DangerousMinds.net posted a feature about a U.K. based artist creating a number of stained glass windows devoted to a series of “Alternative saints” including Aleister Crowley and mentions a gallery showing of these windows that effectively comprised an “Alternative Church.”… Continue Reading
Written on the summit of Scafell Pike in permanent ink are verses from the Emerald Tablets of Thoth, signed “R. Bennett” and “2015.” No one knows who left the graffiti, or why. The Telegraph reports, “The National Trust said a team… Continue Reading
Stephen Romano Gallery Devils Reign Exhibition: Stephen Romano Gallery Boris Martinov Many cultures hold a belief in evil as an entity. In Medieval Europe one such worldview reached catastrophic consequences when the ruling class developed the idea of… Continue Reading
Book Launch: Lost Envoy – The Tarot Deck of Austin Osman SpareWednesday 11 May, 7.00 – 9.00pm / free Launching Lost Envoy, a new book edited by artist Jonathan Allen, which brings into public view the recently discovered hand-painted tarot cards… Continue Reading
The Daily Beast published an interview with Chaos Magician and comic/graphic novel superstar Grant Morrision regarding his new take on Wonder Woman. Among other things he says: “I decided to go back to the original version of Wonder Woman written… Continue Reading
Great article on Damien Echols and his take on how art can be a magical and transformative experience for the artist. As Magicians we are all creating the world around us with every breath, and I found Mr. Echols insights on… Continue Reading
Anyone who has seen the Washington Monument in the US capital, Washington, DC, probably realizes that it is a phallic symbol. It can also be considered a symbol of Freemasonry in that many of the marble blocks were donated by various… Continue Reading
For 19th Century French Artists, ‘Noir’ Was The New Black In the 19th century, French artists started getting creative with black materials— chalk, pastels, crayons and charcoal — some of them newly available. Now, a show called Noir at… Continue Reading
Lisa Frank is best known for her illustrations that grace the covers of school children’s notebooks. Ariel Hart has created a tarot deck based on Frank’s visual vocabulary. The Huffington Post says: “Today, artist and social media maven Ariel Hart is… Continue Reading
Filmmaker Sonia Bible considers Rosaleen Norton “the most persecuted artist in Australian history.” With a new documentary, she’s hoping to set a more accurate record of the life of woman who in the 1940s and 50s scandalized the country with her occult art,… Continue Reading