Videos On Demand


Lectures

Join mythologists John Bucher and Maryam Sayyid as they unpack the motif of the djinn in the enchanted lamp and get to the heart of magic!

Author & historian Mary Ann Cherry, alongside activists, discusses her research and writing on Los Angeles gay rights pioneer Morris Kight.

Join professor, artist and PRS board member Michael J. Pearce for a special presentation on the history, symbolism and traditions of Samhain.

Swim Through the Darkness: My Search for Craig Smith & the Mystery of Maitreya Kali 

​The Mystic Wizard of Oz
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​Chemical Rainbows & Liquid Crystal Souls: The Spirit of Alchemy in Art
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Author and ​Ugly Things founder Mike Stax shares the strange, tragic story of Craig Smith, featuring excerpts from his book along with newly discovered material including a travelogue written by Craig in 1970, plus photos, music and video. 

Join John Bucher, Creative Director for the Joseph Campbell Foundation as he explores L. Frank Baum's involvement with Theosophy and the collective heroic, a new framing of Campbell's famous Hero's Journey, within The Wizard of Oz.

Dr. David Brafman, the rare books curator at the Getty Research Institute (GRI) presents his study on the Spirit of Alchemy in the History of Art, with images from Manly P. Hall's rare book collection. 

Mitch Horowitz

This video series includes two sets of lectures on Manly P. Hall's greatest works. 

Mitch Horowitz investigates Hermetic wisdom, explores its sources and controversies, and reveals Hermeticism's authentic meaning and personal uses for us today. 

Mitch examines the formation of modern parapsychology, its incontrovertible strides, its parallel insights to ancient traditions, and considers the evidence.

Mitch Horowitz shares his boldest vision yet of the causative powers of thought and to mark the publication of his new book, "Daydream Believer". 

In this special talk, Mitch lays out a unifying vision of the “uncertain places” in which our culture finds itself. 

​In this practical workshop, Mitch explores methods and ideas from metaphysical traditions, ancient and modern, that bring agency and insight to the life of the individual seeker. 

Workshops

Welcome to year 2022 and to the paradox of number three times two–or is it two times three? The result is the same, the enigmatic Number 6, which in reverse becomes a 9. Here we can see how the year may help us all enter new portals of potentiality and self-recognition.

A series of seven guided meditations with Raïna Manuel-Paris, Ph.D.

We invite you to discover the magical potential awaiting the seekers of Truth and Wisdom. The digits of Year 2021 add up to number 5, following the Pythagorean reduction. The number five alludes to the Art of Alchemy, to the Quintessence, to the Pentacle, and the power of Magic.

In Conversation

Join us for the kick-off of our new PRS series Inside the Cartoonist’s Studio, with acclaimed New Yorker cartoonist Joe Dator, hosted by comics artist and novelist Bob Fingerman (Minimum Wage). 

In his unique and intriguing new book, Dreaming Ahead of Time, Gary Lachman recounts the discovery that he dreams ‘ahead of time’, and argues convincingly that this extraordinary ability is, in fact, shared by all of us.

Author and scholar Susan L. Aberth present a special talk on Leonora's occult influences, joined by editor of The Library of Esoterica Taschen book series Jessica Hundley.