Folks in the Niskayuna vicinity (near Albany) may want to check out the show “I Feared the Usual Life: Jeanne Robert Foster in Her Own Words” at the Kelly Adirondack Center. I don’t know if the show references Foster’s time as Soror Hilarion, but her life story is notable with or without Crowley.

Jeanne Robert Foster in Her Own Words - New York Almanack

Jeanne Robert Foster (1879-1970) was an occultist, Theosophist, poet, fashion model, journalist and social worker from the Adirondack Mountains.

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The Yes Album and Fragile in Dolby Atmos released as stand-alone Blu Rays today. I expect this will be the last time I re-re-re-purchase these records. 😄 (As I already have the 5.1 mixes, I ordinarily wouldn’t bother with the Atmos upgrade…but Yes is the exception.)

We watched Pleasantville tonight and holy 💩 I was unprepared for how loudly this 1998 film would speak to life in 2026. Plus ça change… Also, this film is a great metaphor for how escaping your social programming & discovering your true nature transforms not only yourself but the world around you.

New arrivals: “Lodges of Sorrow,” the Scottish Rite Research Society bonus book on funerary rites. “The Devil in the 19th Century,” vol 2 of Leo Taxil’s legendary hoax in translation. “Tarot: Modern Visions,” exhibition book for the Morgan Library’s show, in case I can’t swing a trip to NY.

Monday date night with @maeviuslynn.bsky.social at Pimiento Tea Room’s monthly supper club, a fundraiser for children’s cancer research. This 6-course menu (with wine pairings) was plant-based, around the theme of 🫐. The gazpacho was one of the best things I’ve ever tasted. /1

Dear Autocorrect, It’s “Ida Craddock” not “Idaho Braddock.”

@maeviuslynn.bsky.social made this whimsical bird dish for me. It has now taken up residence on my desk, where its function remains TBD. Paper clips? Candies? Random shiny objects? Time will tell.

A happy ending to esoteric bookseller Todd Pratum’s ordeal of trying to find a home for his 13,000-volume collection. (h/t to Nick Mamatas for sharing the news.) /1

Sold! Oakland bookseller finds new home for 13,000-volume esoteric collection

After The Oaklandside covered Todd Pratum’s looming eviction, dozens reached out to help. One inquiry from Los Angeles caught his eye.

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Dark ambient, ritual & industrial music label Cyclic Law has launched Pansoph, a French-language imprint translating books on cinema, esotericism, counterculture & art. Two titles are on pre-order & I’m excited to share that it’s preparing a translation of my Perdurabo: The Life of Aleister Crowley.

Good combination. #thelema #occult

Dang, I wish Christopher Nolan would make a movie based on Perdurabo! 😂

A Penn professor thought she’d sell 1,000 copies of her ‘Odyssey’ translation. She sold more than a million this year alone, thanks to Christopher Nolan.

West Philly's Emily Wilson, who penned a highly acclaimed translation of the epic poem in 2017, is having a big summer.

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Big thanks to everyone who packed the Ashford room at 9 am on a Saturday morning to hear my talk, “Mind Over Magick,” at Mystic South!

@maeviuslynn.bsky.social & I recently made each other mugs in a ceramics class at a local pottery studio. Turns out we both decorated the mugs w 11 hexagrams & chose the Nuit blue as the glaze. Two peas in a pod, indeed! Here’s the finished mug that Lynn made me + the one I made for Lynn pre-firing

@maeviuslynn.bsky.social & I are having a great time at Mystic South, meeting friends old & new, attending talks, giving talks, signing books, enjoying the vendors, walking the onsite gardens, & taking a side quest to try the viral Fluffy Fluffy pancakes. And we’re only halfway through the weekend!

American prog rocker (& day-job director on General Hospital) Phideaux references Crowley in the lead single “Do What U Will” from his latest, AutoMoto Animus. The title is sung throughout but at the end we get “Ladies and Gentlemen, do what you will, The Whole of the Law, the Thrall of the Thrill”

Do What You Will

YouTube video by Phideaux - Topic

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@maeviuslynn.bsky.social gifted me this striking unicursal hexagram incense burner that she made in our local pottery studio. The pics don’t do justice to the craftsmanship or colors (I was going for vibes with the smoke and low lighting). It’s beautiful.

My fellow comic book nerds and/or magick nerds may be interested in this new project from Century Guild.

Magick & Symbol by Grant Morrison and Thomas Negovan

A conversation tracing the convergence of symbolism and magick across 70,000 years of human imagination.

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I’m out of my mind excited, having just received this antique jewel depicting a winged cosmic egg (or Kneph) with Lybic chain, associated with the Rites of Memphis & Mizraim & the Antient and Primitive Rite…one of the strands of esoteric masonry from which OTO emerged in the early 20th century. /1

Humans inherently banish rather than invoke 😉

PsyPost@psypost.bsky.social · last mo.

Scientists accidentally discover an inherent human tendency for counterclockwise movement

Here is the piece: robindouglas.org/2026/06/28/o... /End

Occultism in Liverpool in 1857

Below I have reproduced a piece which talks about the occult scene in Liverpool in 1857. (Source: Liverpool Mercury, 27 April 1857, p3; I have made some light edits for presentational reasons.) The…

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Hell yeah! This beauty just arrived: “A Walking Flame: Selected Magical Writings of Ithell Colquhoun,” edited by eminent Colquhoun scholar Amy Hale. LOOK AT THE ENDPAPERS

Stopping by the Farmers’ Market, I was pleased to be able to support the good work of 321 Coffee and Pride at the same time.

Two recent book releases for people interested in the Golden Dawn, Thelema, or Buddhism’s spread to the West: “The Life of” and “Selected Writings of” Allan Bennett, Bhikkhu Ananda Metteyya by Elizabeth J. Harris and @jlcrow.bsky.social. /1

Another book I just discovered: Alan Moore’s “I Hear a New World,” part two of his Long London urban fantasy pentalogy. It came out May 21, so I missed the chance to bring home the fancy painted-edge edition released in the UK: despite stopping into a Soho bookstore, I didn’t happen upon the book.

Happy Summer Solstice! May your day be full of warmth, light, and a deeper awareness of nature. If you are looking for inspiration on how to celebrate this holiday, then I cannot recommend the fresh ideas found in "The Holy Year of Thelema" enough.

I love the idea of a dog-eared copy of “Mind Over Magick.” Thanks for reading, and I hope you enjoy returning to it! 😊

The_glovemakers_daughter@glovemakerdaughter.bsky.social · 2mo ago

Latest book read by @richardkaczynski.bsky.social. Very interesting -recommended. Lots of pages earmarked to return to, always a good sign. #magick #ritualmagick #psychology #occultsky #occultism #thelema #witchsky #liber-AL.com

Some things I brought home from my trip to Europe: *A mug from Atlantis Bookshop *The Fine Madness Society award for my critical edition of “The Sword of Song” as the best Crowley-related book of 2025 *A Ganesha figurine from Krzysztof Azarewicz’s trip to the Himalayas /1

Disney Animation is giving us “Hexed,” a movie about a young misfit discovering they’re a witch. With a nice nod to the White Witch herself in the trailer soundtrack.

Hexed | Teaser Trailer

YouTube video by Walt Disney Animation Studios

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Had a wonderful time celebrating Bee Day with @maeviuslynn.bsky.social with parade, hats, cookies and pollinator plants.

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