Yes – I realize that this blog is functioning like an advertising service today. SORRY! Getting ready for Samedi Gras! And besides, don’t front – you know you love looking at long lists of expensive olde books, dontcha chumpie? (I… Continue Reading
March 3* is the Feast of Saladin, who died 825 years ago at Damascus, Syria. Saladin was a military and political leader who as sultan led Islamic forces against European Crusaders. His victory at the Battle of Hattin in 1187… Continue Reading
Three Hands Press, the publishing arm of the Cultus Sabatai have just sent out an update on their publishing plans for 2019: “Benjamin A. Vierlin’s book, Green Mysteries, is still at least three weeks away from completion, placing the book… Continue Reading
Here’s a New York Times review of a TV series, A Discovery of Witches, produced in the United Kingdom depicting a world clandestinely inhabited by vampires, witches and demons. These three populations have been observing a centuries long pact of… Continue Reading
Augusten Burroughs is already the bestselling author of Running with Scissors and Lust & Wonder, but now he’s tackling his memoir, and he says he’s a witch: For as long as Augusten Burroughs could remember, he knew things he shouldn’t have known. He manifested things… Continue Reading
In recent years, there’s been a lot of discussion on social media about the attitudes towards women, politics, non-European ethnic groups (or “races” in archaic, non-scientific parlance) and the like in the writings of Aleister Crowley. Different groups will spotlight… Continue Reading
CBS.com reports that the Strange Angel series which is carried exclusively on its CBS All Access streaming service has tapped the Scottish actor Angus Macfadyen to join the cast portraying Aleister Crowley in the second season of the series. Strange Angel, as… Continue Reading
“Sex is the sacred song of the soul; sex is the sanctuary of Self…” — Aleister Crowley, On Sexual Freedom “From the evidence of his drawings, notebooks, and illuminated prophecies, it is clear that Blake maintained a life-long commitment to… Continue Reading
The U.K.’s Scarlet Imprint publishing house has announced some of their upcoming 2019 publications: “The Brazen Vessel We are currently gathering our work into The Brazen Vessel, which will include most of our essays and presentations from 2008 up to our… Continue Reading
The Japan Times ran a story on a robotic Boddhisattva being unveiled in Kyoto. The the robot, named “Mindar,” is based specifically on the female Boddhisattva Kannon, or Guanyin. This is NOT an AI-enabled set-up, Mindar broadcasts pre-recorded lectures and gestures,… Continue Reading