T. The New York Times Style Magazine recently ran an incredibly superfluous spread on the supernatural in haute couture, noting: “Today’s designers have adopted a similar obsession with the supernatural. At the most recent Alexander McQueen show, the designer Sarah… Continue Reading
According to Lashtal Paul’s FB feed of April 16: “Austin Osman Spare’s ‘Self Janus Combined’ was featured on BBC’s Antiques Roadshow this evening, with assessment by art expert Rupert Maas. Reference made to Spare’s brief relationship with ‘warlock and very… Continue Reading
Robert Buratti of Collective777, the Art Guild of Ordo Templi Orientis Australia is hard at work on a portrait of Shiva X° the Most Holy King of Australia. OTO Australia’s website gives some history of the Order on that continent and… Continue Reading
Erotic Folk Horror Master Mario Mercier’s New Series of Shamanic Drawings. Posted April 2017 bt 5T1V for LEXICON Mag Born in 1936, Mario Mercier is mostly known by movie buffs for his full-length films Erotic Witchcraft (La Goulve, 1972)… Continue Reading
A few days ago, the Guardian ran a story about biographer Joanna Moorhead who’s book, The Surreal Life of Leonora Carrington , has recently been published. Carrington, who died in 2011, was a notable member of the Surrealist movement, admired by her… Continue Reading
“In her upcoming book, titled 23, the subjects, coated in her signature dream-like lighting, explore the spectrum of gender and sexuality. Featuring 23 photographs of nude cisgender and transgender men and women, the book also includes essays about contemporary sexuality… Continue Reading
“The BBC may choose to refer to Versailles as a ‘period drama,’” says Norman Wells from the Family Education Trust, “but a programme featuring such sexually explicit scenes is quite simply pornography dressed up under another name.” Chris McGovern, of… Continue Reading
As Above, So Below: Portals, Visions, Spirits & Mystics As Above, So Below Portals, Visions, Spirits & Mystics Major group exhibition and accompanying programme of events exploring spirituality in visual art to open at IMMA 13 April – 27… Continue Reading
“I’m Hugh Hefner. You might think you know all about me — the magazine, the mansions, the parties, the women — but you don’t know the half of it,” a narrator begins in the first trailer for Amazon’s American Playboy:… Continue Reading
Tau Roncellin recently brought Tanis to our attention. This is a a serialized bi-weekly podcast that includes mentions of Aleister Crowley and Ordo Templi Orientis in its story line. The Guardian explains further: “Pacific Northwest Stories was a well-regarded radio program… Continue Reading