This passed Friday, the New York Times ran an obituary on Allen Midgette who died at his home in Woodstock, NY aged 82. To the world at large, he was best known for being recruited by Andy Warhol to impersonate… Continue Reading
Here’s an excerpt from the latest edition of occultural author Erik Davis’ Burning Shore newsletter. This is from a discussion of a number of Indian films that explore the tension between spirituality and modernity including the recently released The Disciple:… Continue Reading
I was tooling around FB and noted this item on noted occulture authority Carl Abrahamsson: “If there was ever a true genius, it was Harry Smith. His head was too heavy for him. He was all brains. They should have… Continue Reading
This will be extra charming to Robert Anton Wilson fans (look for the instance of “Markov Chain”). Additionally, you can’t NOT like this because of what the judges at the Sci-Fi London contest said: ” I’ll give them (the developers… Continue Reading
Under a Pagan Sky is 57 minute documentary featuring: JULIE BRETT MARA CARTER DOUGLAS EZZY BILAWARA LEE LISA-JANE MASON AKIRA PRIOR KACEY STEPHENSEN TIM OZPAGAN CAROLINE TULLY DAMH THE BARD ADRIENNE PIGGOTT A half hour version will be screened on the… Continue Reading
Being a member of a Local O.T.O. Body that was dismissively described as a “Buddhist drinking club” (umm, pretty accurate actually) back in the day, my attention was immediately snagged by details of a newly released film, Looking For a… Continue Reading
Abrams Books is publishing the Marvel cartoon/film character Doctor Strange’s preferred grimoir, The Book of the Vishanti. The Marvel announcement says: “You most recently met the Darkhold in Marvel Studios’ WandaVision, but now meet the Book of the Vishanti — the perfect… Continue Reading
Kenneth Anger is a seminal American underground filmmaker and admitted follower of the teachings of Aleister Crowley. His first public screening was arranged by Harry Smith. He is one of the first filmmakers to depict live ritual being performed, and… Continue Reading
ReligionNews.com ran coverage of Sonia Bible’s LONG in the making documentary film on Witch/Artist/Activist Rosaleen Norton. It begins: “Rosaleen Norton rose to infamy in the 1950s in Australia, after a series of lurid public scandals in which she was accused… Continue Reading
Kenneth Kenneth Wilbur Anglemyer aka Kenneth Anger was born February 3, 1927. He is a seminal avant-garde filmmaker, known for filling his work with homoerotic and occult themes. It’s reputed that his first public screening was orchestrated by Harry Smith… Continue Reading