The German O.T.O. has just p the inaugural issue of their journal, Kneph. It’ll be available at all major online retailers including Amazon, Barnes & Noble, etc. Here’s their announcement “This first issue is dedicated to the founder of our… Continue Reading
In honor of the birthday of the Prophet of the Lovely Star, the artist cashumi created a special edition of his reading of “The Poet.” The painting shows AC as a young poet as I cashumi imagines him at the… Continue Reading
Today is the birthday of the Prophet of the Lovely Star, Aleister Crowley. He was born in 1875, also the date of the inauguration of the Theosophical Society, which he viewed as a portentous coincidence. On the U.S. Grand Lodge… Continue Reading
Friday and Saturday (10.21/10.22) at the @whitneymuseum, acclaimed musician/composer John Zorn and his ensemble will be scoring a selection of Gnostic Saint Harry Everett Smith’s experimental animated works. “Both Zorn and Smith are polymathic artists who have made an indelible… Continue Reading
October 26, Brill Publishing releases Enchanted Pedagogies: Archetypes, Magic and Knowledge, edited by Kari Adelaide Razdow. Contributors include Alessandro Keegan, Pam Grosman, Kay Turner, Janaka Stucky, Ruth Lingford among others. The posted descriptions says: “Pedagogies of magic have their own… Continue Reading
DistortedSound.com just ran a review of the latest from Aiwass, an occult-oriented act helmed by Blke Carrera. The review sez: Hailing from the eccentric and diverse city of Austin, Texas, and created by multi-instrumentalist Blake Carrera, AIWASS is a one man, occult-inspired psychedelic… Continue Reading
Yesterday, the second largest Hindu temple in the world opened in Robbinsville, NJ, near Trenton. The official press release says: On October 8, 2023, the BAPS Swaminarayan Akshardham in Robbinsville, New Jersey, was inaugurated by His Holiness Mahant Swami Maharaj,… Continue Reading
Symposium Khthonia will be held November 10-12 this year at The Crooked Path, 2020 West Magnolia Boulevard, Burbank, CA 91506. The posted description says: Our annual Symposium has moved to Los Angeles and has also moved to November. We’ll be… Continue Reading
The Armstrong Institute of Biblical Archaeology reports that the Israeli Antiquities Authority has excavated the tomb of a young woman, who they speculate was an elite courtesan or “hetairai.” Some excerpts read: “Excavations conducted by the Israel Antiquities Authority near… Continue Reading
Here’s a tasty morsel from Alejandro Jodorowsky, describing encounters with the great author, Surrealist artist and mage Leonora Carrington, excerpted from The Spiritual Journey of Alejandro Jodorowsky ‘If the outside of the house was like a prison, the inside was… Continue Reading