From every report I am getting from those with the boots on the ground, out there in Joshua Tree the air is thin and electric, and the rocks keep their own counsel.

I am facilitating the Stairway to Heaven retreat with , and today we have dedicated every lecture to Crowleymas, the Feast for Life that marks Aleister Crowley’s birth.

One hundred and fifty years have passed since 12 October 1875, yet the signal of his Work still cuts through the static.

This year also brings a milestone for another strange book that shaped late-twentieth-century occulture. The “Simon” Necronomicon enters its half-century shadow, a reminder of how myth, mischief, and magic feed one another. Whether you regard it as talismanic bricolage or modern grimoire, its presence has been formative for conversations around the Nameless Current.

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Because I am teaching all day, I will keep this brief and leave you with a small reading path from my Substack archive. These pieces sketch the contours of Thelema as a living practice and gesture toward that other current that hums beneath many names.

One last housekeeping note for friends following my current work. Today is the final day to access the Black Stars in Dim Carcosa course material. If you have been meaning to step in, this is your moment. After midnight, the gate closes, and the dreaming moves on.

Wherever you are, raise a glass for the Feast for Life of the Master Therion.

Out there in Joshua Tree, the desert is teaching us again that the sacred does not shout. It gathers, and then it changes everything.

Happy Crowleymas.

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