In the Spring of 1913, in Crowley’s Equinox journal (Volume 1 #9), Aleister Crowley published a short article (now available separately) entitled Energized Enthusiasm. While actually focused on sex magick, there are concepts included that extend to all forms of magick. Being a musician myself, I like that Crowley relates music and magick. He writes, [...]
Music is an amazing thing. It brings out our joy, can help us touch buried sorrow, expresses our emotions when there are no words, and pulses through our bodies in a rhythm we sometimes simply can’t deny. It is positively infectious, healing, and uplifting in so many wonderful ways. All of this was in the [...]
When I went to high school the only good musicians were in the school’s jazz band. I didn’t want to play jazz, I wanted to rock out! I ended up in a variety of bands playing all over. Here is an early picture of me playing on my highly customized Hammond B3 organ. The small [...]
Two exciting new February releases from Llewellyn are on their way to a bookstore near you, and what better way to celebrate (and show off) than to share a couple excerpts with you? First of all, I have to say – I love this new function of our website. It allows you to look at [...]