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Disclaimer: Inclusion of a link does not necessarily imply endorsement of the material or concepts therein by this site or its webmaster, nor of the linked site of the contents of this site. Most of these links are here because I find them relevant; some are here because others may find them so.
creative
Liber Babalon/AlphaOmega: Presented by Gydja, this site covers the corresponding words, magick, and artistic representations of the new double CD set, AlphaOmega, an aural offering devoted entirely to the celebration of Our Lady Whose Number is 156. The CD set may be ordered from this site.
Pre-Existing Love: A devotional composition in three movements by Swedish composer Johan Eklund, available for download in MP3 format. Haunting, breathtaking, and otherworldly, the piece is inspired by Parsons' poem, The Birth of Babalon.
Babalon: A Speculative Fiction for Radio. Full transcript, fully copyrighted, and according to the author Paul Green, "currently under consideration by BBC Radio Drama." Woo-hoo! We wish you success, Paul!
Jack Parsons and the Curious Origins of the American Space Program - the multi-file format version. Serial romp based on the Parsons mystique published by the online 'zine, Laissez-Faire City Times. See also the related Gallery of Graphic Art or an index of the original serial installments here or here.
The Babalon Working. Excerpt from a play by Barry Kavanagh. Barry, we'd love to see the full script, hint hint!
"Mary Magdalene" - a chapter from "The Erotica Project". Interesting twist on her story.
The Sacred Female: Think of this as one long letter from your HGA to you. Just you. Yes, it's decidely on the "warm fuzzy" side, but there's some good things in there too. Warmth is good.
invocative
Babalon, Great and Terrible: An invocation by Content Love Knowles, past master of Scarlet Woman Lodge, O.T.O. Zodacare, eca od zodmeranu!
The Procession of Babalon: Ritual by Soror Aisha Qadisha of Scarlet Woman Lodge, first performed at the Thelemic Womens' Symposium in spring 1996. This ritual captures a sense of the emergence and formulation of the Goddess through history. Ave Babalon!
The Thunder, Perfect Mind: Translation by George MacRae. The primordial, embryonic Voice of "the reconciliation of opposites, the apotheosis of the impossible."
Liber Pennae Praenumbra: Communication received by Nema, author of Maat Magick, from One who is identified as "She Who Moves." Change is good.
A Ritual of the Heptagram by respected Enochian scholar/magickian Benjamin Rowe (a.k.a. Joshua Norton). The heptagram is the seven-rayed star symbolic of Babalon, whose geometric significance is also indigenous to the Enochian system of magick.
Liber Heptagrammatonorum. Another heptagram-based ritual featuring an invocation derived from a camea of Babalon.
informative
Ordo Templi Orientis: the Grand Lodge website. History, membership information, points of contact with local O.T.O. bodies, and more.
Fusion Anomaly : Pertinent Nodes
Jack Parsons: King of the Rocket Men. Colin Bennett of Fortean Times considers the short but remarkable life of this blazing star.
Black Magick and Betty: chapter seven of Bare Faced Messiah, a biography about the traitor L.R.H. This particular chapter focuses on events involving Jack Parsons. Watch out for possible factual errata, however.
Hubbard and the Occult. Jon Atack, author of A Piece of Blue Sky, offers his perspective on the brief association between Jack and the Traitor, as well as the Babalon Working. Standard caveats apply.
Interview with Neisen Himmel by Ken Urquhart, Los Angeles, 14 August 1986. Himmel once shared a room with the Traitor at Lord Belarion's mansion. Apparently he didn't know very much about what was really going on, but he shares some eyewitness tidbits here.
The Secret History of Modern Witchcraft. A revealing exploration by Bishop Tau Allen Greenfield. Excerpt: "A certain prudishness has crept into the practices of postGardnerian Wiccans [...] along with a certain feminist revisionism. This has succeeded to a considerable extent in converting a libertine sex cult into a rather staid Neopuritanism." Read it.
Outrageous Roots and a Bright Future: Sex and Feminism. A BeastBay article by LaSara W. FireFox. Sass, spunk and spark!
Notes of a Feminist Sadomasochist: Article in defense of dom/sub as an intrinsic and valid component within sexual nature. Quote: "[Some] "feminists" believe that your desire to play with dominant or submissive energy cannot be a valid, meaningful choice. And if that's not patriarchal, what is?" Fear is a product of the ego. Submission to ecstasy is dissolution into the Divine. Dissolution is good.
Whence Came the Stranger: Tracking the Metapattern of Stranger in a Strange Land, by Adam Walks Between Worlds. Excellent comparison of ideas in Heinlein's novel with those of Jack Parsons and Aleister Crowley.
It's the End of the World as We Know It ... Again! Apocalyptic fervor, fanaticism, and fun, with valid history and vivacious humor.
Unto thine own invisible Beloved, thine Angel and Demon, thy Guardian and Guide, thy Brother and Lover, Beast and Master, very Self of very self and very God of very God, Thee beyond all thou art, whose existence is solely and completely for thee, Thou art Goddess. Thou art ALL. Thou art BABALON.
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