206. The Odin Brotherhood Mark Mirabello

1869928717, £10.99

'When the world is pregnant with lies, a secret long hidden will be revealed.' An Odinist Prophecy

Just like the Cannibal Within, a chance encounter in the Atlantis bookshop blossomed into a dialogue between the author and the anonymous adept of Odin. Called an “occult religion” for adepts, a “creed of iron” for warriors, and a “secret society” for higher men and women who value “knowledge, freedom and power,” the Odin Brotherhood honors the gods and goddesses of the Norse pantheon. This non-fiction book details the legends, the rituals, and the mysteries of an ancient and enigmatic movement.

About the Author: The author of The Cannibal Within and The Crimes of Jehovah," Professor Mark L. Mirabello lectures on Intellectual History, the History of Medicine, and Alternative Religions and Cults at Shawnee State University in the USA. Formerly a visiting Professor at Nizhni Novgorod State University in Russia, he has a Ph.D. from the University of Glasgow.

• Contents
• Introduction
• Introduction to the Mandrake Edition
• The Dialogue
• Odinism and the Mysteries of the Past
• The Odin Brotherhood Today and the Heroic Ideal
• On Polytheism and the Nature of the Gods
• The Eddaic Verses and the Three Ages of Man
• Why Venerate the Odinist Gods?
• The Contacts between Men and Gods
• The God Odin and His Mysteries
• The Goddess Frigg and the Rite of Marriage
• The God Thor, the Nemesis of Titans
• The Goddess Sif, the Mischief of Loki, and the Skill of the Rock Dwarfs
• The God Heimdall and “The-Sojourn-of-the-Brave”
• The God Bragi, the Holy Words, and the Seasonal Rites
• The Fair Goddess Idun and Her Enchanted Fruit
• Brave Tyr, the Warrior God
• The God Njord, Magic, and the Vanir Gods
• The God Frey and the Elves
• The Goddess Freyja, the Lovely Patroness of Birth
• The God Balder and the Adventure of Death
• The Goddess Nanna and the Odinist Death Rite
• The Legend of “The-Mountain-of-Promise”
• Destiny, Ragnarok, and the Mysteries of the Future
• Epilogue -
• Eddaic Sources
• Works on Modern Odinism
• Reviews of Earlier Editions of
• The Odin Brotherhood

205. Secret Chiefs (London)

28th January - Marko Nenonen "Witchcraft And Magic In Finland" Marko Nenonen is a Professor from the University of Tampere in Finland. He is also a publisher and author of several works on witches, magic and witch-trials. Tonight he will guide us through Finland's magical history, from ancient Pagan cults to the modern occult scene.

11th Fevbruary - Mark Poynter "All About Anahita" Mark is an expert in the mythology of Mesopotamia and Persia and a Zoologist (specializing in scorpions and spiders!) as well as being a Priest of Lilith. He explores the origins, attributes and representations of Anahita, the great Persian Goddess of the Waters, of Fertility, of Love and of War.

The Secret Chiefs meet fortnightly on Wednesday evenings in the upstairs room of the Deveraux (Temple Tube). The room opens at 7pm and the talk starts at 8.30pm. Admission is £2 (£1 concs). All are welcome.

204. Bath Omphalos

Moot for LHP magicos in Bath area. For more details contact omphalospaganmoot@.... Essentially a discussion group at the moment, open to all. And from same group 'I've been looking into aspects of sexuality and gender in the magickal world for some time now; from a personal/practical magickal perspective as well as one of general interest. As an extension of this, a friend of mine and I have joined forces and drawn up a questionnaire for women who move within the magickal world. The purpose of this...seems a good thing to do really. Consolidating opinions and experiences (on an anonymous level of course)...looking at what we do and how it affects us. Thus I'm looking into emotional reactions,gender interactions, working with sexual/hormonal cycles etc. The questionnaire isnt allied to any institution, is informal in layout and is aimed at as diverse an area(geographically, racially and socially as well as directions of personal practice)as possible. So if you're interested in participating, just mail me. Many thanks, Charlotte

203. Martin P. Starr's THE UNKNOWN GOD:

W. T. SMITH AND THE THELEMITES, is being published this month by the Teitan Press, Inc. Here is a brief description of the contents from the Teitan Press website:

The first documentary study of the followers of the English mystic Aleister Crowley in North America, told through the life of their defacto leader, Wilfred Talbot Smith (1885-1957). To promulgate the Crowleyan teachings in Hollywood, in 1934 Smith incorporated the "Church of Thelema"--known to Los Angeles newspaper readers as the "Purple Cult." The following year he started a lodge of Crowley's co-masonic Ordo Templi Orientis (OTO) which attracted its own cast of characters including John Carradine and the gay radical Harry Hay. Smith's life reached its conclusion when Crowley, taking a page from Louis Bromfield's novel, THE STRANGE CASE OF MISS ANNIE SPRAGG sent him off on a retreat to determine which God he was incarnating, a journey from which he never returned....

432 pages, over 44 photographs and illustrations, this long-awaited book will be required reading for those interested in 19th and 20th century esoteric movements, including the Hermetic Order of the Golden Dawn, the Theosophical Society and the Crowley-derived organizations. ISBN 0-933429-07-X $49.95 hardback.

202. Aleister crowley's phantom

201 Throbbing Gristle for Beltaine

"A Celebration of Industrial Musics in the 21st Century"

Chris Carter, Peter Christopherson, Genesis P-Orridge and Cosey Fanni Tutti will briefly regroup to present RE~TG, a weekend of music, art, film performance culminating in an exclusive set by THROBBING GRISTLE. The location will be Pontin's Holiday Resort, Camber Sands, near Rye, England. RE~TG will take place on 14th -16th May 2004.

Book now to ensure a place at this once in a lifetime time historic event. http://www.throbbing-gristle.com/

200 Ritual magick website

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'Oxford Talking Stick Pub Moot' meets every Thursday at The Port Mahon Pub (St . Clements st)Oxford. Each week we discuss a topic, using a talking stick, which we have collectively agreed upon the week before, we do so in fellowship and each person is free to speak or not as is their wish. Most folks get to the pub about 9:00 to start 9:30 ish. The Oxford Talking Stick moot is an independent group open to all pagans, witches, Tantrics, Druids, Wiccans, Shaman and magickians etc wishing to take part in the discussion. Prior knowledge of the weeks subject is not essential as these moots should and can be an opportunity for us to learn from each other. Contact JackDaw pendark@...

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The West Herts moot is held on the 2nd Sunday in every month. The next one will be on 11th May at 1pm onwards at the Fishery Inn, Hemel Hempstead.

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