The BBC just ran a feature on the restoration of Boleskine House. The story begins: “Over its 260-year history Boleskine House has been home to the son of an executed Jacobite, an occultist and a rock star. “In recent times… Continue Reading
An O.T.O. USA Spotify account has been established. I currently features playlists related to recently canonized Gnostic Saint, Harry Everett Smith, composer Erik Satie (because of his ties to Josephin Peladan’s Ordre do Temple de la Rose + Croix, Lon… Continue Reading
The Prophet of the Lovely Star took the magical motto “To Mega Therion” when he attained the grade of Magus in the A.’.A.’. Meanwhile the Prehistoric-fauna.com website bears an entry on “Megatherium”: “Megatherium (meaning “Great Beast”) was a genus of… Continue Reading
The Satanic Temple, known for their canny works of political theater have erected a holiday display at the Iowa State capitol, in part responding to the Christian-themed nativity scene installed there. The local publication Little Village published a fairly even… Continue Reading
Somehow I missed the publication of The Subtle Body: A Geneaology by Simon Cox when it was published two years ago. But still seems worth a mention, no? The posted description says: ‘How does the soul relate to the body?… Continue Reading
National Grand Master of Ordo Templi Orientis United States Grand Lodge posted: Do what thou wilt shall be the whole of the Law. Thanks to some diligent research into obscure German Freemasonic writings by Frater Superior Hymenaeus Beta, the identity… Continue Reading
UK based occult publishing house, Hadean Press have opened pre-orders for their final title of the profane year: Dreams & Letters: Being a translation of Dreams: Theories, Practice, Interpretation and Magic Letters by Paul Sédir, translated and Introduced by Austin… Continue Reading
This was posted on Gerald Edward Cornelius’s Facebook page: J. Edward “Jerry” Cornelius shed his body on December 8, 2023. That day, he wasn’t responding to messages or answering his telephone. I asked the Sheriff’s Office to do a welfare… Continue Reading
Magus: The Art of Magic from Faustus to Agrippa is a new book by Anthony Grafton that gives an account of the magus―the learned magician―and his place in the intellectual, social, and cultural world of Renaissance Europe. The posted description… Continue Reading
The International Association for the Preservation of Spiritualist and Occult Periodicals is a U.S.-based private organization focused on the digital preservation of Spiritualist and occult periodicals published between the Congress of Vienna and the start of the Second World War.… Continue Reading