In the latest edition of the Thelema, NOW! podcast Frater Puck talks with Aaron Leitch, who is a senior member of the Hermetic Order of the Golden Dawn and the academic Societas Magica. A scholar, practitioner, and teacher of Western Hermeticism,… Continue Reading
Simon & Shuster have announced the upcoming publication of Occulture: The Unseen Forces That Drive Culture Forward by Carl Abrahamsson; with a forward by former Blondie bassist Gary “Valentine” Lachman. The publisher’s site states that the book: “Art, magic, and the occult… Continue Reading
Here’s yet another video filmed at last year’s Trans State Conference. This one’s of Jasmine Shadrack & Charmaine Sonnex’s presentation – “Ritual Occultation and the Space between Worlds: exploring the application of the “flow” state in Pagan and Black Metal performance… Continue Reading
Altered States: Sex, Drugs, and Transcendence in the Ludlow-Santo Domingo Library is a new exhibition at Harvard’s Houghton Library that investigates human kind’s search for transcendence via religion, the occult, philosophy, music, endorphins, sex, ecstasy i.e. most of the elements of theurgic… Continue Reading
AUGUST 12 – NOVEMBER 19, Civic Square 101 Wakefield St Wellington New Zealand will be hosting the “Occulture: The Dark Arts” exhibit. The Gallery’s site states: “Art and the occult have always been intertwined. They draw powers, rituals and… Continue Reading
Two weeks ago, Dionysius Rogers posted a video discourse on the triple pranava concluding the Creed of the Thelemic Gnostic Catholic Church. Check it out! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vCOxZohsBGE. This part of an ongoing series presenting his research on esotericism; expressions of Thelemic religion;… Continue Reading
Weiser Antiquarian Books has published their latest catalogue and there are some goodies on it indeed especially if you’re a fan/scholar for the source tests of Gnosticism. Among the items on offer are: ATTRIDGE, Harold W. (Volume editor) Martin Krause,… Continue Reading
Newsweek recently ran a surprisingly lengthy feature on Daniel Matt, the two decades he spent translating the Zohar into English and his monthly Zohar study sessions. In part the article states: “The Zohar—central to the mystical strain of Judaism known as… Continue Reading
Earlier this year, the organizers of the Trans-State Conference posted videos of some of the presentations from last year’s installment. Alistair Coombs’ presentation was on “Kenneth Grant’s Borderland of Mystic Horror.” It was described as: “Grant’s symbolic and perplexing universe… Continue Reading
This past Wednesday, U.S. Grand Lodge of Ordo Templis released its Annual Report for March 2016 – February 2017. This Report includes the following statements: Mission Statement Ordo Templi Orientis U.S.A. is the U.S. Grand Lodge (National Section) of Ordo… Continue Reading