I’d propose that religions are human constructs, perhaps based on a transcendental spiritual experience or experiences that one person had and tries to share to some degree with others. Maybe they offer direct access to that actual experience or maybe… Continue Reading
Dr. David Shoemaker posted on FB: “We’re excited to announce that ThelemaCon 2022 will take place October 14-16, in Raleigh, North Carolina! Presenters will include David Shoemaker, Lon Milo DuQuette, Richard Kaczynski, Harper Feist, Lauren Gardner, and Andrew Ferrell. Details… Continue Reading
Forbidden Alchemies of Frater PVN is a posthumous collection of the writing of Alobar Greywalker aka Bill Siebert aka Frater PVN. Alobar once told me that he ran one of Kenneth Grant’s “Powerzones” in the United States. That is actually… Continue Reading
There’s a new piece posted by scholar of the esoteric Massimo Introvigne at BitterWinter.org, “Are Apostates Reliable? 1. The Problem of Apostasy.” It begins: “In April 2018, I visited Tasmania and stayed at the MACq 01 Hotel in Hobart. It… Continue Reading
Here’s an excerpt from Jason Miller’s Magick Monday Newsletter. Since Saint Cyprian became my primary go-to intermediary spirit concerning Angels and Demons, I spent quite a lot of time trying to get him to provide a firm and unshakeable protocol… Continue Reading
“The Museo Novecento, in collaboration with the Monte Verità Foundation (Ascona Canton Ticino), presents the exhibition “Monte Verità. Back to nature“, dedicated to the famous hill of utopia, to its founders and illustrious guests who saw in its spaces suspended in time a… Continue Reading
RollingStone.com ran a piece late last year about a feminist spiritual order employing cannabis in their healig work. The article begins: How a New Age order of feminist nuns is reimagining spiritual devotion and trying to heal the world —… Continue Reading
Here’s an interesting article by Arthur Shattuck O’Keefe about The Prophet of the Lovely Star’s 1901 visit to Japan – a relatively underdocumented episode in his life methinks. It begins: “In the summer of 1901, the English occultist Aleister Crowley,… Continue Reading
Watkins Bookstore in London posted video of the event celebrating the publication of the new edition of The Carfax Monographs by Steffi & Kenneth Grant, published by Fulgur Press. The posted description says: “Henrik Bogdan (University of Gothenburg), Robert Shehu-Ansell (Fulgur… Continue Reading
January 6 means different things to different people, especially post 2021. Notwithstanding, one point of significance lost on most Americans is that its celebrated as the Feast of the Nativity (of Jeheshua bar Joseph) by Eastern Orthodox aligned Christian Churches… Continue Reading