I noticed a post over at Slashdot, “Copiale Cipher Decoded“, about how the breaking of the Copiale Cipher has revealed the previously coded instruction documents for the ritual of an 18th century secret order “that apparently had a fascination with eye surgery and ophthalmology.” Of course, for those interested in such things as secret orders, […]
Andrew Finley reviews Sent From the Second Order: The Collected Letters of the Hermetic Order of the Golden Dawn [Abebooks] ed. Darcy Küntz at Sent from the Second Order in the Journal of the Western Mystery Tradition archive. Mr. Darcy Küntz, with his eye for detail and his keen interest in the historical roots of […]
It was, first, the equalization of fortunes, by means of an income tax and succession duties, both heavily progressive, as also by a direct confiscation of the land in order to sub-divide it, and by heavy war taxes levied upon the rich only.
Pyotr Alexeyevich Kropotkin, The Conquest of Bread [Amazon, Bookshop, Publisher, Local Library]
Hermetic Library Fellow T Polyphilus reviews The Order of the Solar Temple: The Temple of Death, edited by James R Lewis. There is little durable literature on the Order of the Solar Temple in English, but the group’s nature and catastrophic demise is extremely important to understanding the situation of minority religions and occult groups […]
The librarian John Griogair Bell reviews Story of the Eye by Georges Bataille, translated by Joachim Neugroschel. Meh. Perhaps I am simply too jaded, a beneficiary of the sea change such books brought about, but I had high hopes for Bataille’s Story of the Eye, with its substantial reputation and with my previous reading of […]
“Eye was …” is a track added by The OVRMN in the Hermetic Library audio pool. The unredeemed Spirits and their followers, their works, and all their doings—be their unrelenting enemy and try throughout your life to command them and never to serve them. — Abraham von Worms
“3rd Eye Exercise Mixtape” is a track added by Hollywood Playboii in the Hermetic Library audio pool.
Blue eYes from Glendalina Ziemba on Vimeo. “‘Recognize the One who fashions bodies for a seed of Soul,’ said the young boy to Paul. Before the physical Man comes the psychical, created from Those who have become everything but Human.” Blue eYes is a video from Glendalina Ziemba added to the Hermetic Library […]
“Golden Eyesage PsyRadioMix” is a set of tracks from various related groups added by Nez Mirage in the Hermetic Library audio pool. The Hermetic Library audio pool is a participatory place for sharing sounds and music of a living Western Esoteric Tradition. If you would like to submit your work for consideration as part […]
Eye In The Triangle from ∆∆∆ on Vimeo. This short by Jacques de Beaufort with Jihiya Gia also appears as part of the full film Sanctum and Sacrum. The Hermetic Library video pool is a scavenger hunt for video from a living Western Esoteric Tradition. If you would like to submit your work […]