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Archive for May, 2008
Interview with Lon Milo DuQuette
There’s an excellent interview with the always entertaining and enlightening Lon Milo DuQuette at Ghost Village. Lon talks about his new book Enochian Vision Magick, which we here at abrahadabra.net highly recommend. Lon is the finest magical author alive today, as well as being Deputy Grand Master of Ordo Templi Orientis in the USA.
Pagan tomb under St. Peter’s Basilica reopened
The Vatican unveiled the largest and most luxurious of the pagan tombs in the necropolis under St. Peter’s Basilica on Tuesday after nearly a year of restoration work.
A section of the pagan Valeri tomb built during the reign of Emperor Marcus Aurelius.
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A family of former slaves built the Valeri Mausoleum [...]
Vandals damage Stonehenge
The night-time attack by two men last week involved the central megalith in the 5,000-year-old ring of standing stones, with English Heritage saying the vandals could have been looking for a souvenir.
A chip of stone about the size of a large coin was removed, while a 2.5-inch long scratch was left on the Heel Stone, [...]
Kenya mob reportedly burns 11 ‘witches’
A group of up to 300 young men have burned to death 11 people suspected of being witches and wizards in western Kenya — in some cases slitting their victims’ throats or clubbing them to death before burning their bodies, officials said.
The gang moved from home to home through two villages, identifying their victims by [...]
The Orgasmic Mind: The Neurological Roots of Sexual Pleasure
Fascinating article in Scientific American:
Achieving orgasm, brain imaging studies show, involves more than heightened arousal. It requires a release of inhibitions engineered by shutdown of the brain’s center of vigilance in both sexes and a widespread neural power failure in females.
Inside the Church of Satan
Joshua P. Warren’s documentary about the Church of Satan is now online. Promising “more than 2 hours of exclusive, footage, taking you through secret chambers, deep within the world of Satanism.”, it costs $7.95 to view.
Inside the Church of Satan trailer
Occult Secret Service
New Dawn magazine has an excellent overview of occult links to the British Secret Service, including snippets about Dr. Dee, Sir Francis Dashwood (pictured right), and the Rudolph Hess plot. Fascinating reading for anyone interested in occult history.
Run Your Own Cult with Rev. Ivan Stang
High Epopt of Slack and Most Holy Emissary of “Bob” on Earth, the Rev. Ivan Stang of The Church of the SubGenius, is holding an online course on “Running Your Own Cult” courtesy of the lovely people at the Maybe Logic Academy.
Florida Substitute Teacher Fired For Wizardry
A teacher at Rushe Middle School in Land ‘O Lakes, Florida, has been fired after doing a conjuring trick where he made a toothpick disappear and reappear in front of students. He said he later got a call from the supervisor of teachers, saying he had been accused of wizardry.Jim Piculas stated:
“I get a call [...]
CESNUR conference proceedings online
The proceedings of the latest Center for Studies on New Religions conference, Twenty Years and More: Research into Minority Religions, New Religious Movements and ‘the New Spirituality, are now available online. Unfortunately the rather clumsily named “cyberproceedings” have been posted in a weird mish-mash of formats (including some in the nasty Microsoft .doc format instead [...]
