Pagan Traditions and Folklore: Mystical Ways to Celebrate the Winter Solstice
Uncover the mystical side of winter with pagan traditions, from Yule rituals to the Wild Hunt, witchy spellwork, and psychedelic plant medicine.
Unravel the Cosmic Code with Sacred Geometry
Sacred geometry is all around us. It’s in the food we eat, the flowers we pass on a morning walk, and often shows up in psychedelic journeys.
Art and Dreaming: Realizing our Power to Co-Create Reality
If we want to escape the hold of wetiko, to transition to a way of life that serves all beings, we need to value the power of our own creativity, and to understand that we are always creating the reality we experience, whether we are aware of it or not.
Numerology and Psychology
It is absurdly easy to dash off a list of sevens—the seven-day week, the seven wonders of the world, the seven seas, the seven deadly sins, the seven sleepers. It even appears in show business—The Seven Samurai, The Magnificent Seven, Seven Brides for Seven Brothers. Why seven?
Take an Online Seminar with Occult Philosopher Gary Lachman
Recover the lost knowledge of the imagination, a 3 part online seminar with occult philosopher and esoteric scholar Gary Lachman. Live Zoom calls, assigned readings, and community discussion. It all starts Saturday, November 17th with Nura Learning.
Alexander Wilder, Blavatsky, and the Sunset of American Platonism
The world of Eclectic Medicine and of Emerson reinventing Thomas Taylor to inspire Americans had come to an end, although it would see rebirths in places like the Philosophical Research Society and movements like the New Age of the 1980s.
The American Renaissance Tarot: Interview with Thea Wirsching
For the first time, the design of a new deck is inspired by America’s occult literary heritage. Thea Wirsching Ph.D, co-developer of the American Renaissance Tarot deck, is a wounded healer, astrology, priestess of SekhMet. Her life and work deserve an interview, but this one is dedicated to our discussion of this unique new tarot deck.
Gary Lachman on Dark Star Rising, Trump, and the Occult
We interviewed Gary Lachman to discuss his new book, Dark Star Rising, and explored what Pepe the frog has to do with “hypersigils” and how magic was co-opted for nefarious purposes in the recent US election. Most importantly, Lachman suggests ways to move forward through this new occult battleground.
The Unveiling of the Mysteries: Eliphas Lévi’s Doctrine and Ritual of High Magic
Though modern occultism has many sources and streams, a surprisingly large number of them can be traced back to Eliphas Lévi’s “The Doctrine and Ritual of High Magic,” which played a key role in kickstarting a revival of magic that remains a significant cultural presence today.
Intercourse with a Vampire
An excerpt from the definitive biography of the controversial occultist Austin Osman Spare, an enfant terrible of the Edwardian art world whose work was both hailed as genius and decried as immoral decadence.
