Aleister Crowley encountered yogic practices relatively early in his occult career and included its study and practice in A.’.A.’. training, wrote his own “Eight Lecture on Yoga” and discusses it in Liber E and Liber RV and other diverse publications.… Continue Reading
Mission of Dead Souls documents Throbbing Gristle‘s last live performance before splinting into Coil, Psychic TV, and Chris & Cosey. The album was originally released as part of the Fetish box set, consisting of four old albums and this album that… Continue Reading
Following up on last week’s post on the occult roots of modern art in honor of the birthday of Wassily Kandinsky, a wise and learned man suggests this academic book, published in 2012 Handbook of New Religions and Cultural Production,… Continue Reading
Living Thelema: Three Key Techniques for 21st Century Magicians – In this entertaining online workshop, noted psychologist and author Dr. David Shoemaker brings his characteristic down-to-earth style to a discussion of three core techniques for the modern magician’s toolbox: dreamwork, guided… Continue Reading
Currently in production is BIGHT OF THE TWIN, a feature documentary exploring Vodun featuring Genesis Breyer P-Orridge.Vodun (Voodoo , Voudou, Vodoun) is one of the world’s oldest and most misunderstood religions and this film.documents Cultural Engineer Genesis Breyer P-Orridge on h/er journey to Ouidah,… Continue Reading
Born December 16, 1866 Wassily Kandinsky was a hugely influential painter and art theorist credited with painting one of the first purely abstract works of art First Abstract Water Colour in 1910 . What’s less well known are his spiritual interests which… Continue Reading
DangerousMinds.net is posting footage of an “Aztec Death Whistle” being played. They report: “The Aztec death whistle, sometimes described as ‘the scream of thousand corpses’ is a frightening sound indeed. The skull-shaped whistles, discovered only 20 years ago by archaeologists,… Continue Reading
from Albion Calling Ethan Doyle White’s personal blog – devoted to interdisciplinary scholarship on religion, magic, and the preternatural…http://ethandoylewhite.blogspot.co.uk/2014/12/call-for-papers-female-leaders-in-new.html Call for Papers: “Female Leaders in New Religious Movements” University of Gothenburg doctoral student Chris Giuduce has asked me to pass… Continue Reading
“Swinburne Stomp” is a musical setting of Chorus II from Algernon Charles Swinburne’s “Atalanta in Calydon” by the NYC-based satirical/ self-satirizing rock band with a political slant, The Fugs (http://www.thefugs.com). The core group comprised poets, musicians and underground notables working out… Continue Reading
“Fresh Fever From The Skies” is a collection of the shorter writings of erstwhile Man of Earth delegate Frater IAO131 ( http://www.iao131.com), member of the OTO Psychology Guild, Education Committee, treasurer of Blazing Star Oasis, OTO, and Chartered Initiator. We share… Continue Reading