Yesterday would have been the 101th birthday of artist/occultist Marjorie Cameron-Parsons. Last year, the Cameron-Parsons Foundation posted this appreciation: Cameron (April 23, 1922–July 24, 1995) Marjorie Elizabeth Cameron Parsons Kimmel, known simply as Cameron, was an artist, poet, veteran, feminist… Continue Reading
Psychonauts Drugs and the Making of the Modern Mind is a new book by Michael Jay. Certainly the Prophet of the Lovely Star used drugs in a signficant portion of his magical workings. The posted description says: ‘Until the twentieth… Continue Reading
Let’s face it, ceremonial magicians, Wiccans and occultists of all sorts tend to dig fantasy with venerable authors J.R.R. Tolkien and C.S. Lewis looming large amongst the purveyors thereof. So this New York Times article about Oxford and the friendship… Continue Reading
Spain’s Higher Council for Scientific Research announced that researchers from the Institute of Archeology of Mérida (IAM-CSIC) working at the site of Casas del Turuñuelo (Badajoz) have uncovered the remains of five anthropomorphic reliefs from the 5th century BC, artifacts of… Continue Reading
New York Times recently ran a curious story about a currently little known painter, Bradford Boobis, that touches on the “cult” he formulated and led. It’s general tenets harmonize with statements the Prophet of the Lovely Star made about artists… Continue Reading
Don’t know how I missed this, but out of the broom closet mage Alan Moore released a new book late last year. ‘In his first-ever short story collection, which spans forty years of work, Alan Moore presents a series of… Continue Reading
The Boleskine House Foundation posted the following momentous accouncement: “We will very shortly be opening to the public for the season (with more information forthcoming soon). In advance of opening, a feline social media sensation called Artemis came for a… Continue Reading
UK occult publishing house Theion Publishing is now shipping copies of the revised and expanded second edition of Underworld, an expert study and manual of practical necromancy. The posted description says: ‘The Living stand in awe and fear before the forbidden… Continue Reading
Thelema, NOW! has posted a new episode, wecloming Tobias Churton. A world authority on Gnostic spirituality, Churton is Britain’s leading scholar in the field of Western Esotericism. Host Harper Feist and he discuss his latest book, Aleister Crowley in Paris Sex, Art, and… Continue Reading
This is another suggestion for a posting by Soror Amy – about skyclad dinner parties with entry fee. I guess this trends more Gardnerian Wicca that ceremonial magick – but what the hey. Could make an interesting sorta Rose Croix… Continue Reading