I was reading a review in the New York Times on an ambitious exhibition that looks at the inspiration Black artists have drawn from ancient Egyptian culture, manifesting the connection they feel with this grand African civilization. I noted a… Continue Reading
The Exorcist Files is a new book from veteran exorcist, Father Carlos Martin, a Roman Catholic priest who’s exploits were depicted in the 1970’s horror flick The Exorcist. His website says: “From Catholic priest and host of blockbuster hit podcast… Continue Reading
Om-gnosis episode 4 released! Description: “In this fourth episode of Om-gnosis, we are joined by Professor Manon Hedenborg White of Malmö University for a wide-ranging discussion on how her personal and academic interest in esotericism developed and, more specifically, how… Continue Reading
Floating around the fringes of mainstream news are reports regarding a Pentagon study about the nature of consciousness and the potential for changing one’s mundane consciousness into something that could exist and maneuver outside of one’s physical body. The study… Continue Reading
Last week Frater Prabhasvara tipped us off to the of University of South Florida professor Davide, Tanasi’ research into the use of hallucinogenic drugs in Egyptian ritual practice during the Ptolemaic era. Here’s a link to his published research: https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-024-78721-8… Continue Reading
British occult publishing juggernaut Hadean Press has opened pre-orders for a new title, Jim Baker’s An Inquiry into Necromancy: Spirit Conjuration in Western Culture. The posted description says: An Inquiry into Necromancy: Spirit Conjuration in Western Culture is the successor to The… Continue Reading
In case you were wondering, the funeral stele of Ankh-en-ef-Khonsu is indeed on display at the Grand Egyptian Museum in Giza, outside of Cairo. According to a post on FB by Paul Weston it’s at rear of the main upstairs… Continue Reading
We continue our jag of Randolph-philia contemplating what happened to our newest Gnostic Saint’s legacy after his passing in 1875. R. Swinburne Clymer’s Fraternitas Rosae Crucis claim Randolph as a member and to that end, publish very lovely editions of… Continue Reading
Recently canonized Gnostic Saint, Paschal Beverly Randolph died in 1875, the same year that the Theosophical Society was formally inaugurated and that the Prophet of the Lovely Star was born. Some occult history buffs may know that he was buried… Continue Reading
Frater Prabhasvara tipped us off to this amazing story that first appeared on the University of South Florida’s Newsroom page. The article begins: “A University of South Florida professor found the first-ever physical evidence of hallucinogens in an Egyptian mug,… Continue Reading