Amazing what you can get done while lying in bed with a hacking cough, a temperature, a glass of water and a laptop! As a service to those interested in Pasqually, Saint-Martin and the like, this is a sort of public service announcement regarding a much-desired book by the early 19th Century German Philosopher, Franz […]
On Saturday I finally had an opportunity to visit the magnificent Salon de la Rose Croix exhibition at the Guggenheim Museum with a few like-minded friends. I was lucky, too, as the day was offering free entrance to those who could produce a Bank of America card! The Guggenheim is a very approachable Museum of […]
Last week I was amazed to receive a very thoughtful gift from my Masonic and ‘Off Broadway’ friends for my 60th Birthday. They had taken the time to find a copy of the first edition of the Thoth Tarot Deck published by Samuel Weiser in conjunction with Llewellyn in 1973. The back of the cards […]
More of a public service announcement than a true Blog, really, but too important not to bring to your attention. From Friday, June 30 to Wednesday, October 4, 2017, there will be an exhibition of works from the six Salons de Rose+Croix organized in Paris by Joséphin Péladan during the 1890s, which focused on art […]
One of the great French esotericists of the latter half of the 20th Century was undoubtedly Robert Ambelain. For many years his activities and books dominated the French esoteric landscape. Indeed, he sometimes thought he had been too successful, in that so many people copied his ideas and presented them as their own, as the […]
Well, plans are always changing, and a chance communication last night has persuaded me to set aside one book in favor of another, at least for now. I am now engaged in translating “Des Erreurs et de la Verité” (Of Errors and Truth) by Louis-Claude de Saint-Martin. Printed in 1782, it was his first book, […]
I was delighted to hear today from my good friend, author and artist Angel Miller, to tell me that an interview we did a few weeks ago has been posted on his Blogsite. The link is here: https://phalx.com/2017/03/18/freemasonry-esotericism-and-spiritual-development-an-interview-with-piers-vaughan/ I hope you enjoy it!
