The “voice” of Thelema, NOW!, executive producer Soror Amy talks to David Hertzberg, the composer of The Wake World opera. Scored for five instruments and nine singers, it premiered in 2017 at the Barnes Foundation under the aegis of Opera… Continue Reading
Atu I – THE MAGUS But ye, o my people, rise up & awake! Let the rituals be rightly performed with joy & beauty! There are rituals of the elements and feasts of the times. A feast for the first… Continue Reading
Thelemic scholar Richard Kaczynski posted an audio lecture with slideshow of a talk based on his book Panic In Detroit, which looked at the attempts of Aleister Crowley and Charles Stansfield Jones to establish a Supreme Grand Council of Ordo… Continue Reading
Another entry in the Holy Days Art project conceived by members of Alombrados Oasis, OTO in the Valley of New Orleans. Atu 0 THE FOOL Concept/Makeup @lady.psychepomp Location Alombrados Oasis Photography Nathan Tucker The fool readeth this Book of the… Continue Reading
Here’s a link to video of Peter Duchemin’s dramatic reading at Trans States 2 Conference of “The Castle of Birds.” The Castle of Birds The Castle of Birds is an oral poem/story about language, order, and transformation. It is about… Continue Reading
Scarlet Imprint co-founder Alkistis Dimech recently published an essay on the Witches Dance, which she claims as a catalyst for her own work in kinetic art. An excerpt says: “In this essay I trace the haunted kinaesthetic and psychic territories… Continue Reading
Here’s Al Jazeera’s reporting on the opening of a large Yazidi temple in Armenia last year. I have heard arguments that Crowley wanted to establish that Thelemic religion’s antecedent was the Yazidi faith. Anyway: “Just an hour outside the capital… Continue Reading
Here’s a fairly length piece on a new Yazidi temple built in Armenia. After the systematic slaughter of Yazidi in the Middle East by Daesh, the opening is a bright spot in this group’s grim recent history. The coverage begins:… Continue Reading
Weiser Antiquarian Book Sellers released their latest catalogue last week, CHOCK FULL of Crowleyan delights, to wit: Behutet Anthology: Modern Thelemic Magick & Culture. Volume 4: Issues 16-20. Philadelphia, PA: Thelesis Lodge, Ordo Templi Orientis, 2011. First Edition Thus. Softcover. Octavo. Eccentrically paginated: approx.… Continue Reading
Here’s video of the presentation by John Constable (aka John Crow) at Trans States Conference 2, “Acid Mediumship: Goose and Crow.” The posted description says: “On 23rd November 1996, the writer John Constable embarked on an epic work of automatic… Continue Reading