Last month, The New Yorker ran a piece that considered some recent works that look at some of the 19th century utopian movements that took hold in the United States and the actual functioning communities that they inspired. This includes the Oneida… Continue Reading
Please be advised that registration for the following Advanced Initiation Training workshop happening next month will be closing on Thursday, December 1st: Dove & Serpent Oasis in the Valley of Atlanta, GA on the weekend of December 10 – 11,… Continue Reading
Those who grew up during the burgeoning of the Civil Rights movement in the United States likely recall the multiple groups active at the time, all contributing, in various ways, to the altering of the national consciousness and conscience about… Continue Reading
The Local reports that a cooking pot filled with oil lamps has been uncovered at the site of Vindonissa, a first-century A.D. Roman legion camp. Each of the 22 lamps was decorated with an image of the moon goddess Luna,… Continue Reading
NOTOCON XI, the 11th Biennial National O.T.O. Conference will be held August 11-13, 2017 in Orlando, Florida, hosted by Hidden Spring Oasis, Swirling Star Lodge, and Serpent & Lion Camp. The list of presentations is now available: 11 KEYS TO… Continue Reading
Dry River has announced has announced that their new album, Prayin’ for the Rain, is now available purchase soon, as both a digital download and a physical CD, from CD Baby, iTunes, and Amazon.com. You can listen to tracks on CD Baby as… Continue Reading
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
Ordo Templi Orientis claims the mediaeval order of warrior monks, the Knights Templar, as one of the antecedent groups whose wisdom is perpetrated through its mysteries. Apparently other organizations with somewhat less lofty motives are also styling themselves (in their… Continue Reading
AtlasObscura recently posted a fascinating article on “book curses.” Before the advent of the printing press, every book was written out word by word, letter by letter by hand. If you wanted a copy of a book someone had to… Continue Reading
In light of the overwhelming positive response to Eleusyve Production’s stage production of Aleister Crowley’s The Rite of Jupiter, a rock opera, the Seattle-based production company is making the video presentation available for presale, either on DVD or through their… Continue Reading