Archaeology Magazine recently posted a podcast devoted to alchemy. Their description says: Much of our knowledge, particularly in the sciences, advances by trial and error. In “The Alchemist’s Tale,” by contributing editor Andrew Curry, we learn how thousands of fragments… Continue Reading
Dais Records announced their re-issue of a fascinating project from the ceremonial magicians who comprised seminal Industrial band, Coil: For those who shine darkly… During the transitional period in which Coil’s primary leadership (Peter “Sleazy” Christopherson and John Balance) reorganized their… Continue Reading
Occult author Phil Hine has a new blog post. It begins: “In the last two issues of my Unfoldings newsletter, I have been engaging in an in-depth analysis of Kenneth Grant’s representation of Tantric mysteries in his books – using his 1999… Continue Reading
City Lights and Farrar, Straus, Giroux celebrate the publication of Cosmic Scholar: The Life and Times of Harry Smith with a public Zoom conversation between Raymond Foye and John Szwed, author of the new biography on Smith Wednesday August 23rd… Continue Reading
David Tibet, a member of the Ordo Templi Orientis cabinet has made the following announcement: CURRENT 93 are OverMoon to Tittle-Tattle about her first London Channelling of 2024 at the Astonishingly Beautiful Union Chapel on FRIDAY 24 MAY. TICKETS GO… Continue Reading
University of Chicago Press has just published Textual Magic: Charms and Written Amulets in Medieval England by Katherine Storm Hindley. The posted description says: Katherine Storm Hindley explores words at their most powerful: words that people expected would physically change… Continue Reading
Hadean Press has opened pre-orders for Pneumatologia Occulta Et Vera or The Hidden and True Pneumatology: An Obscure 17th Century Grimoire Text for Conjuring Spirits to Reveal Hidden Treasure, Derived from a Manuscript of the Mystical Spanish City of Salamanca.… Continue Reading
Do what thou wilt shall be the whole of the Law. My old friend and mentor William Emmet Heidrick has died. You’ll be seeing a lot of people posting their memories of Bill. I’m going to leave it to others… Continue Reading
Here’s an interesting article from the New Yorker, written by a woman who was raised in a Rastafarian household in Jamaica. Rastafarianism is a utopian religion devoted to racial equality and social justice, and living a mindful life in harmony… Continue Reading
Currently available for pre-order: The Magic of the Orphic Hymns: A New Translation for the Modern Mystic by Tamra Lucid and Ronnie Pontiac. The posted description says: • Presents literary translations of the teletai that restore important esoteric details and correspondences about the being… Continue Reading