As we announced a couple weeks ago, John Zorn’s Tzadik Records is releasing a recording of The Wake World, an opera by composer David Hertzberg, inspired by Aleister Crowley’s fairy tale of the same name. It was original produced for… Continue Reading
ATU VI. Liber LXV Ch II. Lovers/Brothers. 57. The prophet cried against the mountain; come thou hither, that I may speak with thee! 58. The mountain stirred not. Therefore went the prophet unto the mountain, and spake unto it. But… Continue Reading
Atu VIII – ADJUSTMENT “Nature is not just, according to any theological or ethical idea; but Nature is exact.” “when the daughter, redeemed by her marriage with the Son, is thereby set up on the throne of the mother; thus,… Continue Reading
ATU VII. Liber Cheth. The Chariot. 1. This is the secret of the Holy Graal, that is the sacred vessel of our Lady the Scarlet Woman, Babalon the Mother of Abominations, the bride of Chaos, that rideth upon our Lord… Continue Reading
Atu VI – THE LOVERS “The hooded figure which occupies the centre of the Card is another form of The Hermit, who is further explained in Atu IX. He is himself a form of the god Mercury, described in Atu… Continue Reading
ATU X. Liber VII Ch III. Fortune. 47. O Thou delicious God, smile sinister! 48. I pluck Thee, O my God, like a purple plum upon a sunny tree. How Thou dost melt in my mouth, Thou consecrated sugar of… Continue Reading
Atu XIII – DEATH “It is formally divided into three parts; the lowest is symbolized by the Scorpion, which was supposed by early observers of Nature to commit suicide when finding itself ringed with fire, or otherwise in a desperate… Continue Reading
Some of you olde curmudgeons likely know who Sonny Rollins in, but most of you – likely not. Well here’s an interview in the NY Times where he discusses trading licks with John Coltrane and admitting he did so half… Continue Reading
Atu XII – THE HANGED MAN “This card, attributed to the letter Mem, represents the element of Water. It would perhaps be better to say that it represents the spiritual function of water in the economy of initiation; it is… Continue Reading
Thelema, NOW! host Harper talks about Aleister Crowley, the peace sign (or V for Victory) and gratitude with Frater Orpheus. The wide-ranging conversation covers a lot of topics so check it out! And to find out more about the good… Continue Reading