“Katharine Gates has spent decades documenting niche fetishes. She told us what fetishists can teach the #MeToo movement.” Nearly nineteen years ago, after years of study on the subject, Katherine Gates published Deviant Desires: Incredibly Strange Sex. Vice describes the first… Continue Reading
Ordo Templi Orientis of Sweden has just released the sixth volume of it’s official magazine “Solståndet,” featuring articles in both Swedish and English. Our Siblings state: “The sixth edition contains news from the Local Bodies of O.T.O. Sweden, from our… Continue Reading
Fulgur Ltd has made a more detailed, formal announcement of their upcoming March publication of Taro As Colour by Ithell Colquhoun. The publisher’s site says: “In 1977, a series of 78 strange enamel works were exhibited in a small gallery… Continue Reading
February 6 is Frozen Yogurt Day! H.P. Hood first developed frozen yogurt in 1970 as a soft-serve treat called Frogurt. Soon other companies followed with their own products, including Humphrey’s and Dannon. Because it was considered a “health food,” at… Continue Reading
The Warburg Institute in London houses one of the largest collections of Aleister Crowley’s writings in the world, the “Gerald York Collection.” The Institute’s website states: “The Warburg Institute is the premier institute in the world for the study of… Continue Reading
Current 93, the long-running “Apocalyptic Folk” ensemble led by OTO Cabinet member David Tibet, has just announced a London date for October with fellow travellers Nurse With Wound as support. The event page says: “Current 93 will skip into O2… Continue Reading
February is Black History Month, which the History Channel describes as “an annual celebration of achievements by African Americans and a time for recognizing the central role of blacks in U.S. history. The event grew out of ‘Negro History Week,’… Continue Reading
Do what thou wilt shall be the whole of the Law The following images were painted by Aleister Crowley on the interior and exterior faces of a double door which hung on the south-west wall of the “Chambre des Cauchemars”,… Continue Reading
Our pal the professional wizard Inominandum just published this HELIOS GLOBAL SUCCESS RITE, to be performed between Feb 2nd and 6th. ENJOY! PS Disregard the 2015 note. https://gallery.mailchimp.com/752dd22273aa628e18e217702/files/HELIOS_CANDLEMAS_RITE.pdf.
Portland Monthly reports that Unmentionable: A Lingerie Exposition will take place Wednesday, February 7 at the McMenamins Mission Theater. “Six years in, two things are certain about the annual Unmentionable lingerie fashion show: 1) We’ll see sexy local lingerie for… Continue Reading