A little-known chapter in the life of Aleister Crowley. In the January 1917 edition of Vanity Fair Crowley introduced modifications to the game of Bridge which he termed “Pirate Bridge” – Though I have never played any version of Bridge,… Continue Reading
“Witch house is a dark, occult-themed electronic music microgenre and visual aesthetic that emerged in the late 2000s and early 2010s.[1][2] The music is heavily influenced by chopped and screwed hip-hop soundscapes, industrial and noise experimentation, and features use of synthesizers, drum machines, obscure samples, droning repetition and heavily altered, ethereal,… Continue Reading
Episode 8 of Sharron Kraus’ Preternatural Investigations podcast is called “Wierdness Without, Wierdness Within.” The posted description says: In which the ways the communities we belong to are shown to affect our sense of self and our ability to find… Continue Reading
Here’s another episode of Toyah & Robert’s Sunday Lunch video series. As some of you might know, veteran avant-guitarist Robert Fripp is a long time devotee of the teachings of Russian mystic, George Gurdjieff via his disciple John G. Bennett.… Continue Reading
Earlier this month, Yale Books release Founding God’s Nation by Leon Kass. This looks at the influence that the Torah’s Book of Exodus has on American politics at the time of the founding of the United States. At a time… Continue Reading
Noted occult author Dr. Richard Kaczynski has spent several years updating a visual database of places that images from the Thoth Tarot deck appear in popular culture settings: movies, TV shows, etc. They arranged chronologically according to the date each… Continue Reading
In his Burning Shore newsletter, author Erik Davis held forth on latest season of Hamilton Morris’ Pharmacopeia series. Here’s a link to an episode: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fFXGa-Ruz_M. Mr. Davis sez: I have mixed feelings about Hamilton Morris, host of the popular Viceland docu-drug… Continue Reading
Weiser Antiquarian booksellers posted their latest catalogue, #257: Aleister Crowley – Used & Rare Books, Documents. Looking it over – there’s a lot of “Crowley related” items and not many written or channeled by the Prophet himself. Though there a… Continue Reading
The Education Committee of U.S. Grand Lodge of Ordo Templi Orientis is hosting an online lecture Wednesday, January 27th at 6pm Pacific Time by Sr. Harper Feist, “The Body as a Scrying Sensor”, which she previously delivered in 2017 at NOTOCON… Continue Reading
Here’s another episode of Toyah & Robert’s Sunday Lunch video series. As some of you might know, veteran avant-guitarist Robert Fripp is a long time devotee of the teachings of Russian mystic, George Gurdjieff via his disciple John G. Bennett.… Continue Reading