Forty-two years ago, on December 9th of 1977, a local newspaper called the Berkeley Barb published issue 643 entitled the Joy of Sects, which was subtitled A Mystic Eye View of Krishnas, Crowley & Guru Ma. It featured a full-page article… Continue Reading
This week’s Magick Monday Newsletter from Jason Miller came out today; here’s an excerpt For the last month two books have been rocking my world, The first is the Opuscula Cypriani Variations on the Book of St. Cyprian and Related Literature translated and… Continue Reading
We place no reliance on Virgin or Pigeon Our method is Science, our aim is Religion Published this September by Cambridge University Press, Physics and Psychics discusses the relationship between the “paranormal” and science. Does one necessarily exclude the other?… Continue Reading
Here’s a new episode of the Witches and Wine podcast with host Chaweon Koo interviewing Jason Miller. The series YT page says: Talking to Jason Miller about Sorcery of Hekate. And…there is a scholarship! Details at the end of the… Continue Reading
Weiser Antiquarian Booksellers has released a new catalogue: Hermetica & Mysticism. It includes such items as: ARMSTRONG, Allan & R. A. Gilbert, Editors, Introduction by R.A. Gilbert; Contributions by Chic & Tabatha Cicero, et al. The Proceedings of the Golden… Continue Reading
The Artist Who Embraced the Occult and Defied the Surrealists British artist Ithell Colquhoun’s uncanny paintings are full of androgynous gods, murderous goddesses, yoni-like fruit, and disembodied, fleshy parts floating across hallucinatory, dreamlike landscapes. “My life is uneventful, but I sometimes… Continue Reading
Author Phil Hine recently posted the transcript of part of his lecture at Treadwells Bookshop in London. It begins “This post is an extract from a recent lecture at Treadwells Bookshop, entitled Flying through the air, entering other bodies: Yoga and… Continue Reading
This month’s SF Psychedelic Sangha meetup, which takes place as usual at the SF Dharma Collective at 2701 Folsom Street, will go down on Saturday, December 28, at 7pm. There will be talk, a shared meditation and discussion. This month’s talking: the connection between confusion and “don’t know” mind. $30 suggested donation,… Continue Reading
The musical performer Beck Hansen has been one of the hipper figures associated with the Church of Scientology these past 2o years but now is disavowing the Church, going as far to deny that he was ever a member per… Continue Reading
For a lot of y’all, the most notable event of 2019 will have been the release of a new Tool album after a 13 year wait. I assume all hardore Toolians purchased or pre-purchased this asap. For the rest of… Continue Reading