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
With Deborah Castellano releasing her new book, Glamour Magick, I thought it would be a good time to post a conversation she and I had a while back. It was supposed to be an interview, but she’s so charming, it… Continue Reading
The Love Witch is a new independent film coming to your local art house cinema this month. The film’s website gives this synopsis: “Elaine, a beautiful young witch, is determined to find a man to love her. In her gothic… Continue Reading
As we close in on Samhain, the BBC ran a curious report on testing undertaken in the 1960’s by parapsychologist AD Cornell, he termed “Experimental Apparitions.” Essentially, he tried to contrive the appearance of spirit hauntings in order to observe… Continue Reading
Yes, this day in history was a BAD one for Gnostic Saints! Karl Germer died of prostate cancer this day in 1962 in Westpoint, CA at age 77. He had been an avid student of The Master Therion who was arrested… Continue Reading