by Grand Secretary General (GSG) | Jul 24, 2024 | Crowley, Information, Lecture
Veni Cooper-Mathieson Born Amanda Melvina Cooper in Maitland, New South Wales, on October 4, 1867, Sister Veni Cooper-Mathieson was a leading exponent of New Thought philosophy and an important figure in the development of Ordo Templi Orientis (OTO) in Australia. As...
by Grand Secretary General (GSG) | Jun 2, 2024 | Crowley, Information
Frater Progradior, Frank Bennet On Sydney’s lower North Shore, a short stroll from the hallowed grounds of North Sydney Oval, home of foundation rugby league club the North Sydney Bears, sits an unassuming, single-storey duplex. In the early decades of the 20th...
by Grand Secretary General (GSG) | Apr 29, 2024 | Art, Information, Podcast, Publishing
On May 1st, 2024, the Grand Lodge of Australia is celebrating the release of Descent from the Cross: The Transformation of a Masochist Woman by Elaine Simard LaForêt. Seeing the book edited, designed, produced, and released in the two months since Elaine passed in...
by Grand Secretary General (GSG) | Mar 4, 2024 | Art, Crowley, Information
The race for the Melbourne Cup – rounding the turn by the river, 1883; wood engraving published in the Illustrated Australian news. State Library Victoria. On 6 January 1927, Aleister Crowley wrote to an unnamed woman in Australia who he simply addressed as “Dear and...
by Grand Secretary General (GSG) | Jan 9, 2024 | Art, Crowley, Information
(Source “Dame Edna at the royal wedding,”Aurelien Guichard, CC BY-SA 2.0 via Wikimedia Commons) A little-known fact about the late Australian comedy legend, Barry Humphries (1934-2023) – renowned for his iconic portrayal of the flamboyant Dame Edna Everage...
by Grand Secretary General (GSG) | Sep 27, 2022 | Crowley, Information, Publishing
Do what thou wilt shall be the whole of the Law. Living In the Sunlight by Steve King (Australia’s national Grand Master Shiva X°) was released on the 21st of September, and it is now available on online retailers: Book DepositoryAmazon (Aus) (UK)Barnes &...