Theorte Ekstasis Camp is the local Ordo Templi Orientis (O.T.O.) body for the greater Louisville, Kentucky metro area, including Southern Indiana. Our camp's name is Greek for "Divine Ecstasy." "O Babalon, Babalon, thou mighty Mother, that ridest upon the crowned beast, let me be drunk upon the wine of thy fornications; let thy kisses wanton me unto death, that even I, thy cup bearer, may understand. ... The cup glows ever brighter and fierier. All my sense is unsteady, being smitten with ecstas …

A lot of great literature, from Homer and Shakespeare to the lyrics of traditional folk ballads, is based (like the scriptures of all religions) on the traditional metaphysical worldview. Traditional metaphysics is not magic or occultism, but mystical philosophy, the kind written by Plato and Plotinus and Shankara and Meister Eckhart and Dante and Rumi and Ibn al-'Arabi. Whole societies the world over used to think this way and base all their art, their literature and the forms of their daily li …

A place for those of a like mind to come together to meet Pagans, Wiccans, Witches, Druids, Occultist and many others. Come to a Pagan Alliance of Kentuckiana (PAK) Meetup to make friends, share lore and exchange knowledge about the many paths that we share.