Next month will see the publication of Visions of the Occult: An Untold Story of Art & Magic by Victoria Jenkins. The posted description says: “The word ‘occult’ comes from the latin occulus, meaning ‘hidden.’ The underlying assumption is that there is… Continue Reading
Amazon.com’s Hot New Releases includes a page devoted to New Releases in Mysticism and at number 1 AND 3 is the Weiser reissues of Dr. David Shoemaker’s Living Thelema. The posted description says: The system of spiritual attainment developed by… Continue Reading
Here’s a oddity that might be of interest, self-described warlock, comic artist and novelist Alan Moore interviewing… Brian Eno!? Y’all know there’s some serious cleverness afoot. This was a radio interview from 2004 so audio only – STILL! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AAXUCNHVRW4.
We received this submission of film by Japanese artist cashumi. cashumi explains: “Janus Faces is a film by cashumi about an artwork that is the result of the interaction between paper and artist. It was not originally intended as a… Continue Reading
Antiquity Magazine recently ran a piece on the oldest piece of narrative art created by homo sapiens sapiens. An excerpt reads: “A wall relief, comprising five figures carved on a bench in a communal building dating to the ninth millennium… Continue Reading
feature image: H.R. Giger, Victory V (Satan) (1983) “Homage to H.R. Giger” and “Stations of Embodiment” The Art of H.R. Giger and Vincent Castiglia curated by Stephen Romano with contributions from Michael Bonesteel Robert Cozzolino and Christopher Ian Lutz Vincent… Continue Reading
What?! Ultra snotty UK music webzine talkin’ about A.O. Spare?! YES PLEASE! “There’s a 1955 photograph of the South London mystic and artist Austin Osman Spare, in the last years of his life, playing the clarinet, his hair on end,… Continue Reading
“The Creative Fire: Illuminations of Being” Debut exhibition in the ArtSpace Gallery at Jackson Flats 901 18 1⁄2 Avenue NE, Minneapolis 55418 An exhibition of original artwork by Helga Hedgewalker, Paul B. Rucker and Roger Williamson, original founding members of… Continue Reading
Here’s a rview of books looking at the women who helped finalize the design of the most popular mass-produced “talking board” and created the art of the Rider-Waite respectively. It begins: “Is it possible we are living in the golden… Continue Reading
We received this extraordinary image and note today: “Based on events in my country Iran, my attention was drawn to one of my drawings and I understood some points in my drawings . It seemed that the drawing was narrating… Continue Reading