FANS of occult author and publisher Stephen Skinner [ pictured ] were left gobsmacked after the usually esoteric writer suddenly veered into MAGA-land with a series of bizarre rants on climate change. Skinner, best known for his books on magic, feng shui, and arcane knowledge, went on Facebook to declare that climate change was nothing more than a new religion, lacing his posts with links to discredited science sites and conspiracy blogs. He likened environmental warnings to the 15th-century Inquisition and dismissed decades of research as mere "average opinions." At first, many of his readers thought his page had been hacked again. The author had previously been embarrassed when his account was taken over and started belching out anti-Islam tirades. But this time, when challenged, Skinner insisted it was no hack, calling his own output a "tease" before doubling down. The backlash was immediate. "I thought this was satire at first," said one long-time fan....

NOTED Golden Dawn scholar Olen Rush has accused Kerubim Press chief Dean Wilson [AKA  Frater Yechidah] of stealing his research on tarot sigils and trying to pass it off as his own mystical revelation. Rush, author of A Short Treatise on the Sigils of the Scales , claims Wilson half inched his documented work on how Golden Dawn “King” and “Queen” court cards combine to form “Prince Sigils”. Rush insists the material, first published in 2010, was later dressed up by Wilson as if it had been spiritually revealed to him. Rush says the proof lies in old blog posts and emails from 2012 where Wilson not only praised his book but asked permission to link to it. He accuses Wilson of now denying ever having read the work while presenting its core ideas as his own. “He had the audacity to suggest we compare findings when he had already borrowed mine,” Rush said. The sigils are an obscure part of the Golden Dawn tradition, and Rush is the expert. Golden Dawn insiders note that Rush’s ...