I have always been fascinated with the father of Da Da Marcel Duchamp collaborating with the Voodoo Queen and Artist Maya Deren. Another example of the subterranean collusion between Art and Magick. BWH
‘THE WITCH’S CRADLE’: WATCH MAYA DEREN AND MARCEL DUCHAMP’S STUNNING OCCULT SHORT
from Dangerous Minds
Surrealist filmmaker Maya Deren’s 1943 short, The Witch’s Cradle, is the stuff of sexy nightmares. A terrified young ingenue appears in a romantic Grecian dress—or is it a nightgown? The dreamy setting is unclear, and time is not linear. Strings creep and weave throughout—the literal thread that binds the otherwise erratic series of shots. An old man—played by Marcel Duchamp—manipulates the string into webbing. Elusive shots and occult imagery leave everything in a mysterious haze. The girl reappears—possibly performing a ritual—with a pentagram on her head……
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