The Guardian ran a feature on a new production of Stravinsky’s The Rite of Spring incorporating choreography inspired by Vodun initiation rites. This will open at Leeds Grand theatre on February 16, then tours the UK until June 28. The story begins: “Since… Continue Reading
Sean Kissling posts on FB: “Wolfpack23 Volume 1 is an album ov independent artists, raising money to help towards thee medical costs for Genesis P Orridge, who currently has Leukemia. A radical performance artist, inventor ov Industrial music, pioneer ov Acid… Continue Reading
Would you believe that our romantic Valentine’s Day celebrations are rooted in animal sacrifices followed by floggings? NPR says, “From Feb. 13 to 15, the Romans celebrated the feast of Lupercalia. The men sacrificed a goat and a dog, then… Continue Reading
Earlier this year, the Hadean Press posted about their plans for the upcoming year including a new publication: “We will also be releasing Erzulie of the Deep by Sean Woodward quite soon in both a very limited handbound altar edition… Continue Reading
Last year, Xoanon Limited announced that they’d added a new title, Via Tortuosa: An Exposition on Crooked Path Sorcery, to its publication schedule. The book is co-authored by Daniel A. Schulke and Robert Fitzgerald, with eleven original images by Jim Dunk.… Continue Reading
Tomorrow, 14 February, is the Feast of Saint Valentinus, who founded the Valentinian sect of Gnostics. According to the Invisible Basilica of Sabazius: Valentinus was the most prominent and influential of the historical Christian Gnostics. The Valentinian system refined and elaborated… Continue Reading
Graukunst has announced mounting the first Dutch retrospective of the works of multi-media artist Genesis Breyer P-Orridge February 1 – March 1. Location: Billytown, Helena van Doeverenplantsoen 3, 2512 ZB The Hague (free entrance). Their site states: “GRAUKUNST, which is… Continue Reading
WOWZERS – this is probably old news to you hepsters out there but I just stumbled across this audio archive of lectures and readings recorded at the Naropa University at Boulder Colorado featuring the likes of unrecognized Gnostic Saint and… Continue Reading
Wednesday 13 February is the Feast of Saint Richard Wagner, a German musician and composer chiefly known for his operas. Thelemites may know, as noted in the Invisible Basilica of Sabazius, that “Crowley based his play ‘Tannhäuser’ on the libretto… Continue Reading
Last October we posted a link to RollingStone.com’s news story about the upcoming release of South of Reality the second collaborative album from Primus’ leader Les Claypool and Sean Lennon which is being released later this month. We included a… Continue Reading