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Saturday Signal: attempting to sift signal from the noise of the Internet’s occultural cacophony.

In our first Saturday Signal Beth asked “how our “fun day” (Saturday) got named after the least fun god/planet of the week”.  Last week we looked at one possible reason, and Gesigewigus commented on how the planetary hours align nicely with the days of the week: Continue reading »

Enochian Vision Magick: An Introduction and Practical Guide to the Magick of Dr. John Dee and Edward Kelley, by Lon Milo DuQuette
Weiser Books, 9781578633821, 261 pp. (incl. appendices, notes, bibliography and index), 2008

Lon Milo DuQUette is the author of more than a dozen books on esoteric subjects, and has served as the OTO’s United States Deputy Grand Master since 1994 This is his second book on Enochian magick, his first being Enochian World of Aleister Crowley: Enochian Sex Magick co-written with the late Christopher Hyatt.

Enochian Vision Magick opens with Continue reading »

This marks the second edition of Saturday Signal, Plutonica.net’s attempt to sift signal from the noise of the Internet’s occultural cacophony.

Last week Beth (author of Sacred Sonoma) asked “how our “fun day” (Saturday) got named after the least fun god/planet of the week”.

Fun facts: Saturday was named in the second century, and is the only day of the week whose name comes from Roman mythology.  According to Wikipedia, it was “called dies Saturni (”Saturn’s Day”), through which…it entered into Old English as Sæternesdæg and gradually evolved into the word Continue reading »

According to the Internet’s most reliable source of information, Wikipedia, the Knights Templar were founded after the first crusade in 1096, and officially endorsed by the Roman Catholic Church around 1129.

In 1307 many of the Order’s members were arrested, tortured, and burned at the stake.  In 1312, Pope Clement, under continuing pressure from King Philip IV of France, disbanded the Knights Templar. Continue reading »

On Being a Pagan, by Alain de Benoist
Ultra, 0972029222, 240 pp. (incl. notes and index), 2004

Originally published in 1981 as Comment peut-on etre paien?, the book was translated into English by Jon Graham and republished in 2004 by Ultra as On Being a Pagan.

I can only imagine that new title and cheesy image of Odin on the cover are intended to lure neo-Pagans and newagers anticipating fanciful stories harking back to the good ol’ days of yore, yet the paganism of de Benoist is decidedly not a “return to the past”, nor an attempt to regain some “lost paradise”.  Instead this book offers something far more profound.  Continue reading »

The Internet is wonderful; so many interesting things to read, watch and play with, but, let’s face it, there’s also a lot of crap, and sometimes it can be difficult to find the shiny bits.

To combat this, I hereby introduce Saturday Signal, Plutonica.net’s attempt to sift signal from the noise of the Internet’s occultural cacophony.

Saturday Signal will offer up Continue reading »

Sparian publisher Fulgur has a variety of items available for sale for Austin Osman Spare collectors, such as two issues of The Golden Hind (pictured left), several portraits and sketches, including a sketchbook from Spare’s art school classes during the early 50s.

A few of the items have already sold, for more information and photographs of what’s available, see “Original Art for Sale“.

While you’re there, also check out “Production and Launch Images” from the book launch of The Valley of Fear.  Included is a thirteen minute Continue reading »