The BBC just ran a story about Aethelflaed, Lady of the Mercians, who made peace with Viking raiders and laid the foundations for England — and has just about vanished from popular British history. Read all abouddit! https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-44069889. Thanks to Soror… Continue Reading
Hollywood Reporter has reviewed the first few episodes of of Strange Angel. Here’s an excerpt: “In a year in which Wild Wild Country was one of the spring’s buzziest shows and tales of a Hollywood-adjacent sex cult have filled headlines, the eventual… Continue Reading
The New York Times recently ran an extraordinary piece about a defunct 19th century religious movement having a surprise renaissance. This is one I found out about because a friend IMed me on FB and said “Meanwhile – Oahspe. Remember… Continue Reading
Fifty-four years ago, a book about erotic submission became one of the most widely read French novels. The story was and remains controversial. Today, artist Natalie Frank recreates the book’s main scenes in drawings at New York’s Half Gallery through June 16. Vice… Continue Reading
There is crossover between the Pagan and occult communities with a prevalent shared opinion being that the tale of Jesus Nazarene is primarily fictive and likely contrived by civil authorities to control the populace. Which of course is entirely possible… Continue Reading
Another interview by a Strange Angel cast member – this one, Rupert Friend who plays the fictional character (well, everyone except the dude playing Jack Parsons is playing a fictional character!). His is called “Ernest Donovan.” Have a look. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dSjDwzE3COA.… Continue Reading
Wednesday, June 13 is the Feast of St. Ludovicus Rex Bavariae (aka Ludwig II, 1845-1886 e.v.). According to the Invisible Basilica of Sabazius, “Ludwig was the last of the German feudal princes: a romantic dreamer who viewed himself as a… Continue Reading
from ARSTY In Remedios Varo’s fantastical, Surrealist paintings, bodies merge with objects and animals to create alluring new hybrid figures. In Mimicry (1960), for example, a woman sits in a patterned chair. The shapes of her arms and hands… Continue Reading
Another interview from a cast member of the Strange Angel series. Here Laine Neil discusses Strange Angel’s two “colliding worlds” i.e. rocket science and sex magick. She plays a character listed publicly only as “Patty,” the only character with no… Continue Reading
Sunday, June 10, is the Feast of Saint Basilides. According to the Invisible Basilica of Sabazius, Basilides (c. 100 – c. 139 e.v.) was the “Syrian or Egyptian founder of the Basilidean sect of Christian Gnostics in Alexandria during the reigns… Continue Reading