Perfectibilists: The 18th Century Bavarian Order of the Illuminati by Terry Melanson is a rich treasure trove of history, much of which I found I hadn’t quite been familiar with yet, and that, in spite of the author’s barely hidden bias, really puts the infamous Illuminati in a heroic position in their time. I’ve always… Continue reading Perfectibilists
Category: Esoterica
If I were starting a Rosicrucian group …
… it would probably look a lot like the Hermetic Library Fellowship Program, or, rather, what that would be if more fully developed toward what I hope that project will become. And, I’ve been meaning to write more about my ideas and aspirations for the Fellowship Program, so I just might actually do this, even… Continue reading If I were starting a Rosicrucian group …
A preliminary initial Thelemic analysis of Stalkers, Trolls and Antagonists
My observation is this: stalkers, trolls and antagonists refuse to mind their own business and stop interfering with other people. Of course, they will say it is their Will to do what they do, but what they are really is a slave to their deep-seated emotional and psychological need for validation; and are not pursuing… Continue reading A preliminary initial Thelemic analysis of Stalkers, Trolls and Antagonists
My Right Foot, or the Potentially Awkward Issue of Inappropriately Adoring Body Parts
There has been a bunch of activity around the notion of a Queer Gnostic Mass lately. The notion seems to be that the Gnostic Mass is not currently LGBT friendly because of particular policies, but that it should be. There is a book, Priest/ess: In Advocacy of Queer Gnostic Mass by Michael Effertz, that has… Continue reading My Right Foot, or the Potentially Awkward Issue of Inappropriately Adoring Body Parts
Secret societies, societies with secrets, and societies with spoilers
When thinking about secrets and mysteries in practice, I’ve long tossed about the idea of a difference between secret societies, societies with secrets and a society without spoilers. Especially in this day when so much is being made available online, but that really is just a matter of scale when there are plenty of historical… Continue reading Secret societies, societies with secrets, and societies with spoilers
Discovering the Occult Landscape
Over on my (even and ever still) experimental unbook site, I posted “Sigils of Imagination” where I explore my engagement with personal territory, my own landscapes. Inspired in part by the coursework I had at the time and my own outside reading of John Brinckerhoff Jackson, including Discovering the Vernacular Landscape, I developed a narrative… Continue reading Discovering the Occult Landscape
Societies with secrets, security culture and online social media
There’s a post about a new Social Media Code of Conduct for Massachusetts Freemasons [PDF] (HT @Masonictraveller) over at Freemason Information, part of The Beehive series by Fred Milliken. This document mentioned is particularly interesting to me because it touches on some issues I think are important; and the reactions to the document are also… Continue reading Societies with secrets, security culture and online social media
MK Enochian TEX 2011sept21
This was the first actual working my magical partner and I have done since deciding to work together. We had planned on starting our long distance Enochian scrying last week, but scheduling conflicted with our intentions. We did some pre-planning two weeks ago, and corresponded via Internet over the intervening time. M created an outline… Continue reading MK Enochian TEX 2011sept21
Sigil for magical partners
One of the recent things in my life is that I’ve been developing a relationship with someone who shares an interest in being magical partners together. One aspect of this came up as a suggestion from my partner that we might have a sigil of some kind to represent the combination of our emergent effort.… Continue reading Sigil for magical partners
You wouldn’t hit a guy in a fluffy bunny costume would you?
It seems to me that the wider Pagan and Occult community has been using Wiccans as human shields. Nowadays it’s not “you wouldn’t hit a guy with glasses, would you?” it’s “you wouldn’t hit a guy in a fluffy bunny costume, would you?” Somewhere mainstream culture has internalized the message that Paganism is equivalent to… Continue reading You wouldn’t hit a guy in a fluffy bunny costume would you?
orthodoxy
“All the weak and undeveloped minds in every religion or country have only one way of loving their own ideal, and that is to hate every other ideal. Herein is the explanation of why the same man who is so lovingly attached to his own ideal of God, so devoted to his own ideal of… Continue reading orthodoxy
Paradigms 2
I previously posted some initial thoughts about paradigms in, honestly, a kind of screed. From the content of that post, it may not be clear why I think the topic relates to my category of esoterica, I think this continuation will tie those together usefully. I note that Mark over at Darkline made some of… Continue reading Paradigms 2
Therioi
I’m not sure but it’s most certainly earlier that I started being interested in etymology, but I definitely recall the effect of my meager semester of Latin from freshman year of high school. I know without a doubt that I got a couple extra answers correct on my S.A.T. because of that class. I find… Continue reading Therioi
Paradigms
Way back in the day, I studied the philosophy of science. I also studied the sciences. I pretty much left it behind as an active study, but these things informed and inform and will continue to inform my engagement with the world. My youth was informed by scientific study and my childhood informed by the… Continue reading Paradigms
Heliocentricity
I’ve found myself thinking off and on over the [insert your favourite lengthy time interval here] about calendars. I’ve been interested in various calendars at various times, for some value of “interested” which ranges from genuine curiosity to amusement. A few of the calendars that come to mind off-hand which I’ve found interesting include the… Continue reading Heliocentricity
Thelemic marriage
There’s been lots of talk about whether vulgar events should be celebrated, whether holy days or holidays, at the lodge. But, should events that people are going to do anyway remain unmolested by Thelemites? For Thelemites to ignore them is to say it is better to have these events occur without explicit and overt Thelemic… Continue reading Thelemic marriage
Andromeda Klein is unrepentantly and uniquely kickass.
I ran into mention of Frank Portman‘s Andromeda Klein in one of my various frequent search safaris. Here was a “young adult” novel that showed up on my radar because of a surfeit of esoteric references. It seemed unlikely that the story would live up to the seriousness of the references that brought it to… Continue reading Andromeda Klein is unrepentantly and uniquely kickass.
Hermetic.com
And now the method to my madness … probably still makes no sense. However, the reason I was thinking about the meaning of the term “hermetic” a while ago should be clear. But, the thing I’ve been madly working on for at least a hundred hours this week? What have I been hammering and sawing… Continue reading Hermetic.com
Hermetic
The term “hermetic”, or “hermeticism”, is one that gets used a lot in esoteric study. There’s several meanings for this term, and there’s oppositional terms. Inspired by the possibility for a project recently, I thought that one of the first things I would do is to outline my own thinking about the term and how… Continue reading Hermetic
il Bagatino for all your esoterica needs
I’ve added il Bagatino to my website. Although I recently posted about the new Witch Girls section of my site, it’s actually not a section. It’s really a sub-section of Pasquariello which is where I tend to keep community related things, things about social activities and so forth. Up until today, that major section is… Continue reading il Bagatino for all your esoterica needs
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