Dr. Richard Kaczynski has an illustrated five-page article “Cartomancy in the Cotswolds: Frieda Lady Harris and Aleister Crowley at Chipping Campden” in the Spring 2017 issue of Signpost, the journal of the Chipping Campden History Society. In his FB feed… Continue Reading
One year on and Bowie’s life and legacy still fascinates, Lee Gerrard Barlow’s article digs a little deeper : BWH Osiris is a Black Star ~ David Bowie and the Occult Lately many have written on the occult aspects… Continue Reading
Religionens varp och trasor is a recent publication edited by Daniel Enstedt, Göran Larsson, and Sardella Ferdinando featuring the paper “Adviata Vedanta And Occultism: The Case Of Kenneth Grant, authored by Henrick Bogan. The book is published by LIR.skrifter; this is a is… Continue Reading
Karl Germer: Selected Letters 1928-1962 was published December 10 (the day before Advanced Iniator Training weekend in Atlanta!) was authored by Karl J Germer, edited by David Shoemaker, Andrew Ferrell, Stefan Voss. The International College of Thelema site states: “Karl… Continue Reading
The New York Times Book Review ran Bruce Boucher’s review of Egyptomania by Ronald Fritze earlier this month. The book surveys the fascination — oftimes shallow and misguided — with the ancient land of Khem dating back to Classical Greek… Continue Reading
New O=II contributor Frater Orpheus posted this amazing trove of material on his FB feed a few days ago in commemoration of the death of the Prophet of the Lovely Star: On November 19th 1947, Crowley sensing the end was… Continue Reading
Noted academic and author, Henrik Bogdan just uploaded a paper to Academia.edu – available for free download! It’s titled “Envisioning the Birth of a New Aeon Dispensationalism and Millenarianism in the Thelemic Tradition” https://www.academia.edu/1879766/Envisioning_the_Birth_of_a_New_Aeon_Dispensationalism_and_Millenarianism_in_the_Thelemic_Tradition
A tasty collection of occult books previously owned by Frank and Gail Zappa–mostly from the 1960s and 1970s–is coming up for auction at Julien’s Auctions on November 4, 2016. Rarities in this lot include a first edition of Aleister Crowley’s… Continue Reading
Aleister Crowley was born October 12 in 1875. Here’s the biographical sketch posted as the website of U.S. Grand Lodge of Ordo Templi Orientis, a fraternal order that Crowley was a member of, then eventually headed. With all the sensationalistic,… Continue Reading
Aleister Crowley Landscape with volcano and a saint Aleister Crowley (Royal Leamington Spa 1875-1947 Hastings) Landscape with volcano and a saint signed with monogram (lower left) pencil and watercolour on paper 13 ¾ x 19 ½ in. (34.3 x… Continue Reading