Hermetic Library Newsletter - Issue #48 (Christ is a trans angel, confirmed)

Hermetic Library Newsletter - Issue #48 (Christ is a trans angel, confirmed)
By John Bell the Librarian • Issue #104 • View online
Happy holidays, whichever ones you celebrate!
This week I’ve got a seasonal buffet of last minute gifts; audio, visual, and video pools; Gävleburnin’; and what’s this about again? And a biblical misprint, a Marilyn misquote, intolerance, and a reminder there’s no threefold law. Also Christ is a trans angel, confirmed; public merch shop, possibly, maybe; top 5, best 9; with it’s pronounced “orgasm”, and doodles. Plus memes, reminders, updates, quotes, and reviews!
And, as always, I worked on various other things on website, blog, and more … Enjoy!

Unicursal CHRISTMAS GOOD WILL Propaganda
Unicursal CHRISTMAS GOOD WILL Propaganda
Last minute gifts
Need a last minute gift? Give the gift of music from Hermetic Library! It’s a gift for you (to give or keep) and me at the same time! Get all 16 anthology releases together and save 25%!
I don't beat dead horses. I ride them into battle.
I don't beat dead horses. I ride them into battle.
Audio, visual, and video pools
Every once in a while, I get nostalgic for the old audio, visual, and video pools, which have been various places over the years, but now only reside as an undead archive on the blog.
It’s been years since they were active. After moving them in-house to the defunct BBS they basically died, and then I also killed the BBS.
The Hermetic Library audio pool is an auditory scavenger hunt for sounds and music of a living Western Esoteric Tradition. Music and performance can be a form of ritual and magick. Works and artists have long been inspired by the ideas of Western Esotericism and Mysticism. This group is to help create a space for sharing music and connecting with artists who feel drawn to these topics and ideas, or, especially, incorporate and manifest ritual and magick in their works. To participate, contact the Librarian.
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The Hermetic Library visual pool is a visual scavenger hunt for images of a living Western Esoteric Tradition. Images of your ritual or ritual space, images of sigils or tools, showing off your own library or special volume from the restricted stacks – these and much more are part of the culture and practice of magick. To participate, contact the Librarian.
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The Hermetic Library video pool is an experimental scavenger hunt for video from a living Western Esoteric Tradition. Motion pictures have a peculiar kind of magic certainly, but these are video records of people, places and events inspired by the ideas of Western Esotericism and Mysticism. Music video, interviews, rituals, instruction, documentaries, dramatizations – This group helps create a space for saving and sharing these records with others. If you would like to participate, contact the librarian.
library.hrmtc.com
There’s also a much less used pool, even than those others, for Arts and Letters, which I’d be remiss to not mention, which I mainly used to post old Masonic poetry.
This Hermetic Library Arts and Letters pool is a participatory place for sharing poetry, prose, and other written works that are inspired by or manifests the Esoteric Tradition. If you would like to participate, contact the librarian.
library.hrmtc.com
Link rot has broken some of the submissions from displaying, of course. I probably should not have relied on embeds as much as I did, but it is what it was.
But, sometime I wonder what it would take, if there were anything, to revive them in some fashion.
I suppose that’s what places like Reddit, Imgur, TikTok, and so on are for nowadays. Everyone seems to only want to jump into big corporate silos.
(I’m not oblivious to the irony that I also post a lot on social media, within a big corporate silo; but, in my defense, I’ve got a website and blog which I self host, and, to a lesser degree, this newsletter, which I can take with me, and did already once, if necessary.)
(I mostly treat social media as the dead end they want to be, but I don’t also treat social media as my primary, canonical posting place they wish they were, thus they cannot, for me, become one way dead end streets (HT Steven Wright). Everyone should treat them the same, imho.)
So, I mean, if you want to participate, get in touch!
Shhh.
Shhh.
Gävleburnin'
Oh no!
Gävlebocken on Twitter
Gävlebocken on Twitter
“Nooo, It’s literally the worst feeling to go down in flames. 😭🥵 But the comeback is always stronger than the setback. And - I’ll be bock!
gävlebocken #alwaysremembermethisway”
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Sweden’s ill-fated yule goat burns down a week before Christmas
Sweden’s ill-fated yule goat burns down a week before Christmas
Sweden’s most famous yule goat, Gävlebocken, has once again succumbed to flames in an arson attack. A man with soot on his hands was arrested close to the scene.
www.thelocal.se
Wait. Hold up. “A man with soot on his hands was arrested close to the scene.” 🎅?
“According to witnesses, a ‘tall and athletically built man’, wearing dark clothes and a hood, was seen leaving the scene when the fire started.” KRAMPUS?! J'ACCUSE!
Now I need a Batman/Catwoman-like story but about the Gävlebocken with Santa/Krampus as frenemies/lovers.
Of course, I could just re-read some Krampus porn. I mean, I’ve heard some people have read this stuff. Other people. Not me. *cough*
What's this about again?
Picked up a new scifi book from an author that was a former mutual, since it was on sale, and then thought I’d check in on what they’ve been up to …
Oh. Wow. Holy shit. Yikes.
Wait *narrows eyes at book* what’s this about again?
Nope. *returns book*
Biblical misprint
As misprints go, this is biblical.
Decha
Ordered Werewolf the Apocalypse core book a while ago, and it finally arrived. Turns out it’s just a New Testament instead. @TheOnyxPath
What kind of joke is this? This isn’t what I ordered. https://t.co/ypXWUpwcxi
That sound you heard was the gruesome gasp of collectors across the world who all just got baptised by the moon-light of this reveal giving them dizzying vapours en masse and who hit the floor in paroxysms of primal, ravenous, transformative lust. Ah, nature! It’s so mysterious!
Marilyn misquote
If you can’t handle me at my shitpost, stick with the website.—Marilyn Monroe, probably (actually, a misquote of something she apparently never said, even.)
Infinitely tolerant
Unicursal INFINITELY TOLERANT, SAVE OF INTOLERANCE Propaganda
Unicursal INFINITELY TOLERANT, SAVE OF INTOLERANCE Propaganda
Just a quick follow up to the bit about ThelemaBros from before, they sure do seem to love to weaponize this quote. I think they think it means that anyone that criticizes them is intolerant. Which are entirely ≠. I think the quote and their use of it means that the intolerance expressed by ThelemaBros should be intolerable to the community.
Reminder there's no threefold law
Apropos of a now deleted tweet, check out “Shocker: There Is No Universal Threefold Law in Wicca” which is a reference I have had linked forever on the library’s Witchcraft landing page.
(By the by, if you’ve got other resources and references like that which you’ve found? Let me know!)
Christ is a trans angel, confirmed
Quartz Weekly Obsession Christmas Markets December 22, 2021
Quartz Weekly Obsession Christmas Markets December 22, 2021
Christ is a trans angel, or at least gender-queer, confirmed.
::cringe::
::cringe::
Public merch shop, possibly, maybe
Hey, artist friends and acquaintances! If, you know, hypothetically, I were thinking of starting up a public merch shop, as opposed to the exclusive merch for Patrons I’ve been doing lately, what service would you recommend for selling designs by me on products by them?
Over the years I’ve used CafePress and Amazon Merch, but am not interested in them going forward. Doing merch with Patreon is a mixed bag, but I’ll probably keep doing that, but want to think about supplementing that with something less exclusive. I’ve thought about Threadless and Society9, and even recall I almost set those up at some points in the past.
(Wait. 6. Society6, I mean, ofc. Not 9. Not 69. 6. You know, the OTHER 9. The Etidorhpa of 9s.)
I will probably continue develop designs and release them first, and exclusive for at least a year, to my Patrons, for a while; but might switch over fully at some point.
But I’ve got a bunch of retired designs that are going to start becoming a year old soon … just sayin’. Possibly, maybe.
Are these eyes of newt store bought or are they free-range organic?
Are these eyes of newt store bought or are they free-range organic?
Top 5, best 9
It’s that time of year again for retrospectives. I’ll be posting a top 9 on Instagram for 2021 next week, but I recently got prompted to post my top 5, and some stats, over on the library’s tumblog.
#top five #thelema #magick #knowledge #wisdom #crazy eyes #my 2021 tumblr year in review #calendar #event #supreme ritual #aleister crowley #animated #deadpan #goetia #duo
tumblr.hrmtc.com
As a reminder, and just for fun, here’s the top 9’s from 2020 and 2019.
Best nine, on Instagram, from Hermetic Library in 2020!
Best nine, on Instagram, from Hermetic Library in 2020!
Best nine, on Instagram, from Hermetic Library in 2020! #BestNine #TopNine #propaganda #BlackLivesMatter #LGBTQ #thelema #quote #AleisterCrowley #GenesisBreyerPOrridge #magick #occult #ShutUp #GetOut #freedom #spring #winter #truth #life #SupremeRitual #IsraelRegardie
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My top, best nine on my IG for 2019.
My top, best nine on my IG for 2019.
“My top, best nine on my IG for 2019. 1534 posts, 12.3k likes! #topnine #bestnine #2019 #propaganda #poster #green #AleisterCrowley #Thelema #quote #magick #occult #JackParsons #Baphomet #CarSalesman #SlapsRoof #ecstasy #love #pleasure #joy #beauty #truth #freedom #peace #GetOut”
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It’s definitely interesting to see the mix, and changes over time. For example, I’ve been getting increasingly more exposure for things that aren’t only the propaganda posters, which is nice. And most of these are all things that would link to content at the library, if, you know, IG actually allowed real links, instead of just text URLs, in posts *sigh* (I mean, what is this? Dead tree media? In $current_year?!). Also, how strange that all but one of the top propaganda from 2019 were the green backgrounds?! I’d forgotten that. Also, in spite of trying as much as possible not to really ever post the same thing more than one, there’s some of the same things across years. 🤷 I tried?
Be the ancestor you want to see your descendants venerate
Be the ancestor you want to see your descendants venerate
It's pronounced "orgasm"
Apparently there’s people out there wondering how to really pronounce “omicron”.
Look, “omicron” is “O micron” which means “little O”, so when referring to the virus, the little death, that means the name of this variant is actually pronounced “orgasm” #TrueInternetFact
Doodles
Back in the Dec 3 newsletter, I mentioned, mostly in passing, my idea for Hermetic Library doodles, interpretations by participating artists of the logo and a new banner that I’d display on the main site and elsewhere
Welp. I’ve added placeholders to the front page of the site where these would go, so, you know, if no one participates soon I’ll sure have egg on my face. 🥚🤦
Again. Again again.
So, check it out even though there’s nothing to see because there’s no current doodles! If you’d like to participate, read more about what this is and then get in touch.
Reminders
Send something for the Zine
Send something for the Zine
Seeking submissions for Zine #5, the next issue, hopefully releasing for Perihelion in January, 2021. Yikes! That’s not so far away now! I don’t have nearly enough stuff! Help! Send things!
Yeah, I’m going to be trying to put this together in the next week or two, and I suspect there won’t be enough for a full issue. So, I’ll either need more stuff, decide to publish a smaller issue, or wait until Aphelion. Not sure yet which way this will go.
hermeticlibrary.typeform.com
Pitch an Idea
Pitch an Idea
Ongoing call to pitch your idea for creating new art, writing, video, or … something else for Hermetic Library.
hermeticlibrary.typeform.com
Things to check out at Hermetic Library
Created a new section, possibly to become a new Feature if it takes off at all. There’s nothing to see right now because there’s no current doodles! If you’d like to participate, read more about what this is and then get in touch.
hermetic.com
Spent a bunch of time on The Adept from The Temple of Solomon the King in Equinox i 3. I only got about ½ way, and I still need to add images, as I do, that weren’t ever there before. But, I made progress making this more closely match the print edition, adding back Hebrew glyphs (except in the narrative description of the images, which I thought might be more useful if left as spelled out in Latin glyphs) and accents that have been missing, and corrected a few errors that appeared in the text derived from Heidrick’s ascii transcription project. More to do, but I got started.
hermetic.com
Updated the Unicursal NEW YEAR COURAGE Propaganda Poster from Hermetic Library Office of the Ministry of Information with new image and additional download formats, you know, for next week.
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Updated the Unicursal CHRISTMAS GOOD WILL Propaganda Poster from Hermetic Library Office of the Ministry of Information with new image and download formats, you know, for tomorrow.
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And on the blog
The Gardens of Lucullus
The Gardens of Lucullus
Hermetic Library Fellow T Polyphilus reviews The Gardens of Lucullus [Amazon, Local Library] by Richard L Tierney, Glenn Rahman, and introduction by Robert M Price, part of the Simon of Gitta series.
library.hrmtc.com
The Gift of Death
The Gift of Death
Hermetic Library Fellow T Polyphilus reviews The Gift of Death [Amazon (1995), Amazon (2017), Bookshop, Publisher, Local Library] by Jacques Derrida, trans. David Wills.
library.hrmtc.com
An irregular hodgepodge of links gathered together … Omnium Gatherum for December 19, 2021
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Lunar and Sex Worship
Lunar and Sex Worship
Hermetic Library Fellow T Polyphilus reviews Lunar and Sex Worship [Amazon, Abebooks, Weiser Antiquarian, Publisher, Local Library] by Ida Craddock, edited and introduction by Vere Chappell.
library.hrmtc.com
Moazagoatl
Moazagoatl
Moazagoatl (ft. Antidot) by Nostril Flair is a track from The Hermetic Library Anthology Album – Magick, Music and Ritual 16
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John Bell the Librarian
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