The letters O.T.O. stand for Ordo Templi Orientis, the Order of Oriental Templars, or Order of the Temple of the East. O.T.O. This is a reference to the mediaeval Knights Templar, a order of Roman Catholic warrior monks organized to protect… Continue Reading
Here’s a open-access article posted a little over a year ago – but a humdinger, renowned occult author Manon Hedenborg White’s “Proximal Authority: The Changing Role of Leah Hirsig in Aleister Crowley’s Thelema, 1919–1930.” Hedenborg White explores ‘proximal authority’, or… Continue Reading
“Eight Hours ‘Round Midnight” is an extended meditation by John Schott on Thelonious Monk’s immortal ballad, “Round Midnight,” a bebop staple interpreted by a wide range of artists including Miles Davis who made it the title of the album featuring… Continue Reading
Jason Miller, sorcerer, author, occult teacher recently posted to his StrategicSorcery.net blog addressing the topic – What Are Spirits? Here it is: There have been a whole bunch of conversations online over the last month or so that seek to… Continue Reading
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