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The secrets of Led Zeppelin IV: from ecology to the occult | Louder

by lashtal | Aug 7, 2018 | Aleister Crowley, Aleister Crowley, Media Articles, News | 0 |

The Hermit invites us to discover wisdom and the progress that comes with study; the card also indicates that the Hermit is a person of integrity, but that he is scared to trust in others and completely express what he is feeling – very much as Jimmy Page was, polite to the point of sometimes being a little boring. The painting of the Hermit on the inner sleeve was by a supposed friend of Jimmy Page’s called Barrington Coleby. There is no record whatsoever of any such person, and there were those who believed the real painter was none other than Jimmy Page himself.

Cocaine, groupies and searing riffs: A new biography of Jimmy Page | Daily Mail Online

by lashtal | Aug 5, 2018 | Aleister Crowley, Media Articles, News | 3 |

The occult was certainly one of Page’s fascinations. He was still a schoolboy when he discovered Crowley, once dubbed ‘the wickedest man in the world’ by the British press. At the peak of his interest, Page owned Crowley’s books, manuscripts, the robes in which he had conducted rituals, and his former abode, Boleskine House on the shores of Loch Ness.

‘Strange Angel’ episode 07: Jack submits to sex magic | Meaww

by lashtal | Jul 28, 2018 | Aleister Crowley, Aleister Crowley, Media, Media Articles, News, Thelema | 1 |

The fuse is indeed about to hit the powder keg very soon on ‘Strange Angel’ and the episode lays out a lot of groundwork and context that could possibly set the stage in further seasons (if the show does get renewed) to explore Jack’s ultimate meeting and friendship with the likes of Aleister Crowley and L. Ron Hubbard, the founder of Scientology. Tensions are high as Jack slowly alienates himself from his loved ones to blindly walk the path of Thelema, which he now believes is the key to realizing his dreams.

Looking Back with Anger: Mythologies of White Masculinity in Fireworks and Scorpio Rising

by lashtal | Jul 28, 2018 | Kenneth Anger, Kenneth Anger, Media Articles, News | 2 |

Kenneth Anger’s ghost haunts much of modern pop culture. Incongruous and sex-filled music videos,...

New publication: ‘Obeah Simplified, The True Wanga’

by lashtal | Jul 19, 2018 | Aleister Crowley, Aleister Crowley, News, Occult | 4 |

This work was first published in 1895 in Trinidad and achieved instant obscurity, However, it seems that a bell was rung somewhere as 9 years later, on 8th April 1904 Aiwass instructed Crowley that, as well as the mantras and spells and the work of the wand and the sword, he should learn and teach “the obeah and the wanga”.

Boleskine House | UK | News | Express.co.uk

by lashtal | Jul 15, 2018 | Aleister Crowley, Aleister Crowley, Boleskine House, Scotland, Lairs and Locations, Media Articles, News | 1 |

Dutch millionairess Trudy Piekaar-Bakker told how disappointed she was in the looters who raided it after the blaze and warned the Curse of Boleskine House would exact retribution on them. The Amsterdam businesswoman who made her fortune in a Japanese car parts business also talked about restoring the burned out shell…

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

by lashtal | Jun 2, 2018 | Aleister Crowley, Aleister Crowley, Boleskine House, Scotland, Lairs and Locations, Media Articles, News | 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.

Florence Farr – The Evocation of Taphthartharath, and the New Woman of the Golden Dawn ⋆ Nettle’s Garden – The Old Craft

by lashtal | May 1, 2018 | Media Articles, News, Occult | 0 |

Another fascinating article from Nettle’s Garden. In 1896, London, some of the most revered Adepts of the Hermetic Order of the Golden Dawn gathered to perform a ritual written by Aleister Crowley’s teacher, the man who basically introduced Buddhism to the west and institutionalized it in the UK: Allan Bennett. The ritual would make the spirit of Mercury physically manifest before them. Allan Bennett was there as an assistant Magus, the master of the ceremony, Florence Farr, who was a beautiful woman dressed in a white robe adorned with a yellow sash and on her head she wore an indigo nemes – the headcloth of the pharaohs. Around her neck she wore the seal of Taphthartharath, the spirit of Mercury, around her waist was a belt with a holy dagger, in her left hand she held an Egyptian symbol of immortality, and in her right hand, she held a lotus wand.

Homeland star Rupert Friend, Jack Reynor seen in first look at Strange Angel

by lashtal | Apr 28, 2018 | Aleister Crowley, Media, Media Articles, News, Thelema | 0 |

Prepare to be intrigued — your first look at the upcoming CBS All Access series Strange Angel is here. The drama, inspired by a true story and based on the novel Strange Angel: The Otherworldly Life of Rocket Scientist John Whiteside Parsons by George Pendle, stars Jack Reynor (Transformers: Age of Extinction) as Jack Parsons, a smart and ambitious blue-collar worker in 1930s Los Angeles. The show follows his exploits from his early days starting out as a janitor at a chemical factory with fantastical dreams that ultimately lead him to create the unknown discipline of American rocketry.

Mysticism of Ananda Coomaraswamy: Untouched side of a rare polymath – Sri Lanka Guardian

by lashtal | Apr 20, 2018 | Aleister Crowley, Media Articles | 0 |

Coomaraswamy’s acquaintance with infamous English occultist Aleister Crowley would be another interesting incident to expose his colourful life. Indeed both Coomaraswamy and Crowley were two different characters in every way wherein Crowley was loathed by many as a charlatan and a seducer of women, but Coomaraswamy was known for his academic contributions widely.

10 Evil Rock + Metal Songs Inspired by Aleister Crowley

by lashtal | Apr 9, 2018 | Aleister Crowley, Aleister Crowley, Media Articles, News | 1 |

The vast influence of occultist Aleister Crowley in heavy metal is undeniable. You can throw a stone and hit a band that heavily employs themes of the occult, Satanism, and Thelema, the spiritual philosophy founded by Mr. Crowley himself. In addition to being a renowned ceremonial magician and self-proclaimed prophet, “the wickedest man in the world” was also a revered writer and novelist who produced an abundance of poetry and literature throughout his lifetime. It wasn’t just his teachings or writings about alchemy and magick that made him metal AF, but he also had a rockstar mystique, shocking the masses while indulging in sex and drugs until his death at age 72.

The Beast of Hastings – Aleister Crowley #1 – Hastings Independent Press

by lashtal | Mar 17, 2018 | Aleister Crowley, Media Articles | 0 |

‘The Wickedest Man in the World’, as the press called him, died in Hastings in 1947. There are people living locally who believe an aura of evil, his evil, lurks in the locations associated with him. Aleister Crowley was notorious as a traitor, a deviant, a ‘drug fiend’, and as a man in league with the Devil. Many years ago, such matters were taken seriously. So much so that Hastings Borough Council prohibited his cremation here. In life, Crowley played up to his image. Asked his name, he would confirm his diabolical reputation by replying ‘666’ or ‘The Beast’. In those days,‘The Beast’ meant ‘Satan’, not a weather system!