This August, Farrar, Straus and Giroux will publish Cosmic Scholar, the first full length biography of EGC Bishop Harry Smith. Wow, just a couple month before the Whitney Museum show on Harry opens. Hmmm. The publisher’s press release says: “Grammy… Continue Reading
RogerEbert.com spoke to Damien Chazelle about his recently released comedy Babylon and started off in a surprisingly occultural manner: “The title of your film is a riff on Kenneth Anger’s Hollywood Babylon, which itself is a riff on Babylon the civilization, but… Continue Reading
Here’s a oddity that might be of interest, self-described warlock, comic artist and novelist Alan Moore interviewing… Brian Eno!? Y’all know there’s some serious cleverness afoot. This was a radio interview from 2004 so audio only – STILL! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AAXUCNHVRW4.
We received this submission of film by Japanese artist cashumi. cashumi explains: “Janus Faces is a film by cashumi about an artwork that is the result of the interaction between paper and artist. It was not originally intended as a… Continue Reading
The Harry Smith Archives marked the passing of its namesake: “Today marks 31 years since Harry’s passing. His friend, poet Paola Igliori, described him as dying in her arms, “singing as he drifted away”. Smith was pronounced dead one hour… Continue Reading
Orgasm Inc.: The Story of One Taste is a documentary film exploring the history of One Taste. The way the documentary tells it, this began as a therapeutic sexual practice developed by Nicole Daedone, that also was utilized to access… Continue Reading
The Magician is a 1926 American silent film directed by Rex Ingram adapted from the 1908 novel The Magician by W. Somerset Maugham, a novel whose main character is a rather unflattering version of The Master Therion himself, called “Oliver Haddo” in… Continue Reading
The exhibition features works by the following artists William Mortensen (1897 -1965) Lorena Torres Martell Brittany Rose Luciani Edward Colver Matthew Dutton Stephen Romano Gallery in Brooklyn and WᛉRD WAR Gallery in Portland Oregon, are pleased to announce their first collaboration, an exhibition of the vintage photography of William Mortensen, accompanied by a selection of contemporary photographic artists whom have felt the impact of Mortensen‘s works in their own art. The exhibition, organized by a champion of the esoteric, curator, collector and private… Continue Reading
This article on EGC bishop Harry Everett Smith was published last year, but I just stumbled across it today and had to share. It starts: “Art history can be a capricious affair: a complex chronicle constantly written and rewritten, based… Continue Reading
Boo-Hooray just published a catalogue of materials on offer relating to the work of seminal avant-garde filmmaker and Crowley acolyte. Their newsletter says: “Boo-Hooray is proud to present our latest shortlist, gathering photography and ephemera spanning a wide range of… Continue Reading