by God’s mercy I hope to accomplish a service to mankind before I die, and to subserve the vengeance of Heaven upon the fiends
Joseph Sheridan le Fanu, Carmilla
Author Archives: John Griogair Bell
Can a campaign in favor of rationality be successful in the teeth of another and even more vigorous campaign in favor of irrationality?
Aldous Huxley, Brave New World Revisited
Just because something is new to you, dear, does not mean it is new to this world.
J Kelley Anderson, Casting Shadows
Gale’s convinced the Capitol does it on purpose, rigs the drawings to add extra drama.
Suzanne Collins, Catching Fire
Greater Feast of Donald Weiser, died April 12, 2017 at Florida
Greater Feast of Mary d’Esti Sturges, Soror Vikram, died April 12, 1931 at New York, NY
There was a war going on beyond that of nations, a war that had yet to be won, if there was such a thing as winning. At least the inevitable could perhaps be delayed. Some things are too big fight; too horrible to even consider challenging.
Nikolai Bird, Cthulhu – Something in the Mud
Summary for the week ending Apr 8, 2018
Here’s a summary of activity for the week ending April 8th, 2018.
Still looking for help and others to join me in a working community around the library, of course.
Lots of new pages and work on old pages on the site, which is pretty much every week, really. You can always check the front page of the site which shows the most recent changes and new pages, or check out the Recent Changes special page for a full list.
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Here’s a summary of posts on the blog from last week
- First Day, Three Days of the Writing of the Book of the Law 2018 — Calendar
- “the only being left to solace him on earth, had deserted him; and his spirit was bowed down in despair” — Quote
- “Wherever there is a want, the supply will not fail to come, for there is no vacuum in nature.” — Quote
- “we’ll sell it back and forth to each other forever from our living rooms” — Quote
- “like wine, grass, home-baked bread, a real nourishment for body and soul” — Quote
Some top pages at the library
- Jephthah in Collected Works — Aleister Crowley
- ζ De Natura Sua Percipienda in The Book of Wisdom or Folly — Aleister Crowley
- How to Host a Gay Man’s Play Party — Beth Kimbell
- A Brief Essay Upon the Nature and Significance of the Magical Alphabet — Eidolons of Ash
- The Small Cards in Book of Thoth — Aleister Crowley
Help get some conversations started over on the BBS!
Some top posts on social media
- Baphomet – Hermetic Library
- Chapter 20 – The Confessions of Aleister Crowley – The Libri of Aleister Crowley – Hermetic Library — Twitter
- Satanic Knit Baphomet Sweater
- Chapter 20 – The Confessions of Aleister Crowley – The Libri of Aleister Crowley – Hermetic Library — Facebook
- First Day, Three Days of the Writing of the Book of the Law, April 8, 1904
Greater Feast of Algernon Charles Swinburne, died April 10, 1909
Third Day, Three Days of the Writing of the Book of the Law, April 10, 1904
This is the anniversary of the day on which Chapter III of Liber XXXI, the manuscript of what would become Liber AL vel Legis, Book of the Law, was received in a magical working by Aleister Crowley and Rose Kelly in 1904.