For anyone looking for an excuse to celebrate some anniversaries, especially those of the esoteric kind, now's a good time to crack that bottle open and drink some toasts. Today, October 12th, is of course Crowleymas (the 'Great Beast' was born 131 years ago today). Tomorrow is not only Friday the 13th (as the paraskavedekatriaphobes out there would know), but also Friday, the 13th of October - the 699th anniversary of the arrest of hundreds of Knights Templar in France by agents of King Philip (which also took place on Friday, the 13th of October). At least it's not the 666th anniversary! And to top it all off, tomorrow is also the 89th anniversary of the Miracle of Fatima.
Funnily enough, the new issue of Sub Rosa has major features on both Crowley and also Fatima. We're just tying up the loose ends and will have it out in no time. Just a shame we couldn't release it at midnight on this auspicious confluence of esoteric anniversaries...
Heretical Rico
Please don't burn me at the stake.
ok
where would you prefer to be burned?
Crowleymas
Stuff the cork back in the bottle. Everybody knows that the only proper way to celebrate Crowleymas is to conjure a good thunderstorm, get completely naked except for rubber slippers, brush your teeth, hold on to a wet shower curtain, and rinse the toothpaste from your mouth by sticking your head in the sink and touching your lips to the running faucet.
If you’ve properly pleased the Great Beast you will be rewarded as was the woman in Australia today. (see TDG News, Thu, 12/10/2006, last article). Is there only one soul that holds a proper Crowleymas ritual?
Bill