Doctor Richard Kaczynski has inaugurated a “Thoth Sightings” webpage. He explains his motivation: “Have you ever seen Vincent Price mugging behind a mural of the Thoth Tarot’s Ace of Cups while Bill Bixby translates the Necronomicon? “Have you ever seen… Continue Reading
from Joe Nolan at http://disinfo.com/2014/12/lynch-burroughs-release-best-photo-books-2014/ In 1963, William S. Burroughs wrote down his photographic manifesto: “Take. Rearrange. Take.” For Burroughs, photography wasn’t an art form so much as it was a weapon he employed to disrupt time. Ideas about the… Continue Reading
from Robert Buratti Here’s the preview video for the first of two exhibitions that I’m involved with next month. “Cabinet of Curiosities” opens on 21st January at The Metro Show in New York. Following that is my first hit-out at… Continue Reading
Earlier this year Ordo Templi Orientis International Headquarters’ news page reported on the completion of the restoration of the original paintings for the cares in Thoth Tarot deck: “O.T.O. had known for many years that the original Thoth Tarot paintings,… Continue Reading
From Robert Buratti A new piece for the New York Metro Show opening on 21st Jan: “How to Kill a Vampire, Part 2” pen and ink on paper. 38 x 30cm “Cabinet of Curiosities” opening on 21st January at Metro,… Continue Reading
Following up on last week’s post on the occult roots of modern art in honor of the birthday of Wassily Kandinsky, a wise and learned man suggests this academic book, published in 2012 Handbook of New Religions and Cultural Production,… Continue Reading
Born December 16, 1866 Wassily Kandinsky was a hugely influential painter and art theorist credited with painting one of the first purely abstract works of art First Abstract Water Colour in 1910 . What’s less well known are his spiritual interests which… Continue Reading
Recently, genesisporridgearchive.blogspot.com posted a vintage essay on the workings of notorious artist/ceremonial magician Austin Osman Spare by Genesis Breyer P-Orridge and Jaques Rigaut, originally written in 1995: VIRTUAL MIRRORS THEE PROPHETIC PORTALS OV AUSTIN OSMAN SPARE IN SOLID T.I.M.E which can be… Continue Reading
The Takenouchi manuscripts are a set of mysterious documents that were rewritten by a man named Takenouchino Matori 1,500 years ago in a mixture of Japanese and Chinese characters, transcribed from even older texts. According to legend, the original documents… Continue Reading
Julie Wilson recently posted some of her research on the work of Genesis Breyer P-Orridgeat genesisporridgearchive.blogspot.com: “This article is a condensed extract from my research into the psychological basis of the work of Genesis P-Orridge. As such the article will only… Continue Reading