Many thanks ptoner for the Newspaper articles link. Yes the passage is to be found in the section from the 'Star-News', Wednesday June 18:"Parsons wa...

What I was referring to is as follows, taken from page 5 of 'Strange Angel' by George Pendle (Weidenfeld & Nicolson, 2005):"Some twenty or so repo...

Have just read the first review: book sounds about as irritating as a demented spider crawling around the top of your head.A band called 'Abyssal Eyeb...

After making my somewhat whimsical comments here on 10 October, I went home and consulted my copy of 'Strange Angel' by George Pendle which I find to ...

Have had a quick flick thru' the article on Jack Parsons and it looked fairly reasonable to me...Had some dealings with Paul Rydeen when he was the Di...

Hello Again LeMo,Memory did not serve me all that well, regarding the 'work of the Kia' in the Wisdom of S'lba: there is only one use of the term in t...

Well yes ! I'm inclined to agree with Shiva, its too f*****g well fortified for me.

Care Frater LeMo,I was fascinated by your original question, but have not had the time to give it serious attention. Ditto, your apparent frustration...

Ah! that darkest and most passionately secret sin, I speak it with bated breath and whisper its secret longings as bibliophilia, as far as I'm aware i...

Care Paul, or sumerian131, (whichever you prefer :))Think you had a bit of a harsh welcome from N.O.X, but he is an admirably passionate fellow. Anyw...

Have just discovered that there is an incisive and informed review of the book by Stephen Sennitt, posted on amazon.co.uk on 5 August.Headed "Good on ...

Aaarrgh! No one expects the Shivan Inquisition ! 😮

In the upstairs room of the pagan shop where I gave a talk last month, they have a small library of donated books. During the interval, my lashtalian...

Many thanks for the advice and elucidation on this editing business. In my particular case it would not have made any difference apparently. I had l...

I've been looking for how you edit a post, but have not managed to find it, therefore I'll correct the fifth paragraph of my previous post here:"Hambl...

Seems appropriate to incorporate this here. The August edition of 'Fortean Times' came my way last evening and it contains two nicely illustrated art...

Care jamie,Actually, I just thought that you were being a bit of a cheeky bugger. I was pressed for time, as the library was soon to close, but wishe...

"The above posting also seemed a nice ‘contrast’ with my comments on Facts to Los in the “ ‘Know Thyself’: previous incarnations” thread in Replies #6...

Greetings Zac. "christibrany" wrote: We ...represent..the lolly-pop guild, the lolly-pop guild, the lolly-pop guild! And in the name of the...

Sorry to be a Rock and Roll Party downer, but Gary Lachman's past observations on Aleister Crowley have been distinctly "ho, hum" in my opinion.Highly...

I've gone for the 'Maybe' option on the grounds of certain vivid 'reveries' during Dharana and other practices; the fact that AC hedges his bets in Ch...

Ah, What fun it would be to have all you guys at my little talk on Tuesday evening !Think you'll have to have a stab at astral projection, el christo,...

"Candide" wrote: I think that 'Take it to heruraha.net' is meant to be derogatory, as Los also refers to it as 'The fruitcake factory'. P...

Did receive my email confirmation for the talk; slightly different emphasis from Rachel, but I'm pleased to say that we are both in agreement about th...

Well, the only thing that I can safely say on the subject is that I love AC's "Absinthe: the Green Goddess" - otherwise the nearest I've got is Ouzo.A...

Hi Michael, perhaps I expressed the point I was attempting to make badly, but seeing as you've taken exception to it...In my time, I've encountered ma...

An interesting response, El Christo. "In all seriousness, I find this absolutely fascinating". Fascination is the essence of it, I think, and when wo...

She's clearly managed to make an old man very happy, Michael. 🙂

Now in his "Objets d'Art Noir" chapter, Kenneth Grant gives a fascinating account of a New Isis Rite involving the use of the sarcophagus fragment to ...

Further to the information supplied by PRCVL, I have decided that it is Fragment of Sarcophagus Day:Kenneth Grant gives the details regarding the frag...

Greetings Barry,Great picture. "FOREIGN SPIRITS" ? Imported from Cairo, Egypt, and potently intoxicating stuff !93, 93/93. S.A.

Have to admit that I've seen the first two series of Warehouse 13 on DVD and found them very entertaining.Recall there was a highly desirable artefact...

"MichaelStaley" wrote: "jamie barter" wrote: "Los" wrote: "jamie barter" wrote: is there anybody rea...

"amadan-De" wrote: Did some people really "not get" ignant666's gentle leg-pull?It was almost literally spelt out (hint, Reply #11)*headspl...

Thanks Alphard. Actually, the old body is OK, taking into consideration that I subscribe to 'the better to wear out, than to rust out' adage. It's m...

Hi Jamie. The way in which you chose to present the material from BtMZ makes it look less than it does in the book somehow. The fact that you went t...

Unfortunately, times are hard all round in my experience, Alphard. It would be good to visit Cefalu one day, but at present I cannot even afford a da...

In deference to another current topic:Man has the right to think what he will: to speak what he will: to write what he will:Merely reciprocating...

While I do not have any further information on the actual incident under discussion, I think it might be useful to put it into its fuller context with...

Thanks for the great photographs, Alphard. Pleased to see that you were clearly enjoying the good vibrations of Cefalu.However...as for the Abbey its...

I find it worth noting that when Kenneth Grant was preparing his first book, 'The Magical Revival', he considered it essential to include LIBER OZ amo...

It is a very long time since I saw 'Zabriskie Point', so that great still takes me back away. Wasn't the accompanying soundtrack to the ending scene ...

Well, Paul, clearly you would be the man to know. Chosen usernames, I can appreciate, offer no sound guide to gender (and I have no intention of gett...

The Los-Nomad Dialogue is one of the very things I was expecting to emerge from this thread: goes to show how contoversial a text it still is, even am...

It might well have been Gerald Suster, I believe, ignant666.Hopefully, it was not 'Amado Crowley'.....

Welcome Ash, Yes, you are that relatively rare entity, an active female member. Under such circumstances, and given your fine post on LIBER OZ, I ju...

"WilliamThirteen" wrote: it seems the wine in jamie's mass is pressed from sour grapes Jamie, I have to say that I found William's wit to...

Back again and I'm glad to see some good input. In part response to my own question, I am going to indulge myself by reproducing the short comment on...

I was posting a follow up to this nescient contribution - including a comment to OZ - but the system I am using has let me down and lost my work !!!Ba...