Categories: Occult History

  • Lucifer Rising: A Film by Kenneth Anger

    Babalon Diaries: Appendix Three

    Though The Inauguration of the Pleasure Dome was the film made by Kenneth Anger most associated with the Babalon Working this film, Lucifer Rising, seems to me to be related to it. Perhaps this is because of its opening shots of seething volcanoes and its  evocation of the Aeon of Horus.
    Like most [...]

  • Video: Celtic Gods and Goddesses

    Author and occultist, Sorita D’Este,  posted this on Facebook and I just had to put it on the blog! It is really gorgeous with vocals by Loreena McKennitt and some very cool storytelling. Its also a nice follow up for the Ogham post.
    Thanks Sorita! And enjoy!

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  • Love to Our Ancestors on Samhain: The Revealers

    Samhain is a time to honor our ancestors.
    Time to lay out a feast and invite them to dine, to share their presence with us while the veil is thin.
    So, in respect for those who came before, I have made a small Ancestral Gallery of Witches. Give them a smile, tip your hat, light a [...]

  • Babalon Diaries # 12: & Love to a Great Ancestress on Samhain

    Thanks to multi-talented musician,  Brian Butler, we have a brilliant biography of Marjorie Cameron and her role in the obscure Curtis Harrington  film, The Wormwood Star.
    After seeing a clip from this film, I was on a mission to find it. and stumbled on this article. I really would love to see the whole thing. [...]

  • Love to Our Ancestors on Samhain : Stepping Out of the Shadows

    Alexandrian Ritual

    Samhain is a time to honor our ancestors.
    Time to lay out a feast and invite them to dine, to share their presence with us while the veil is thin.
    So, in respect for those who came before, I have made a small Ancestral Gallery of Witches. Give them a smile, tip your hat, light [...]

  • Witch Museum: Boscastle, Cornwal

    Museum of Witches, Boscastle, Cornwall
    Cornwall is the last stronghold of the Witches….

    This very interesting video was made in the 1960’s about the Witch Museum in Boscastle, Cornwall, bought by Gerald Gardener in 1952 — the year after the repeal of the witchcraft ban!
    This video is very atmospheric, dramatically  sensationalizing the dark side the Magic that [...]

  • Love to Our Ancestors on Samhain: The Re-Awakeners

    Samhain is a time to honor our ancestors.
    Time to lay out a feast and invite them to dine, to share their presence with us while the veil is thin.
    So, in respect for those who came before, I have made a small Ancestral Gallery of Witches. Give them a smile, tip your hat, light a [...]

  • Love to Our Ancestors on Samhain: The Faery Seers

    Samhain is a time to honor our ancestors.
    Time to lay out a feast and invite them to dine, to share their presence with us while the veil is thin.
    So, in respect for those who came before, I have made a small Ancestral Gallery of Witches. Give them a smile, tip your hat, light a [...]

  • Human Sacrifice: Reality or Metaphor?

    The Gathering Dark
    In the cycle of the Horned God, there are four Harvests: the Harvest of Grain, the Harvest of Vine and Fruit, the Harvest of Nuts or Acorns, and finally the Harvest of Souls.
    In October, as the light glows close upon the earth, and the shadows lengthen towards deep autumn, our natural inclination is [...]

  • Dracula as a Man of the Theatre

    OR: How Count Dracula was Born in a Trunk
    And Has Tread the Boards Ever Since…
    This article  was originally published on the wonderful paranormal blog Occult View by David Dolgacious last March. Since we are moving into the spooky time of year, I thought it would be fun to re-print it on Winterspells. So, tipping my [...]

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