Darkly Splendid Abodes Podcast
1) Deep Dip: Nietzsche's 'History of Morals' (from Beyond Good & Evil)
Crowley considered Friedrich Nietzsche a prophet and forerunner of Thelema, and Nietzsche looms large at a critical point of transition for Western philosophy. We’ll dive into a chapter from his book ...Show More
2) Deep Dip: Crowley's Yoga, Abuldiz, & the 'Frothy Sexy Summer Reading List'
Is Crowley’s approach to Yoga still relevant? And who was Crowley’s Yoga teacher? Did famed comedy film director Preston Sturges’ mother dictate Book 4 to Crowley at the behest of an entity called Abu...Show More
3) The 3 Orders of A∴A∴, with Edward Mason
The Magical & Mystical System developed by Aleister Crowley and George Cecil Jones, commonly denoted as the A∴A∴, consists of Eleven Grades or Degrees; these in turn compose Three Orders. Edward Mason...Show More
4) Deep Dip: The Formula of I.A.O.
The Magical Formula of I.A.O. first occurs in the Adeptus Minor Initiation of the Golden Dawn, during the Analysis of the Keyword. This evolving Formula is the subject of a chapter from Crowley’s Magi...Show More
5) Lilith, with Annie Matan
Annie Matan is an ordained clergy of a methodology in Judaism that recalls ancient Jewish traditions that honour the sacred feminine. We’ll explore the subject, and how it resonates with Thelemic idea...Show More
6) Deep Dip: Hume, 'Of Miracles'
Crowley points to David Hume’s essays as ‘the Classic of Academic Scepticism.’ Having previously dipped into Hume, we’ll now move our attention to his ‘Of Miracles’, where he considers the applicatio...Show More
7) Philosophy of Thelema Workshop
In December of 2024 e.v. I gave the first of a series of talks on the Thelemic philosophy. I focused on some of the core concepts and practices I feel are worth having in the forefront of the mind whi...Show More
8) Deep Dip: The Chaldean Oracles of Zoroaster
The Chaldean Oracles of Zoroaster as collated by W. Wynn Westcott are a highly influential, and yet fairly obscure, set of pithy phrases. Gathered from the texts of numerous ancient writers, these ‘or...Show More
9) The Physical Body, with Edward Mason
The study of the Occult, the Qabalah, Meditation and Magick can occasionally lead one to get caught up in intangibles, or maybe too much ‘in their head.’ But the Physical Body is no less a part of the...Show More
10) Deep Dip: Liber Aleph
Liber Aleph, the Book of Wisdom or Folly, is addressed by Crowley to his Magical Son, Charles Stansfeld Jones — better known as Frater Achad. It covers the gamut of the Thelemic perspective on pretty ...Show More