Tate acquires vast archive of British surrealist Ithell Colquhoun | The Guardian

Tate acquires vast archive of British surrealist Ithell Colquhoun | The Guardian

by | Jul 15, 2019 | , | 0 |

Her name has largely slipped through the gaps of art history, and those who do know her work may associate her primarily with magic and the occult – but, with the acquisition of a huge archive, Tate is hoping that the artist Ithell Colquhoun will finally get the credit and recognition she deserves as a major figure in British surrealism.
Tate has announced that more than 5,000 sketches, drawings, and commercial artworks by Colquhoun have been transferred to it by the National Trust.

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Lecture: Crowley On Film

Lecture: Crowley On Film

by | Jun 23, 2019 | , , | 1 |

This illustrated lecture traces the appearance of  the infamous magus Aleister Crowley in cinema, as both a character and an influence. Gary Parsons follows him from earliest flickering images portraying him, through the Hammer horror era, and right up to the avant-garde. Along the way we meet Kenneth Anger, The Devil Rides Out, and a smattering of European art house films.  We promise an enlivening evening with the Great Beast, celluloid-style. Gary Parsons is a film maker and a graduate in film from Goldsmiths College London. He has been interviewed for both Dazed and Hero magazines. He has previously spoken on ‘Witchcraft Documentaries of the 1970s’ and we are delighted to welcome him back to Treadwell’s.

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Saite Egypt

Saite Egypt

by | Jun 15, 2019 | , | 2 |

Ancient Egypt magazine continues to be an essential monthly read for all those interested in the Egyptological basis of Thelema and to contextualise the life of Ankhefenkhons I. This month’s issue is especially interesting…

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Hawass Reveals Secrets of Pharaonic Book of Dead – Sada El balad

Hawass Reveals Secrets of Pharaonic Book of Dead – Sada El balad

by | Jun 13, 2019 | , | 2 |

God Osiris sits on the throne and the balance with its two pans is put in front of him. In one of the two pans, there’s a feather of justice; which is known as “Maat”. In the corresponding pan, the heart of the dead person is placed. If the heart pan is heavier than the feather pan, the dead person crosses safely to the afterlife and vice versa. Horus; son of God Osiris is there in every trial to give a helping hand to the dead person; whether man or woman.

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Ian Thornton: The Deaths and Afterlife of Aleister Crowley

Ian Thornton: The Deaths and Afterlife of Aleister Crowley

by | Jun 2, 2019 | , | 0 |

Crowley supposedly died in 1947, but in Ian Thornton’s new novel, set in the present day, the Great Beast is alive and well and living in Shangri-la. Now over 130 years old, thanks to the magical air of his mystical location, he looks back on his life and decides it is time to set the record straight. For Crowley was not the evil man he is often portrayed as. This was just a cover to hide his real mission, to save the twentieth century from destroying itself and to set humanity on the road to freedom and liberty. The Death and Afterlife of Aleister Crowley is an epic novel that will make you see this notorious figure in a completely new light, as he encounters an impressive cast of real-life characters including Timothy Leary, The Beatles, Princess Margaret, Orson Welles and Alfred Hitchcock.

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Good Omens: A watching guide to understanding the Apocalyptic Amazon adaptation | SYFY WIRE

Good Omens: A watching guide to understanding the Apocalyptic Amazon adaptation | SYFY WIRE

by | May 31, 2019 | , | 0 |

Aleister Crowley — A famous British philosopher and occultist, not to be confused with our demon Crowley. The real-life Crowley dabbled in black magic and wrote the occasional novel, one of which might have inspired part of the sequence of Pepper’s original names. Moonchild follows a young woman who is caught between teams of white magicians and black magicians, and a plan to impregnate her with an ethereal being. Well, it’s either that or The NeverEnding Story.

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LAShTAL Update

LAShTAL Update

by | May 27, 2019 | , | 0 |

LAShTAL.COM now features a completely new look. Also, a new menu option to view a Timeline comprising every News item ever posted on the site, all gathered onto a single, convenient page.

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‘Strange Angel’ Season 2: Rocketry, Sex Magick, World War and Mr Crowley

‘Strange Angel’ Season 2: Rocketry, Sex Magick, World War and Mr Crowley

May 17, 2019 | , , | 0

By Season 2, the U.S. is fully engaged in World War II, transforming Jack’s rocketry work into a lucrative business and further entrenching him in the military-industrial complex. While Jack’s career takes off, he and his wife Susan’s (Bella Heathcote) devotion to their new occult religion grows, leading them to invite the sex cult into their Pasadena mansion and Jack to forge a personal relationship with the group’s notorious founder, Mr. Crowley himself (Angus Macfadyen).

Former Highland home of occultist Aleister Crowley and Led Zeppelin founder is sold

Former Highland home of occultist Aleister Crowley and Led Zeppelin founder is sold

May 16, 2019 | , , , | 2

Those who have bought the property have not been named but they plan to fully restore the house where Crowley centred his black magic investigations after he bought it, aged 25, in 1899. It was later bought by Led Zeppelin founder and guitarist Jimmy Page in the 1970s with the rock god owning the “most notorious home in the Highlands” for around 20 years.

A Reminder…

A Reminder…

May 14, 2019 | , | 0

LAShTAL.COM is home of The Aleister Crowley Society and is devoted to the serious study and sharing of information about the life, work and legacy of Aleister Crowley. It is not an occult site and is not intended to host content or discussions on subjects that do not provide direct insight into his life, work and legacy.

Ithell Colquhoun by Amy Hale

Ithell Colquhoun by Amy Hale

May 7, 2019 | , | 3

The first in-depth biographical study of the British surrealist and occultist Ithell Colquhoun. This book offers the first in-depth biographical study of the British surrealist and occultist Ithell Colquhoun, situating her art within the magical contexts that shaped her imaginative life and work. After decades of neglect, Colquhoun’s unique vision and hermetic life have become an object of great renewed interest, both for artists and for historians of magic.

More on Aleister Crowley and Boleskine House | Mysterious Universe

More on Aleister Crowley and Boleskine House | Mysterious Universe

May 7, 2019 | , , , | 0

If something supernatural and evil had descended on Boleskine House and Loch Ness, then it didn’t take long before it began affecting and infecting the people that lived around the loch. On one occasion, shortly after moving into Boleskine House, Crowley returned to the abode after a stroll in the hills, only to find a priest sitting in his, Crowley’s, study. As pale as a ghost…

The Abyss by Leo Holmes

The Abyss by Leo Holmes

Apr 28, 2019 | , | 1

SSix years after the critically acclaimed LeMULgeton: Goetia and the Stellar Tradition, Leo Holmes is back with a new and exciting book: The Abyss. The Abyss offers a wide approach, based on both personal experience and a multidisciplinary study, to the second of the two main crises of a magician’s career, the first being the attainment of the Knowledge and Conversation of the Holy Guardian Angel. The book is predominantly inspired by Thelemic Literature…

The Splendor of David Tibet’s Apocalypse at Cal State Fullertons Begovich Gallery

The Splendor of David Tibet’s Apocalypse at Cal State Fullertons Begovich Gallery

Apr 11, 2019 | , | 0

Under a dim, haunting red light, Tibet’s blocky black-and-white African fetishes look as if they’ve been doused in crimson, their faces remade by the artist into smiles and lop-sided triangle eyes. Another red-light section is dedicated to a woman in silhouette and haphazardly drawn barns with red roofs, both images inspired by an unsolved killing from the 1940s and a notorious murder and execution in 1827 England…

Tobias Churton: Aleister Crowley in India (Advanced Notice)

Tobias Churton: Aleister Crowley in India (Advanced Notice)

Mar 29, 2019 | , | 11

Amazon have announced the planned publication in December 2019 of the latest in Tobias Churton’s series of biographies: Aleister Crowley in India: The Secret Influence of Eastern Mysticism on Magic and the Occult. Follow Aleister Crowley through his mystical travels in India, which profoundly influenced his magical system as well as the larger occult world.

Time To Reassess The World View Of The Notorious Occultist | AMFM Magazine.tv

Time To Reassess The World View Of The Notorious Occultist | AMFM Magazine.tv

Mar 2, 2019 | , , , | 1

Tobias Churton: Some people may come to Crowley through rock n roll. Led Zeppelin III (1971) had “Do what thou wilt” inscribed on its run-out groove, if memory serves, and I suppose this gave the music a kind of free-form, libertarian rationale. However “Do what thou wilt” does not mean “Do as thou wilt”, so people in search of mere kicks of self-indulgence might be disappointed when they discover Crowley was a stickler for discipline!

‘Strange Angel’: Angus Macfadyen to Play Aleister Crowley in Season 2

‘Strange Angel’: Angus Macfadyen to Play Aleister Crowley in Season 2

Feb 28, 2019 | , | 1

At the conclusion of Season 1, Jack and his team from Caltech make a scientific breakthrough that secures the military’s interest as the country nears the brink of war. In season two, the U.S. is fully engaged in World War II, transforming Jack’s rocketry work into a lucrative business and further entrenching him in the military-industrial complex. While Jack’s career takes off, he and his wife Susan’s devotion to their new occult religion grows, leading them to invite the sex cult into their Pasadena mansion and to forge a personal relationship with the group’s notorious founder, Aleister Crowley himself.

New: The Aleister Crowley Primer – For Those Who ARE Willing to be Shunned

New: The Aleister Crowley Primer – For Those Who ARE Willing to be Shunned

Feb 26, 2019 | , | 1

If you are interested in pursuing Thelema, this book by J Edward and Erica M Cornelius is for you—regardless if you are officially in the A.’.A.’. or not. After all, Crowley designed his system so that anyone in the world could become a Thelemite. We believe that to be a proper Thelemite, you must first be familiar with the terms, phrases and basic principles of our philosophy.

The Incoming Aeon of Maat

The Incoming Aeon of Maat

Feb 17, 2019 | , , | 1

Final preparations are underway for the publication in May or June by Starfire Publishing Ltd of the correspondence in 1948-49 between Charles Stansfeld Jones (Frater Achad) and Gerald Yorke. This publication, of approximately 500 pages, will be released under the title The Incoming of the Aeon of Maat. After Crowley’s death, his long-time friend Gerald Yorke was keen to build up an extensive archive of Crowley’s letters, diaries, typescripts and other documents. In February 1948 he wrote to Jones asking for a copy of Liber 31…

The Witch of Kings Cross: Kiwi occultist who scandalised Sydney – NZ Herald

The Witch of Kings Cross: Kiwi occultist who scandalised Sydney – NZ Herald

Jan 13, 2019 | , | 0

“A Warning to Australia: DEVIL WORSHIP HERE!” read the headlines, next to the image of a thin woman with unkempt hair, pencil-thin arched eyebrows and a focused scowl. Her name was Rosaleen Norton, “Roie” to those who knew her, a New Zealand-born artist and witch who made her home in Darlinghurst, near Sydney’s Kings Cross, in the 1940s and ’50s scandalising the conservative establishment.

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Black magic ruin Boleskine House placed on a list of historic buildings under threat | HeraldScotland

Black magic ruin Boleskine House placed on a list of historic buildings under threat | HeraldScotland

by | Jun 2, 2018 | , , , , , | 0 |

A REMOTE ruin once owned by a notorious occultist dubbed "the wickedest man in the world" has been placed on a list of historic buildings under threat. Boleskine House, which sits on the south-east shore of Loch Ness, was reduced to a burnt-out shell when a fierce blaze ripped through the property in 2015. It was previously the home of infamous "black magician" Aleister Crowley, who scandalised British society in the early 20th century through his experiments with sex, drugs and the occult.

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Tobias Churton: Aleister Crowley in India (Advanced Notice)

Tobias Churton: Aleister Crowley in India (Advanced Notice)

by | Mar 29, 2019 | , | 11 |

Amazon have announced the planned publication in December 2019 of the latest in Tobias Churton's series of biographies: Aleister Crowley in India: The Secret Influence of Eastern Mysticism on Magic and the Occult. Follow Aleister Crowley through his mystical travels in India, which profoundly influenced his magical system as well as the larger occult world.

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‘Strange Angel’ Season 2: Rocketry, Sex Magick, World War and Mr Crowley

‘Strange Angel’ Season 2: Rocketry, Sex Magick, World War and Mr Crowley

by | May 17, 2019 | , , | 0 |

By Season 2, the U.S. is fully engaged in World War II, transforming Jack’s rocketry work into a lucrative business and further entrenching him in the military-industrial complex. While Jack’s career takes off, he and his wife Susan’s (Bella Heathcote) devotion to their new occult religion grows, leading them to invite the sex cult into their Pasadena mansion and Jack to forge a personal relationship with the group’s notorious founder, Mr. Crowley himself (Angus Macfadyen).

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