It’s pretty commonplace for occultists of various stripes to create and maintain altars in their homes. Now mainstream media is taking note of this practice focusing on a variety of mainstream and quasi-mainstream faiths ranging from Evangelical Christianity to Vodun… Continue Reading
Somewhere in his writings, Magick Without Tears perhaps, the Prophet of the Lovely Star opined that artists are directly connected to the Divine influence of the Sephira Binah when they are creating (PS if you Google “Sephiroth” you get pages… Continue Reading
I’d propose that religions are human constructs, perhaps based on a transcendental spiritual experience or experiences that one person had and tries to share to some degree with others. Maybe they offer direct access to that actual experience or maybe… Continue Reading
Dr. David Shoemaker posted on FB: “We’re excited to announce that ThelemaCon 2022 will take place October 14-16, in Raleigh, North Carolina! Presenters will include David Shoemaker, Lon Milo DuQuette, Richard Kaczynski, Harper Feist, Lauren Gardner, and Andrew Ferrell. Details… Continue Reading
Forbidden Alchemies of Frater PVN is a posthumous collection of the writing of Alobar Greywalker aka Bill Siebert aka Frater PVN. Alobar once told me that he ran one of Kenneth Grant’s “Powerzones” in the United States. That is actually… Continue Reading
RollingStone.com ran a piece late last year about a feminist spiritual order employing cannabis in their healig work. The article begins: How a New Age order of feminist nuns is reimagining spiritual devotion and trying to heal the world —… Continue Reading
January 6 means different things to different people, especially post 2021. Notwithstanding, one point of significance lost on most Americans is that its celebrated as the Feast of the Nativity (of Jeheshua bar Joseph) by Eastern Orthodox aligned Christian Churches… Continue Reading
UK occult publishing house Scarlet Imprint have published Richard Ward’s Born of Blood and Fire. The posted description says: Richard Ward’s Born of Blood and Fire is a study of the origins, history, practices, evolution and influence of the Petwo rite… Continue Reading
A little while back, U.S. Grand Lodge of Ordo Templi Orientis soft-launched its own YouTube channel at https://www.youtube.com/c/OrdoTempliOrientisUSA. The channel started with introductions to O.T.O. and Thelema as well as playlists of related video content. Over time, the channel has… Continue Reading
Yesterday saw the publication of a new edition of Peter Albano’s Elucidation of Necromancy (Lucidarium artis Nigromantice) , translated, notated and commented upon by Joseph Peterson. The posted description says: Since it first appeared over 500 years ago, the Elucidation of Necromancy… Continue Reading