New User Registrations Disabled [UPDATED: Re-Enabled]

New User Registrations Disabled [UPDATED: Re-Enabled]

Jan 16, 2020 | , | 0

Spam registrations are being made currently on the site at a rate of one every couple of minutes. Members here have rightly complained that user profiles comprising spam adverts are distracting and inappropriate. Pending the development of a technical solution, I have disabled new user registrations. Apologies for any inconvenience.

Remnants of infamous Boleskine House near Foyers by Loch Ness offered for sale online [UPDATED]

Remnants of infamous Boleskine House near Foyers by Loch Ness offered for sale online [UPDATED]

Jan 3, 2020 | , , , | 3

A couple working to rebuild the fire-ravaged Boleskine House by Loch Ness are selling charred remnants of the building for £49 a bag. Past owners have included the Fraser clan, Led Zeppelin rocker Jimmy Page and infamous cult leader Aleister Crowley. A crowdfunding campaign was started last year and has so far generated more than £22,500 of the £220,000 target for donations.

Collection dispersal

Collection dispersal

Dec 20, 2019 | , , | 2

From Clive Harper: Friends and acquaintances may be surprised by an announcement recently made regarding the sale of books from my collection. So let me assure everyone that in the immortal words of Granny Weatherwax – “I ATEN’T DEAD”. However after nearly half a century of accumulating occult books, I have decided that it is time to “downsize” and over the next year or two, I shall be dispersing the vast majority of my collection.

The Boleskine House Foundation: Appeal For Funds

The Boleskine House Foundation: Appeal For Funds

Dec 14, 2019 | , , , | 6

“Our contractors have been working day and night for the last week. We have successfully removed several skips worth of rubbles from the “library” and “oratory” rooms. We have successfully removed any hanging remains that could damage the house over the winter. Between these tendered works and professional fees, we will be pressed for funds by the end of December. Boleskine needs your help! Please see our PayPal, GoFundMe, or sign up as a member today!”

Trigrammaton Records releases spoken-word version of The Vision and The Voice

Trigrammaton Records releases spoken-word version of The Vision and The Voice

Dec 3, 2019 | , | 2

Never before put in ‘audiobook’ format, this release of Liber 418 from Seven Ravens comes on the 110th anniversary of the first Algerian skrying. Aleister Crowley’s The Vision & The Voice continues the Seven Ravens project of bringing the ‘Class A’ works of Crowley to a wider public. The text of all 30 aethyrs is set to an original synthesizer backing track, encompassing over 6 hours of words and music.

Five young lion mummies unearthed in 26th Dynasty animal shaft in Saqqara

Five young lion mummies unearthed in 26th Dynasty animal shaft in Saqqara

Nov 24, 2019 | , | 2

The discovered cachet included hundreds of diversified objects, including 75 cat statues in various sizes, a wooden statue of the goddess Neith, who was the main goddess of Sais, the capital of the 26th Dynasty, 73 bronze statues of Osiris, and 11 wooden statues of Sekhmet. A large number of mummified animals and statues made of bronze were also unearthed. Two small limestones belonging to Bastet were unearthed along with other beautiful gems.

Liber Oz: On the Rights of Man

Liber Oz: On the Rights of Man

Nov 18, 2019 | , , | 0

On the Rights of Man explores the history of Aleister Crowley’s Liber OZ in greater detail than ever before. Through careful examination of Crowley’s diaries and correspondences during the Second World War, a fascinating narrative emerges that, up until now, has never been told.  In a separate section, Frater Orpheus discusses the significance of its title and number, how its principles can be applied to the Tree of Life, and its connection to five magical formulas which reveal deeper mysteries. 

SYMPATHY FOR THE BEAST: Songs from the Poems of Aleister Crowley

SYMPATHY FOR THE BEAST: Songs from the Poems of Aleister Crowley

Nov 17, 2019 | , , | 1

Sympathy for the Beast, the new album by Twink and the Technicolour Dream, is based on the wonderfully imaginative poetical works of Aleister Crowley, whose natural and intrinsic musical quality Twink and the Technicolour Dream have tried to intensify with their psychedelic musical drive, using sections of the original poems as lyrics for their songs or narrations for their musical backgrounds.

The Books of Blood – The Official Clive Barker Website

The Books of Blood – The Official Clive Barker Website

Nov 3, 2019 | , | 0

Alongside director/writer Brannon Braga, Clive [Barker] has been writing new material to create a wealth of new and original Books of Blood stories for adaptation and The Books of Blood began shooting in Novia Scotia in mid October 2019. … A trilogy of tales ‘tangled in space and time’ have been woven together for this feature for Hulu, set for release in Fall 2020.

In Memoriam: Steffi Grant

In Memoriam: Steffi Grant

Oct 25, 2019 | , | 4

Michael Staley has announced the recent death of Steffi Grant. She passed away at a hospital in north-west London on 6th October after a short illness. It was agreed with her family not to announce her death until after the funeral, which took place yesterday afternoon. A highly-skilled artist whose work was integral to Kenneth Grant’s Typhonian Trilogies, she was also an extremely good writer, as attested by her enthralling Introduction to ‘Zos Speaks!’ as well as several essays of hers throughout the Carfax Monographs.

Magna Invocatio: A Gnostic Mass for Choir and Orchestra – Killing Joke

Magna Invocatio: A Gnostic Mass for Choir and Orchestra – Killing Joke

Oct 4, 2019 | , , | 3

On November 29th, Jaz Coleman, founding member with the legendary Killing Joke, releases ‘Magna Invocatio – A Gnostic Mass For Choir And Orchestra Inspired By The Sublime Music Of Killing Joke’ through Spinefarm Records, the first release of the MASTERSCORE Series. As an artist of fierce intellect and purpose, Jaz Coleman – now celebrating 40 years as Killing Joke’s iconic front-man – has been driven by twin musical loves: experimental rock and classical music.

Aleister Crowley: The Sword of Song

Aleister Crowley: The Sword of Song

Oct 2, 2019 | , | 1

Kamuret Press will be releasing an extensively annotated edition of Aleister Crowley’s first talismanic book, his remarkable “The Sword of Song,” edited and introduced by Richard Kaczynski. This collection of poetry, essays, satire, kabbalah, Buddhism and magick preserves the layout of the rare 1904 first edition, while incorporating material added by Crowley in his 1906 “Collected Works.” In addition, this new edition notes Crowley’s revisions, insertions, and deleted lines in the various manuscript and typescript versions of the work in development.

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