This is cool! An online repository for Spiritualist and Occult periodicals. So, “occult,” you understand why that’s of interest. Spiritualist – well, this is the movement that gave rise to figures like Pascal Beverly Randolph and Emma Harding Britten who… Continue Reading
Late last year Archaeo-Chat interviewed archaeologist Rebecca Wragg Sykes her new book KINDRED: Neanderthal Life, Love, Death and Art. I just came across this after seeing her review in the NY Times about the development of bipedalism in hominids. Have… Continue Reading
The journal is a parody, but the experiments are for real, and this year’s Ig-Noble prize winner shows that when you have to airlift a rhino, it’s better to do so upside down. Among the other scientists honored this year… Continue Reading
On the edge of culture lies peril. Proof of this assertion can be found in the movies produced by Kitos Digiovanni, aided and abetted by tarot genius Rauncie Ryan, and yes, sometimes even Harper Feist. The first installment of the… Continue Reading
The British Library has an unrivalled collection of Zoroastrian manuscripts and therefore welcomed the opportunity to display three of its Zoroastrian treasures in the current exhibition “Epic Iran” organised by the V&A with the Iran Heritage Foundation in association with… Continue Reading
Trevor Gray, the Grand Treasurer General of UK Grand Lodge of Ordo Templi Orientis has just published a new novel, A Whisper In The Silence. The back jacket description says: “A private desert island in the middle of the Pacific… Continue Reading
The Magickal Women Conference is in full swing online. Their site states: “Our Summer Salons return in 2021, running on Sunday evenings from 7:00-9:00pm BST from 1 August through 26 September. These mini-events were a great success last year and… Continue Reading
Thelema, NOW! has posted a new episode featuring Peter Grey who is a writer, and the co-founder of Scarlet Imprint. He is the author of The Red Goddess (2007), which has become the standard work on the goddess of Revelation. His Apocalyptic Witchcraft (2013) has been… Continue Reading
UK occult publisher announced the upcoming publicatin of Carol Nordblom’s Historiola: The Power of Narrative Charms. Their posting says: Through his exploration of the component of historiola and associated ritual components, Carl Nordlbom lucidly and concisley demonstrates the practice of… Continue Reading
Salem Summer Symposium Presents: the Salem Witchcraft & Folklore Festival A Celebration of Magical Education, Folklore, Community & Activism – Online Classes Only- Thursday August 12th -Sunday August 15th 2021. The event’s site says: Greetings All! After much deliberation, we… Continue Reading