UK occult publisher Hadean Press has announced the release of a new oracle deck. Their posted description says: Using as inspiration José Leitão’s work on the Iberian tradition of Saint Cyprian, artist Natalia Lee Forty has created a unique cartomancy… Continue Reading
Last month, the New York Times ran a story about the recent revival of the ancient tradition of Wassailing. The story begins: A jet of steam rises with a hiss as a red hot poker plunges into a bowl of… Continue Reading
The O.T.O. USA has added some more playlists recent.: one collects recordings made of the Master Therion during his lifestime, the other three are anthologies of sacred music recorded in Cuba circa 1957 including songs for the Orishas and Palo… Continue Reading
This coming weekend, March 15 and 16, the third Conjuring Creativity conference will be held in London at MKII, Lower Clapton, 71-75 Powerscroft Rd. This year’s theme is Inhabiting Esoteric Ecologies. The full schedule is:SATURDAY 9:00 Doors open9:30 Conference Intro… Continue Reading
Part 2 Q&A discussion between Dr. David Shoemaker and Dr. Richard Kaczynski. The focus of this conversation is on orders and initiation. We get into the benefits of going through the A∴A∴ and/or O.T.O., what their own membership means now… Continue Reading
One might interpret the initiation rituals of Mysteria Mystica Maxima as being intended to progressively deprogram the initiate of all received wisdoms, be it familial, societal, cultural etc., the point being not their rejection, necessarily, but actively evaluating and then… Continue Reading
Maria de Padilla: Queen of the Souls by Humberto Maggi & Verónica Rivas is a title published by the redoubtable Hadean Press in the UK. The posted description says: A personal, practical, and historical work, Maria de Padilla: Queen of… Continue Reading
KCTV-TV in Topeka, KS reports that The Satanic Grotto has arranged for a “Black Mass” to be performed at Kansas’ state capitol building on March 28 at11 a.m. Read their news coverage: https://www.kctv5.com/2025/03/07/catholics-decry-black-mass-scheduled-take-place-kansas-state-capitol/ The FB events page for this BM… Continue Reading
Fascinating article in Massimo Introvigne’s journal Bitter Winter by the maestro himself, discussing the Theosophical artist Ilona Harima. It begins: In 2001, an exhibition at the Ateneum Art Museum in Helsinki “rediscovered” the Finnish artist Ilona Harima (1911–1986), whose work… Continue Reading
We haven’t posted much about archaeology for a while but came across notices about new theories regarding the origins and migrations of the Indo-European peoples based on linguistic and DNA studies. Here’s the abstract: The Yamnaya archaeological complex appeared around… Continue Reading