BusinessInsider.com recently published a piece on the book The Upward Spiral: Using Neuroscience to Reverse the Course of Depression, One Small Change at a Time by Alex Korb PhD touting its “rituals” for making “you a happier person.” These can be summarized as:… Continue Reading
A Perfumed Skull is a newly launched blog on “Anthropology, Esotericism, and Notes on the Numinous” by Ben Joffe who our pal Jason Miller refers to as ” one of the clearest and best voices on Tibetan Buddhism and Magic.”… Continue Reading
A project for the deciphering of ancient papyri found in Graeco-Roman Egypt has recruited armchair archaeologists from around the world with amazing results. The Ancient Lives project is a collaboration between the University of Oxford, the Egypt Exploration Society, the… Continue Reading
Omnipollo is an award winning brewery based in Sweden that was founded in 2011. The brewery’s site gives their mission statement: “We conceive our recipes at home and travel to different breweries across the globe to craft our ales. Our… Continue Reading
This July 7, Oxford University Press will publish Ruben van Luijk’s Children of Lucifer: The Origins of Modern Religious Satanism. This is the first installment in its ‘Oxford Studies in Western Esotericism Book Series’ being edited by Henrik Bogdan. Acording… Continue Reading
Missionary Independent Spiritual Church has announced the 9th annual 2016 Hoodoo Heritage Festival running on Saturday and Sunday, May 14th and 15th, 2016 in Forestville, California. The event will include a number of Hands-On Conjure Training Workshops: Dem Dry Bones: Working with Osteocentric… Continue Reading
DangerousMinds.net posted a feature about a U.K. based artist creating a number of stained glass windows devoted to a series of “Alternative saints” including Aleister Crowley and mentions a gallery showing of these windows that effectively comprised an “Alternative Church.”… Continue Reading
Patheos.com recently posted an intriguing piece by Nicholas Laccetti describing his journey from dabbling the occult, to pursuing a Master of Divinity degree in a progressive Christian school whilst becoming an Episcopalian, then a Roman Catholic — and then turning… Continue Reading
The University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology in Philadelphia — Penn Museum for Twitter — is mounting an exihibit devoted to the tools and texts of magical technology. Their site explains: “Protective amulets, incantation bowls, curse tablets, powerful… Continue Reading
In The Temple of Solomon The King Aleister Crowley sets the scene for the Reception of Liber AL: “I shall make what I may call an inventory of the furniture of the Temple, the circumstances of the case. I shall… Continue Reading