Episode #7: Jazz Age Los Angeles: Haberdashers and Hermetic Rites | Esotouric

Episode #7: Jazz Age Los Angeles: Haberdashers and Hermetic Rites

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Oviatt Lobby circa 1928

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Tune in to Episode Seven of the Esotouric podcast as we talk with Maja D’Aoust, the White Witch of Los Angeles, about the Southland’s occult legacy, the real meaning of Karma, and the incredible library at Manly P. Hall’s Philosophical Research Society in Los Feliz. We’ll also talk with Marc Chevalier about the life and times of James Oviatt, his eponymous building, how he helped bring the Jazz Age to Downtown Los Angeles, and of course, all those lovely suits.

All this, plus cultural musings as Kim & Richard usher in the week of March 4th, 2013.

links for this podcast

Manly P. Hall's Philosophical Research Society

Recommended reading: Maja D'Aoust's The Secret Source and Manly P. Hall's Secret Teachings of All Ages.

Maja D'Aoust's website

Marc Chevalier's feature in the Los Angeles Times

Contact Marc Chevalier

Photos from Marc Chevalier's free LAVA tour of the Oviatt Penthouse

An historic resource report on the endangered Charnock Block (Pershing Hotel)

Kim's The Case of Missing Consul Cecil Hotel history blog post

Lummis Lecture for Arroyo Culture Day

March’s Crime Tours

• Pasadena Confidential

• Eastside Babylon

• Weird West Adams

April's Literary Tours and Salons

• Fante and Bukowski Tours

• James M. Cain Tour

• Tom Waits' Los Angeles Tour hosted by author David Smay

• LAVA Literary Salon: A Dashiell Hammett Evening

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