NYU’s Steinhardt Department of Art and Art Professions has announced the FOURTH ANNUAL OCCULT HUMANITIES CONFERENCE. The Conference takes place Friday, October 4 through Sunday, October 6th at the Department of Art and Art Professions, Barney Building, 34 Stuyvesant Street.… Continue Reading
Oxford University Press is announcing the early 2020 publication of Initiating the Millennium The Avignon Society and Illuminism in Europe by Robert Collis and Natalie Bayer. The publisher’s site touts is as the first English-language book devoted to the Avignon Society. … Continue Reading
Earlier this year we saw the publication of Mary and Early Christian Women: Hidden Leadership by Ally Kateussz which shows how another religious tradition empowered women who served in various clerical and episcopal roles early on — who knew? The description posted… Continue Reading
Here’s an interesting article by MADELEINE LEDESPENCER regarding Berthe de Courrière a 19th century Parisian who took the emerging trend of women’s liberation into the realm of occultism. A small excerpt reads: “Rumors about Berthe and her occult predilections were rampant. She… Continue Reading
Today, July 4, is Independence Day in the United States, celebrating the signing of the Declaration of Independence. Many Americans celebrate Independence Day with fireworks, parades, barbecues, carnivals, fairs, picnics, concerts, baseball games, family reunions, and political speeches and ceremonies.… Continue Reading
Weiser Antiquarian Booksellers has released its latest catalogue of goodies Catalogue 224: Hermetica and Mysticism. It features such goodies as: “New York: Rudolf Steiner Publications, 1968. First Edition. Hardcover. Quarto. 704 pp. Maroon buckram with gilt titling to spine; b&w illustrations, List of Illustrations. The… Continue Reading
Running through August 18 at Los Angeles’ GETTY CENTER is Book of Beasts: The Bestiary in the Medieval World, a look at 13/14 century “bestiaries,” basically illustrated zoological encyclopedias featuring animals both actual and imagined – though many of the images… Continue Reading
Today, July 3, is the Feast of Jim Morrison, musician, poet, and psychonaut, best remembered for his role as lead singer of The Doors. Morrison suggested the band’s name after reading Aldous Huxley’s account of drug experiences, The Doors Of… Continue Reading
There are a lot of crackpot theories regarding . The Memoirs of Billy Shears by Thomas E. Uharriet claims that The Beatles were a tool of a Freemasonic conspiracy to turn teenagers away from God and to the Satanic hedonism… Continue Reading
Scottish news paper, the Scotsman is confirming reports that the new owners of Boleskine House and its grounds apparently are open to welcoming members of O.T.O. to the grounds once it’s restoration has been complete. Other sources report that the… Continue Reading