Here’s an hour and 20 minute long interview with noted occult authority/author Dr Manon Hedenborg White discussing Babalon, Scarlet Woman and Sacred Feminine in Thelema.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=prV5f9jC1oA&t=1830s.
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“An academic overview of the Goddess Babalon from the Book of Revelation in the Bible to Thelema. History of the role of the Scarlet woman and sex magic in Aleister Crowley, Jack Parsons and Kenneth Grant. Divine feminine and misconstrued misogyny in Thelema.
00:00:00 Intro to Dr Manon Hedenborg White
00:03:14 Babalon in Thelema, Aleister Crowley, Jack Parsons, Kenneth Grant
00:19:15 Feminist, LGBT and Queer perspectives
00:21:00 Summary of the History of Babalon in Western Esotericism
00:22:33 Reclaiming evil figures as symbolic resistance
00:25:00 Lack of Positive Images of Female Sexuality
00:30:30 Female role & Divine feminine in Thelema
00:36:30 Misconceptions of Crowley as Misogynist
00:47:20 The Scarlett Woman, from appointed to self-appointed role
00:55:55 Why does it have to be a woman?
01:04:40 Survival of Thelema and daughter religions (Andrew Reitemeyer)
01:10:00 Nema Andahadna & her Maat Magick (Andrew Reitemeyer)
01:14:10 Pistis Sophia and Jezebel (Vocatus)
01:16:30 Contact Details of Dr Manon Hedenborg White BOOK MENTIONED White, M.H. (2020) The Eloquent Blood: The Goddess Babalon and the Construction of Femininities in Western Esotericism. Illustrated edition. New York, NY, Oxford University Press. US link https://amzn.to/3yeZMdq UK link https://amzn.to/3xgo6Kk Canada link https://amzn.to/3ffcLo2
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