Tag Archives: Crowley

Opus of the Parametamagus: an Antero Alli Wonderwork

Posted on 2016-05-13 by freemanpresson

I took a lot of notes during my first viewing of Antero Alli‘s “To Dream of Falling Upwards.” They mentioned the dreamlike opening, in which a woman walks a labyrinth, sits in the middle, is visited by a hummingbird, then … Continue reading →

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Review of _The Best of the Equinox III: Sex Magick_

Posted on 2013-10-26 by freemanpresson

Review copyright 2013() Freeman Presson, all rights reserved Maestro Lon Milo DuQuette has again made selections of articles from Crowley’s Equinox, with a fascinating Introduction. The previous two, Enochian Magick and Dramatic Ritual, have previously been examined here. The selection … Continue reading →

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Review of The Qabalah Workbook for Magicians

Posted on 2013-05-29 by freemanpresson

Review copyright 2013() Freeman Presson, all rights reserved The Qabalah Workbook for Magicians aims to be a follow-on to Lon Milo DuQuette’s The Chicken Qabalah of Rabbi Lamed Ben Clifford, serving as a first workbook. It covers the Sephiroth, and … Continue reading →

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Review of Dramatic Ritual (Best of the Equinox, Volume II)

Posted on 2013-04-13 by freemanpresson

“… it is no secret that the falling away of all nations from religion… is due to the fact that the fire no longer burns in the sacred lamp.” — Aleister Crowley Review copyright 2013 () Freeman Presson, all rights … Continue reading →

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Review of Enochian Magick (The Best of the Equinox, Volume I)

Posted on 2012-11-21 by freemanpresson

Review Copyright 2012 Freeman Presson, all rights reserved I must begin this review by admitting that the subject of Enochian is above my pay grade as a practitioner at the moment (and will likely remain so for some time). You … Continue reading →

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Review of The Witches’ Almanac #32 (Spring 2013 – Spring 2014)

Posted on 2012-08-05 by freemanpresson

Review Copyright 2012 Freeman Presson, all rights reserved Firstly, I would like to thank Andrew Theitic and the rest of the Almanac staff for allowing me such extensive input into the content of the upcoming year’s The Witches’ Almanac. They … Continue reading →

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Surprise! Review of Fresh Blood [stories]

Posted on 2012-07-20 by freemanpresson

Copyright 2012 Freeman Presson, all rights reserved Occult Detective Bob Freeman (no, really, go follow his blog now, and come back. I’ll wait) sent me a “lagniappe” along with the expected review copy of his new comic. It’s a short … Continue reading →

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Dion Fortune’s The Winged Bull (Dry and Wet Sex Magick in the 30’s)

Posted on 2012-07-10 by freemanpresson

Copyright 2012 Freeman Presson, all rights reserved Here we have a tale, vintage 1935, of a fairly classic sort in the occult fiction genre: woman who is just magical enough, and just sexy enough, to be irresistible to a left-hand … Continue reading →

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Review of In the Center of the Fire: a memoir of the occult

Posted on 2012-06-23 by freemanpresson

Copyright 2012 Freeman Presson, all rights reserved This is a very nicely-produced, standard-sized hardcover: tightly-sewn signatures, good paper, and a very tight crimson cloth/board cover with gold embossing. The dust jacket features a picture of the author squatting on a … Continue reading →

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Review of The Weiser Concise Guide to Aleister Crowley

Posted on 2010-10-06 by freemanpresson

The Weiser Concise Guide to Aleister Crowley Richard Kaczynski, Ph.D., James Wasserman 128 pages, Paperback Weiser Books ISBN 9781578634569 $12.95 A “concise guide” to Aleister Crowley might serve any number of purposes, but it seems the main two would be … Continue reading →

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