Geez! Reading an account of opening day at Banksy’s “Dismaland” “bemusement park” and thinking this is the greatest and most elaborate secular initiate rite in recent memory. Honestly – read people’s reactions to myriad aspects of this project! If it… Continue Reading
The person(s) known as “Banksy” has been called a renowned street artist, guerilla graffiti artist, etc. but the scope and intent of his work seems to far exceed those humble and basically crude simplifications. His work reassembles elements of reality… Continue Reading
Late this passed Spring, BBC Culture asked readers to choose and comment on the works of influential painter Paul Gauguin. Gauguin is of course one of the Phallic Saints included in the list intoned in the fifth Collect of Liber XV,… Continue Reading
Robert Buratti, member of OTO Australia’s Art Guild “Collective 777” reports on FB that he’s been commissed to create a series of art pieces and projections by the rock group The Tea Party to be utilized in their upcoming tour… Continue Reading
Today, July 24, is the Feast of Marjorie Cameron (1922 – 1995 e.v.), known simply as “Cameron,” an artist, poet, actress, occultist, and wife of rocket pioneer and occultist Jack Parsons. According to IMDB: “Red haired, blue eyed Marjorie Cameron was born… Continue Reading
In the 21st Century, as society becomes more aware, individuals are able to express sexuality outside of monogamous heterosexuality in ways that would not have been safe before. With the June 26 Supreme Court decision on Obergefell v. Hodges, same sex couples may… Continue Reading
Brother Robert Randle, a member of William Blake Lodge, OTO contributed the (rear) cover painting and the grey tones for the back-up comic included in Brother Richard Kaczynski’s recently published novel The Billionth Monkey. Last year he had his first… Continue Reading
The British Museum is trying to help preserve African rock art. They have created a database of known rock art and it is an amazing tool for amateur and professional archeologists. http://www.britishmuseum.org/research/research_projects/all_current_projects/african_rock_art_image_project.aspx?fromShortUrl
“The Captain” by Robert Buratti, a member of OTO Australia’s Art Guild, has been selected for inclusion in the Cossack Awards exhibition. The exhibition runs from July 19 – August 9 in the town of Coassak, north of Perth Australia.… Continue Reading
Our favorite online cultural news outlet (outside of the U.K.’s Daily Mail of course!) DangerousMinds.net has posted an update on the whole kerfuffle involving the statue of “10 Commandments” installed on the grounds of the state capitol in Oklahoma and… Continue Reading