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Priests of Cyprus ordered to pray for rain

Tuesday, November 27th, 2007

If you’re new here, you may want to subscribe to my RSS feed. Thanks for visiting!The Orthodox Church of Cyprus has ordered priests to pray for rain to end one of the island’s worst droughts.
–BBC News, “Cyprus churches to pray for rain“

Christians are funny.  Who “orders” prayer?  Better to dance, I say.  At least it [...]

Personal Update: “Magickal Retirement”

Saturday, November 24th, 2007

I will be more or less incommunicado for the next week or so, retiring from public forums to preserve silence. As such, this blog will likely be updated infrequently (if at all) during that time. I do have a few pieces written awaiting posting, but I’m not sure I’ll be available to post [...]

Appreciating Crowley

Wednesday, November 21st, 2007

I travel in a variety of occult circles (so to speak), and whenever the subject of Aleister Crowley comes up an immediate polarity tends to assert itself with fervent disciples on one side and frothing opponents on the other; few seem ambivalent or reasonably critical of his works.

Zombie Plague Seasonal Ornaments

Tuesday, November 20th, 2007

The winter holiday season seems to arrive earlier and earlier each year, and this year is no exception. It may only be November, but these Zombie Plague Tree Ornaments have beens old out since October 23rd at Esty.com.
Just in time for Hallowe’en you may think, but these little guys were intended for your Christmas tree. [...]

Functional Art

Sunday, November 18th, 2007

The Equation Bookshelf by estudio breder.
An innovative new way to categorize books, rather than the standard alphabetical by author or title, or even, as Neatorama.com points out, by colour, estudio breder has provided a shelf capable of categorizing by priority. From the blog:

Shelf Life: Esoteric Anthology Edition

Sunday, November 18th, 2007

Anthologies provide themed essays from a variety of writers, allowing the reader to sample an assortment of styles and opinions. Finding new writers can be difficult for the average person, there’s so much out there that’s useless, or worse. Anthology pieces always vary in quality, and are frequently contradictory when taken as a [...]

Chaos, by Hakim Bey

Thursday, November 15th, 2007

CHAOS NEVER DIED. Primordial uncarved block, sole worshipful monster, inert & spontaneous, more ultraviolet than any mythology (like the shadows before Babylon), the original undifferentiated oneness-of-being still radiates serene as the black pennants of Assassins, random & perpetually intoxicated.

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