TOP TEN POSTS OF 2010

Last year was a great year for These New Old Traditions, with all sorts of interesting pieces coming down the wire. Here’s a list of the top ten most read pieces: 10. PLAYING NORDIC: The fine line between honoring one’s own heritage and creepy white pride cultishness…, by Onalistus Reveler “Conservatives befriending pagan traditions (often specifically [...]

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PHIL HINE UPLOADS HIS CHAOS INTERNATIONAL ARTICLES TODAY!

Chaos Magick mastermind extraordinaire, Phil Hine, just made available digital formats of all his Chaos International articles. From his website enfolding.org: A friend recently asked me if I had any of my old contributions to Chaos International magazine in digital format. I’ve scanned all the articles I think are worth hanging onto (mostly written under [...]

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EXPLORING MAGICK

A friend recently asked me: what is the difference between magic and magick?  Most people are familiar with magic-with-a-‘c’: pulling a rabbit out of a hat, card tricks, sawing in half a pretty girl with a smile on her face.  These manipulations of our attention require distraction and sleight of hand.  The better the magician [...]

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ONALISTUS REVELER IGNITES THE ALTAR OF HONOR’D DEATHS

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TWO RECENT MAGICK(ALLY) CHAOTIC ARTICLES: Phil Hine and Peter J. Carroll

The quite lovable Phil Hine, author of Condensed Chaos and man of many interests has a new piece up on his Enfolding site title “Occult gender regimes: Polarity and the body electric,” which is just a grand ole read. Hine has been going just where I’d like to see chaots headed these days: identity politics. [...]

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MAYDAY! BELTANE! MAYDAY! BELTANE!: Three images

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LITTLE BITS ON CHAOS MAGICK: “Prime Chaos” gets an updated intro by Phil Hine

All that is currently pagan blog, The Wild Hunt, posted a nice piece on Chaos Magick by writer, anthropologist, and esotericist Amy Hale, which takes an honest look at some updated critiques of the DIY anarcho-magickal movement started in the 1980s. For those who may be unfamiliar with the movement: “When Chaos Magick sprung forth [...]

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