This passed Friday, the New York Times ran an article on Genesis Breyer P-Orridge discussing Genesis’ life, work and current perilous physical condition. The article starts: “Neil Andrew Megson discovered Max Ernst when he was 15 years old, and it… Continue Reading
Some would say that at least a certain part of magical practice is attaining altered states of conscious and then making use of the information accessed in that state. Henry Boxer is director of Raw Vision magazine, an art dealer… Continue Reading
The scholarly journal Nature recently posted a paper on the world’s oldest-known animal cave art, painted at least 40,000 years ago in Borneo. The paper starts: Figurative cave paintings from the Indonesian island of Sulawesi date to at least 35,000 years… Continue Reading
In Magick Without Tears Aleister Crowley suggested that artists engage in gnostic experience during their acts of creati0n: “…all true Art is spontaneous, is genius, is utterly beyond all conscious knowledge or control…” No artistic movements seemed more closely intertwined… Continue Reading
ArchaeologyNewsNetwork reported that unusually high water levels in Venice saw a historical basilica being flooded: “St Mark’s Basilica in Venice was damaged by Monday’s exceptionally high acqua alta in the lagoon city, the First Procurator of St Mark’s, Carlo Alberto… Continue Reading
It seems as if the unknown chapter of Art history is writing itself at the moment and people are queuing up to see what all the fuss is about. It was by chance that Hilma af Klint was even discovered and… Continue Reading
AL Monitor (gotta love that name!) recently ran a story on a Jerusalem-based artist, Eitam Tubul who has been creating and posting amulets for protection for common modern day problems. I do love the way one is able to activate… Continue Reading
HALLOWEEN ESOTERIC ART EXHIBITION NYC – NOCTEM DIABOLI! Stephen Romano Gallery Halloween Art Exhibition Spectacular 2018 Stephen Romano Gallery presents “NOCTEM DIABOLI” (Devil’s Night), a one night exhibition event at The Living Gallery Outpost at 246 East 4th Street NYC… Continue Reading
MAGICK & MUSIC: COIL’S DREW MCDOWALL EXPLAINS RITUAL AND THE CREATIVE PROCESS from ELECTRONIC BEATS Coil’s cult-like fanbase knows that the band, which fluctuated in membership over its more than twenty years of existence, was deeply entrenched in occult doctrines… Continue Reading
CRITIC’S PICK ‘Hilma Who?’ No More Spiritual sparks helped inspire the radical and visionary art of Hilma af Klint, the new (old) name to know. Her work is on view at the Guggenheim. The New York Times Roberta Smith… Continue Reading