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Darkly Splendid Abodes

Darkly Splendid Abodes

By: Darren White
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The official podcast of Toronto Thelema, exploring the occult writings of Aleister Crowley and various other authors, and the Thelemic system of Magick, mysticism and philosophy.

Darren White 2022 Art Literary History & Criticism Philosophy Social Sciences
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  • Workshop: Thelemic Karma

    Workshop: Thelemic Karma
    Dec 20 2025

    Karma is commonly described as the results of one’s actions in one form or another, and often gets thought of as a cosmic justice system. But how is it seen from a Thelemic perspective? And how can the concept inform one’s pursuit to know and to do the True Will? Given in the August of 2025 e.v., this workshop explores how one can know who they are, how individual tendencies influence experience, and how to decide one's future.
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    39 mins
  • Deep Dip, The Gospel According to St. Bernard Shaw

    Deep Dip, The Gospel According to St. Bernard Shaw
    Dec 6 2025

    ‘The Gospel According to St. Bernard Shaw’ is Crowley’s exhaustive response to Bernard Shaw’s preface to his play, Androcles and the Lion. Both pieces analyze the Jesus of the Gospels, with Crowley’s diving into the parallels with the life of the Mystic as well as the Dying God mythos, with abundant quotations from J.G. Frazer’s ‘The Golden Bough.’
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    2 hrs and 19 mins
  • Purifying & Consecrating, with Edward Mason

    Purifying & Consecrating, with Edward Mason
    Nov 22 2025

    Plenty of emphasis gets placed on the importance of Banishing Rituals, especially as part of a greater overall Magical Ceremony. But not as much is said about Purification and Consecration, in spite of being integral elements of Ceremonial Magick. Edward Mason and I will take a look at these Magical applications of Water & Fire.
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    32 mins
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