Thelema NOW! Crowley, Ritual & Magick
100 episodes - English - Latest episode: about 1 month ago - ★★★★ - 53 ratingsOur mission is to provide listeners with interesting, informative, thought-provoking interviews featuring individuals involved in myriad realms of mysticism, spirituality and magical theory and practice: authors, sorcerers, academics, entertainers. We’ll be looking into everything except inter and intra organizational politics as that’s ground very thoroughly tilled by other programs.
(Opinions expressed on this program by interviewees and interviewers are theirs alone and do not necessarily represent those of Ordo Templi Orientis (O.T.O), Ordo Templi Orientis U.S.A. (O.T.O.-U.S.A.), or any of their officers or directors.)
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Thelema Now! Guests: Jon Povey & Marco Conti
October 10, 2019 16:30 - 1 hour - 13.9 MBThelema Now host Harper talks to Jon Povey & Marco Conti, the minds behind "Sympathy For The Beast: Songs From the Poems of Aleister Crowley." This album is from Twink & the Technicolour Dream, being released by the British label Sunbeam. The album features two legendary figures from British 60’s rock, namely Twink (ex Tomorrow, Pretty Things, Pink Fairies, Hawkwind, etc.), and Jon Povey (ex Pretty Things) and the band Technicolour Dream. Check it out! And to order the album - go here!
Thelema Now! Guest: Robert Podgurski
September 26, 2019 20:21 - 1 hour - 15 MBHost Harper Feist puts her thinking cap on and talks to Robert Podgurski, author of The Sacred Alignments and Sigils: Angelic Magick, Renaissance Thought, and Modern Methods of Sigilization. (That's a mouthful!) They discuss sigils, John Dee, and all kinds of things above my pay grade. I need to go lay down now and rest my brain awhile.
Thelema Now! Guest: Joseph Alexander Robicheaux
August 16, 2019 20:54 - 37 minutes - 10.7 MBThelema Now host Harper Feist talks to Joseph Alexander Robicheaux, also known as Ya sezi Bo Oungan. They talk about voodoo, working with Papa Legba, and how you know your magick is working. To find out more about Joseph's book - visit the Hadean Press website!
Thelema Now! Guest: Alkistis Dimech
August 14, 2019 18:30 - 1 hour - 50.1 MBThelema Now host Harper Feist talks to Alkistis Dimech, who is a dancer and choreographer, as well as a writer. Her current work is an exploration of female mysteries and sexuality through the nymph – veiled, as elemental divinity, the bride or nubile woman, mantis, and clitoris – articulated in a projected cycle of dances, Apocalyptería. Her new work is the book The Brazen Vessel published by Scarlet Imprint. To find out more - visit Alkistis's website!
Thelema Now! Guest: BJ Swain, Part II (36 minutes)
June 28, 2019 20:50 - 35 minutes - 8.07 MBThis is part 2 of Thelema Now host Harper Feist talking to Brother BJ Swain about his book Living Spirits: A Guide to Magic in a World of Spirits. BJ discusses working with many different kinds spirits including ancestral and planetary.
Thelema Now! Guest: BJ Swain, Part 1 (52 minutes)
June 26, 2019 20:48 - 54 minutes - 12.5 MBThelema Now host Harper Feist talks to Brother BJ Swain about his book Living Spirits: A Guide to Magic in a World of Spirits. BJ discusses working with many different kinds spirits including ancestral and planetary. These two get to gabbing and the next thing you know - the sun's coming up! So we are presenting BJ's interview in two parts. You won't be disappointed!
Thelema Now! Topic: Magickal Women Conference
May 03, 2019 17:59 - 50 minutes - 11.6 MBPut together by Sue Terry and Erzebet Barthold, The Magickal Women Conference pays homage to the women of the past who challenged the status quo by embracing mysticism, esotericism, and occult teachings, and to the women who continue those rich traditions through lived practice, performance, and adeptship. The conference is on Saturday, June 1, 2019 and it is now SOLD OUT. However, there is a waiting list. And with this mush support, perhaps Sue and Erzebet will do it again! Find out mor...
Thelema Now! Guest: Manon Hedenborg-White (60 minutes)
April 03, 2019 21:09 - 1 hour - 15.4 MBManon Hedenborg-White is a contributor to the book ‘A Rose Veiled in Black’ – an anthology on the Lady Babalon. The Lady Babalon is one of the more enigmatic figures in the Cult of Thelema. She is a manifold deity in the sense that She is a divine harlot, an initiatrix, a creator and a destroyer. In representative form, the letters of Her name encompass an heptogrammic star; yet She lies beyond mere representation, and Her star signifies only the powers of Her train and not the station of ...
Thelema Now! Guest: Keith Readdy (55 minutes)
February 20, 2019 19:00 - 51 minutes - 11.9 MBKeith Readdy, author of One Truth and One Spirit: Aleister Crowley's Spiritual Legacy speaks with Thelema Now stunt host Richard Kaczynski. Keith and Richard talk about what it took to put the book together, how it got published, and fun Thelemic facts to know and tell. Amaze your friends!
Thelema Now! Guest: M. Dionysius Rogers (65 minutes)
February 20, 2019 17:36 - 1 hour - 15.6 MBDionysius Rogers has just released "Thelema For the People." he discusses this along with other projects with host Harper Feist. Enjoy!
Thelema Now! Guest: Lon Milo DuQuette (77 minutes)
December 27, 2018 16:15 - 1 hour - 15.1 MBThelema Now's Harper Feist talks to the lovable Lon Mile DuQuette about his latest work, Son of Chicken Qabalah: Rabbi Lamed Ben Clifford's (Mostly Painless) Practical Qabalah Course. Find out where the term "Chicken Qabalah" came from, why Qabalah isn't boring, and what Lon is up to now!
Thelema Now! Guest: J. Daniel Gunther (70 minutes)
December 26, 2018 20:06 - 1 hour - 15.4 MBThelema Now host Harper Feist talks to J. Daniel Gunther about his latest work, The Visions of the Pylons: A Magical Record of Exploration in the Starry Abode. You can keep up with J. Daniel at his website, jdanielgunther.com.
Thelema Now! Guest: Sister Hattie Quinn on Benjamin Franklin (53 minutes)
November 23, 2018 16:25 - 47 minutes - 65.1 MBSister Hattie Quinn's lecture on Benjamin Franklin at NOTOCON was an eye opener! Titled, "Revolution and Revelation: The Magic of Benjamin Franklin" is described as follows: Benjamin Franklin is one of the most notable founding fathers of the United States of America. His quotable quotes, pithy epigraphs, and brilliant writing have amused us and provoked us for over two centuries. Equally he is known for his sexual prowess, wild rock star reputation, gentle civility, and genius mind. ...
Thelema Now! Guest: George Pendle (58 minutes)
November 06, 2018 21:19 - 55 minutes - 12.7 MBYou know that kooky TV show "Strange Angel" on CBS All Access (which no longer streams through Amazon Prime - thanks Amazon)? Well, it's based on a book of the same name by George Pendle! George talks to Harper Feist about the book, the TV show, Jack Parson, and rocket science. Because Harper knows a thing or two about blowing stuff up. Listen and learn.
Thelema Now! Guest: Jake Stratton-Kent (70 minutes)
September 21, 2018 21:32 - 1 hour - 19.3 MBJake Stratton-Kent has been a goetic magician since 1972, making more than forty years of continuous goetic practice. His practical work integrates the magical papyri, Italo-French grimoires in particular the Grimorium Verum and African traditional religions with a focus on Quimbanda and magia negra. His interest in magic spans the ancient, medieval, renaissance, and modern as well as stretching from the West to the Middle East and crucially, the New World. To learn more - click here!
Thelema Now! Guest: Joseph Peterson (2018) (80 mins)
August 30, 2018 19:50 - 1 hour - 111 MBJoseph Peterson spoke at Leaping Laughter Lodge in Minneapolis, MN in July 2018 to an appreciative audience of about 20 people. It was seriously fun. Joseph discusses putting together a witch's handbook from the trial records of the Venetian Inquisition. This grimoire, or handbook of magic, was confiscated by the Venetian Inquisition in 1636 from practicing witches. After decades of searching for this elusive text, Joseph now has the pleasure of presenting and translating it here for the...
Thelema Now! Guest: Jason Miller (2018) 60 minutes
July 20, 2018 18:45 - 1 hour - 14.4 MBThelesis founder and Thelema Now's favorite sorcerer Jason Miller talks with Harper about a wide range of topics. His latest book, Elements of Spell Crafting: 21 Keys to Successful Sorcery, cuts through the pretentious bologna and talks about doing magick to get things done! Imagine that! To find out what Jason is doing, read his blog, or sign up for one of his classes, visit his website or follow him on Facebook!
Thelema Now! Guest: Rain Al-Alim (30 minutes)
June 01, 2018 16:41 - 27 minutes - 6.24 MBHost Harper Feist speaks to Rain Al-Alim, which is the nom de plume of the author of Jinn Sorcery. He has chosen to remain anonymous to avoid the stigmatization that practitioners of magic and sorcery can experience in his country - and the punishment can include beheading in some countries. He holds a degree in journalism and is currently studying Arabic philology; and he has studied and practiced the occult arts for approximately 17 years. To find out more about Jinn Sorcery, visit Scar...
Thelema Now! Guest: Colin Campbell on Thelema (60 mins)
May 10, 2018 16:05 - 59 minutes - 54.4 MBThelema Now host Harper Feist speaks to Colin Campbell about his new book Thelema: An Introduction to the Life, Work & Philosophy of Aleister Crowley. Colin always spells things in out in clear, no-nonsense terms, and this interview is no exception. Check out and learn something new!
Thelema Now! Guest: Carl Abrahamsson (58 minutes)
March 16, 2018 20:01 - 58 minutes - 13.6 MBHave a sense of humor, people! That's what one of Thelema Now's fav guests - Carl Abrahamsson - would tell us. Carl talks to Harper Feist about humor, magick, and why Americans are so great. (He really said that!) He also discusses his latest book Occulture: The Unseen Forces That Drive Culture Forward. To find more about Carl, visit his carlabrahamsson.com!
Thelema Now! Guest: Lita-Luise Chappell (50 minutes)
February 15, 2018 21:31 - 51 minutes - 11.7 MBHarper Feist talks to Sister Lita-Luise Chappell latest books are The Collioure Concealment & Murder of the Mystras Nun, and the third part of the trilogy will be coming soon. She talks about her writing process and finding inspiration. Lita has been writing poetry, short stories, mysteries, plays, lyrics, rituals, cookbooks, investigative articles, and travelogues for almost fifty years. She has a master's degree in Psychology, and a doctorate in Human Sexuality. She has had several caree...
Thelema Now! Guest: Eric Stedman (36 minutes)
January 17, 2018 20:40 - 37 minutes - 50.9 MBWow! Check this out and have your mind BLOWN! Eric Stedman, who specializes is film restoration, discusses with Frater Puck the Mysteries of Myra film series that was tied to our very own Uncle Al Crowley. How you ask? Give a listen and find out! You can find out more about Eric and his work at these websites: mysteriesofmyra.com ericstedman.com serialsquadron.com
Thelema Now! Guest: Lon Milo DuQuette 2017 (36 mins)
December 29, 2017 18:30 - 34 minutes - 47.9 MBCheck it! Frater Puck talks to Thelema Now's fav guest, Lon Milo. Listen and learn something you didn't know about magick, tarot, and life in general.
Thelema Now! Guest: Tracey Rollin
October 06, 2017 20:12 - 48 minutes - 11 MBTracy Rollin talks to Thelema Now's Harper Feist about her book, Santa Muerte – the History, Rituals and Magic of Our Lady of the Holy Death. The book takes a look at Santa Muerte, the famous folk saint widely associated with the Day of the Dead. Credited with wielding vast influence in the lives of her devotees, she is the central figure of the fastest-growing new religious movement in the world today. This book surveys Santa Muerte as an aspect of the dark feminine, the bringer of dea...
Thelema NOW! Guest: Peter Mark Adams (1 hour)
September 08, 2017 16:56 - 1 hour - 14.3 MBThelema Now's Harper Feist and author Peter Mark Adams discuss Sola-Busca tarot and Peter's book The Game of Saturn. The Game of Saturn is the first full length, scholarly study of the enigmatic Renaissance masterwork known as the Sola-Busca tarot. It reveals the existence of a pagan liturgical and ritual tradition active amongst members of the Renaissance elite and encoded within the deck. Beneath its beautifully decorated surface, its imagery ranges from the obscure to the grotesque; we ...
Thelema Now: David Hertzberg, the composer of The Wake World libretto
August 24, 2017 16:08 - 49 minutes - 68.6 MBThelema Now welcomes composer David Hertzberg! At the end of the interview, please listen to Mr. Hertzberg's original composition Meditation Boreale. Composer in Residence David Hertzberg and director R.B. Schlather take visitors on a fantastic journey through the treasured galleries of Philadelphia's The Barnes Foundation. This performance will run at the Barnes from September 18th - 25th. In this performance, two of the early 20th century’s most prolific and polarizing artistic visi...
Thelema Now! Guest: Aaron Leitch (30 minutes)
July 27, 2017 20:37 - 29 minutes - 40.2 MBFrater Puck talks with Aaron Leitch, who is a senior member of the Hermetic Order of the Golden Dawn and the academic Societas Magica. A scholar, practitioner, and teacher of Western Hermeticism, the Solomonic grimoire tradition, and Enochian magick, he has authored such titles as Secrets of the Magickal Grimoires, The Angelical Language: Vols. I and II and The Essential Enochian Grimoire. Check out Aaron's website.
Thelema Now! Guest: Carl Abrahamsson 2017 (42 minutes)
June 28, 2017 17:28 - 42 minutes - 58.4 MBLet's get loud! Frater Puck and Carl Abrahamsson talk in person at a lively coffee shop about newest issue of his journal Fenris Wolf. You can check out Carl's works at: carlabrahamsson.com and trapart.net. Order Fenris Wolf at by clicking here! Also - listen until the end to hear the composition "UnconsciousSexuality" by Carl and his wife Vanessa Sinclair.
Thelema Now! Guest: Deborah Castellano (55 minutes)
June 12, 2017 20:21 - 54 minutes - 12.5 MBGlamour Magic: The Witchcraft Revolution to Get What You Want is the latest book from Deborah Castellano. She discusses the book - and well as how to use glamour effectively - with Thelema Now host Harper Feist.
Thelema Now! Guest: David Shoemaker (2017) 30 mins
May 19, 2017 17:00 - 29 minutes - 41 MBDr. David Shoemaker returns to Thelema Now to discuss his latest work, Karl Germer Selected Letters 1928-1962. Karl Germer (1885-1962) was Aleister Crowley’s successor as head of the magical order A.’.A.’. and Outer Head of Ordo Templi Orientis. His legacy, however, is mostly known through the work of his students and confidantes. Little has been published about the life, teachings, and spiritual experiences of this most dedicated Thelemite. In an effort to shed some light upon Germer's li...
Thelema Now! Guest: Scott Stenwick
April 10, 2017 15:54 - 1 hour - 26.3 MBScott Stenwick gave the lecture Enochian 101 at Leaping Laughter Lodge. Enjoy!
Thelema Now Peter Levenda 2017
March 15, 2017 18:49 - 37 minutes - 13 MBDrawing on decades of experience, author and historian Peter Levenda turns to the novel as the best and perhaps only way to tell a story that has to be told – that hidden within the tales of America's most iconic writer of gothic horror, H.P. Lovecraft, runs a vein of actual terror. Gregory Angell, the present-day descendant of George Angell in Lovecraft's “Call of Cthulhu,” is summoned by a nameless covert agency of the US government to retrieve a sacred book from the grasp of an Islamist...
Thelema Now! Frater Ashen Chassan (55 minutes)
January 25, 2017 19:41 - 52 minutes - 47.8 MBThelema Now host Harper Feist speaks to Frater Ashen Chassan about his new book Gateways Through Light and Shadow. This is the second book by Bryan Garner, (aka Frater Ashen Chassan) and in it we are again offered the illuminating opportunity to observe and learn from a practicing magus engaged in his Work. To checkout Gateways, click here!
Thelema Now! Guest: Thomas Hatsis
December 29, 2016 21:49 - 39 minutes - 54.2 MBIn our final podcast of 2016, Thelema Now host Frater Puck speaks with Thomas Hatsis about his book, The Witches' Ointment: The Secret History of Psychedelic Magic. Find out what old-school witches were really up to and how you can recreate those ancient recipes! Great stuff! To order the book - click here!
Thelema Now! Guest: David Shoemaker 2016 (38 minutes)
December 15, 2016 18:57Returning to Thelema Now is David Shoemaker! The Living Thelema author talks to Frater Puck about his newest project The Winds of Wisdom. To learn more and order books, visit livingthelema.com/
Thelema Now! Guest: Brandy Williams (55 minutes)
November 18, 2016 15:39 - 53 minutes - 49.1 MBThelema Now's host Harper Fiest talks with Brandy Williams about what it's like to be a woman in Thelema, how times have changed, and how they need to change some more! Her book, For the Love of the Gods, The History and Modern Practice of Theurgy, Our Pagan Inheritance, is available now on Amazon and other fine book sellers. And check out Brandy's website, brandywilliams.org
Thelema Now! Guest: Matthew Marble (24 minutes)
October 04, 2016 19:46 - 24 minutes - 33 MBThelema Now's Frater Puck talks to Princeton University grad Matthew Marble about his dissertation Buddhist Bubblegum: Esoteric Buddhism in the Creative Process of Arthur Russell. (You can read the full dissertation here.) For the uninitiated, the late Arthur Russell was an American cellist, composer, producer, singer, and musician whose work spanned a disparate range of styles. Trained in contemporary experimental composition and Indian classical music, Russell found success in downtown...
Thelema Now! Guest: Joseph Peterson (2 hours)
August 24, 2016 20:26 - 1 hour - 162 MBWOW! This is a long one, but a great one. Buckle up for this two-hour lecture from Joseph Peterson on the Sworn Book of Honorius. Joseph Peterson is a renowned scholar of the magical grimoires. Through his web site esotericarchives.com, Joseph has made ancient grimoires availalbe to the public for study and research for many years. His annotations with his notes and research has provided unequaled insight and understanding to modern magicians seeking to tap into the lore and power of t...
Thelema Now! Guest: Sallie Ann Glassman (39 minutes)
August 19, 2016 17:26 - 38 minutes - 6.67 MBThelema Now talks to one of our favorite people - Sallie Ann Glassman. Sallie tells host Harper Feist about her journey to New Orleans, doing public ritual, and working with spirits. Check it out!
Thelema NOW! Guest: Sister Kashmira (28 minutes)
June 08, 2016 18:53 - 28 minutes - 39.5 MBWhat's an "unconference" you ask? It sounds likeit could be chaos, but somehow it all works out! Listen as Sister Kashmira discusses the upcoming event in the Valley of Pittsburgh this July. Find out more about the Thelemic Unconference! Click here!
Thelema NOW! Guest: Genesis P-Orridge (45 minutes)
May 24, 2016 18:36 - 45 minutes - 62.5 MBA Thelema Now fav is BACK! None other than Genesis P-Orridge talks to Frater Puck about what s/he's been up to lately! And Genesis has been busy. The main topic is the Rubin Museum "Try To Altar Everything" exhibition. But there's so much more!
Thelema NOW! Guest: Colin Campbell 2016
April 29, 2016 15:51 - 28 minutes - 39.7 MBBuckle up - the Geotia can give you a bumpy ride! But don't fret, Colin Campbell is here to explain it all. In this work, "Of the Arte Goetia," Campbell examines the evolution of the text known as Goetia, from the proto-Goetia of Wier's "Pseudomonarchia Daemonum", through the first English translation in Scot's "Discoverie of Witchcraft", and finally to the English language manuscripts from which most modern editions are drawn. Listen in!
Thelema Now! Guest: John L. Steadman
March 07, 2016 19:49 - 46 minutes - 63.4 MBSoro Lilya talks to author John L. Steadman about his book H. P. Lovecraft & the Black Magickal Tradition. Find out if what YOU think about Lovecraft is what he thinks! Food for thought. Also check out John's Facebook page!
Thelema Now! Guest: Matthew Levi Stevens (45 minutes)
February 10, 2016 22:42 - 50 minutes - 68.8 MBHave you ever thought that William S. Burroughs was a Magickian? Of course you have! And you are right! Author Matthew Levi Stevens discusses his book The Magical Universe of William S. Burroughs with host Frater Puck. Fascinating stuff! Check it out.
Thelema Now! Guest: Peter Levenda (38 minutes)
December 16, 2015 21:03 - 39 minutes - 35.8 MBThelema Now favorite Peter Levenda returns to talk about his latest work, The Tantric Alchemist: Thomas Vaughan and the Indian Tantric Tradition. Find out how what you don't know CAN hurt you - and much more!
Thelema NOW! Guest: Barry William Hale
November 10, 2015 19:14 - 36 minutes - 49.5 MBFrater Puck returns to Thelema Now and talks to Barry William Hale about the Magica Sexualis art show in New York City. Plus, you get to hear Barry's awesome accent, which we could listen to all day! Find out more about Magica Sexualis at this cool website. Then go to New York and check it out!
Thelema Now! Guest: Richard Kaczynski (15 minutes)
October 16, 2015 20:35 - 15 minutes - 20.9 MBOne of Thelema Now's favorite guest is back! Soror Lilya talks to Richard Kaczynski about his novel, The Billionth Monkey. To find out more about this work of fiction, visit thebillionthmonkey.com!
Thelema NOW! Guest: Scott Hobbs (30 minutes)
October 01, 2015 21:18 - 27 minutes - 37.5 MBThelema Now's Soror Lilya speaks to Scott Hobbs, who put together the Museum of Contemporary Art in Los Angeles exhibit of Marjorie Cameron’s artwork. The exhibit is now showing in New York City until October 10th at 76 Grand Street, currently occupied by the Suzanne Geiss Company, and the former home of Deitch Projects. Don't miss it! And listen as Scott talks about putting the exhibit together and Cameron herself.
Thelema Now! Guest: Kim Knight from A.I.T.
September 20, 2015 16:40 - 39 minutes - 2.26 MBEver wonder about Advanced Initiator Training? Here at Thelema Now, we wonder about it All. The. Time. Bet you do too. Well, wonder no more! Ms. Kim Knight, along with host Frater Didymus, tell you everything you need to know. Kim Knight is the U.S.G.L. Initiation Training Coordinator and Western States Initiation Secretary. She also serves as the High Priestess of Psyche Eros Chapter, and as a Sovereign Grand Inspector General of the Order. Her areas of work in O.T.O. focus on organiz...
Thelema Now! Guest: Lita Chappell (22 Minutes)
August 10, 2015 17:19 - 24 minutes - 33.1 MBThelema Now's Soror Lilya speaks to Lita Chappell about The Thelemic Cookbook: Cooking With Correspondences. The book will be available starting August 15th - the first day of NOTOCON!! Enjoy! You can purchase the book on Amazon.