The last time I reorganised my occult bookshelf, I noticed an interesting pattern: throughout the years, since I became interested and started acquiring occult books, the position and prominence of books on my shelves was a good indicator of the sorts of books which I considered valuable and important at the time.  Typically, the top shelf was ( Read more... )

Current Read:

Icarus Fallen by Chantal Delsol

Contemporary man, broken and confused like Icarus after the fall, lays bare on a slab where Chantal Delsol pokes, prods and chips away at the remnants of a fragile armour to uncover his soft underbelly with the skill of a surgeon.  Her reflections, as captivating as an alien autopsy might be, peel away ( Read more... )

Current Read:

On Being Pagan
by Alain de Benoist

Don't be fooled by the goofy wizard on the cover of this fantastic book: it's definitely not a Llewellyn book and it's certainly not for the fluff bunnies, monkeys or fairies (although these strange creatures could benefit immensely from studying it's content between naked romps around the fire pit!).

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Current Read:

Blood on the Altar: The Secret History of the World's Most Dangerous Secret Society 
by Craig Heimbichner

The "Most Dangerous Secret Society" described in this book is none other than the OTO!  This book is a fount of well researched factoids about the OTO, the Masons, occultists, and conspiracies, re-arranged in a paranoid schizophrenic ( Read more... )

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"The Slaves Shall Serve" by James Wasserman

The first part of the book comprises a series of essays on personal liberty (from a Thelemic perspective) and how it is being undermined in the context of American society through attacks on the US Constitution and a movement to establish the New World Order. It also touches on current ( Read more... )

Current Read:

The Templars and the Assassins: The Militia of Heaven by James Wasserman

A historical account of these two groups, stripped of the mythos which they have garnered throughtout the centuries since their beginnings.  Wasserman is as objective as contemporary credible historical sources will permit, his research for this book being ( Read more... )