Masonic tradition has had a rich application of the notion that it is imbued with a Hermetic philosophy with very little explanation of what that means.
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Ke$ha’s Die Young occult foray
Pop singer KeSha’s new video Die Young, a track off her new album Warrior, is an interesting foray into the Masonic Nexus as it swirls in a mix of secret society symbolism. Certainly not the most interesting use of esoteric or occult symbolism in music, I’d give that prop to Jay-Z and his all seeing […]
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Want to be a Member?
Found this on Vigilant Citizen. Want to be a member? Want to be a member? If all initiations ended like this one, I bet most fraternities would be teeming with members. It reminds me of the pranks in the Demoulin catalog of Fraternal Supplies from the 30’s. I wonder if it was the inspiration for […]
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The Secret
Is what was lost now found?
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The Lodge as a Sanctum Sanctorum
Recently, I asked the members of The Euphrates‘ mailing list to send me any subjects that they would like me to cover in my articles. I received a number of great ideas and am going to work my way through them over the next few months. This week, I’m going to cover a subject that […]
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Be All You Can Be in Occult America
I just had the pleasure of finishing Mitch Horowitz’s book Occult America and am a bit surprised at the story it tells, and some of what it doesn’t. Only recently did I come across the 2010 Bantum Books edition, (the first edition published in hardback in 2009) and it was the sub headline of the […]
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10 Signs an Occult Group Leader is Losing It
This came from the internet from some time back. It has a more magical bend but could probably apply to any “esoteric” or “secret society.” If there are other tell-tale signs that you think are missing, drop them in the comments blow. 10 signs that an occult/esoteric group leader has lost his focus. The leadership […]
Continue readingJared Loughner’s occult delusion
Its been variously reported that Jared Loughner, the Arizona shooter who killed 6 people in his attempt to assassinate Arizona U.S. Rep. Gabrielle Giffords, had a sinister occult shrine in his back yard beneath a tarp. The photos are inconclusive as to their occult implication, but it does offer a glimpse into a violent paranoid […]
Continue readingThe Occult of Personality on Masonic Central
Few places give you consistent discourse on the occult and the western mystery tradition. And even fewer present the thought leaders within that field. Masonic circles aside, few are the sources to find this type of conversation, and even fewer that produce it with the passion that Greg does. Greg is the spirit, production, and […]
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The Unknown Elementalist Franz Bardon
by Br. Martin Faulks. He is one of the most important but least known magicians and spiritual teachers of the Twentieth Century. He published a complete path of spiritual and magical development that is completely based off the four elements and stands beyond any tradition. Known only through the four books he wrote which were […]
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