The Horizon of Reason

Exploring the boundaries of logic and perception

Tag: occult

Satanism

I have been writing some copy for the Dutch Wikipedia in the last few weeks. Most interesting was some work I did on articles on Satanism, specially the contemporary Satanism of Anton LaVey (Church of Satan) and Michael Aquino (Temple of Set).
I have come to respect the satanic philosophy, specially as developed by Michael Aquino. [...]

The Occult in Modern Culture

The occult – literally the hidden – plays a very minor role in contemporary society. This is , however, only a recent phenomenon as esotericism has played an important role in Western culture until the early twentieth century.
Several well known artists such as Mondriaan, Duchamp and Kandinsky were heavily influenced by esoteric traditions. Nowdays, believers [...]