Today marks the most widely recognized birthdate of Marie Laveau, possibly the best known figure in American occultism. If you search around you’ll find varied accounts of her life, accomplishments and… year of birth. But most accounts agree that she… Continue Reading
Here is Cashumi’s interpretation of Aleister Crowley’s The Wake World: https://youtu.be/SNCKyvXJPTo Cashumi’s work draws on the theory of colour mixing and the Ten Sephiroth of the Palace (leaving aside the twenty-two connecting paths). The journey is painted twice — once… Continue Reading
For obvious reasons, when I get an email from a non-occult outlet with a headline that starts “Do What Thou Wilt” I’ma click that link. And indeed this edition of The Tonearm includes an interview with drummer Charlie Webber that… Continue Reading
New York Review Books has re–issued The Stone Door by Surrealist painter, author and mage Leonora Carrington with an introduction by Gabriel Weisz Carrington, afterword by Anna Watz. The posted description says: The Stone Door is an omen, an incantation,… Continue Reading
This past Summer saw the publication of Urs App’s Mother Of All Religions: The Story of Helena Blavatsky’s Invention of Primeval Religion. Her Theosophical Movement has not been in the forefront of alternative spirituality in this century but at the… Continue Reading
The long work of restoration of Boleskine House in Scotland is almost completed. The Boleskine House Foundation expects to have it essentially wrapped up next month on October 3. Today, the ornate mantel for the main fireplace arrived. The Foundation’s… Continue Reading
Late last year, Bloomsbury published a new book on Gnostic Saint Johann Wolfgang von Goethe by A.N. Wilson, His Faustian Life – The Extraordinary Story of Modern Germany, a Troubled Genius and the Poem that Made Our World. The posted… Continue Reading
UK occult publishers Hadean Press have announced their next batch of tasty releases. The News section of their site says: The image shown at the top is of three of our forthcoming titles: Learning from Legendary Practitioners: A Necromantic Journey into… Continue Reading
The New York Times recently ran a feature on archaeological discoveries of the remains of the city of Canopus which thrived while Egypt was under Roman rule. The archaeological site is just off the coast of Alexandria in the Mediterranean.… Continue Reading
Hadean Press has opened pre-orders for the hardcover edition of The Wandering School of Secrets by Simon Dyda. The posted description says: The Wandering School of Secrets: A Prospectus by Simon Dyda is a manual and syllabus of sorcery for developing… Continue Reading