The Thelema, NOW! podcast has posted it’s latest episode. In this illuminating intallment, host Harper Feist welcomes renowned esoteric scholar and author Christopher McIntosh to discuss his latest book, The Call of the Old Gods: My Occult Journey on the Pagan Path. Drawing… Continue Reading
Earlier this year, Yale University Press released The Magic Books by Ann Lawrence-Mathers, a fascinating and original history of medieval magic told through twenty key illuminated manuscripts. The posted description says: Medieval Europe was preoccupied with magic. From the Carolingian Empire… Continue Reading
Looking for some light reading for the beach? How about Routledge’s The Anthropology of Religion, Magic, and Witchcraft by Rebecca L. Stein, Philip L. Stein, Benjamin R. Kracht, Marjorie M. Snipes? The posted description says: This concise and accessible textbook… Continue Reading
The fanciful “news” outlet, the Daily Mail has published an article discussing the varying interpretations of inscriptions found on an Egyptian site dating to 1800 BCE, possibly during the reign of Amenhotep II. The inscriptions are possibly signed “This is… Continue Reading
On August 14, Tartarus Press will publish T. Lobsang Rampa And Other Characters of Questionable Faith by R.B. Russell. The posted descriptions says: T. Lobsang Rampa’s autobiography, The Third Eye was an international bestseller in 1956, but the author had to face… Continue Reading
New York Review Books recently re-issued The Stone Door by renowned magician, Surrealist painter and author Leonora Carrington. The posted description says: The Stone Door is an omen, an incantation, and an adventure story rolled into one. Built in layers like… Continue Reading
Adam Krug’s translation of The Seven Siddhi Texts is set for publication by Simon & Schuster this coming December. The posted description says: The first English-language translation (with rich historical introduction and extensive annotation) of a key group of Indian… Continue Reading
Underground culture site DangerousMinds.net recently posted an article on Ithell Colquhoun, an artist well known in occult circles who’s gaining more mainstream recognition these days. The jumping off point for this piece is Fulgur Publishing’s release of Colquhoun’s Decad of… Continue Reading
I was reading the Summer 2025 issue of Bust Magazine and came upon an article by Hallie Lieberman discussing the experiences one Lynn Short had engaging with the religious known as “Gnosis.” This is of course a term for spiritual… Continue Reading
Tomorrow will mark the 56 anniversary of Grady Louis MuMurty invoking the “emergency powers” granted to him by Aleister Crowley in a letter stating he should “take charge of the whole work of the Order in California.” When initially issued,… Continue Reading