It was announced today that a Fall publication is expected for The Collected Major Works of Frater Achad, edited and with an introduction by Henrik Bogdan. Frater Achad was one of the magical names of Charles Stansfield Jones. Jones was… Continue Reading
Oxford University Press has opened pre-orders for Martin Zuber’s Spiritual Alchemy From Jacob Boehme to Mary Anne Atwood. The publisher’s description says: “Most professional historians see the relationship between pre-modern and modern alchemy as one of discontinuity and contrast. Mike… Continue Reading
UK publisher Theion Publishing has opened pre-orders for a new book The Litanies of Thoth. The publisher’s site says: “After the highly acclaimed The Book of Flesh and Feather, this work is the second opus manifesting the theurgical and magical rites of the Church… Continue Reading
Frieda Harris (1877 – 1962), was a British artist best known for her paintings of Crowley’s Thoth tarot. She had a life long interest in spiritual matters and was drawn to the teachings of Christian Science founder Mary Baker Eddy (1821–1910). … Continue Reading
There are folks who poetically describe Magick as the Tantra of the West without having much of a grasp on what Tantra actually is, their primary exposure to the concept being through the bowdlerized version of one sliver of Tantric… Continue Reading
Blazing Star Oasis, O.T.O. posted a video of Sister Cathy Berry talking about Sister Phyllis Seckler aka Soror Meral, one of the people responsible for the revival of O.T.O. after the death of OHO Karl Germer. Do what thou wilt… Continue Reading
UK publisher Scarlet Imprint made the following announcement: The paperback and standard hardback Star edition of The Two Antichrists are in stock and shipping. On Tuesday we receive the slipcased Belarion edition, and will begin shipping pre-ordered copies on Wednesday 5th May. The… Continue Reading
The Cosmic Movement: Sources, Contexts, Impact is a recently published book by Julie Chajes and Boaz Huss that looks at the esoteric movement that revolved around the mysterious figure commonly known as Max Theon. Some of his disciples would found… Continue Reading
Dr. Emily Selove, Senior Lecturer of Medieval Arabic Language and Literature, at the University of Exeter, discusses her Leverhulme-funded research project, “A Sorcerer’s Handbook,” which will create an edition, translation, and literary study of Siraj al-Din al-Sakkaki’s (d. 1229) Arabic… Continue Reading
Coptic Magical Papyri team leader Korshi Dosoo will be presenting an online talk entitled “Who Used the Magical Papyri?” this Friday (23 April) at 4.30pm EDT (10.30pm CET) as part of the Bryn Mawr College Classics Colloquium. For nearly two… Continue Reading