Here’s an interesting article posted late last year about a presentation given on the Necronomicon at the “Sacred Literature, Secular Religion,” conference. The presentation pointed out that this is in fact a fanciful work first mentioned in the canon of H.P. Lovecraft’s… Continue Reading
The New York Times Magazine just ran a spread of photos taken in the vicinity of the Kaaba — the one in Mecca not the one to be held in Oakland in November! It is fascinating to see the enviroment… Continue Reading
A few weeks ago the Grand Master of the U.S. Grand Lodge of Ordo Templi Orientis posted: “I’d like to announce that the following persons have been appointed to the aforementioned Ombudsman offices: Sister Shellay Maughan (ombudsman-f@oto-usa.org) Brother Michael Kolson… Continue Reading
New Orleans isn’t the first place one might go to find a Thelemic Black Metal band. Mehenet combines the visceral aural onslaught beloved of metal fans with occult ritual, and the result is nothing less than magnificently evil. The members… Continue Reading
Earlier this year we saw the release of The Witch, a film set in pre-Revolutionary Puritan New England where the patriarch of a family chooses to follow his own views on religion, righteousness and salvation rather than the community’s and… Continue Reading
What’s an “unconference” you ask? It sounds like it could be chaos, but somehow it all works out! Listen as Sister Kashmira discusses how to organize such an event yourself and about the the upcoming unconference in the Valley of… Continue Reading
Sister Ania, National Treasurer, Ordo Templi Orientis Poland, recently distributed a circular for several wonderful items O.T.O. is offering for sale: “I am writing to you to inform you about a few items we have recently produced, including a beautiful… Continue Reading
Hey, thanks everyone who read last week’s post, the feedback has been great! It seems like people are actually interested in finding ways to help do this Thelema thing the O.T.O. is trying to do here in the States! That… Continue Reading
This is for all the pirates out there. The port town of Caesarea (or Kesariya) was originally built by Herod the Great in late 1st century BC, and this settlement then served as the provincial capital of the Judaea Province… Continue Reading
Noted occult Aaron Leitch recently posted his thoughts on Chaos Magick. These appear below. These views do not necessarily reflect those of the curators of this blog and sure as hell don’t represent the official views of O.T.O. on such… Continue Reading