Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. What makes some knowledge feel sacred, or even forbidden? If you’re wondering how some truths, ideas and symbols reserved for a ...

Graffiti art conjures its share of streetwise associations - the sound of hip-hop, the adrenalin rush of outlaw art making, the hiss and rush of cans of spray paint - yet esoterica isn't one of the ...

You have reached your maximum number of saved items. Remove items from your saved list to add more. Artists are renowned for leading debauched lives but few were as outrageous as the English occultist ...

When Boston hip-hop duo 7L & Esoteric got into the music game, they would have gone to any lengths to see their albums in the right stores. “The big deal to us in ‘96, ‘97, was having it in New York,” ...

A major collection of Buddhist art from Japan, on only its second exhibition outside of the country, not only offers insights into one of the religion's major branches in the nation, but also a ...

Thor Engelstad, Transcience Bride photograph 100 x 150cm(courtesy the artist and Buratti Fine Art) From the occult esoterica of Aleister Crowley to ancient Buddhist story banners depicting the life of ...

'Do what thou wilt shall be the whole of the law,'' was the personal motto of Aleister Crowley (1875-1947), once known to the headline writers as ''the Great Beast'' and ''the Wickedest Man Alive''.