Another video of a presentation from the most recent iteration of the Trans States Conference for ya. This one is Timothy Grieve-Carlson’s talk “The Great in the Small: Comparative Ecologies of Revelation.” The posted description says: The Great in the Small:… Continue Reading
The “voice” of Thelema, NOW!, executive producer Soror Amy talks to David Hertzberg, the composer of The Wake World opera. Scored for five instruments and nine singers, it premiered in 2017 at the Barnes Foundation under the aegis of Opera… Continue Reading
Atu I – THE MAGUS But ye, o my people, rise up & awake! Let the rituals be rightly performed with joy & beauty! There are rituals of the elements and feasts of the times. A feast for the first… Continue Reading
Another entry in the Holy Days Art project conceived by members of Alombrados Oasis, OTO in the Valley of New Orleans. Atu 0 THE FOOL Concept/Makeup @lady.psychepomp Location Alombrados Oasis Photography Nathan Tucker The fool readeth this Book of the… Continue Reading
Here’s Al Jazeera’s reporting on the opening of a large Yazidi temple in Armenia last year. I have heard arguments that Crowley wanted to establish that Thelemic religion’s antecedent was the Yazidi faith. Anyway: “Just an hour outside the capital… Continue Reading
Here’s a fairly length piece on a new Yazidi temple built in Armenia. After the systematic slaughter of Yazidi in the Middle East by Daesh, the opening is a bright spot in this group’s grim recent history. The coverage begins:… Continue Reading
Atu VIII – ADJUSTMENT “Nature is not just, according to any theological or ethical idea; but Nature is exact.” “when the daughter, redeemed by her marriage with the Son, is thereby set up on the throne of the mother; thus,… Continue Reading
ATU VII. Liber Cheth. The Chariot. 1. This is the secret of the Holy Graal, that is the sacred vessel of our Lady the Scarlet Woman, Babalon the Mother of Abominations, the bride of Chaos, that rideth upon our Lord… Continue Reading
Atu VI – THE LOVERS “The hooded figure which occupies the centre of the Card is another form of The Hermit, who is further explained in Atu IX. He is himself a form of the god Mercury, described in Atu… Continue Reading
ATU X. Liber VII Ch III. Fortune. 47. O Thou delicious God, smile sinister! 48. I pluck Thee, O my God, like a purple plum upon a sunny tree. How Thou dost melt in my mouth, Thou consecrated sugar of… Continue Reading