by Miguel Conner | Aug 1, 2018 | Blog posts
Jason Louv’s John Dee and the Empire of Angels is one of the most exciting occult works to come out this year. Beyond keen research, it’s an engaging adventure across the history of western esoterica from the Renaissance to modern times. Louv certainly covers Gnostic...
by Miguel Conner | Jun 19, 2018 | Blog posts
By Vance Socci There is a 20th-century Gnostic ritual that started in 1956 and was performed annually to this day. It’s called “The Wizard of Oz,” a phenomenally popular children’s movie with definite esoteric elements. There are few of us who don’t remember...
by Miguel Conner | Apr 11, 2018 | Blog posts
By Chris Henley Lyrical Analysis (Continued from Part 2 but also read Part 1 for a foundation) “Her mind is Tiffany-twisted, she got the Mercedes bends” Note the female gender here. Anyone familiar with Gnosticism and related systems knows...
by Miguel Conner | Mar 6, 2018 | Blog posts
By Chris Henley (Read the first part of the series) Overview As the first verse of Hotel California begins, we find the protagonist traveling down a “dark desert highway”, destination unknown. This conjures a vision of someone (a prodigal child,...
by Miguel Conner | Feb 20, 2018 | Blog posts
by Alex Rivera (Check the first part of the article) The Eternal Wound. In the first half of the film, Papa Javier tends to the wounds of a sick Adam, on his ribs, while sitting in a bathtub. This scene hints at Kabbalistic and Gnostic legends of the psychic Adam...
