“A Wicked Pack of Cards”: 100 Years of Madame Sosostris’ Mystical Work in T.S. Eliot’s “The Waste Land”
An Athenæum Azostos Reflection on “working mystical women”: the tarot of Pamela Colman Smith (of the Rider-Waite deck) and of Madame Sosostris in T.S. Eliot’s “The Waste Land,” which will celebrate its 100th anniversary in December. Over the years there have been many representations of this working woman – mystic, conjurer, or someone embodying mastery…
Of Love and Blood and Mud: A Reflective Response and Transgressive Love Letter to Approaching Babalon
An Athenæum Azostos Reflection on Approaching Babalon: Essays for the Abyss by Dr. Georgia Van Raalte When Approaching Babalon by Dr. Georgia van Raalte (published by Temple of Our Lady of the Abyss, also known as Templum Abyssi) was nominated as a “small” book to fill in between classes and Dionysian work to be explored…
Isobel Gowdie & the Hare: Exploring Leporidae Familiars, Folklore, and Transformations in Early Modern European Magic & Witchcraft
An Athenæum Azostos Reflection on The Black Book of Isobel Gowdie by Ash William Mills and The Visions of Isobel Gowdie by Emma Wilby The Early Modern period, particularly in Europe, was punctuated with witch accusations, confessions, and trials. One of the most well-known areas in which witch trials were held was Scotland, home of…
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