Agreed. Dan Brown might be a poor stylist, but at least he's a reliable historiographer.*lol*Oh come on now... Even if you dislike Eco, what in Foucal...
Well, he aint no Dan Brown ;)lulz 😛
Hearty LOL at the last three replies. I quit enjoyed Foucalt's Pendulum and followed it up with McIntosh's Eliphas Levi and the French Occult Revival...
"anarchistbanjo" wrote: I am always interested in finding new material to translate. I have heard of "Nightwatches" from the Chapel of the ...
Joe,Slightly off topic but while we have your attention... Any chance you might grace us Anglophones with a translation of "Nightwatches of Bonneventu...
Joe,Very excited for those new Ewers translations and the included Przybyszewski, as well! I have had the Flowers edition until now.I always enjoy you...
maybe he is working on that book... god forbid he is en route to England to nag Mick in person.
Keel was friends with Jacques Vallee, author of the seminal "Passport to Magonia." Vallee's "UFOs, Messengers of Deception" deals in depth with the Hu...
"Falcon" wrote: Glad Jaz is back. Great publicity stunt! HA! I thought the same, but I am glad he is back. There being more dire and worr...
For what its worth SA, I still have great love and admiration for you and your writing even if I find your opinion on this topic flawed. I didn't cal...
"R.T.Cole" wrote: Given his comprehensive knowledge, I was rather hoping that einDoppleganger would provide this information on my behalf. ...
[img] "R.T.Cole" wrote: einDoppleganger,Quite frankly, your attitude is offensive and toxic. I'd say the same for your uninformed contri...
"R.T.Cole" wrote: Your comment suggests that my "marginally clever" activities in one field disqualify an opinion in another? No, RT, it ...
Thanks for sharing your take obscuruspaintus. If you don't feel a disparity between your body and your gender identity thats a good thing. Congratulat...
Sorry RT, but transsexualism is a considered a medical condition according to the DSM and the AMA. The incongruity manifests as the sense the "cistern...
Hi SA,Sorry, but being transgender has quite a lot to do with the nuances of identity and quite little to do with sex. Those who opt for surgical inte...
OMG I didn't have email alerts on for this thread. Thank you all for the warm welcomes back, I'm quite heartened by that 🙂 Thanks everyone! Its great...
Thanks William. 🙂
Unless you give validity to a John Keel model in which its all one intelligence tinkering with the evolution and belief systems of humanity since time...
Haunted_Shoreline: Fantastic post re the Vampire Squid! I really like your blog. Welcome to LAShTAL!einD
The watercolor illustrations in there are beautiful!Best of luck and congrats on the new release!einD
Can you really attribute "gnosis" to PJ Carrol??? I see the Wiki but I can't imagine that the idea really originated there. Perhaps his coinage of "th...
Its become a buzzword which can be dropped into any string of nonsense to give it the flavor of something pertinent, obscure, and perhaps worth deciph...
I tend not to share the inner workings of these matters but I will offer this. The Pony Chaud are a series of power points linked to the petite-aether...
Its OK, you should activate your Pony Chaud. The gnosis is experiential and cannot be distilled though language alone.
"pad631" wrote: First of all, what's up whit M.Bertiaux today? Recently retired from his post as a social worker, still living in Chicag...
From what I understand the book focuses on the history of the OTO, up to and including involvement by Crowley. Thats my impression from what Richard h...
"davyp93" wrote: I do hope it will be objective, and personally i would love to get an insight into how Grady took his authorisation re the...
Lol, you mentioned it was good when I noted discovering it in a thread a while back. You are the only other person I have spoken to who knows of this ...
Against the Light, being written in the 90s is intended to cast further light on "The Ninth Arch" though, isn't it? More specifically the reception of...
You will note characters that pop up in the fictions with real-life correspondences. A couple folks from "Hecate's Fountain", for example. In terms o...
"MichaelStaley" wrote: Beezlebub and the Beast by David Hall - both set for publication this Summer. I am so excited for this title. I n...
How did it goo? The pictures on Facebook look like a happy time had by all at the wonderful Treadwells.Michael, I'd love to read an extract of your t...
"the_real_simon_iff" wrote: My pants are quite free of knots but I am too not-English to understand "Carry on with your regularly scheduled...
"the_real_simon_iff" wrote: Males allegedly speaking for females saying males cannot discuss female matters. And vice versa, of course. H...
"Inhabitant" wrote: ...I could make an argument that pre-GD occult acitivity in the UK was somehow uniquely British and/or uniquely Victori...
The cards were a "self published" affair and came on Kodak paper - like photographs. Midian has had them with the book a couple times in the past year...
From the sound of it you want to focus as much on anglophone influences. Leaving aside Papus, the various Rosicrucian offshoots in France, the Martini...
absolutely, have a wonderful time all!!
"Azidonis" wrote: "einDoppelganger" wrote: but does *anyone* see the grotesque irony of a bunch of people without a uterus swi...
Last time I am going to say this. I don't think it registers anyway...but does *anyone* see the grotesque irony of a bunch of people without a uterus ...
Don't forget Scarlet Imprint!Jerusalem PressandSalamander and Sons
So basically Tim here is saying nothing at all other than anyone who would criticism Crowley for his ignorance is incapable of understanding him. Spok...