Darkly Splendid Abodes

by Darren White

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.

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Podcast episodes

  • Season 4

  • Lilith, with Annie Matan

    Lilith, with Annie Matan

    S04 E16
    Mar 22, 2025
    01:28:43

    Annie Matan is an ordained clergy of a methodology in Judaism that recalls ancient Jewish traditions that honour the sacred feminine. We’ll explore the subject, and how it resonates with Thelemic ideas, as we delve into the place of Lilith within this framework.

  • Deep Dip: Hume, 'Of Miracles'

    Deep Dip: Hume, 'Of Miracles'

    S04 E15
    Mar 8, 2025
    01:37:27

    Crowley points to David Hume’s essays as ‘the Classic of Academic Scepticism.’ Having previously dipped into Hume, we’ll now move our attention to his ‘Of Miracles’, where he considers the application of reason to the evidence of testimony.

  • Philosophy of Thelema Workshop

    Philosophy of Thelema Workshop

    S04 E14
    Feb 22, 2025
    01:46:38

    In December of 2024 e.v. I gave the first of a series of talks on the Thelemic philosophy. I focused on some of the core concepts and practices I feel are worth having in the forefront of the mind while engaging with Thelemic materials, including Crowley’s thoughts on channeling ‘genius,’ the skeptical approach, and discipline in mystical and Magical Practices.

  • Deep Dip: The Chaldean Oracles of Zoroaster

    Deep Dip: The Chaldean Oracles of Zoroaster

    S04 E13
    Feb 8, 2025
    02:15:46

    The Chaldean Oracles of Zoroaster as collated by W. Wynn Westcott are a highly influential, and yet fairly obscure, set of pithy phrases. Gathered from the texts of numerous ancient writers, these ‘oracles’ seem to hint at an entire schema for the cosmos. We’ll dip our wings into the darkly-splendid waters of these ‘oracles,’ perchance to glimpse the light of the fire therein.

  • The Physical Body, with Edward Mason

    The Physical Body, with Edward Mason

    S04 E12
    Jan 18, 2025
    46:02

    The study of the Occult, the Qabalah, Meditation and Magick can occasionally lead one to get caught up in intangibles, or maybe too much ‘in their head.’ But the Physical Body is no less a part of the equation of our continuing Initiation. Edward Mason and I will take a look at Groundedness, and appreciation for the physical body, as correctives.