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| Due to the recent heat wave, we are moving July 10 events to a private air conditioned residence. Please RSVP for directions. Sat. Jul. 10: The Delicious Languor of the Magical Retirement (Open) 3:00pm: Arrival/Social time. $20 donation requested from non-members for class. 3:30-4:30pm: Class Sept.-Oct. 2006 saw the manifestation of Sr. Hypatia's vision to complete a magical retreat lasting a lunar month. This lecture discusses the scheduling, design, and implementation of the process that led to the ritual, and how a modern magician may realize a similar aspiration in their own spiritual development. From funding the time off work to hot outfits for sex magick to the strict daily discipline of the Work itself, this lecture explores the beauty of creating space for a break in one's life as well as the strength it takes to pull off a major magical operation. Sat. Jul. 10: Earth Elemental Ritual (Open) 4:30pm: Arrival/Social time $10 donation requested from non-members for ritual. 5:00-6:00pm: Earth Elemental Ritual Sat. Jul. 10: Séances and Suffrage (Open) 6:00pm: Arrival/Social time $20 donation requested from non-members for class. 6:30-7:30pm: Class Spiritualism became immensely popular on both sides of the Atlantic in the latter part of the 19th century, fostering the emergence of esoteric societies that promulgated the teachings of their figureheads like H.P. Blavatsky, Anna Kingsford and Annie Besant. A common theme in all these mystical groups was an enlightened view of gender and sexuality. Organizations like the Theosophical Society, Golden Dawn, Ordo Templi Orientis and Co-Masons broke with the tradition of admitting only men into their fraternities, instead welcoming spiritual seekers of either gender. The result of this worldview was that individuals frequently crossed into participation in the emerging equal rights movement, with some jailed--and in one case dead--in defense of their beliefs. This paper examines the role of Victorian popular interest in esotericism in the equal rights movement. |
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