We continue our jag of Randolph-philia contemplating what happened to our newest Gnostic Saint’s legacy after his passing in 1875. R. Swinburne Clymer’s Fraternitas Rosae Crucis claim Randolph as a member and to that end, publish very lovely editions of… Continue Reading →

Recently canonized Gnostic Saint, Paschal Beverly Randolph died in 1875, the same year that the Theosophical Society was formally inaugurated and that the Prophet of the Lovely Star was born. Some occult history buffs may know that he was buried… Continue Reading →

Frater Prabhasvara tipped us off to this amazing story that first appeared on the University of South Florida’s Newsroom page. The article begins: “A University of South Florida professor found the first-ever physical evidence of hallucinogens in an Egyptian mug,… Continue Reading →

Down Here is the first of a meticulously researched and lavishly illustrated three volume work, The Tarot of Marsilio by Christophe Poncet; a landmark inquiry into the origins of the Tarot de Marseille. Against the prevalent view in the academy, Poncet argues that… Continue Reading →

Dave Light’s newly published The White Ladder: Triumph and Tragedy at the Dawn of Mountaineering looks at the art and science of mountain climbing in the 19th and early 20th centuries. He includes a detailed and nuanced look at the… Continue Reading →

Delinquent Elementals: A Pagan News Anthology edited by Phil Hine and Rodney Orpheus is being published this coming March. The posted description says: Such mugs, including the one donated to the Tampa Museum of Art in 1984, are decorated with the head… Continue Reading →

Sabazius X*, Grandmaster of O.T.O.’s U.S. Grand Lodge posted: Do what thou wilt shall be the whole of the Law. The word promulgation can mean: So, the phrase “promulgation of the Law of Thelema” means, essentially, putting the Law of… Continue Reading →

David Chaim Smith has announced the release of a new book, Shattered Field of Reflections . The posted description says: “Shattered Field of Reflections  offers a unique version of the obscure 13th Century text entitled Fountain of Wisdom, which is surely one… Continue Reading →

Earlier this year, the New York Times Book Review ran an essay by A.O. Scott contemplating the ways literary authors might incorporate even collaborate with artificial intelligences. Suddenly Scott connects this emerging trend with the “automatic writing” of the early… Continue Reading →

If you’ve read this blog before, you’ve heard me hold forth about the influence of American utopian societies on the international occult revival of the 19th and 20th centuries. Occult pioneers like Pascal Beverly Randolph and Ida Craddock were part… Continue Reading →