The French philosopher and scholar of Sufism and Islamic thought, Henry Corbin (1903-1978) was guided by Sufi mystics and sages whose life and work provide a rich phenomenological framework for situating visionary and prophetic experience.  Corbin's writing draws one into the circle of these mystics and sages as if magnetized by some otherworldly energy and... Continue Reading →

In the Phaedo, Plato gives voice to the doctrine that the true philosopher makes death and dying the object of their study—that they are continually engaged in the practice of dying.[1]  At Phd 64a, Socrates states, “…the one aim of those who practice philosophy in the proper manner…is the practice of dying”.  This conception of... Continue Reading →

In genealogical hymns, heroic epics, and initiatory cults, the goddess Mnemosyne awakens the language of the primordial past--the language of the dead--a reservoir of memory from which heroic deeds are drawn, nourishing the present with her clear waters and opening the dark eyes of the future. She fuses together the disparate facets of successive moments,... Continue Reading →

The Vision & The Voice (Liber 418) is a visionary text that resulted from an extended magical operation undertaken by Aleister Crowley and his magical partner Victor Neuberg in the Algerian desert in 1909 over the course of roughly 30 days. With Crowley acting as Seer and Neuberg as Scribe, the two magicians utilized the... Continue Reading →

In Dialogue with the Cosmic Creature Every so often - if we are lucky - we undergo experiences that open us up to wider dimensions of reality, and which alter the trajectory of our personal histories.  Such experiences have the potential to make us invincible.  By disrupting and catalyzing the archetypal mythemes that compose our... Continue Reading →