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From Occultism to the Fine Arts, again

The last time Europe had respectable occultists was back when the Rosicrucians were running the roost.   After the Rosicrucians started fading and the Theosophists looked like they were converting the masses, a bunch of fine art types led by … Continue reading

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What Brian Tracy wrote about Goals, as compared to what ceremonial magicians and positive thinkers wrote

Brian Tracy’s book Goals probably changed my life a lot. At any rate, for years I have been thinking about some of its ideas.

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How Allan Bennett’s “blasting rod” fuelled certain frenzies of 1980s mass-marketed pop occult consumerism

Crowley wrote: Having now rejected Catholicism, he took up Magick and at once attained extraordinary success. He used to carry a “lustre” — a long glass prism with a neck and a pointed knob such as adorned old-fashioned chandeliers. He … Continue reading

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