If you’re in Philly, or can make the trip in, you might wanna check out Strange Sensations Tarot Night, this coming Friday October 21, 6-9PM. It’s being held at the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts. The posted event description says:… Continue Reading
Here’s an interesting article on pioneering artist, magickal practicioner, member of Agape Lodge, wife of Jack Parsons, O=II fave, Cameron. This was published by the Centre Pompidou. So break out yr translation engine! The article begins: “Al’automne 2018, grâce la… Continue Reading
The exhibition features works by the following artists William Mortensen (1897 -1965) Lorena Torres Martell Brittany Rose Luciani Edward Colver Matthew Dutton Stephen Romano Gallery in Brooklyn and WᛉRD WAR Gallery in Portland Oregon, are pleased to announce their first collaboration, an exhibition of the vintage photography of William Mortensen, accompanied by a selection of contemporary photographic artists whom have felt the impact of Mortensen‘s works in their own art. The exhibition, organized by a champion of the esoteric, curator, collector and private… Continue Reading
Modern ceremonial magicians revere writing. Some create sigils using A.O. Spare’s formula, starting with a “sentence of desire.” Many pour over transcriptions, facsimiles and explanations of mediaeval grimoires or study gematria. So The Greatest Invention: A History of the World… Continue Reading
On this blog you’ve heard me prattle on numerous times about the interweaving of the Surrealist art and ceremonial magick scenes, best epitomized by the great artist and mage Leonora Carrington. Another key figure was Marcel Duchamp who utterly transformed… Continue Reading
Last week, news broke about a farmer in Palestine going about his business when he discovered a Byzantine-era mosaic floor in his field. ArtNet.com’s story begins: “A Palestinian farmer was in for a big surprise when he and his son… Continue Reading
This article on EGC bishop Harry Everett Smith was published last year, but I just stumbled across it today and had to share. It starts: “Art history can be a capricious affair: a complex chronicle constantly written and rewritten, based… Continue Reading
Boo-Hooray just published a catalogue of materials on offer relating to the work of seminal avant-garde filmmaker and Crowley acolyte. Their newsletter says: “Boo-Hooray is proud to present our latest shortlist, gathering photography and ephemera spanning a wide range of… Continue Reading
New York City in the 1960’s was home to an extraordinary socio-cultural milieu wherein the pioneers of avant-garde film, theater, literature and music mingled with cutting edge pop music artists, early advocates of Gay liberation and anti-racism and the nascent… Continue Reading
Harry Smith Archives’ FB page posted this thang which utterly blew my mind: “Discovered quite a strange throwback in the archives: Harry in a Sotheby’s World Mastercard ad. From left: Jack Smith, unidentified man, Harry Smith, Panna Grady, William S.… Continue Reading