lodge, OTO in the Valley of Baltimore is being honored with a new exhibition at Yale University, “Illiminated Printing: William Blake and Book Art.” The… Continue Reading
The Ghetto Tarot is a newly created deck created by award-winning documentary photographer Alice Smeets and “Atiz Rezistans” a group of Haitian artists. They basically recreated the visuals of the Rider-Waite deck as tableaux with live models in various locations in… Continue Reading
Noted in the Thelemic Seasonal Calendar as the Feast of Cattle, Little and Big, the first of May is also called Beltane or May Day. All three feasts celebrate life bursting forth in the Spring, some with religious observation, some… Continue Reading
Dr. Richard Kaczynski posted this brief report on his FB feed yesterday: “Yesterday (Saturday, April 25) I attended an amazing Gnostic Mass in the Fleisher Art Memorial chapel in Philadelphia. What a setting! A fleur de lis iron gate opened… Continue Reading
A new Living Thelema segment, “The Magick of the Gnostic Mass, Part 2” has just been uploaded. In this episode, Dr. David Shoemaker discusses ways to make the entire experience of attending the Gnostic Mass into a ritual of its… Continue Reading