So it begins… A White Stains re-issue avalanche! First to come is a wonderful compilation on the great label Zoharum: ”Singleminded Dualisms.” Available as a normal CD or a lovely deluxe option (box w cards with replicas of the original covers, a sticker, pins and a backpack (bag) with the characteristic logo). PRE-ORDER today! WHITE STAINS came into the minds of many listeners thanks to the regular debut album, recorded together with Psychic TV “Live At Stockholm”. However, the history of this band and its metamorphoses goes back much further. Founded by Carl Abrahamsson, from the beginning it served as a tool for proclaiming manifestos inspired by the works of, among others, Aleister Crowley (White Stains is the title of one of the most important texts of the British magician) and other proponents of free thought. While the issues they raised were invariably focused around the subject of occultism and secret knowledge, in the musical layer the band underwent many...

Carl Abrahamsson: ”Babalon: the psychology of supra-sexual transformation.” You can watch this video lecture here: Author Carl Abrahamsson takes a look at the infamous ”Babalon” concept. Who is she? What is it? Experiencing a quantum leap within Aleister Crowley’s Thelema mythology specifically, Babalon has become a major contemporary force in esoteric and sexual individuation processes. Appropriated by many, Babalon has become a cornerstone of sorts in modern occultism, and one onto which one can project seemingly almost anything that feels right for the projector. But wherein lies the substance? Abrahamsson traces Babalon’s historical roots via Babylonia, John of Patmos, John Dee & Edward Kelly, Aleister Crowley, Jack Parsons, CF Russell, and others, and looks at how a general cultural Judeo-Christian fear of women, sexuality, and freedom took on crystallized, personalized traits that then in turn transcended their own ostracized positions, and morphed into a latter day naughty...

Carl Abrahamsson: ”Sexual-dynamic polarity as a magical formula – Aleister Crowley’s views on gender and transcendence.” You can watch this video lecture here: Author Carl Abrahamsson takes a look at the dynamic of polarity in general, and within ritual magic and individuation in particular. Aleister Crowley’s concept of ”Babalon” as a sexually charged agent of change must always be looked at in context. Whatever is rebellious today will be ”old hat” tomorrow. One of the challenges of will-focused movements and philosophies like Crowley’s Thelema is to not become habitually enamored by a symbol or Gestalt that was radical and provocative one hundred years ago, but instead to look to a future that is much more rooted in individual psychologies, needs and contexts; it’s the difference between a religious entrapment of sorts and a healthy, solid encouragement to be truly rebellious in the pursuit of individuation. ”We all exist within individual contexts. Crowley’s Thelema philosophy is...