Recently the academic paper “Consensual BDSM Facilitates Role-Specific Altered States of Consciousness: A Preliminary Study” was made available for free download via Dropbox. The study was undertaken by James K. Ambler, Ellen M. Lee, Kathryn R. Klement, Tonio Loewald, Evelyn… Continue Reading
The paperback version of the Handbook of Freemasonry, which was co-edited by Henrik Bogdan (University of Gothenburg) and Jan A.M. Snoek (prof. em. University of Heidelberg), is now available for preorder from Brill Academic Publishers! It’s still expensive at €75,00,… Continue Reading
At the end of the Summer, The New York Times Book Review ran a review of Anthony Gottlieb’s “The Dream of Enlightenment” an examination of the work of the philosophers that ushered in and oversaw the Age of Reason, a… Continue Reading
Noted academic and author, Henrik Bogdan just uploaded a paper to Academia.edu – available for free download! It’s titled “Envisioning the Birth of a New Aeon Dispensationalism and Millenarianism in the Thelemic Tradition” https://www.academia.edu/1879766/Envisioning_the_Birth_of_a_New_Aeon_Dispensationalism_and_Millenarianism_in_the_Thelemic_Tradition
SutraJournal.com posted the first of a three part series of essays by Dr. Stuart Sovatsky wherein he discusses the nature and effect of the sex-desire-centric ‘liberated sexuality’ based in Freudian theories and supported by modern birth control methods, which appropriates… Continue Reading
Three Hands Press has announced the upcoming publication of The Green Mysteries A R C A N A V I R I D I A An Occult Herbarium, or ‘Granary of the Fauns’ by Daniel A. Schulke with ILLUSTRATIONS BY… Continue Reading
In centuries past, the functions of physician, botanist, chemist and spiritual advisor were often carried out the same person in any given locale. While this fell out of fashion during the Renaissance the New York Times Magazine ran an article… Continue Reading
In Liber LV, the Gnostic Mass, the Priest proclaims. after consecrating the Elements: “Let this offering be borne upon the waves of Æthyr to our Lord and Father the Sun that travelleth over the Heavens in his name ON.” Now,… Continue Reading
Robert Flores posted a review of The Hell Fire Club’s publiciation of Frater IAO131’s new book HRILIU on his FB feed. He says” “Now as for the contents, which I know is a big question out there. I’ve had two full… Continue Reading
Frater Hieros Phoenix, FSR Japan. reports: Instituta Mysterii, the Second Western Mystery Symposium will be held in November 19 at Tokyo Metropolitan. Five lecturers are practitioners of Magick & Western Mystery in Japan who’ve been studying them for over 20… Continue Reading