The current (September 2016) issue of MIT’s Performing Arts Journal (PAJ) includes the article “A Disturbing Mix of Religion and Politics: Aleister Crowley’s The Savior” by Edmund B. Lingan, Chair and Associate Professor in the Department of Theatre and Film… Continue Reading
The U.K.’s Jerusalem Press has announced the release of William Wallace’s Eily -Austin Spare’s Muse. Their site states: “In this multi-faceted book, Dr Wallace analyses Spare’s debt to Theatre, Shakespeare, the Classics, Lewis Carroll and Nietzsche. At the centre of… Continue Reading
The Art of Alchemy October 11, 2016–February 12, 2017, GETTY RESEARCH INSTITUTE Long shrouded in secrecy, alchemy is now recognized as the ancestor of modern chemistry. Alchemists were notorious for attempting to make synthetic gold, but their goals were far… Continue Reading
Star & Snake (good name for an O.T.O. Body, yes?) is a deconsecrated 1900’s church in New Hampshire that’s been turned into a breathtaking art space. Among their activities are artist residencies with the October crew including O.T.O. member Alec… Continue Reading
Gnostic Saint William Blake’s epic work of mythology, The Book of Urizen, is set to music and performed by Tom Blunt and Joshua Martin, Monday, October 10. The two will perform a live reading of the poem, with Martin’s score… Continue Reading
ARTIST PAUL KLEE’S Personal Notebooks Online Thanks to OPEN CULTURE [an incredible resource site] for making available 3,900 Pages of Paul Klee’s Personal Notebooks Online. Presenting His Bauhaus Teachings (1921-1931). An absolutely indispensable documentation of one of the most significant artistic processes… Continue Reading
NOMINA MAGICA: Jesse Bransford at the Seligmann Center September 24, 2016-January 9, 2017 Artist’s Talk: Saturday, October 15, 6pm The Jaguar Society: Friday, November 4, 8pm Jesse Bransford’s work to date represents an ever-sharpening focus on Art’s relationship to Magic.… Continue Reading
London’s Guardian newspaper is hosting an evening with magician/author Alan Moore November 7 at The Piccadilly Theatre, London. The announcement states: “English novelist and comic book author Alan Moore returns this autumn with his second novel, Jerusalem, a fantastical exploration of… Continue Reading
Two marble statues representing Aphrodite/Venus, the Greco-Roman goddess of love, were found recently at Petra, an ancient desert city in Jordan. The statues, which date to the second century A.D., are nearly intact and are remarkably well preserved, retaining traces… Continue Reading
THE KEEPER This Awe inspiring exhibition features Harry Smith’s String figures, Paintings of Hilma Af Klint and some mysterious Theosophically inspired Artworks admits a maelstrom of objects and media and incredible installations – BWH NEW MUSEUM EXHIBITION ‘ “The Keeper” is… Continue Reading