Recover the lost knowledge of the imagination, a 3 part online seminar with occult philosopher and esoteric scholar Gary Lachman. Live Zoom calls, assigned readings, and community discussion. It all starts Saturday, November 17th with Nura Learning.
We interviewed Gary Lachman to discuss his new book, Dark Star Rising, and explored what Pepe the frog has to do with “hypersigils” and how magic was co-opted for nefarious purposes in the recent US election. Most importantly, Lachman suggests ways to move forward through this new occult battleground.
I had the pleasure of reading through Gary Lachman’s astonishing new book this spring, “The Secret Teachers of the Western World.” Gary was kind enough to answer some of my questions.
My latest film explores Brandon Hodge’s collection of Planchettes and other devices used to communicate with the spirit world.
El Gato Chimney “Secret Pacts” 2014 El Gato Chimney’s wild works first caught my eye last year in Stephen Romano Gallery’s witchcraft themed group show, In Missa Interfectionis.
Many of us engage in superstitious rituals — like saying “God Bless You” when someone sneezes, or exercising extreme caution around mirrors — without being able to explain why. In the video series “Origins: Superstitions,” filmmaker Ronni Thomas and I explore the origins of some of the most enduring superstitions.
Nearly six decades since his passing, the famed occultist Aleister Crowley continues to fascinate. Reality Sandwich invited Gary Lachman and Tobias Churton, whose respective Crowley biographies were released this year, to discuss Crowley’s relevance today.
Led Zeppelin perfectly encapsulates the power of the occult imagination, how it continues to see expression, and how it was able to completely propel rock and roll into electrifying new directions.
It is from the secret pages of the ‘Book of Nature’ that the original meaning of the ‘occult’ was first drawn. As lovely as one finds the careful curve of a daimonic sigil, the cunning craft of a cautiously cut wand, or the potent poesis evoked by a proper turn of mantric phrase, these are but aesthetic adornments lavished on deeper essential elements. Music remains one of the most powerful ways to return our attention to the secret root at the heart of occultism.
They want a broom with a view. Bushwick occult bookstore Catland has launched a witchy fund-raising campaign to raise $15,000 for a green space and backyard worship area for spiritual rituals.