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RU321: ARTIST & OCCULT PHILOSOPHER GAST BOUSCHET ON CINEMATIC SORCERY & PSYCHOGEOLOGICAL CONFLICTS http://www.renderingunconscious.org/art/ru321-gast-bouschet-on-cinematic-sorcery-psychogeological-conflicts/ Rendering Unconscious episode 321. Gast Bouschet presents his lecture “On Cinematic Sorcery and Psychogeological Conflicts,” on the occasion of the conference “Psychoanalysis and the Magic of Cinema,” Husets Biograf, Copenhagen, Denmark, 14-16 October 2022. His lecture is illustrated with images from two video installations created with his partner Nadine Hilbert and with the help of musicians Stephen O'Malley, Kevin Muhlen and Angelo Mangini, as well as dancer and writer Alkistis Dimech. Watch the full video HERE: https://www.bouschet-hilbert.org/psychogeology/ Gast Bouschet is a visual artist and occult philosopher. Since the 1980s, alone or in collaboration with Nadine Hilbert, he has created a complex body of work that challenges the fundamental principles underlying structure, visibility and power. His work spans a wide range of media, including photography, sound, video, painting, sculpture and writing. https://www.bouschet-hilbert.org/about-us/ His book Anarch is available from Scarlet Imprint. https://scarletimprint.com/publications/p/anarch Follow him at Instagram. https://www.instagram.com/gastbouschet/ Kenneth Anger: American Cinemagician with Carl Abrahamsson, Begins February 2: https://www.morbidanatomy.org/classes/kenneth-anger-american-cinemagician-with-carl-abrahamsson-director-of-cinemagician-conversations-with-kenneth-anger-begins Rendering Unconscious Podcast received the 2023 Gradiva Award for Digital Media from the National Association for the Advancement for Psychoanalysis (NAAP). https://naap.org/2023-gradiva-award-winners/ Support Rendering Unconscious Podcast: Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/vanessa23carl Substack: https://vanessa23carl.substack.com Make a Donation: https://www.paypal.com/donate/?business=PV3EVEFT95HGU&no_recurring=0¤cy_code=USD Your support of Rendering Unconscious Podcast is greatly appreciated! Rendering Unconscious is a labor of love put together by Dr. Vanessa Sinclair with no support from outside sources. All support comes from the listeners, colleagues, and fans. THANK YOU for your support! Rendering Unconscious is also a book series! The first two volumes are now available: Rendering Unconscious: Psychoanalytic Perspectives vols. 1 & 2 (Trapart Books, 2024). https://amzn.to/4eKruV5 The Queerness of Psychoanalysis: From Freud and Lacan to Laplanche and Beyond (Routledge, 2025) edited by Vanessa Sinclair, Elisabeth Punzi and Myriam Sauer, is now available! https://amzn.to/3AX4bIz Rendering Unconscious Podcast is hosted by Dr. Vanessa Sinclair, a psychoanalyst based in Sweden, who works with people internationally: http://www.drvanessasinclair.net Follow Dr. Vanessa Sinclair on social media: Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/renderingunconscious/ TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@renderingunconscious Blusky: https://bsky.app/profile/drsinclair.bsky.social Visit the main website for more information and links to everything: http://www.renderingunconscious.org The song at the end of the episode is “We will be (outside the box)” from the album The Cutting-Up Of Love And Language by Vanessa Sinclair and Pete Murphy. Available at Pete Murphy's Bandcamp Page. https://petemurphy.bandcamp.com Our music is also available at Spotify and other streaming services. https://open.spotify.com/artist/3xKEE2NPGatImt46OgaemY?si=jaSKCqnmSD-NsSlBLjrBXA Image: Gast Bouschet
Today we are joined by author and publisher Mark Nemglan to discuss his new title from Scarlet Imprint, Avalon Working. Avalon Working is equal parts grimoire and devotional, gazeteer and visionary journey. The work passionately argues for Glastonbury as centre of emergence and initiation, a latter-day Eleusis. Through essay and ritual, the author invites readers to actively participate in the Holy Island's unfolding destiny, in partnership with its spirits and powers, to co-create its mythopoeia and, in doing so, forge a new Avalonian covenant. In the Plus show Mark goes into detail regarding the rituals and spirits associated with Glastonbury and the strange encounters people have had on the Tor and Mark shares with us his own incredible experience. Show Notes: Buy the book https://scarletimprint.com/publications/p/avalon-working Nemglan Press https://nemglan.com Mark's instagram https://www.instagram.com/nemglan_press/ Mark's Substack https://marknemglan.substack.com Glastonbury Tor https://www.nationaltrust.org.uk/visit/somerset/glastonbury-tor/history-of-glastonbury-tor The Sun and the Serpent https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/576696.The_Sun_and_the_Serpent Lough Derg https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lough_DergCountyDonegal Caoránach https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oilliphéist Keep in touch? https://linktr.ee/darraghmason Music by Obliqka https://soundcloud.com/obliqka
Welcome to THE LAST ULTRACULTURE PODCAST EVER! Because we are totally getting cancelled for this and I don't give a flying f***. Not one! The legendary Alkistis Dimech & Peter Grey of the Scarlet Imprint publishing house join the show to talk about the Israel/Hamas war, the growth of Islamism, the role of Thelema in revitalizing the dying Western project, and the rise of the goddess BABALON as a rallying call to all magical practitioners. This is a doozy of a conversation, and probably my favorite episode of all time. Strap in! Links & Resources:
This is a lovely chat with Balthazar Blacke. We get into his journey and how he came to do this work, how the new book and deck (published by Scarlet Imprint) came to be -- magic, lore, and the unseen world are all in the mix. I think this is a chat for everyone and I do hope you enjoy it. Balthazer's website: https://www.balthazarconjure.com/ Divine Gypsy Mother -- Scarlet Imprint: https://scarletimprint.com/publications/p/divine-gypsy-mother Also, come join the new website where we have a forum and a shop: https://thecosmicsalon.com/community/ Tips are most welcome: https://www.buymeacoffee.com/niish369 I want to thank the producers of this show: Meredith Walako (Scheduling, bookings, and social media manager). Jennifer (the) Bruce. Susan Jenkins. Rod Knight. LynnRadius. Kerry Hoyal. Denyse Bissel. Sarah Etta. Heather. Susan Miller. Lizz Radican. Claire Cathcart. Mia Belle. Steven Mercer. Pamela Holdahl. Jake Vanek. WiseNightOwl. Marcey Shapiro. Noël Jeanette. Melanie Poe. Jason Lambson. Neil Macnaughton. Erik Peterson. Mark Boettcher. Kate Kukulkan. Laura Dunn. Lady Babs (moderator of the live-sessions in the speakeasy). Everlong, Niish- --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/niish/support
A fantastic conversation with two wonderful scholars - Christophe Poncet and Peter Mark Adams. We discuss their recent release for Scarlet Imprint: 'Two Esoteric Tarots.' The book (and our conversation) dives into the history of the Sola Busca tarot and the tarot de Marseille. We discuss their history, imagery, connections to one another, and their place in the occult worlds of Renaissance magic and philosophy.I thoroughly enjoyed both their book, and our conversation together for this show!-- Purchase 'Two Esoteric Tarots' from Scarlet Imprint: scarletimprint.com/publications/p/two-esoteric-tarots-- Peter Mark Adams' website: petermarkadams.com/-- The Egyptian Mysteries - three-part, in-depth course from Peter Mark Adams: magicalegyptstore.com/hathor-p-- About author Christophe Poncet: scarletimprint.com/christophe-poncet-- The 2024 Plant Cunning Conference in NY: plantcunningconference.com/-- Esotericism Outreach II: A Societas Magica Online Workshop (July 24th, online) - http://tinyurl.com/2e7vb6x2Theme music: Come with Me by JoAnna Farrer. Also featuring Alasdair Fraser, Natalie Haas and Yann Falquet.-- Ending music: Pollen Path by Elana Low-- The Coffee and Divination website: coffeeanddivination.com-- More about JoAnna Farrer's coven and the North Wyldewood Tradition: northwyldewood.org-- Coffee and Divination on Instagram: instagram.com/coffeeanddivination/
This week we dig through the volcanic ruins of Pompeii and uncover the activities of the Dionysian mystery schools. Our initiatic guide through the villa of mysteries is wonderful Peter Mark Adams author of ‘Mystai: Dancing out the Mysteries of Dionysos'. This week: What does initiation into the mystery schools look like, Just who is Dionysos, The ecstatic rush of possession, where can we get those sweet Dionysian cult rings?, and much more Get Peter's book direct from Scarlet Imprint here – https://scarletimprint.com/publicatio… Peter's author page at Scarlet Imprint – https://scarletimprint.com/peter-mark… Peter's own site – https://petermarkadams.com/ Peter Mark Adams Bio: Peter Mark Adams is an author, poet, and essayist specialising in the ethnography and visuality of ritual, sacred landscape, esotericism, consciousness and healing. Peter has over twenty years experience with energy-based healing modalities including rebirthing breathwork, meridian therapies, and Reiki. As a professional author, Peter's non-fiction is published by Scarlet Imprint and Inner Traditions; literary prose and poetry largely in Corbel Stone Press' literary journal ‘Reliquiae: Journal of Nature, Landscape & Mythology' and a range of essays examining other than human encounters in the peer-reviewed journals ‘Paranthropology: Journal of Anthropological Approaches to the Paranormal' and ‘The Journal of Exceptional Experiences and Psychology'. With a background in Philosophy from the University of Liverpool; Peter pursues advanced studies with the Warburg Institute's School of Advanced Studies in London covering iconology and iconographic theory; Renaissance art and material culture.
Peter takes us on a journey into the “Egyptian Mysteries”. He discusses the ancient ceremonies of ritual invocation and deity possession, how ritual performances facilitated direct access to the gods, the role of ancestors in ancient Egyptian religion, how the “ancestral field” influenced spirit communication and roles within Egyptian society, the importance of the possession of the Pharaoh by divine energy, the parts of the soul, the interaction between agrarian and pastoralist ritual styles, and the importance of devoting oneself to “service”. You can access Peter's upcoming Egyptian Mysteries Course at: https://magicalegyptstore.com/product/the-egyptian-mysteries-all-three-module/ You can also find “Two Esoteric Tarots” at: https://scarletimprint.com/publications/p/two-esoteric-tarots https://www.amazon.com/Esoteric-Tarots-Peter-Mark-Adams/dp/1912316897 Peter is an author, poet, and essayist. His works have been published by Scarlet Imprint, Inner Traditions, and Corbel Stone Press. Peter's writings focus on ethnographies of spirit, sacred landscapes, esotericism & consciousness. Peter's other published works include: The Power of the Healing Field: Energy Medicine, Psi Abilities and Ancestral Healing (2022) Hagia Sophia / Sanctum of Kronos: Spiritual Dissent in an Age of Tyranny (2023) Mystai: Dancing out the Mysteries of Dionysos (2019) A Guide to the Trumps and Court Cards of the Sola-Busca Tarocchi (2017) The Game of Saturn: Decoding the Sola-Busca Tarocchi (2017) The Healing Field: Energy, Consciousness & Transformation (2014) --------- GUEST LINKS https://www.petermarkadams.com/ https://linktr.ee/petermarkadams/ Instagram: @petermarkadams --------- Note: The views and opinions expressed by guests on the Spirit World Center Podcast do not necessarily represent those of the Spirit World Center or its staff. --------- SPIRIT WORLD CENTER LINKS Website: https://www.spiritworldcenter.com/ Instagram @spirit_world_center --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/spiritworld/message
Gordon White is back after a short covid-while to chat about some updated predictions and similarity between different modelling the near future, from a data, astrological and magical perspective. We talk about what the doctors won't tell you, his new book coming out soon via Scarlet Imprint, germ theory, terrain theory, Bill and Klaus, Sask and Alberta, population bullshit, 4th industrial revolution, civil unrest, peak corruption, digital currency 2024, the system breaking, nuclear war, Pluto in Aquarius, and Jab damage in those we know. In the second half we get deeper into the war, voting problems, the 2020 election, tyranny and people rising up, food prep, reliance on the state, community from sanctuary, the gnostic story, 90's Chaos Magic, digital facilitation of real connection, Lenormond Fortune Telling, Gordon's new deck "Fortune's Fools", The French Revolution, Atlantis, and esoteric understanding. Rune Soup. Here we talk magic, culture, geopolitics, anthropology and the paranormal. You can find the blog and podcastbelow. You can also join as a premium member to learn more and find the others. I've also written a few books on the same topics, am a trained Shaman and offer Shamanic Energy Healing https://runesoup.com/ To gain access to the second half of show and our Plus feed for audio and podcast please clink the link http://www.grimericaoutlawed.ca/support. For second half of video (when applicable and audio) go to our Substack and Subscribe. https://grimericaoutlawed.substack.com/ or to our Locals https://grimericaoutlawed.locals.com/ Help support the show, because we can't do it without ya. If you value this content with 0 ads, 0 sponsorships, 0 breaks, 0 portals and links to corporate websites, please assist. Many hours of unlimited content for free. Thanks for listening!! Support the show directly: https://grimerica.ca/support-2/ Our Adultbrain Audiobook Podcast and Website: www.adultbrain.ca Our Audiobook Youtube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/@adultbrainaudiobookpublishing/videos Grimerica Media Youtube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/@grimerica/featured Darren's book www.acanadianshame.ca Check out our next trip/conference/meetup - Contact at the Cabin www.contactatthecabin.com Other affiliated shows: www.grimerica.ca The OG Grimerica Show www.Rokfin.com/Grimerica Our channel on free speech Rokfin Join the chat / hangout with a bunch of fellow Grimericans Https://t.me.grimerica https://www.guilded.gg/chat/b7af7266-771d-427f-978c-872a7962a6c2?messageId=c1e1c7cd-c6e9-4eaf-abc9-e6ec0be89ff3 Get your Magic Mushrooms delivered from: Champignon Magique Mushroom Spores, Spore Syringes, Best Spore Syringes,Grow Mushrooms Spores Lab Get Psychedelics online Leave a review on iTunes and/or Stitcher: https://itunes.apple.com/ca/podcast/grimerica-outlawed http://www.stitcher.com/podcast/grimerica-outlawed Sign up for our newsletter http://www.grimerica.ca/news SPAM Graham = and send him your synchronicities, feedback, strange experiences and psychedelic trip reports!! graham@grimerica.com InstaGRAM https://www.instagram.com/the_grimerica_show_podcast/ Purchase swag, with partial proceeds donated to the show www.grimerica.ca/swag Send us a postcard or letter http://www.grimerica.ca/contact/ ART - Napolean Duheme's site http://www.lostbreadcomic.com/ MUSIC Tru Northperception, Felix's Site sirfelix.bandcamp.com If you would rather watch: https://rokfin.com/stream/38923 https://rumble.com/v3h8f12-gordon-white-rune-soup-exploring-magic-and-animism-in-a-global-context.html https://grimericaoutlawed.locals.com/post/4572415/gordon-white-rune-soup-exploring-magic-and-animism-in-a-global-context
This Thelema, NOW! episode features a conversation between Harper and Larry Roberts. Larry is the heart of Miskatonic Books. Miskatonic is an online store encompassing everything between esoteric and occult books and dark fantasy, classic horror and supernatural fiction. Larry and Debra, his wife, and their kids have been in the bookselling business for 30 years and have been publishing titles in various genres for 21 years. In 2009, Miskatonic won the Bram Stoker Award for Excellence in Specialty Press Publishing. Larry puts out an appetizer on Facebook every morning to lure our credit cards from the depths of our pockets into the light of day. On any given day, you might find offerings from Scarlet Imprint, Three Hands Press, Xoanon, Ouroboros Press, Teitan Press, Aeon Sophia Press, Nephilim Press, IXAXAAR… In short, Larry has his fingers in the only pie that all occultists can agree upon: BOOKS. He's also a fascinating person with a deep spiritual practice and a great interviewee! Please join Harper and Larry as they discuss what it's like to be the High Priest of Miskatonic!
This week we delve into the psychomanteum, discover our Holy Guardian Angel and invoke ritual itself with the help of sorcerer, performance artist, and colleague Mr. Ulysses Black. This week we discuss: Knowledge and conversation of the Holy Guardian Angel, New technologies in Magick and the Occult, Sorcery and much more. Main theme by Simon Smerdon (Mothboy) Music bed by chriszabriskie.com Grab a copy of Ulysses Black's works at Midian Books Check Ulysses online at his site Support Ulysses on his Patreon See the SittingNow filmed Scarlet Imprint performance here Ulysses Black Bio: Welcome to the wonderous & weird world of ritual artist Ulysses Black! From my roots in western esotericism, magick and the occult, I have spent the last 30+years investigating exactly how rituals of all forms ‘work', using my artistic and performance backgrounds as the principal vehicle for disseminating that research. I hope you'll find something here of interest and encourage you to join me on this journey. So… when i say ‘rituals' do I mean occult rituals and magical spells? – Sure, sometimes, but i also have a trained background in officiating weddings, funerals, handfastings, I have worked as the ritual consultant for films, choreographed rituals for music videos, delivered lectures, given seminars, run training and workshops all on rituals – and yes, even saying ‘cheers!' to toast a friend is a ritual that interests me. Rituals permeate our lives, regardless of whether we ‘believe' in them – they have a profound ability to affect our sense of purpose, to give us meaning and better understand our place within the world. Alongside hunting and seduction, rituals might be the oldest performative actions we have, we all know them, we can all be affected by them… and yet they are inherently mysterious and oblique to normal understanding… Developing an understanding of ritual and its implementation not only enriches our lives, but more specifically helps us come to an understanding of our own sense of place and purpose. Ritual – as a activity – is a means of cultivating a deeper sense of meaningfulness within our lives. I am driven by an insatiable thirst to create work that investigates, expresses or contributes to our practical understanding of rituals. Fancy exploring the strange and marvellous world of ritual? Join me on this adventure of investigation, leave your mark, even influence the work as it evolves and find expression through diverse projects.
Alkistis Dimech and Peter Grey of Scarlet Imprint return to the show for an exploration and celebration of Jake Stratton-Kent: In particular his thought, his research and his impact on the western magical world. We discuss: His generosity as a thought leader. His attitude to academia and academics. His role in the return of spirit-centric approaches to the grimoires. His revitalisation of blue grimoires. His understanding and love of the Ancient and Archaic Greek world. "I don't do angels." His championing of practice over theorising. His role as a key participant in the return of the Dead to contemporary western magical practice. I'm very grateful to Peter and Alkistis for sharing their thoughts about their friend and colleague, Jake.
Today we welcome back the one and only Peter Mark Adams! In his new book Hagia Sophia / Sanctum of Kronos, he presents a remarkable study of the esoteric beliefs and spiritual traditions contained within the architectural and decorative features of Istanbul's iconic Hagia Sophia. Hagia Sophia / Sanctum of Kronos tells the story of the building's hidden purpose: to conceal and preserve a sacred mystery in the face of rising Christian tyranny, right under the nose of Constantinople's Christian ascendancy. Represented in the sacred geometry, light, materials, and architecture of this astounding and powerful building, this sacred teaching is revealed by Adams' in his remarkable thesis. As with Adams's previous books, this is a meticulously researched, captivating and illuminating piece of work. Punctuated with carefully selected, evocative photography and illustrations, it deconstructs the Hagia Sophia to reveal its esoteric heart. Culturally, the structure acts as a repository for the metaphysical preoccupations of a Hellenistic culture that evolved from the great mystery cults of antiquity to become the metaphysical engine of subsequent European thought. In the Plus show we discussed why Saturn is a focal point of Peter's research and how the other plays a part in his creative process. We get into his next project in this Saturnian current and the relationship with providence and fate. We wrap up the show on the subject of energy work and healing and how this is foundational to Peter's work and indeed his life Show notes: Scarlet Imprint title information Sanctum of Kronos pre-order petermarkadams.com/ Icons of Sound - Total Sacred Immersion Hagia Sophia Power of the Healing Field Keep in touch? https://linktr.ee/darraghmason Music by Obliqka https://soundcloud.com/obliqka --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/spirit-box/message
Find out all about secret initiation practices as well as deity possession, the draconic current, and whether these sacred practices continued after they were forced to go underground. Peter Mark Adams joins us to discuss his latest book, "Mystai: Dancing Out the Mysteries of Dionysos". We explore the sacred mystery "cults" of the ancient world, and delve into the techniques and practices of the Mysteries of Dionysus! --------- "Mystai: Dancing out the Mysteries of Dionysos" is available through Scarlet Imprint. ----- https://www.petermarkadams.com/ https://www.mindconnectionhealing.com/ Instagram: @petermarkadams ----- Peter's published works include: The Power of the Healing Field: Energy Medicine, Psi Abilities and Ancestral Healing (2022) The Tower of Kronos: Tyranny and the Architecture of Dissent in Sixth Century Byzantium (forthcoming 2022) Mystai: Dancing out the Mysteries of Dionysos. Scarlet Imprint (2019) A Guide to the Trumps and Court Cards of the Sola-Busca Tarocchi. Scarlet Imprint (2017) The Game of Saturn: Decoding the Sola-Busca Tarocchi. Scarlet Imprint (2017) The Healing Field: Energy, Consciousness & Transformation. Balboa Press (2014) --- --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/spiritworld/message
For episode 101 we are joined by by the immensely talented Alkistis Dimech. Alkistis is an artist, dancer-choreographer and writer exploring the occulted dimensions of the carnal body and its subtle anatomy. Her art and praxis is grounded in ankoku butô (dark dance), which she has practised since 2002. With Peter Grey, Alkistis is the co-founder of Scarlet Imprint, the leading independent press which publishes practitioner-oriented works on magic, esotericism and the occult. She has performed in the UK, Europe and the United States, solo and in collaboration with musicians and artists and spoken on her practice and given workshops at conferences and events in the UK, Europe and the United States. In the show Alkistis explains Butô as a form of expression and goes through what it means to her in terms of the unfolding of consciousness in movement. She goes on to discuss the body in as a vehicle for mantic vision and magic. Alkistis also gives her thoughts on the witches dance. In the Plus show we discuss the dangers of digital immersion of the self and how unplugging from digital is liberating and important for ones wellbeing. We also have a free flowing chat about the joys and struggles of having a relationship with one's garden. Naturally this is my fault as I tend to lose the run of myself when anyone mentions their garden in passing. We also go into recovery after the energetic drain one can experience after ritual work. Enjoy! Show notes: https://www.alkistisdimech.com https://scarletimprint.com Keep in touch? https://linktr.ee/darraghmason Music by Obliqka https://soundcloud.com/obliqka --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/spirit-box/message
Continuing the energy healing dialogues this week, we welcome to the show Kenzie Q. Adams. Kenzie is a Reiki master and teacher, professional healer, industrial engineer and the creator of Mind Connection Healing. She also happens to be the better half of Scarlet Imprint author, Peter Mark Adams. MCH is a healing and trauma release system incorporating meridian therapy, Reiki and several other modalities into an holistic synthesis. Kenzie and I discuss her own journey as a healer, the road to developing MCH and what it can be used for. Note: Kenzie is giving a training webinar this weekend (Sunday Sept 4th) as part of the Rune Soup Premium Member energy healing course. So if you like what you hear, there's still time to join us! Show Notes Mind Connection Healing.
Find out all about secret initiation practices as well as deity possession, the draconic current, and whether these sacred practices continued after they were forced to go underground. Peter Mark Adams joins us to discuss his latest book, "Mystai: Dancing Out the Mysteries of Dionysos". We explore the sacred mystery "cults" of the ancient world, and delve into the techniques and practices of the Mysteries of Dionysus! "Mystai: Dancing out the Mysteries of Dionysos" is available through Scarlet Imprint. ----- https://www.petermarkadams.com/ https://www.mindconnectionhealing.com/ Instagram: @petermarkadams ----- Peter's published works include: The Power of the Healing Field: Energy Medicine, Psi Abilities and Ancestral Healing (2022) The Tower of Kronos: Tyranny and the Architecture of Dissent in Sixth Century Byzantium (forthcoming 2022) Mystai: Dancing out the Mysteries of Dionysos. Scarlet Imprint (2019) A Guide to the Trumps and Court Cards of the Sola-Busca Tarocchi. Scarlet Imprint (2017) The Game of Saturn: Decoding the Sola-Busca Tarocchi. Scarlet Imprint (2017) The Healing Field: Energy, Consciousness & Transformation. Balboa Press (2014) --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/spiritworld/message
Alkistis Dimech. On this episode I am talking to Alkistis Dimech about her work in dance, magic and publishing. This is a wonderfully deep and encouraging story and illuminates the incredible work that she does. Alkistis Dimech is an artist, dancer-choreographer and writer exploring the occulted dimensions of the carnal body and its subtle anatomy. Her art and praxis is grounded in ankoku butô (dark dance), which she has practised since 2002. Alkistis considers herself as a dancer after Nietzsche, and pursues a vision of the dancing body and its technique as the final place of resistance. With Peter Grey, she is the co-founder of Scarlet Imprint, an independent press which publishes practitioner-oriented works on magic, esotericism and the occult. Alkisitis has performed in the UK, Europe and the United States, solo and in collaboration with musicians and artists, notably Z'EV, Gast Bouschet and Nadine Hilbert, and Anji Cheung – and spoken of her practice and given workshops, at conferences and events in the UK, Europe and the United States. Selected works from 2008 to 2018 are documented in The Brazen Vessel (Scarlet Imprint 2019). She is currently creating Antimony – a work of texts and images on the transfiguration of the body – and secunda creatura, a dance of evocation and exorcism. https://www.alkistisdimech.com/profile https://scarletimprint.com/ To support the podcast and get access to features about guitar playing and song writing visit https://www.patreon.com/vichyland and also news for all the creative music that we do at Bluescamp UK and France visit www.bluescampuk.co.uk For details of the Ikaro music charity visit www.ikaromusic.com Big thanks to Josh Ferrara for the music
Episode 202 of Rendering Unconscious Podcast. Alkistis Dimech presents "The Occulted Body" from the first Psychoanalysis, Art & the Occult conference, London, 2016. Collected papers from the conference can be found in The Fenris Wolf 9 edited by Vanessa Sinclair & Carl Abrahamsson: https://store.trapart.net/details/00026 More info at: http://psychartcult.org/psychoanalysis-art-the-occult-london-2016/ Dimech is a writer and artist – working principally with dance and the body. Her practice is grounded in butô (dark dance), exploring the occulted dimensions of the body, its subtle anatomy and sexuality as an archaeology of the flesh – drawing from the esoteric and phenomenological traditions – and seeks to unfold a process and techne of bodily spiritual transformation. With Peter Grey, she is the co-founder of Scarlet Imprint: https://scarletimprint.com Selected works from 2008 to 2018 are documented in The Brazen Vessel. https://scarletimprint.com/publications/p/the-brazen-vessel If you enjoy what we're doing, please support the podcast at www.patreon.com/vanessa23carl Join us for the next Psychoanalysis, Art & the Occult event at Morbid Anatomy museum online Sunday, July 17, 2022 at 2PM. https://www.morbidanatomy.org/events-tickets/the-atavistic-network-by-charlotte-rodgers-and-necromancy-working-with-blood-and-adopted-ancestors-in-art-and-magic-by-dr-vanessa-sinclair Rendering Unconscious: Psychoanalytic Perspectives, Politics & Poetry (Trapart 2019): store.trapart.net/details/00000 For more info visit: www.drvanessasinclair.net www.trapart.net www.renderingunconscious.org The song at the end of the episode is The Scarlet Woman (remix) by Vanessa Sinclair and Xambuca from the album Message 23: https://vanessasinclair.bandcamp.com Many thanks to Carl Abrahamsson for the intro and outro music for the podcast. https://www.carlabrahamsson.com Image: Alkistis Dimech on the cover of The Brazen Vessel
Today we are celebrating the Season One finale of the podcast with a special guest and a beautiful conversation weaving fiction, cunning, and ethics all into one pot and serving it up to you all as a hearty stew to warm the soul. This week I am welcoming Dr. Alexander Cummins, contemporary cunning man and historian, onto the podcast where we chat a bit about what one can learn about magic and ethics from reading the outstanding work of fiction Johnathan Strange and Mr. Norell by Susanna Clarke. Al provides great insight and wisdom to the unpacking of this tale, by bringing his knowledge and understanding of the dead (folk necromancy), geomancy, and grimoire traditions to the table. This conversation does a lovely job on talking about so many things, like ravens, angelic language, melancholia, and doorways, but still centers on building an underlying awareness of respect, responsibility, and mutual understanding with ourselves and the world we all share. What can we learn about Kingship from the study of ravens? What does the history of treasure hunting teach us about magicians and cunning people of yore? How can a study of the four humors inform a more holistic approach to the care of self and others? All this and more, on today's episode of SaturnVox. To find more from Dr. Alexander Cummins, please check out and follow him on Instagram here. His published works and contributions to collections by Three Hands Press, Revelore Press, Hadean Press and Scarlet Imprint. He is a frequent speaker on the international circuit, co-hosts the podcast Radio Free Golgotha, and is a founding editor of Revelore Press' Folk Necromancy in Transmission series. Dr Cummins' work, classes, and services – such as divination, consultation, and coaching – can be found at www.alexandercummins.com. Folks can sign up for his Friends of English Magic mailinglist here: http://eepurl.com/dCQvOj. With respect to some of the things we discussed within the episode, Dr. Cummins also has a whole class-bundle (lecture recording + primary source scans and resources such as bibliography, etc) on necromantic dream incubation (including the onyx ring!): www.alexandercummins.com/talks/cousinofdeath To find more on SaturnVox, check out their instagram and twitter @saturnvox, or, visit their website saturnvox.com. If you want to support the show towards goals of better equipment, merch, and bonus material, please check out the Patreon at www.patreon.com/saturnvox. Original Music by Jules M Dooley, traditional astrologer and sound artist. Follow his experiments with astrology + sound + ai visuals on IG: @glitches_in_the_night_sky Show Notes Dr. Cummin's interlinked blog series on JS&MrN and historical magic: The Rain Shall Make A Door Liz Berry's poem, Birmingham Roller Salem Symposium
We are blessed to be joined by Peter Mark Adams! In our conversation we discuss the “healing field” and how we interact with this energetic reality through Reiki, EFT, hauntings, ancestral healing, and various other healing modalities. This is a fantastic interview that you won't want to miss (especially if you practice spiritual healing)! Peter has wonderful insights into why and how healing takes place, and how we are able to achieve spiritual evolution through the healing field! ----- https://www.petermarkadams.com/ https://www.mindconnectionhealing.com/ Instagram: @petermarkadams ----- Peter's published works include: The Power of the Healing Field: Energy Medicine, Psi Abilities and Ancestral Healing (2022) The Tower of Kronos: Tyranny and the Architecture of Dissent in Sixth Century Byzantium (forthcoming 2022) Mystai: Dancing out the Mysteries of Dionysos. Scarlet Imprint (2019) A Guide to the Trumps and Court Cards of the Sola-Busca Tarocchi. Scarlet Imprint (2017) The Game of Saturn: Decoding the Sola-Busca Tarocchi. Scarlet Imprint (2017) The Healing Field: Energy, Consciousness & Transformation. Balboa Press (2014) ----- New episode of the Spirit World Center Podcast! Available on Spotify, iTunes, and all major podcast apps and streaming platforms! --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/spiritworld/message
Peter Mark Adams shares his knowledge of healing in his book The Power Of The Healing Field: Energy medicine, Psi Abilities, And Ancestral Healing. Are you struggling with your health? Tap into your healing field to gain physical and mental healing. The Power of the healing field shares how to utilize the energy already present within you and from your life's experiences to offer your physical, mental and emotional bodies the opportunities to heal in their lifetime. Sharing remarkable cases of healing and personal transformation from his and his wife's more than 20 years of intensive professional energy healing work as well as experiences from other gifted healers, psychics, and shamans, Peter Mark Adams illustrates the role of transpersonal fields of consciousness in healing a range of issues--from inherited family and ancestral problems to past lives and womb trauma to near-death experiences, merged identities, and spirit attachment. Drawing on esoteric tradition as well as scientific research, such as Rupert Sheldrake's morphic field studies, the author maps out the human energy field in all its subtleties, providing diagrams of the human energy body, the spectrum of states of awareness, the multilayered fields of consciousness, and the psychoenergetic dynamics of the transformation process. We talk about Meridian TherapyPTSD CuresPrenatal life memoriesPast Life memoriesFamily unconsciousAncestral unconsciousnessRebirthing breathworkFamily constellation therapyBiofield energiesHealing hertz .5 to 60 hertz Through compelling testimonials of powerful healings, Adams demonstrates how the processes of healing and peak spiritual experience are closely aligned with harmony within the larger energetic field of consciousness. Then, proposing a new model of consciousness, reality, and energy healing that incorporates the anomalous phenomena that occurs on the outermost edges of human experience, the author draws these many strands together to outline not only a multilayered approach for different kinds of energy healing modalities, such as Reiki, breathwork, EFT, and remote healing, but also a useful program of self-help that anyone can follow to make lasting improvements to their physical, emotional, and spiritual health. Peter Mark Adams is an author, poet, and essayist specializing in the ethnography and visuality of ritual, sacred landscape, esotericism, consciousness, and healing. Peter has over twenty years of experience with energy-based healing modalities, including rebirthing breathwork, meridian therapies, and Reiki. As a professional author, Peter's non-fiction is published by Scarlet Imprint and Inner Traditions; literary prose and poetry largely in Corbel Stone Press' literary journal ‘Reliquiae: Journal of Nature, Landscape & Mythology.' petermarkadams.com mindconnectionhealing.com
Author and chaos magician Gordon White returns to the podcast to discuss his new book, Ani.Mystic. This was a wonderful conversation about a book I thoroughly enjoyed reading, delving into animism, ways of thinking, healing and right relations, magic, "nature" and much more. Our chat also dipped a little into the complex nature of protection and malefica, which is the current RuneSoup course, and more info on that you can also be found via the links below.— Gordon White's website: https://www.runesoup.com-- Ani.Mystic - to buy the book from the publisher: https://scarletimprint.com/publications/p/ani-mystic-- Gordon's previous Scarlet Imprint publication, Star.Ships: https://scarletimprint.com/publications/p/star-ships -- Theme music: Come with Me by JoAnna Farrer. Also featuring Alasdair Fraser, Natalie Haas and Yann Falquet.-- Ending music: Pollen Path by Elana Low-- The Coffee and Divination website: http://www.coffeeanddivination.com-- More about JoAnna Farrer's coven and the North Wyldewood Tradition: http://www.northwyldewood.org
We're back with a devilishly good new episode in which we finally tackle the man, the myth, the legend…Anon Lavey. Our guide into The Black House this week is author, filmmaker, musician and occultist Carl Abrahamsson. This week we dive into all things Lavey with a true expert and discuss: Is Anton Lavey a ‘real occultist', the celebrity aspect of Lavey's life, Lavey's impact on the occult milieu, and much more. Carl has a new book out via our friends at Inner Traditions called ‘Anton Lavey and the Church of Satan', and we highly recommend it. For the eagle-eyed and perhaps more ‘old-school' enjoyers of SittingNow, you may remember we made a video with Carl back in 2014 at Scarlet Imprint's ‘A Pleasure Dome' event. Why not get a double-dose of Abrahamsson? Main theme by Simon Smerdon (Mothboy) Music bed by chriszabriskie.com Carl Abrahamsson Biography: I write fiction, and also material about the arts & entertainment, esoteric history, occulture, as well as artist portraits for the international market. I also lecture on all of the mentioned subjects at art schools, universities, events, symposia and conferences. I also work with filmmaking, in publishing, photography and music. For a quick overview, here are some links: https://www.carlabrahamsson.com Carl Abramsson Links: TRAPART: My own publishing company with an online store, focusing on art books and editions. TRAPART FILM: A production entity that produces documentary films and features/movies. HIGHBROW LOWLIFE: A music label I run together with my wife, Vanessa Sinclair. Basically an archive for all the music we've made together, but there will be new (and old) releases too. PATREON TWITTER FACEBOOK INSTAGRAM
Here is the next of the free or publicly available modules of the latest premium member course, Protection and Malefica. It is a discussion on morality frameworks and how, when and we we might magically intervene. The one and only Peter Grey of Scarlet Imprint joins us for a deep dive on one of Jack Parsons's most important texts, We Are The Witchcraft. This is a video discussion with slides and such, but if you would prefer to listen to it like a normal podcast, this audio version is eminently followable. Extra Material Download a PDF of We Are The Witchcraft. Peter Grey reading We Are The Witchcraft.
On this week's episode we have guest Joshua Adam Sharp, better known as Algol from the New Orleans based Black Metal project Mehenet. Joshua is the founding master of Alombrados Oasis, OTO and currently serves on the Electoral College of O.TO. For the U.S.A. He is a crowned Olorisha and a Macumbeiro as well as being one of the 4 owners of Botanica Macumba, which happens to be the onsite location this interview took place. Joshua shares with us his own wisdoms on dual-faith practice and the challenges one faces as a magic practitioner in the era of modernity. We chat skepticism, some common misconceptions about Aleister Crowley, and discuss an ontological theory based in High Strangeness called, The Phenomena. How can we prove anything exists? Does it matter? In what ways does clinging to Westernized ideas of religion stop us from approaching more insight into cognition and the state of our reality? Do aliens exist? All this and more in today's episode of SaturnVox. To find out more about Joshua's various projects, please check out their band Mehenet's bandcamp and instagram, the Botanica Macumba facebook page, and Algol Aluvaia on instagram and twitter. To find more on SaturnVox, check out their instagram and twitter @saturnvox or visit their website www.saturnvox.com. To support the show, please consider signing up for the Patreon at www.patreon.com/saturnvox, where behind the scenes content and videos are posted monthly. Special thanks to Jules M. Dooley, multidisciplinary artist and traditional astrologer based in New Orleans, for creating the original music used on this podcast. You can find them on instagram @tornado_bedtime SHOW NOTES The Equinox by Aleister Crowley Liber 777 by Aleister Crowley Longing for Darkness: Tara and the Black Madonna by China Galland The Holy Guardian Angel Anthology (in the episode I attribute this book to Scarlet Imprint but it is actually a Nephilim Press publication)
Back at it again in podcast land, and this week we're invoking the Goddess Babalon with the wonderful Peter Grey and Alkistis Dimech, the co-conspirators behind the excellent occult publishing house Scarlet Imprint. This week we delve deep into the topic of Babalon with the pair, and examine: Who was Babalon, How did the Babalon working influence Pete and Alkistis' day to day life, What are Babalon's roots, and much much more. Reclaiming his chair from the usurper Marck, Ulysses Black returns to co-hosting duties. Main theme by Simon Smerdon (Mothboy) Music bed by chriszabriskie.com Peter Grey Biography: Peter Grey is a writer, and the co-founder of Scarlet Imprint. He is the author of The Red Goddess (2007), which has inspired the resurgence of interest in Babalon, the goddess of Revelation. His Apocalyptic Witchcraft (2013) has been called the most important modern book on witchcraft, placing it in the mythopoetic context of the sabbat and in a landscape suffering climate and ecological collapse. His Lucifer: Princeps (2015), is a study of the origins of the figure of Lucifer; he is currently writing the second part, Lucifer: Praxis. His collected writings, from 2008–2018, are published in The Brazen Vessel (2019) with those of Alkistis Dimech. His most recent work is The Two Antichrists (2021), a return to the Babalon and Antichrist workings of Jack Parsons and his eclipsed sodality The Witchcraft. He has spoken at private public events and conferences worldwide to both practitioners and academics. These have included Occulture, the Occult Conferences in Glastonbury and London, Treadwell's Bookshop, the Esoteric Book Conference in Seattle, Flambeau Noir in Portland, the Psychology, Art and the Occult conference in London, Here to Go II in Norway, the Trans-States conference in Northampton University, the Magic and Ecology conference for CRASSH at Cambridge University and Pagan Federation events. He can be heard on podcasts including Runesoup, Secret History of Western Esotericism Podcast, Right Where you are Sitting Now, Thelema Now, Spirit Box, Quarantine Sessions with Jake Kobrin, Against Everyone with Conner Habib, Grimerica, Witches and Wine, Thoth-Hermes, and Rendering Unconscious. Peter lives with his lover Alkistis in the far south west of Cornwall on the edge of the Lizard peninsula, where he surfs in the cold Atlantic, walks the ancient land and pursues his magical practice. Alkistis Dimech Biography: With Peter Grey, I am the co-founder of Scarlet Imprint. I am a writer and artist – working principally with dance and the body. My practice is grounded in butô (dark dance). My work explores the occulted dimensions of the body, its subtle anatomy and sexuality as an archaeology of the flesh – drawing from the esoteric and phenomenological traditions – and seeks to unfold a process and techne of bodily spiritual transformation. I have performed in the UK, Europe and the United States, solo and in collaboration with musicians and artists, notably Z'EV, Gast Bouschet & Nadine Hilbert, and Anji Cheung – and spoken on my practice, and given workshops, at conferences and events in the UK, Europe and the United States. Selected works from 2008 to 2018 are documented in The Brazen Vessel and at alkistisdimech.com. I am currently creating Antimony, a work of texts and images on the angelic, alchemical transfiguration of the body.
Researcher, energy healer and fellow Scarlet Imprint author, Peter Mark Adams, returns to the show this week. We discuss his book, The Power of the Healing Field. We also have a fantastic chat about what the field even am, and why it is an idea and framework whose time has come. We explore various energy-based healing modalities and pause to consider that we should not even be using the word 'alternative' for such disciplines, as the majority of the population of the planet incorporates them into standard medical practice. It is us in the west who are the 'alternative'. Excellent stuff, and a great discussion to for the first month of the year! (Note: This episode was first livestreamed on YouTube, should you wish to watch it instead.) Show Notes Get The Power of the Healing Field. Peter's website. Mind Connection Healing.
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Artist, writer + publisher Alkistis Dimech highlights the daimonic space and what it means to interact with what she calls "the occulted body." She muses on how the body holds magic and is an ever-unfolding landscape in the dance that is life. We discuss the goddess Babalon, the pleasures of this world and the flesh, and orienting to different narratives about time. It sparkles."We can't think in this finite way, in this defeatist way. Even if everything is ending…We can't but bring joy and beauty into the world." Alkistis DimechAlkistis Dimech is a writer + artist – working principally with dance and the body. Her practice is grounded in butô (dark dance). Her work explores the occulted dimensions of the body and its subtle anatomy as an archaeology of the flesh. With Peter Grey, she is the co-founder of Scarlet Imprint, an independent press which publishes practitioner-oriented works on the occult, esotericism + magic.we discuss —The “occulted body” + rejecting dualism The body as a way to re-learn and re-create languageWhy witchcraft needs to be re-wildedThe role of the daimon and connecting with the sacred in-betweenConnective tissue + divinationEmbracing an erotic eschatologyCyclical time as a rejection of finalityThe (im)permanency of a creative actIf you enjoyed the episode, check out —Episode w— Michael J MorrisEpisode w— Zaneta SykesMore about our guest —Alkistis Dimech's websiteScarlet Imprint websiteMentioned in the episode—The Brazen Vessel, book by Peter Grey + Alkistis DimechThe Red Goddess, book by Scarlet ImprintThe Brazen Vessel, digital versionAntonin Artaud, A Theatre and its DoubleButohTatsumi Hijikata**Marie-Gabrielle RotieFree Resources —free article +Join us for a free class on Taking Care : Pillars for Creation, Circularity + Support — tools to help you design your life with more support and care built in, especially during difficult times. This free class is Friday, March 18 at Noon ET/ 9:00a PT. Sign up here to attend and/or get the replay. Support the show (https://www.patreon.com/mgallerdice)
I talk about witchcraft and magic's place in the future with authors and founders of Scarlet Imprint, Alkistis Dimech & Peter Grey!
For episode #77 we are joined by Peter Mark Adams, Peter is a Scarlet Imprint, Inner Traditions & Corbel Stone Press author, poet, and essayist specialising in ethnographies of spirit, sacred landscapes, esotericism, consciousness, and healing. Peter has a background in Philosophy and has undertaken advanced studies with the Warburg Institute, London. He is an Associate Member of the European Society for the Study of Western Esotericism (ESSWE) and a Member of the British Wittgenstein Society (BWS). In today's show we discuss his life-changing initiation into Reiki and how this led him to a spirit-informed and scholarly study of the enigmatic Renaissance masterwork known as the Sola-Busca tarot. In the Plus show, Peter recounts several of the entity and parasite attachment cases that he has dealt with in his career as an energy healer and gives his thoughts on the purpose of this type of event in one's life. Show notes: https://petermarkadams.com https://liverpool.academia.edu/PeterAdams https://www.paralibrum.com/reviews/mystai https://scarletimprint.com/peter-mark-adams https://www.youtube.com/user/thankgodsitsmonday Keep in touch? https://linktr.ee/darraghmason Music by Obliqka https://soundcloud.com/obliqka --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/spirit-box/message
On this episode of Coffee & Divination, we welcome back author Peter Mark Adams. Peter is the author of “The Game of Saturn: Decoding the Sola-Busca Tarocchi” and "Dancing out the Mysteries of Dionysus." This was a fantastic discussion of the Dionysian themed frescos of Pompeii's Villa of the Mysteries, which are not only incredibly beautiful works of art, they constitute the single most important theurgical narrative to have survived in the Western esoteric tradition. It was a great conversation that delved into some beautiful territory, and I hope you enjoy it!PLEASE NOTE: In the video version of this episode, found on Vimeo and linked here in the show notes, I include images of some of the frescos as we discuss them, so I recommend watching the video version if you have the chance.-- Video version of this interview: https://vimeo.com/641341824-- Peter's website: https://petermarkadams.com-- Scarlet Imprint page for his works: https://scarletimprint.com/peter-mark-adams-- Direct link to Mystai: https://scarletimprint.com/publications/p/mystai-- Peter's upcoming book, The Power of the Healing Field : https://www.simonandschuster.com/books/The-Power-of-the-Healing-Field/Peter-Mark-Adams/9781644113585-- Review of ‘Stranger in the Mask of a Deer' by Richard Skelton - review written by Peter Mark Adams: https://www.paralibrum.com/reviews/stranger-in-the-mask-of-a-deer-by-richard-skelton -- "Portrait of a Priestess: Women and Ritual in Ancient Greece" by Joan Breton Connelly : https://www.worldcat.org/title/portrait-of-a-priestess-women-and-ritual-in-ancient-greece/oclc/1036764765-- "A Place at the Altar: Priestesses in Republican Rome" by Meghan J. DiLuzio : https://press.princeton.edu/books/hardcover/9780691169576/a-place-at-the-altar-- YouTube video of "Vestal Hairdressing: recreating the "Seni Crines'" : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eA9JYWh1r7U&t=149s-- Theme music: Come with Me by JoAnna Farrer. Also featuring Alasdair Fraser, Natalie Haas and Yann Falquet.-- Ending music: Pollen Path by Elana Low-- Website: http://www.coffeeanddivination.com
Rendering Unconscious welcomes Carl Abrahamsson back to the podcast! Carl Abrahamsson is a Swedish author, publisher, musician, photographer and filmmaker. https://www.carlabrahamsson.com Check out his books and publishing company: https://store.trapart.net Join Carl and Vanessa at Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/vanessa23carl Join us for Psychoanalysis, Art and the Occult 2021 at Morbid Anatomy Museum online. http://psychartcult.org https://www.morbidanatomy.org/events Sunday, September 26, 2021, 2:00 PM – 4:00 PM EDT Psychoanalysis, Art and the Occult: Blanche Barton on Death Imagery in Satanism and Carl Abrahamsson presents Memento Mori Forever, Live on Zoom: https://www.morbidanatomy.org/events-tickets/psychoanalysis-art-and-the-occult-dancing-in-the-graveyard-death-imagery-in-satanism-by-blanche-barton-and-memento-mori-forever-by-carl Already in The Satanic Bible, Anton LaVey had shown considerable creativity. Concepts like "Psychic Vampire" and "The Balance Factor" soon became household terms in America and the rest of the world. His description of the ritual space as an "Intellectual Decompression Chamber" also hit home outside the strictly Satanic perimeters. As did the slightly later term "Occultnik", signifying a person who is lost within old structures of occultism without being able to see what's really of use on a practical, material level. LaVey's initial key works, The Satanic Bible and The Satanic Rituals, are great examples of creative appropriation and reformulation. But the two volumes of essays and maxims that followed much later, ie The Devil's Notebook and Satan Speaks, genuinely contain the essence of LaVey's wit and creativity. In these books, we find many fascinating topics: the integration of emotionally resonant music, stressing the ego, encouraging a sense of humour, artificial human companions, the total environment, the archetype of the villain, the third side of truth and much more. Join me for a darkside trip into the Satanic mind of Anton LaVey – magical innovator! This episode also available at YouTube: https://youtu.be/w4e9zQUaiAY If you liked this lecture, you will enjoy "Occulture – The Unseen Forces that Drive Culture Forward": https://www.innertraditions.com/books/occulture Anton LaVey and The Church of Satan available for pre-order: https://www.innertraditions.com/books/anton-lavey-and-the-church-of-satan Carl Abrahamsson "Reasonances" available from Scarlet Imprint: https://scarletimprint.com/publications/reasonances The Fenris Wolf: https://store.trapart.net/12-books Sacred Intent: Conversations with Carl Abrahamsson (1986-2019) by Genesis Breyer P-Orridge: https://store.trapart.net/details/00176 Anton LaVey – Into the Devils Den: https://vimeo.com/ondemand/intothedevilsden/375129601 Mother Have a Safe Trip: https://store.trapart.net/details/00035 The Devils Footprint: https://store.trapart.net/details/00114 Rendering Unconscious main website: http://www.renderingunconscious.org The song at the end of the episode is "Sweet Jayne" by White Stains from the album "Singleminded Dualisms (1987-1989)" available from Highbrow Lowlife: https://whitestains.bandcamp.com/album/singleminded-dualisms-1987-1989 Many thanks to Carl Abrahamsson for creating the intro and outro music for Rendering Unconscious Podcast: https://www.carlabrahamsson.com Image: Anton LaVey and Carl Abrahamsson photographed by Blanche Barton
Rendering Unconscious welcomes Peter Grey to the podcast! Peter Grey is a writer, and the co-founder of Scarlet Imprint. He is the author of The Red Goddess (2007), which has become the standard work on the goddess of Revelation. His Apocalyptic Witchcraft (2013) has been called the most important modern book on witchcraft, placing it in the mythopoetic context of the sabbat and in a landscape suffering climate and ecological collapse. His Lucifer: Princeps (2015), is a study of the origins of the figure of Lucifer; he is currently writing the second part, Lucifer: Praxis, which addresses working with the fallen angels of the Enochic tradition and their transvection into the grimoires and modern practice. https://scarletimprint.com Join us Sunday, September 19, 2021, 2:00 PM – 4:00 PM EDT for Psychoanalysis, Art and the Occult: The Two Antichrists with Peter Grey and Alkistis Dimech of Scarlet Imprint, Live on Zoom: https://www.morbidanatomy.org/events/2021/9/19/psychoanalysis-art-and-the-occult-the-two-antichrists-with-peter-grey-and-alkistis-dimech-of-the-scarlett-imprint-live-on-zoom Visit http://psychartcult.org for more information and register at https://www.morbidanatomy.org/events This episode also available to view at YouTube: https://youtu.be/xY7pOezHZWw “Fly the Light” is included in The Fenris Wolf 9 – the collected papers from the Psychoanalysis, Art & the Occult conference, London, 2016. https://store.trapart.net/details/00026 You can support the podcast at our Patreon. https://www.patreon.com/vanessa23carl Your support is greatly appreciated! The song at the end of the episode is “The Psychic Censor” from the album “This is Voyeurism” by Vanessa Sinclair and Pete Murphy available digitally on Bandcamp from Highbrow Lowlife. https://vanessasinclairpetemurphy.bandcamp.com/album/this-is-voyeurism Many thanks to Carl Abrahamsson, who created the intro and outro music for Rendering Unconscious podcast. https://www.carlabrahamsson.com Image: Peter Grey
...and the lord spoketh, and more episodes of SittingNow Radio were bestowed upon the people. The people were annoyed though, because they'd asked for Playstation 5's all-round, but hey, they get what they're given amirite This week Ken and Ulysses Black sit down with the amazing Peter Grey Occultist and co-founder of the excellent Scarlet Imprint. We talk to Peter about his new book 'The Two Antichrists', Scientology, The Future of the Occult, Why Magicians should be looking to space, and not to the past, and a whole host of other weird goodness. For more Peter Grey, check out our SittingNow TV episodes Main theme by Simon Smerdon (Mothboy) Music bed by chriszabriskie.com Peter Grey Bio: Peter Grey has spoken at public events and conferences in England, Scotland, Norway and the United States as well as closed gatherings. These have included Occulture, the Occult Conferences in Glastonbury and London, Treadwell's Bookshop, the Esoteric Book Conference in Seattle, the Psychology, Art and the Occult conference in London, Here to Go II in Norway, the Trans-States conference in Northampton University and many Pagan Federation events. A long term supporter of the Museum of Witchcraft and Magic in his native Cornwall, his work on the witches' sabbat was first given at the annual Friends of the Museum gathering. His work has also appeared in numerous small journals and collections, such as The Fenris Wolf, as well as online. His collected writings, from 2008–2018, are published in The Brazen Vessel (2019) with those of Alkistis Dimech. His Lucifer: Princeps (2015), is a study of the origins of the figure of Lucifer; he is currently writing the second part, Lucifer: Praxis, which addresses working with the fallen angels of the Enochic tradition and their transvection into the grimoires and modern practice.
Peter Grey is a writer, and the co-founder of Scarlet Imprint. He is the author of The Red Goddess (2007), which has become the standard work on the goddess of Revelation. His Apocalyptic Witchcraft (2013) has been called the most important modern book on witchcraft, placing it in the mythopoetic context of the sabbat and in a landscape suffering climate and ecological collapse. Peter and Thelema Now host Harper Feist discuss those works as well his latest, The Two Antichrists, which discusses Jack Parsons' Babylon working. Check it out!
Interview starts at 35:00 Peter Grey of Scarlet Imprint joins us to chat about his latest book “The Two Antichrists” where "Grey returns to the Babalon Working of Jack Parsons and L. Ron Hubbard, and considers a series of little examined texts from science fiction and the outer fringes of Scientology which form a ‘Babalon Apocrypha.'” We chat about the prolific sci fi writers adjacent to this magical time line of Thelema, the importance of sci fi for creating our future, the importance of getting off this planet, psychomagia, new thought, manifestation, free love way before the 60's, elemental spirits, Star Trek and UFO's. The abyss, beast 666, the manifesto, discovering who you are, temple of the psychic youth, and personal sovereignty are also touched on in this great chat with Peter. We chat about Von Braun, Hebert, Clarke, Crowley, Asimov, Heinlein, Hubbard, and of course Parsons and his love interests…. https://scarletimprint.com/ In the intro we chat about our gift from a listener, Darren's new book and the latest audio books out.... The last Union of the Unwanted, which was incredible and Graham reads some passages from Peters' book. See links below for stuff we chatted about during the show and the intro: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Project_Diana https://rokfin.com/stream/7847/Union-of-the-Unwanted--31--Dr-Malone--Dr-Lindsay Please help support the show…. Grimerica's DoBeDoBeDo List: Grimerica is fully and solely listener supported. We adhere to the Value for Value model. 0 ads, 0 sponsorships, 0 breaks, 0 portals and links to corporate websites… just many hours of unlimited content for free. Thanks for listening!! Get your Magic Mushrooms delivered from: Mushroom Spores, Spore Syringes, Best Spore Syringes,Grow Mushrooms Spores Lab Support the show directly: http://www.grimerica.ca/support https://www.patreon.com/grimerica http://www.grimericaoutlawed.ca/support Other shows: https://www.grimericaoutlawed.ca https://www.13questionspodcast.com/ - 13 Questions ran by Adam and Bill. Darren's Book and Audio Book page: www.adultbrain.ca www.acanadianshame.ca Join the chat / hangout with a bunch of fellow Grimerican's: www.grimerica.ca/chats and/or www.grimerica.ca/social 1-403-702-6083 Call and leave a voice mail or send us a text Grimerica on the radio https://fringe.fm/shows/grimerica/ Check out our next trip/conference/meetup - Contact at the Cabin www.contactatthecabin.com Leave a review on iTunes and/or Stitcher https://itunes.apple.com/ca/podcast/the-grimerica-show/id653314424?mt=2# http://www.stitcher.com/podcast/the-grimerica-show Sign up for our newsletter http://www.grimerica.ca/news Leave a comment, ideas and guest/topic suggestions under any episode or blog http://www.grimerica.ca/ SPAM Graham = and send him your synchronicities, feedback, strange experiences and psychedelic trip reports!! graham@grimerica.com InstaGRAM https://www.instagram.com/the_grimerica_show_podcast/ Tweet Darren https://twitter.com/Grimerica Connect through other platforms: https://www.reddit.com/r/grimerica/ https://gab.ai/Grimerica Purchase swag, with partial proceeds donated to the show www.grimerica.ca/swag Send us a postcard or letter http://www.grimerica.ca/contact/ Check out https://www.champignonmagique.ca http://www.lostbreadcomic.com/ link to Napolean Duheme's site Felix's Site sirfelix.bandcamp.com MUSIC Grimerica Theme - Lock & Key Plants - Broke for Free True North - Sir Felix Ortega II
For episode 67 it is my great pleasure to welcome author Peter Grey. Peter is also the co-founder of iconic occult publishers Scarlet Imprint and joins us today to discuss his new book ‘The Two Antichrists'. “The Two Antichrists is a monograph by Peter Grey on the figure of Antichrist in a post-Christian and progressive Thelemic context. Opening with considerations on the future of witchcraft and its relation to radical ecology, Grey returns to the Babalon Working of Jack Parsons and L. Ron Hubbard, and considers a series of little examined texts from science fiction and the outer fringes of Scientology which form a ‘Babalon Apocrypha.' By reading across these sources, the familiar story is revealed to have hidden depths and dimensions. Exploring the role of Antichrist in relation to Parsons and Hubbard, Grey provides insights into the initiatory drama of Thelema: of Satanic rites, Abyss and Angel. The Two Antichrists observes the long shadow cast by the monolith of Scientology, and Parsons' eclipsed sodality The Witchcraft. Looking to the future, he envisions an emergent space witchcraft, infused with the spirit of Do What Thou Wilt. The book concludes with a series of non-denominational rituals and revised Antichrist workings. The work is a fusion of inspiration, research and ritual, from which Grey draws the first lines of his vision of witchcraft in the dusk of our world. The work stands as a companion to Lucifer: Praxis (forthcoming 2022), and continues the trajectory initiated with The Red Goddess and pursued through Apocalyptic Witchcraft. The work was completed on Winter solstice 2020.” Enjoy Show notes: https://scarletimprint.com --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/spirit-box/message
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Is it possible to create spaces for secrecy, alterity and non-conformity in our surveillance cities through dance and ritual? Can purposely disorienting oneself in familiar places open new doors of perception to reality? The Mystical Body: Jason Bahbak Mohaghegh in Conversation with Alkistis Dimech is the third episode of TM Live's Incantations podcast series. Founder of practitioner run press Scarlet Imprint and dancer of Japanese avant-garde form, Butoh, Alkistis Dimech, is in conversation with Iranian-American professor of philosophy and enchanting storyteller Jason Bahbak Mohaghegh. We discuss Butoh and mystical practices as ways of claiming spaces for spirituality that are being effaced from our cities of surveillance. We also talk about identity politics, the meaning of “living space” and the separation of mind and body. Curated and hosted by Andrea Cetrulo Intro music by William Messenger and Sophrosyne Illustration by Sophie Rogers Design by Marcos Villalba
Jesse Hathaway Diaz presents Apocalypti/c/orazon Jesse Hathaway Diaz is a folklorist, diviner, artist and performer living in New York City. With initiations in several forms of witchcraft from both Europe and the Americas, he is also a lifelong student of Mexican Curanderismo, a priest of Obatalá in the Lucumí orisha tradition, and a Tatá Quimbanda. He is also a member of the experimental theatre group Dzieci, based in New York City. He is the goat-half of http://www.wolf-and-goat.com a store specializing in occult art, esoterica and materia magica from many traditions including Traditional Craft and Quimbanda. His blog can be found at http://www.serpentshod.com His writings have been published by Scarlet Imprint and by Revelore Press, where he also co-edits the Folk Necromancy in Transmission Series. Along with Dr. Al Cummins, he is a co-host of the Radio Free Golgotha podcast. http://www.radiofreegolgotha.com The full panel may be viewed at YouTube: https://youtu.be/lJlQanQnIbw For links to everything visit: www.renderingunconscious.org The song at the end of the episode is Inner Underworld by Vanessa Sinclair and Henrik Nordvargr Björkk from the album of the same name: https://vanessasinclairhenriknordvargrbjrkk.bandcamp.com Many thanks to Carl Abrahamsson for providing the intro and outro music for Rendering Unconscious Podcast.
Author, speaker and Scarlet Imprint co-founder, Peter Grey, returns to the show this week to talk about his latest book, The Two Antichrists. This means we explore the Babalon Working(s), the influence of Jack Parsons on science fiction and science fiction's influence on Jack Parsons, the sophistication in Parsons's later work, L. Ron Hubbard's fascination with Aleister Crowley -as well as some of the ways he managed to out-Crowley the Beast himself. We also talk about what witchcraft could and should do now, as well as the urgent necessity of coming into relation with the stars. Enjoy! Show Notes Get The Two Antichrists. Scarlet Imprint on Instagram.
In this episode Rudolf welcomes legendary Jake Stratton-Kent who is one of the most knowledgeable authors and practitioners of grimoire magic and has been called the most notorious necromancer in England. Jake describes himself as a ‘very late Late Pagan’ which is a reference to his focus on the historical time where late Paganism overlaps with the early church period forming a fascinating and nurturing soil for magic as we think of it these days. Having started out as a solitary practitioner more than 40 years ago with Paul Huson’s ‘Mastering Witchcraft’ Jake worked his magical path through different techniques always seeking out the historical roots of ideas and ultimately coming back full circle to one of his very first interests, grimoire magic. Since then Jake has become a widely renowned authority on goetic workings and in this episode he shares why he was drawn to this kind of so-called ‘left-hand’ or ‘dark’ magic. Furthermore, Rudolf and Jake dive into the effectiveness of magic in general, necromancy and its significance, recommended sources, how being ‘fashionable’ in magic might lead to blind spots, how ‘bad reputation’ doesn’t necessarily mean ‘bad’ and whether or not respectability should be part of a magician’s vocabulary. As for his work as an author, Jake has written numerous pamphlets and articles for various publications from the mid-1970s to the current day. He is the author of the ‘Encyclopaedia Goetica’, comprising three volumes in total: ‘The True Grimoire’, which is a reconstructed and extensively commented edition of the infamous ‘Grimoirum Verum’, ‘Geosophia’, a two volume survey of the Greek origins and mythic background of goetia itself and ‘The Testament of Cyprian the Mage’, which is an analysis of the grimoires and their spirit hierarchies in Late Antiquity, all published by Scarlet Imprint. Another quite remarkable work is ‘Pandemonium - a discordant concordance of diverse spirit catalogues’, published by Hadean Press. Jake previously edited and contributed to the influential journal ‘The Equinox – British Journal of Thelema’ which is nowadays superseded by ‘Conjure Codex’, a serial anthology of writings on spirit conjuring traditions from around the world, ancient and modern, published by Hadean Press. As a ‘senile delinquent’ Jake has a background in the Youth Radicalisation and Free Festival Movement of the 1970s that has never entirely left him. He lives in the UK but loves the Czech Republic, especially Prague. Music played in this episode 1) PURSON - The Contract (2013) 2) L'Uomo Nero - Nel Deserto (2020) 3) Cello-Duo - Beginnig to End (Track 1 starts at 6:12, Track 2 at 45:42, Track 3 at 1:24:03) Intro and Outro Music especially written and recorded for the Thoth-Hermes Podcast by Chris Roberts
A wonderful conversation with author Peter Mark Adams - a specialist in the ethnography of ritual, sacred landscapes, esotericism and healing. His works have been published by Inner Traditions and Scarlet Imprint; and include “The Game of Saturn: Decoding the Sola-Busca Tarocchi” and “Mystai: Dancing out the Mysteries of Dionysus” The Game of Saturn is a work which leads the reader through a fascinating journey, exploring the 15th cent. Sola Busca tarocchi, which is a work of stunning beauty and complexity, as well as containing tantalizing clues regarding Renassance practices of ritual magic. It was a fascinating chat, and one that I hope will lead to other conversations in the future! This episode was done as a video interview, and in our Vimeo version, you can see slides of various cards as we discuss them. You can check that out at: https://vimeo.com/manage/videos/543447012— Peter Mark Adams' official website: https://petermarkadams.com -- "The Game of Saturn: Decoding the Sola-Busca Tarocchi" at Scarlet Imprint: https://scarletimprint.com/publications/the-game-of-saturn-- "Mystai: Dancing Out the Mysteries of Dionysus" : https://scarletimprint.com/publications/mystai— “The Power of the Healing Field: Energy Medicine, Psi Abilities, and Ancestral Healing” : https://www.simonandschuster.com/books/The-Power-of-the-Healing-Field/Peter-Mark-Adams/9781644113585— Peter on Twitter: https://twitter.com/petermarkadams-- Theme music: Come with Me by JoAnna Farrer. Also featuring Alasdair Fraser, Natalie Haas and Yann Falquet.-- Ending music: Pollen Path by Elana Low-- Podcast Website: http://www.coffeeanddivination.com
A great conversation with author and diviner, Dr. Alexander Cummins. Dr. Cummins is a historian, poet, geomancer, and consultant whose writings on divination, medicine, folk necromancy, and cunning traditions have been released by both academic and esoteric publishers. We talk geomancy, the roots of divination, and a little about folk necromancy and "An Excellent Booke of the Arte of Magicke: The Magical Works of Humphrey Gilbert and John Davis" which was published by Scarlet Imprint. A wide-ranging, fascinating conversation, as expected....Enjoy!-- Dr. Al's website: alexandercummins.com-- "An Excellent Booke" at Scarlet Imprint: scarletimprint.com/publications/an-excellent-booke-- "A Book of the Magi: Lore, Prayers and Spellcraft of the Three Holy Kings" revelore.press/product/a-book-of-the-magi/-- Dr. Al's class-bundles (packaged module which include recorded lecture, primary source pdfs, bibliographies, etc) can be found at: alexandercummins.com/talks/-- To sign up for his mailing list, to keep abreast of upcoming classes: eepurl.com/dCQvOj-- Information about "Speakeasy of the Dead" the Zoom necromancy cabaret Dr. Al mentioned during the interview can be found here: radio-free-golgotha.squarespace.com/speakeasyofthedead -- And Dr. Al's Geomancy Foundation course (over ten hours of geomancings) is found at: wolf-and-goat.com/Services/geomancy.html-- Theme music: Come with Me by JoAnna Farrer. Also featuring Alasdair Fraser, Natalie Haas and Yann Falquet.-- Ending music: Pollen Path by Elana Low-- Podcast Website: coffeeanddivination.com
Witchcraft/Occult publishers (Scarlet Imprint) + performers & writers Alkistis Dimech & Peter Grey join me to discuss the end of the world and witchcraft's intrinsic role in and with it.
Harper Feist talks to Scarlet Imprint's founder Alkistis Dimech! 13 is a magick number indeed. Hear about how it happened, what's happening, and what will happen! And check out Scarlet Imprint!
Alkistis Dimech (Scarlet Imprint) lifts the veil on her art, magic, and natal chart in conversation with Amelia, diving deep into ecstatic dance, planning by the moon, and finding beauty in a post-apocalyptic world. Find Alkistis Dimech: Twitter | @alkistisdimech Instagram | @alkistis.dimech Website | www.alkistisdimech.com Find Scarlet Imprint: Twitter | @scarletimprint Instagram | @scarletimprint Website | www.scarletimprint.com
In this episode, Rudolf talks to New Zealand born artist and author Charlotte Rodgers, who now lives in the UK, about her background, her art, what her art means to her and why magic IS art! Charlotte Rodgers is an artist and author who is also an animist and nondenominational practising witch and magickian. She conceived and co-edited "A Contemporary Western Book of the Dead" and wrote "The Bloody Sacrifice" and "P is for Prostitution", all published by Mandrake of Oxford. Charlotte has had her work published in magazines which include The Cauldron, The Oracle and SilkMilk, and in anthologies published by Avalonia and Scarlet Imprint. She has spoken at Edinburgh, York and Leicester Universities; The Museum of Morbid Anatomy in New York; ‘Psychoanalysis Art and The Occult’ in London and at many other events and venues. In 2017 she was awarded an Arts Council grant to spend ten days investigating and blogging about the New York art world. The art of Charlotte Rodgers has been exhibited widely throughout the UK, including at the Pallant House Outsider Art Exhibition, and has also been shown in New York. Here are some links to Charlotte's art, blog and books! Her website with her Art and some other important links can be found HERE Click HERE for her very interesting blog And finally, go HERE to find the publisher of her wonderful books! Music played in this episode OUR THREE TRACKS TODAY 1) BABYLON GATE - from the Album "The Ancient" (2017) by Hassan Ismail Hassan is a Lebanese/Phoenician Artist born in 1993 in Sidon Lebanon,since he was 10 years old he had mysterious love for mysticism and God in search for truth to solve this mystery called life. Moral values where always on his path, as all of this shaped the music he plays today, He is a self-taught artist that was able to discover his music through contemplation and being one with music. Today Hassan resides in Phoenix Arizona US. He performs locally there and published three Albums so far, "The Ancient" 2017 , "Illusions" 2019, "Entropia" 2019. You will be able to hear more of his music in a few weeks on this podcast. YouTube Spotify Facebook 2) THE FROZEN CALL - Ancient Nordic Chant performed by Jonna Jinton 3) WOLF MOON - by DOOL (Track 1 starts at 8:50, Track 2 at 56:53, Track 3 at 1:34:16) Intro and Outro Music especially written and recorded for the Thoth-Hermes Podcast by Chris Roberts
FRATER ACHER is certainly one of the most interesting figures in the world of Esotericism, Occultism and Magic today. And it makes us very happy and proud that he has - after a first appearance in December 2017, which was altogether his first podcast appearence ever - chosen to return to us today. We will speak extensively about his new book "Black Abbott-White Magic", which is about to be released with Scarlet Imprint. But we also touch a number of other topics that will certainly be of high interest to you. After this, it would certainly be interesting to go to Frater Acher's great blog website, THEOMAGICA. And also to visit the new book review website which he created together with magical friends, PARALIBRUM. Here you can find pre-order details for Black Abbott-White Magic Music played in this episode In this show we present you music by UK-based group TWELVE HIDES. This music was suggested by our guest Frater Acher "A tremendous and beautiful album of the sacral and the occult. Like a little brother to OM's Advaitic Songs. Fantastic stuff, really. Favorite track: Ghayat Al-Hakim.", says Music Abraxas magazine And indeed it is wonderful to let yourself flow in the atmosphere of this music, it is such friendly and loving music. It reminds of the old english "acid" folk band Trees. Here is their Bandcamp page And here is their Soundcloud page 1) 57TH STEP OF THE PYRAMID 2) DEIR EL-MALAK 3) GHAYAT AL-HAKIM (Track 1 starts at 7:55, Track 2 at 57:26, Track 3 at 1:35:51) Intro and Outro Music especially written and recorded for the Thoth-Hermes Podcast by Chris Roberts
Peter Mark Adams - author, poet, professional energy worker and esotericist specialising in the ethnography and visuality of ritual - shares about his incredible tome from Scarlet Imprint, “The Game of Saturn”, which examines the enigmatic Renaissance esoteric masterwork, the Sola-Busca tarocchi. Peter’s tome reveals the existence of a pagan liturgical and ritual tradition active amongst members of the Renaissance elite and encoded within the deck, demonstrating that the presiding deity of this ‘cult object’ is none other than the Afro-Levantine serpent-dragon, Ba’al Hammon, also known as Kronos and Saturn. Peter takes us deep into the Sola-Busca, answers your Glitch Bottle Patreon listener questions and much more!►”The Game of Saturn” on Scarlet Imprint: https://scarletimprint.com/publications/the-game-of-saturn ►Peter’s website: https://petermarkadams.com/ ►Peter’s Twitter: https://twitter.com/petermarkadams
Peter Mark Adams - author, poet, professional energy worker and esotericist specialising in the ethnography and visuality of ritual - shares about his incredible tome from Scarlet Imprint, “The Game of Saturn”, which examines the enigmatic Renaissance esoteric masterwork, the Sola-Busca tarocchi. Peter’s tome reveals the existence of a pagan liturgical and ritual tradition active amongst members of the Renaissance elite and encoded within the deck, demonstrating that the presiding deity of this ‘cult object’ is none other than the Afro-Levantine serpent-dragon, Ba’al Hammon, also known as Kronos and Saturn. Peter takes us deep into the Sola-Busca, answers your Glitch Bottle Patreon listener questions and much more!►”The Game of Saturn” on Scarlet Imprint: https://scarletimprint.com/publications/the-game-of-saturn ►Peter’s website: https://petermarkadams.com/ ►Peter’s Twitter: https://twitter.com/petermarkadams
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"We can't think in this finite way, in this defeatist way. Even if everything is ending…We can't but bring joy and beauty into the world." _Alkistis DimechAlkistis Dimech is a dancer, choreographer, a writer and also a publisher. She and her partner run a publishing company called Scarlet Imprint where they print works on the esoteric and occult. I adored this conversation and all the deep, dark radiance that comes out of it. It felt very appropriate for this Scorpio full moon. We talk about dance, exploring the daimonic space, what it means to interact with what she calls the “occulted body”, and again re-orienting ourselves to a different narrative of time.WE DISCUSSHow her magic practice and dance practice intersectThe “occulted body” and her dissatisfaction with many of the dualistic ideas between mind, body and “energetic” bodyThe body as a way to re-learn and re-create language Unifying the masculine and feminine energies into a hermaphroditic magicWhy witchcraft needs to be re-wildedThe role of the daimon and connecting with the sacred in-betweenConnective tissue + divinationEmbracing an erotic eschatologyConnecting to cyclical time as a rejection of finalityHow life desires life on a cellular levelThe creative act as something that cannot be destroyedIf you enjoyed this episode, check out:Episode 32 w/ Michael J MorrisEpisode 19 w/ Lindsay MackSHOW NOTESGet your FREE prompts to work with the Scorpio Full MoonExplore Purpose + AstrologyBook a SessionMary Grace's IGMary Grace's websiteAlexis Pauline GumbsJulia Sangodare Wallace //Alkistis Dimech's websiteAlkistis Dimech's IGScarlet ImprintThe Brazen Vessel, bookThe Brazen Vessel, digital versionAntonin Artaud, A Theatre and its Double ButohTatsumi Hijikata Join us for a free class on Taking Care : Pillars for Creation, Circularity + Support — tools to help you design your life with more support and care built in, especially during difficult times. This free class is Friday, March 18 at Noon ET/ 9:00a PT. Sign up here to attend and/or get the replay. Support the show (https://www.patreon.com/mgallerdice)
Episode 3 of 23rd Mind TV by and with Vanessa Sinclair & Carl Abrahamsson. To watch the video accompanying this episode visit: YouTube: https://youtu.be/goFr3ExjaP4 Vimeo: https://vimeo.com/404109467 Join us at Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/vanessa23carl Time to watch some good TV! We have just finished the third episode of 23rdMind TV. We discuss current times, our canceled trip to America, the passing of Genesis Breyer P-Orridge, Sacred Intent, Loyalty Does Not End With Death, the revamping of the Highbrow Lowlife website, Sound 23 CD box set with Douglas Lucas, Radio Mega Golem, Trapart Film YouTube channel, Rendering Unconscious Podcast, the work of Adel Souto aka 156, Demetrius Lacroix & Botanica Macumba, and more. Many thanks to our Patreon patrons for making 23rd Mind TV possible. Beginning Monday, April 6, we will start posting weekly about our magical practices, both individually and together, for Patreon patrons at the 23rd Mind level and higher. As well, when we reach $666 per month, patrons on the $10 or more level will receive two chapters per month of our novel in progress THE EXQUISITE CORPSE... presented on the new and full moon, which will eventually be published as a book. Thank You! Enjoy! LOVE V & C Carl's film screenings in New York at Film Noir Cinema were postponed, but you may view them all at his Vimeo page: https://vimeo.com/carlabrahamsson/vod_pages "Sacred Intent: Conversations with Carl Abrahamsson, 1986-2019" by Genesis Breyer P-Orridge: https://store.trapart.net/details/00082 Loyalty Does Not End With Death from iDeal Recordings: https://idealrecordings.bandcamp.com Sound 23 CD by Vanessa Sinclair + Douglas Lucas: https://store.trapart.net/details/00101 Message 23: https://vanessasinclair.bandcamp.com Highbrow Lowlife: http://highbrow-lowlife.com https://highbrowlowlife.bandcamp.com 23rd Mind TV at Highbrow Lowlife: http://highbrow-lowlife.com/23rd-mind-tv/ Radio Mega Golem: http://highbrow-lowlife.com/mega-golem-radio/ Reasonances by Carl Abrahamsson at Scarlet Imprint: https://scarletimprint.com/publications/reasonances Occulture by Carl Abrahamsson at Inner Traditions: https://www.innertraditions.com/books/occulture Adel Souto: http://adelsouto.com 156: https://onefivesix.bandcamp.com Demetrius Lacroix on Papa Legba at Hadean Press: https://www.hadeanpress.com/shop/papa-legba-a-workbook Fenris Wolf volume 9, collected papers from the Psychoanalysis, Art & the Occult conference: https://store.trapart.net/details/00008 Botanica Macumba, New Orleans: https://botanicamacumba.com Classes offered via: https://www.thecauldronblack.com International Necromancy Consortium: https://www.necromancyconsortium.com Val Denham + Farmacia, The Devil Knows Your Name Now: https://www.psychofonrecords.com/product/val-denham-farmacia-the-devil-knows-your-name-now/ Katelan Foisy: https://www.katelanfoisy.com Sherene Vismaya: http://sherenevismaya.com Relevant links: https://www.patreon.com/vanessa23carl http://www.drvanessasinclair.net https://www.carlabrahamsson.com https://store.trapart.net https://www.trapartfilm.com http://www.renderingunconscious.org https://chaosofthethirdmind.com http://psychartcult.org
Welcome to Occult of Personality: esoteric podcast extraordinaire. I’m your host, Greg Kaminsky and your co-host is Rudolf Berger.This is episode number 201, featuring an interview with Peter Mark Adams who returns to the show to discuss his recent book, Mystai: Dancing Out the Mysteries of Dionysos, published by Scarlet Imprint.Occult of Personality podcast is made possible by you, the listeners, and by the subscribers to https://chamberofreflection.com, our membership site. Before we get to the show intro, I need to say a few words about our current circumstances. Probably like you, I’m now isolating in a sort of lockdown situation to prevent the spread of the COVID19 virus. I pray that you all stay well and are not too stressed by what is happening. The main point that I want to convey is that this situation, while unusual to us, doesn’t change the fundamental reality in which we exist. Our futures are always uncertain. We never know when the end may arrive. In fact, we all suffer from a fatal condition called beingness. As initiates, occultists, mystics, Freemasons, illuminists, and magicians, we are taught to meditate upon death and impermanence as a most effective way to transform from being self-concerned to caring about the world and others. We must hold this in our minds and always remember that a contagious disease spreading through our communities does not change the fact that we must do the right thing even though it requires courage to do so. Please be brave and know that you can put your spiritual practice to the test in these days. We have the capacity to control our reactions and decisions. Use that ability with wisdom and help those around you who need it. I encourage you to be tender-hearted and compassionate even more so than before. Spread that instead of fear. We must be the light and not just talk about it. So, in that spirit, beginning this week, I’ll be posting older content from the Chamber of Reflection archive publicly at no charge. I’ll offer a free recording each day of an older interview, presentation, or meditation. Links to this free content will be posted on the Occult of Personality Facebook page and our Twitter starting on Friday, March 27th. During this time when we’re adapting to new circumstances in various ways, the least I can do is offer you some additional content to fill your days with even more magick and mystery.Now, in episode #201, Peter Mark Adams returns to the show to discuss his wonderful book, Mystai. You can find Peter Mark Adams online at https://petermarkadams.com/. Peter appeared on the show previously to talk about his book, The Game of Saturn (https://occultofpersonality.net/peter-mark-adams/). “Peter Mark Adams is an author, esotericist, tarotist and professional energy worker; he has been engaged in practical research in the fields of esotericism, energy, consciousness and healing for over 45 years. Peter and his wife run a professional practice dedicated to energy-based healing. Previous publications include Altered States / Parallel Worlds, The Tarot de Marseille Chapbook, The Healing Field: Energy: Consciousness and Transformation; and contributions on ritual, demonic possession and interventions of the deceased in the healing process in the peer reviewed academic journals Paranthropology: Journal of Anthropological Approaches to the Paranormal and the Journal of Exceptional Experiences and Psychology. Peter has acted as an advisor to a television documentary on the paranormal and been a speaker at international academic seminars on healing and consciousness. Peter is an associate member of the European Society for the Study of Western Esotericism (ESSWE).”“The Dionysian themed frescos of Pompeii’s Villa of the Mysteries constitute the single most important theurgical narrative to have survived in the Western esoteric tradition. No other practitioner account of the ritual process for conducting a mystery rite has survived down to today. The frescoes’ vivid and allusive imagery illuminates both the ritual activity of the participants as well as its esoteric import. “The frescoes, created in the most private rooms of the extensive Roman villa, were never meant to be seen by anyone other than the members of the all-female Bakkhic thiasos who conducted their most secret rites within them. Buried and preserved for posterity by the eruption of Vesuvius in 79 CE, these stunning Proto-Renaissance images guide the viewer through the consecutive stages of a theurgic rite of initiation into the mysteries of Dionysos. “Arising from within the unique interface between Greek and Roman culture in Southern Italy, the frescoes attest to the survival of an unbroken initiatic tradition of Bakkhic mystery rites on the Italian peninsula stretching back to the fifth century BCE. “The recent restoration of the frescoes has provided a fresh opportunity to elucidate the ritual processes hidden in plain sight. Taking an interdisciplinary approach, Peter Mark Adams draws on current scholarship on dithyrambic performance; the ritual dress of Greco-Roman priestesses; classical philology and the comparative ethnography of rites of higher initiation. With the same attention to detail which he demonstrated in The Game of Saturn, Adams reveals the stages of initiation encoded and accomplished in dance, gesture, ordeal, and sign. “Adams interprets the frescoes through the distinct performative lens of the ritualist, throwing light, for the first time, on the significance of the ritual vocabulary and the phenomenology of ritual participation. We are pulled into the dance ourselves and emerge transfigured by the experience.”I once again find myself very impressed by the work of Peter Mark Adams. In Mystai, Adams has revealed sacred imagery and its function within a long-dead lineage of the Mysteries. His skill in explaining the frescoes, their meanings, and purpose within the ritual context helps us understand this mystical system lost to the mists of time. In the interview, Adams explains how this cult functioned by ritually honoring the deity with a form of devotion that caused a mystical union. Peter Mark Adams has quickly become one of my favorite authors in this genre. His work is groundbreaking, and I always learn new things. Not to mention the book itself is gorgeous and because of the design, materials, colors, and contents, it felt like an indulgent luxury to sit and read it. I highly recommend Mystai!The intro music is “Awakening” by Paul Avgerinos (http://magnatune.com/artists/albums/avgerinos-gnosis?song=3) and the outro music is “Calliopeia – kithara (Ancient Greek)” by Tim Rayborn (http://magnatune.com/artists/albums/rayborn-qadim?song=6) In the Chamber of Reflection, Peter Mark Adams, Rudolf, and I continue this wonderful interview. Listen to that exclusive recording at https://chamberofreflection.com or at our Patreon at https://www.patreon.com/occultofpersonality. Again, beginning this week, I’ll be posting older content from the Chamber of Reflection archive publicly at no charge. During this time when we’re all struggling with time and money in various ways, the least I can do is offer you some additional content to fill your days with magick and mystery.I’d like to remind you that although you’re able to listen to this podcast at no charge, it costs time and money to create. We ask you to support our efforts and the creation of future podcasts by joining the membership section at https://chamberofreflection.com or subscribing via Patreon at https://www.patreon.com/occultofpersonality. And if you’re already supporting the show or have done so in the past – my heartfelt thanks and I salute you! Thanks for listening and until next time . . . https://scarletimprint.com/publications/mystaihttps://petermarkadams.com/https://occultofpersonality.net/peter-mark-adams/
Welcome to Occult of Personality: esoteric podcast extraordinaire. I’m your host, Greg Kaminsky and your co-host is Rudolf Berger. This is episode number 201, featuring an interview with Peter Mark Adams who returns to the show to discuss his recent book, Mystai: Dancing Out the Mysteries of Dionysos, published by Scarlet Imprint. Occult of Personality podcast is made possible by you, the listeners, and by the subscribers to https://chamberofreflection.com, our membership site. Before we get to the show intro, I need to say a few words about our current circumstances. Probably like you, I’m now isolating in a sort of lockdown situation to prevent the spread of the COVID19 virus. I pray that you all stay well and are not too stressed by what is happening. The main point that I want to convey is that this situation, while unusual to us, doesn’t change the fundamental reality in which we exist. Our futures are always uncertain. We never know when the end may arrive. In fact, we all suffer from a fatal condition called beingness. As initiates, occultists, mystics, Freemasons, illuminists, and magicians, we are taught to meditate upon death and impermanence as a most effective way to transform from being self-concerned to caring about the world and others. We must hold this in our minds and always remember that a contagious disease spreading through our communities does not change the fact that we must do the right thing even though it requires courage to do so. Please be brave and know that you can put your spiritual practice to the test in these days. We have the capacity to control our reactions and decisions. Use that ability with wisdom and help those around you who need it. I encourage you to be tender-hearted and compassionate even more so than before. Spread that instead of fear. We must be the light and not just talk about it. So, in that spirit, beginning this week, I’ll be posting older content from the Chamber of Reflection archive publicly at no charge. I’ll offer a free recording each day of an older interview, presentation, or meditation. Links to this free content will be posted on the Occult of Personality Facebook page and our Twitter starting on Friday, March 27th. During this time when we’re adapting to new circumstances in various ways, the least I can do is offer you some additional content to fill your days with even more magick and mystery. Now, in episode #201, Peter Mark Adams returns to the show to discuss his wonderful book, Mystai. You can find Peter Mark Adams online at https://petermarkadams.com/. Peter appeared on the show previously to talk about his book, The Game of Saturn (https://occultofpersonality.net/peter-mark-adams/). “Peter Mark Adams is an author, esotericist, tarotist and professional energy worker; he has been engaged in practical research in the fields of esotericism, energy, consciousness and healing for over 45 years. Peter and his wife run a professional practice dedicated to energy-based healing. Previous publications include Altered States / Parallel Worlds, The Tarot de Marseille Chapbook, The Healing Field: Energy: Consciousness and Transformation; and contributions on ritual, demonic possession and interventions of the deceased in the healing process in the peer reviewed academic journals Paranthropology: Journal of Anthropological Approaches to the Paranormal and the Journal of Exceptional Experiences and Psychology. Peter has acted as an advisor to a television documentary on the paranormal and been a speaker at international academic seminars on healing and consciousness. Peter is an associate member of the European Society for the Study of Western Esotericism (ESSWE).” “The Dionysian themed frescos of Pompeii’s Villa of the Mysteries constitute the single most important theurgical narrative to have survived in the Western esoteric tradition. No other practitioner account of the ritual process for conducting a mystery rite has survived down to today. The frescoes’ vivid and allusive imagery illuminates both the ritual activity of the participants as well as its esoteric import. “The frescoes, created in the most private rooms of the extensive Roman villa, were never meant to be seen by anyone other than the members of the all-female Bakkhic thiasos who conducted their most secret rites within them. Buried and preserved for posterity by the eruption of Vesuvius in 79 CE, these stunning Proto-Renaissance images guide the viewer through the consecutive stages of a theurgic rite of initiation into the mysteries of Dionysos. “Arising from within the unique interface between Greek and Roman culture in Southern Italy, the frescoes attest to the survival of an unbroken initiatic tradition of Bakkhic mystery rites on the Italian peninsula stretching back to the fifth century BCE. “The recent restoration of the frescoes has provided a fresh opportunity to elucidate the ritual processes hidden in plain sight. Taking an interdisciplinary approach, Peter Mark Adams draws on current scholarship on dithyrambic performance; the ritual dress of Greco-Roman priestesses; classical philology and the comparative ethnography of rites of higher initiation. With the same attention to detail which he demonstrated in The Game of Saturn, Adams reveals the stages of initiation encoded and accomplished in dance, gesture, ordeal, and sign. “Adams interprets the frescoes through the distinct performative lens of the ritualist, throwing light, for the first time, on the significance of the ritual vocabulary and the phenomenology of ritual participation. We are pulled into the dance ourselves and emerge transfigured by the experience.” I once again find myself very impressed by the work of Peter Mark Adams. In Mystai, Adams has revealed sacred imagery and its function within a long-dead lineage of the Mysteries. His skill in explaining the frescoes, their meanings, and purpose within the ritual context helps us understand this mystical system lost to the mists of time. In the interview, Adams explains how this cult functioned by ritually honoring the deity with a form of devotion that caused a mystical union. Peter Mark Adams has quickly become one of my favorite authors in this genre. His work is groundbreaking, and I always learn new things. Not to mention the book itself is gorgeous and because of the design, materials, colors, and contents, it felt like an indulgent luxury to sit and read it. I highly recommend Mystai! The intro music is “Awakening” by Paul Avgerinos (http://magnatune.com/artists/albums/avgerinos-gnosis?song=3) and the outro music is “Calliopeia – kithara (Ancient Greek)” by Tim Rayborn (http://magnatune.com/artists/albums/rayborn-qadim?song=6) In the Chamber of Reflection, Peter Mark Adams, Rudolf, and I continue this wonderful interview. Listen to that exclusive recording at https://chamberofreflection.com or at our Patreon at https://www.patreon.com/occultofpersonality. Again, beginning this week, I’ll be posting older content from the Chamber of Reflection archive publicly at no charge. During this time when we’re all struggling with time and money in various ways, the least I can do is offer you some additional content to fill your days with magick and mystery. I’d like to remind you that although you’re able to listen to this podcast at no charge, it costs time and money to create. We ask you to support our efforts and the creation of future podcasts by joining the membership section at https://chamberofreflection.com or subscribing via Patreon at https://www.patreon.com/occultofpersonality. And if you’re already supporting the show or have done so in the past – my heartfelt thanks and I salute you! Thanks for listening and until next time . . . https://scarletimprint.com/publications/mystai https://petermarkadams.com/ https://occultofpersonality.net/peter-mark-adams/
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Vanessa Sinclair & Carl Abrahamsson present Episode 1 of 23rd Mind TV. There is a video to accompany this episode, where we showcase various books, music, film and art, so check out the video at YouTube: https://youtu.be/rI3JQGYHemA or Vimeo: https://vimeo.com/388735356 Join us at Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/vanessa23carl Episode 1 of 23rd Mind TV by and with Vanessa Sinclair & Carl Abrahamsson. "What are we working on right now, and how and why? Plus mentions of new work by our many friends, like Swans, Gustaf Broms, Scarlet Imprint, Val Denham, Fredrik Söderberg, Christine Ödlund, Fred Andersson, Genesis P-Orridge, and more..." Vanessa Sinclair is presenting On Psychoanalysis and Violence: Contemporary Lacanian Perspectives (Routledge, 2018) co-edited with Manya Steinkoler at the American Psychological Association, Division 39 Spring Meeting: https://division39springmeeting.net The book On Psychoanalysis and Violence: Contemporary Lacanian Perspectives (Routledge, 2018) is available: https://www.routledge.com/On-Psychoanalysis-and-Violence-Contemporary-Lacanian-Perspectives/Sinclair-Steinkoler/p/book/9781138346338 See Carl's films screen in New York! Friday March 20, Anton LaVey - Into the Devil's Den with Q&A: https://www.filmnoircinema.com/program/2020/3/20/anton-lavey-into-the-devils-den-with-qampa Saturday March 21, My Silent Lips: https://www.filmnoircinema.com/program/2020/3/21/my-silent-lips Sunday March 22, Cinemagician: Conversations with Kenneth Anger: https://www.filmnoircinema.com/program/2020/3/22/cinemagician-conversations-with-kenneth-anger + Change Itself: Genesis Breyer P-Orridge with Q&A: https://www.filmnoircinema.com/program/2020/3/22/change-itself-genesis-breyer-p-orridge NOW AVAILABLE: "Sacred Intent: Conversations with Carl Abrahamsson, 1986-2019" by Genesis Breyer P-Orridge: https://store.trapart.net/details/00082 To view Carl's films online including his newest film Anton LaVey: Into the Devil's Den, and An Art Apart documentary portraits of Gustaf Broms, Genesis Breyer P-Orridge, Kenneth Anger and more, visit: https://vimeo.com/carlabrahamsson/vod_pages Vanessa + Carl’s collaborative album Cut to Fit the Mouth: https://store.trapart.net/details/00081 Vanessa + Kevin Wright aka Akoustik Timbre Frekuency - The Chapel is Empty: https://store.trapart.net/details/00062 Link to “Nothing can stop it now” video: https://youtu.be/yOzVUvZLRRE iDeal Recordings recently released "Loyalty Does Not End With Death" by Genesis Breyer P-Orridge and Carl Abrahamsson: https://idealrecordings.bandcamp.com New Swans album available from Young God Records: https://younggodrecords.com/products/leaving-meaning Val Denham: https://www.facebook.com/val.denham.1 https://www.timeless-shop.com/?s=val+denham&post_type=product Peter Grey and Alkistis Dimech of Scarlet Imprint: https://scarletimprint.com https://alkistisdimech.com https://twitter.com/scarletimprint https://twitter.com/alkistisdimech Charlotte Rodgers: http://charlotte-rodgers-caya.squarespace.com https://twitter.com/CharlotteRodge9 Paul Watson: http://www.lazaruscorporation.co.uk https://ritualsdeclarations.bigcartel.com https://twitter.com/lazcorp https://twitter.com/RitualsZine Fred Andersson: https://www.patreon.com/fredandersson/posts https://twitter.com/HomoSatanis Gustaf Broms: http://www.orgchaosmik.org https://vimeo.com/ondemand/themysteryoflife Fredrik Söderberg & Christine Ödlund art books on sale at Trapart: https://store.trapart.net/item/0 http://www.fredriksoderberg.org http://www.christineodlund.se Vanessa's dress by Marshmallow by Lady: https://ladyworld.tv/lady-shop The song at the end of the episode is "Disco Death Scan" by Vanessa Sinclair and Douglas Lucas from the forthcoming album "Sound 23" from Highbrow-Lowlife and Trapart Editions. https://highbrowlowlife.bandcamp.com Image by Carl Abrahamsson www.carlabrahamsson.com
#067 - ‘An Excellent Booke of the Arte of Magicke’ with Dr. Al Cummins | Glitch BottleDr. Alexander Cummins - author, historian, poet and practicing magician - shares about the incredible records of a magician-scryer duo who used forceful methods and stripped down Protestant ritual to work with spirits during the spring of 1567. These records are found in one of the latest releases from Scarlet Imprint, “An Excellent Booke of the Arte of Magicke: The Magical Works of Humphrey Gilbert and John Davis.” This incredible tome was transcribed from British Library Additional manuscript 36674, edited and introduced by Phil Legard, with supplementary essays by Dr. Cummins, and includes a foreword by Dan Harms.Order ‘An Excellent Booke’! ✅►https://scarletimprint.com/publications/an-excellent-booke
#067 - ‘An Excellent Booke of the Arte of Magicke’ with Dr. Al Cummins | Glitch BottleDr. Alexander Cummins - author, historian, poet and practicing magician - shares about the incredible records of a magician-scryer duo who used forceful methods and stripped down Protestant ritual to work with spirits during the spring of 1567. These records are found in one of the latest releases from Scarlet Imprint, “An Excellent Booke of the Arte of Magicke: The Magical Works of Humphrey Gilbert and John Davis.” This incredible tome was transcribed from British Library Additional manuscript 36674, edited and introduced by Phil Legard, with supplementary essays by Dr. Cummins, and includes a foreword by Dan Harms.Order ‘An Excellent Booke’! ✅►https://scarletimprint.com/publications/an-excellent-booke
PETER GREY is a writer, and the co-founder of Scarlet Imprint. He is the author of The Red Goddess (2007), Apocalyptic Witchcraft (2013) and Lucifer: Princeps (2015). An extensive selection of his essays on magic and witchcraft is collected in The Brazen Vessel (2019). He is currently writing Lucifer: Praxis which addresses working with the fallen angels of the Enochic tradition and their transvection into the grimoires and modern practice. ALKISTIS DIMECH is the co-founder of Scarlet Imprint, for which she is editrix, typographer and book designer. She is a dancer and choreographer, working within the lineage of butō, a discipline and philosophy she has explored since 2002. She has performed in the UK, Europe and the United States, solo and in collaboration with other artists, notably Gast Bouschet & Nadine Hilbert, Anji Cheung, and Z’EV. In her research and magical practice, she gives a central place to the phenomenology of movement and the living body, specifically in relation to the occult. She has spoken on her work and given workshops at conferences and events in the UK, Europe and the United States. Her dance work is documented at http://alkistisdimech.com and selected writings were published last year in The Brazen Vessel. Just three examples of the wonderful books Scarlet imprint creates: The Red Goddess, by Peter Grey, Mystai, by Peter Mark Adams, and The Brazen Vessel, by Alkistis Dimech and Peter Grey (from left to right) To go to Scarlet Imprint's homepage, click here Music played in this episode The enigmatic WILBURN BURCHETTE burned most of his musical artifacts, but his impartiality to his own music didn’t deter its success. Creating music that resonated a cross between horror scores and Californian New Age, Burchette self-distributed on the Burchette Brothers label in collaboration with his brother, Kenneth, from 1971 to 1977. Link to his bandcamp page From his 1973 album "Guitar Grimoire" 1) BIRTH OF A WITCH 2) INVOCATION OF THE HORNED ONE 3) FIRE SPELL Intro and Outro Music especially written and recorded for the Thoth-Hermes Podcast by Chris Roberts
Cognitive science researcher, Vince Polito, joins us this week to speak about microdosing, psychedelics in a clinical setting, and the direction and implications of this sort of work for our understanding of the human mind. School is in! Except this time I am paying attention. Show Notes Vince's website. Vince on Twitter. Vince's microdosing study. Classic psychedelics: An integrative review of epidemiology, therapeutics, mystical experience, and brain network function. And finally, Gordon's upcoming London events: Avenging Angels, with Peter and Alkistis from Scarlet Imprint. March 15th. Tamesis Retrograde: An all-day animism, journeying and decolonisation workshop. March 16th.
Alkistis Dimech and Peter Grey are the powerhouse tag team behind Scarlet Imprint, one of the premier purveyors of what I call dank esoterica. You know these two, you love these two, and by the end of the chat you may want to marry these two. Or maybe you’ll just want to buy their new book, The Brazen Vessel, a collection of selected texts, essays and presentations that documents the creative, magical partnership of Alkistis and Peter from 2008 to 2018. PATREON EXTENSION Listen at patreon.com/occulture Alkistis’ translation of ‘The Book of Spirits’, which unlocks the hierarchy of the Ars Goetia Mystical language The alchemical quintessence The Luciferian revolt Is myth an endangered species? An erotic eschatology of union and of love, and Babalon as a obviously a representation of this “The certainty of death is felt by lovers” RESOURCES The Brazen Vessel from Scarlet Imprint Scarlet Imprint on Twitter Scarlet Imprint on Instagram DONATE If recurring monthly support via Patreon isn’t your thing, we do accept one time-donations via PayPal, Bitcoin, Ethereum and Ripple. Every little bit helps. MERCH Tees, tanks, hoodies, hats. Check ‘em out at our Etsy shop. SOCIAL Twitter Instagram Facebook Tumblr MUSIC Vestron Vulture - “I Want to Be a Robot (Tribute to Giorgio Moroder)” Occams Laser - "Martyr Farker (Occulture Edit)" PRODUCTION & LICENSING This podcast is produced in the Kingdom of Ohio and is licensed under Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International. Executive Producers: Carter Y., Mauricio G., Daniel R., Kelly C., Bruce H., Christopher B., Timothy W., Nick F., Michael Q., Jamaica J., Mute Ryan, John W., Andy E., Colleen F., Saliyah S., Michael S., Kevin C., Megan B., Kaleb H., Dionisio T., Scotty R., CL, Raymond G. REMINDER Love yourself. Think for yourself. Question authority.
On this episode of Rendering Unconscious, Swedish author Carl Abrahamsson presents his lecture "Intuition as a State of Grace" on the similarities of the creative process in art and ritual. To listen to his previous talk "Formulating the Desired" on the similarities between ritual magic and psychoanalysis, please visit Rendering Unconscious podcast episode 7. Rendering Unconscious Podcast can be found at Spotify, iTunes, YouTube, Vimeo... Please visit the www.renderingunconscious.org/about for links to all of these sites. Please find his books: "Occulture: the Hidden Forces that Drive Culture Forward" (Inner Traditions, 2018): https://www.innertraditions.com/occulture.html "Reasonances" (Scarlet Imprint, 2013): https://scarletimprint.com/carl-abrahamsson/ His ongoing series The Fenris Wolf via Trapart Books: www.trapart.net Please support the podcast at www.patreon.com/vanessa23carl For more information visit: www.carlabrahamsson.com www.trapart.net www.drvanessasinclair.net www.renderingunconscious.org The song at the end of the episode is "Altruistic Selfishness" from the album "O Time Thy Pyramids"by Carl Abrahamsson: https://carlabrahamsson.bandcamp.com Art by Vanessa Sinclair & Carl Abrahamsson www.patreon.com/vanessa23carl
Thelema Now host Harper Feist talks to Alkistis Dimech, who is a dancer and choreographer, as well as a writer. Her current work is an exploration of female mysteries and sexuality through the nymph – veiled, as elemental divinity, the bride or nubile woman, mantis, and clitoris – articulated in a projected cycle of dances, Apocalyptería. Her new work is the book The Brazen Vessel published by Scarlet Imprint. To find out more - visit Alkistis's website!
The amazing Alkistis Dimech and Peter Grey return to the show on the occasion of their latest Scarlet Imprint release, Brazen Vessel. This new book is a collection of both of their writings on witchcraft, Lucifer, the grimoires, embodiment and Babalon. And those are the subjects of our discussion. Enjoy! Show Notes Buy Brazen Vessel. Scarlet Imprint. Scarlet Imprint on Twitter. Scarlet Imprint on Instagram. Alkistis on Twitter. Alkistis on Instagram. Alkistis's website. Video from the book launch at Treadwell's in London.
Topics Discussed: - How Alkistis first came in contact with Babalon - What is Babalon energy - How naturally shy women can go forth and do dope shit in the world - How a newbie can start working with Babalon - Embodiment and dreams - The importance of dream vocabulary for women - Menstrual cycle and dreams - Using body as magical text - How to start with spirit work (pre-Babalon work) Get in touch with Chaweon: https://www.instagram.com/hichaweon/ https://twitter.com/hichaweon https://www.facebook.com/witchesandwine/ Hey babe, hear the full-length "Director's Cut" of interviews...and get exclusive content! Become a patron of Witches & Wine: https://www.patreon.com/witchesandwine This podcast audio is from this Witches & Wine video: https://youtu.be/6pRw5pAoZcg --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app
Talking with Alkistis Dimech of Scarlet Imprint about the importance of body movement in magic. Get in touch with Chaweon: https://www.instagram.com/hichaweon/ https://twitter.com/hichaweon https://www.facebook.com/witchesandwine/ Hey babe, hear the full-length "Director's Cut" of interviews (and other bonus content). Support Witches & Wine on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/witchesandwine This podcast audio is from this Witches & Wine video: https://youtu.be/beS2bmrV5UI --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app
It is once again time for our annual catch up with Alkistis and Peter of Scarlet Imprint! I always look forward to these discussions as -for one- I learn so much and -for two- it gives me those warm, 'find the others' feels. This week's episode has all of that in spades. We talk angels, landscape, tarot, books and, inevitably, witchcraft and the wider culture. Enjoy! Show Notes Scarlet Imprint Alkistis Dimech Scarlet Imprint on Twitter Alkistis on Twitter Scarlet Imprint on Instagram Alkistis on Instagram
Julio Cesar Ody is a magician, author and mercilessly practical practitioner of Solomonic magic. Hailing from Brazil where he performed seances and experiments with the Book of Saint Cyprian (among other practices), Julio’s new book from Scarlet Imprint, “Magister Officiorum”, details his use of the fundamentals of in-depth Solomonic magical methods and how his approach is informed by other strands in the Western magical tradition: including Espiritismo and Obeah. We talk about grimoiric magic, working with a King of the Four Directions, the hierarchy of spirits, working with Lucifer and so much more! *Check out ‘Magister Officiorum’ from Scarlet Imprint: https://scarletimprint.com/publications/magister-officiorum*Check out Julio’s website: http://crossing-sun.com/*********Subscribe to Glitch Bottle!*********---------------------------------iTunes: https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/id1235137914Stitcher: http://www.stitcher.com/podcast/alexander-eth/glitch-bottleYouTube: https://www.youtube.com/user/glitchbottle
Julio Cesar Ody is a magician, author and mercilessly practical practitioner of Solomonic magic. Hailing from Brazil where he performed seances and experiments with the Book of Saint Cyprian (among other practices), Julio’s new book from Scarlet Imprint, “Magister Officiorum”, details his use of the fundamentals of in-depth Solomonic magical methods and how his approach is informed by other strands in the Western magical tradition: including Espiritismo and Obeah. We talk about grimoiric magic, working with a King of the Four Directions, the hierarchy of spirits, working with Lucifer and so much more! *Check out ‘Magister Officiorum’ from Scarlet Imprint: https://scarletimprint.com/publications/magister-officiorum*Check out Julio’s website: http://crossing-sun.com/*********Subscribe to Glitch Bottle!*********---------------------------------iTunes: https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/id1235137914Stitcher: http://www.stitcher.com/podcast/alexander-eth/glitch-bottleYouTube: https://www.youtube.com/user/glitchbottle
Host Harper Feist speaks to Rain Al-Alim, which is the nom de plume of the author of Jinn Sorcery. He has chosen to remain anonymous to avoid the stigmatization that practitioners of magic and sorcery can experience in his country - and the punishment can include beheading in some countries. He holds a degree in journalism and is currently studying Arabic philology; and he has studied and practiced the occult arts for approximately 17 years. To find out more about Jinn Sorcery, visit Scarlet Imprint.
What a conversation we have in store for you this time around. Alkistis Dimech is in the house. She’s the co-founder of Scarlet Imprint, perhaps the finest occult publishing house going today. But Alkistis is so much more than that. She’s a dancer and choreographer and a student of music and theater and the arts. She also kinda-sorta took me to task on Twitter not too long ago, and rightly so, and - well, you’ll hear about that too. RESOURCES Alkistis’ website Alkistis on Twitter Alkistis on Instagram Scarlet Imprint Flambeau Noir Essays by Alkistis quoted in this episode: Babalon, the embodiment of mystery Raw power: Babalon, witchcraft & female sexuality Dynamics of the occulted body Passages through the skin PATREON Please do take a moment to check out our Patreon campaign. We call it Coda. Four levels of support. Bonus content. Free shit. Click here to check it out. DONATE If recurring monthly support via Patreon isn’t your thing, we do accept one time-donations via PayPal, Bitcoin, Ethereum and Ripple. Every little bit helps. Click here if you’re interested. MERCH We recently released our first t-shirt. Check it out on our website or at our Etsy shop. SOCIAL Twitter Instagram Facebook Tumblr MUSIC Vestron Vulture - “I Want to be a Robot (Tribute to Giorgio Moroder)” PRODUCTION & LICENSING This podcast is produced in the Kingdom of Ohio and is licensed under Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International. Executive Producers: Mike K., Erick, Matt A., Carter Y., Mauricio G., Alyssa S., Daniel R. REMINDER Love yourself. Think for yourself. Question authority.
Katy Bohinc is the author of Trinity Star Trinity, a long poem dedicated to the divine feminine recently released by the fine folks over at Scarlet Imprint. Katy is a poet and a data scientist; an avant garde publisher and a professional marketer; an activist, an astrologer and an innovator. She studied pure math and comparative literature, and in her words, she doesn't think these things are contradictory; she thinks it's the future. As for Trinity Star Trinity, this was written after experiences Katy had in the home of Greek lyrical poet Sappho and at the birthplace of the Greek Olympian Hera. The long poem takes shape as an ode or chant and is comprised of 27 poems of 27 words each, and speaks to Katy’s interest in astrology, triangles, and mathematics. Katy did join me via cell phone and the audio was a bit problematic at times, but the message comes through loud and clear in the end, so stick with it, because we did some thinking, we did some questioning, and we did a whole lot of laughing. RESOURCES “Trinity Star Trinity” at Scarlet Imprint Katy’s website Katy on Facebook Katy on Instagram Katy on Twitter PATREON Please do take a moment to check out our Patreon campaign. We call it Coda. Four levels of support. Bonus content. Free shit. Click here to check it out. DONATE If recurring monthly support via Patreon isn’t your thing, we do accept one time-donations via PayPal, Bitcoin, Ethereum and Ripple. Every little bit helps. Click here if you’re interested. MERCH We recently released our first t-shirt. Check it out on our website or at our Etsy shop. SOCIAL Twitter Instagram Facebook Tumblr MUSIC Vestron Vulture - “I Want to be a Robot (Tribute to Giorgio Moroder)” PRODUCTION & LICENSING This podcast is produced in the Kingdom of Ohio and is licensed under Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International. Executive Producers: Mike K., Erick, Jason N., Matt A. REMINDER Love yourself. Think for yourself. Question authority.
In this episode we are going to dive into the world of witchcraft with Nicholaj de Mattos Frisvold who is a behavioral psychologist, anthropologist and master brewer. During the last 25 years he has travelled extensively in search of traditional wisdom and spiritual legacies, with a particular focus on African and Afro derived traditions along with what is generally defined as traditional witchcraft in Europe. This has led to deep involvement with several streams of wisdom, such as traditional Ifá, Haitian Vodou, Palo Mayombe, Quimbanda and a rich knowledge of witchcraft in general. Check out his website Sacred Alchemy Store, his blog The Starry Cave or if you are interested in his books go to Scarlet Imprint.Music featured in this episode:Alchemywww.alchemusic.bandcamp.comwww.soundcloud.com/alchemywww.facebook.com/alchemusic
This week, Peter and Alkistis of Scarlet Imprint return for their now-traditional 'state of the magical world' address. We talk trends in occultism and culture, the impact of Sola Busca and the looming return of the Djinn. Good times. Show Notes Scarlet Imprint Peter on Twitter Sabbatic Dance Alkistis on Twitter
Peter Mark Adams, author of The Game of Saturn: Decoding the Sola-Busca Tarocchi, published by Scarlet Imprint, is our guest in podcast episode 183. https://scarletimprint.com/publications/the-game-of-saturn The Game of Saturn is the first full length, scholarly study of the enigmatic Renaissance masterwork known as the Sola-Busca tarocchi. It reveals the existence of a pagan liturgical and ritual tradition active amongst members of the Renaissance elite and encoded within the deck. Beneath its beautifully decorated surface, its imagery ranges from the obscure to the grotesque . . . For the first time in over five hundred years, the clues embedded within the cards reveal a dark Gnostic grimoire replete with pagan theurgical and astral magical rites. Careful analysis demonstrates that the presiding deity of this ‘cult object’ is none other than the Gnostic demiurge in its most archaic and violent form: the Afro-Levantine serpent-dragon, Ba’al Hammon, also known as Kronos and Saturn, though more notoriously as the biblical Moloch, the devourer of children. Conveyed from Constantinople to Italy in the dying years of the Byzantine Empire, the pagan Platonist George Gemistos Plethon sought to ensure the survival of the living essence of Neoplatonic theurgy by transplanting it to the elite families of the Italian Renaissance. Within that violent and sorcerous milieu, Plethon’s vision of a theurgically enlightened elite mutated into its dark shadow – a Saturnian brotherhood, operating within a cosmology of predation, which sought to channel the draconian current to preserve elite wealth, power and control. This development marks the birth of an ‘illumined elite’ over three centuries before Adam Weishaupt’s ‘Illuminati.’ The deck captures the essence of this magical tradition . . . This work fully explores the historical context for the deck’s creation against the background of tense Ferrarese-Venetian diplomatic intrigue and espionage. The recovery of the deck’s encoded narratives constitutes a significant contribution to Renaissance scholarship, art history, tarot studies and the history of Western esotericism.In my opinion, The Game of Saturn is a groundbreaking study. It reveals evidence supporting the most egregious allegations of conspiracy theorists including dragon bloodlines, black magic, and human sacrifice. Combined with the wonderful analysis of the unique Tarot imagery and symbolism, Adams has created an instant classic and revealed his own talent as a scholar, author and esotericist. I highly recommend The Game of Saturn! Peter Mark Adams is an author, professional energy worker and healer . . . With a background in philosophy, he has been researching . . . consciousness and healing for over 35 years. Peter is also a contributor to international peer-reviewed scholarly journals . . . and contributed numerous articles on complementary and alternative medicine, mindfulness, Reiki, breathwork, energy, esotericism and altered states of consciousness.In the Chamber of Reflection, Peter Mark Adams, Rudolf, and I continue the interview at https://chamberofreflection.com. You’ll hear more about the elaborate cover stories that obscure the true malefic nature of the Sola-Busca Tarot, the cover stories surrounding Christianity, and Peter Mark Adams masterful analysis. He also talks about morality, psychic vampires, and more. Join us for that fascinating conversation!I’d like to remind you that although you’re able to listen to this podcast at no charge, the costs to produce it are significant. Your financial contributions ensure the continuity of the free podcast. Please support Occult of Personality podcast by joining the membership section https://chamberofreflection.com or via Patreon at https://www.patreon.com/occultofpersonality. And if you’re already supporting the show or have done so in the past – my heartfelt thanks and I salute you!Peter Mark Adams - http://www.petermarkadams.com/The Game of Saturn: Decoding the Sola-Busca Tarocchi by Peter Mark Adams - https://scarletimprint.com/publications/the-game-of-saturnSola-Busca tarocchi published by Scarlet Imprint - https://scarletimprint.com/publications/sola-busca-tarocchiIntro music – “Awakening” by Paul Avgerinos - http://magnatune.com/artists/albums/avgerinos-gnosis?song=3Outro music – “Saturn Blues” by Beats Under Control - http://magnatune.com/artists/albums/beatunder-intro?song=6
Peter Mark Adams, author of The Game of Saturn: Decoding the Sola-Busca Tarocchi, published by Scarlet Imprint, is our guest in podcast episode 183. https://scarletimprint.com/publications/the-game-of-saturn The Game of Saturn is the first full length, scholarly study of the enigmatic Renaissance masterwork known as the Sola-Busca tarocchi. It reveals the existence of a pagan liturgical and ritual tradition active amongst members of the Renaissance elite and encoded within the deck. Beneath its beautifully decorated surface, its imagery ranges from the obscure to the grotesque . . . For the first time in over five hundred years, the clues embedded within the cards reveal a dark Gnostic grimoire replete with pagan theurgical and astral magical rites. Careful analysis demonstrates that the presiding deity of this ‘cult object’ is none other than the Gnostic demiurge in its most archaic and violent form: the Afro-Levantine serpent-dragon, Ba’al Hammon, also known as Kronos and Saturn, though more notoriously as the biblical Moloch, the devourer of children. Conveyed from Constantinople to Italy in the dying years of the Byzantine Empire, the pagan Platonist George Gemistos Plethon sought to ensure the survival of the living essence of Neoplatonic theurgy by transplanting it to the elite families of the Italian Renaissance. Within that violent and sorcerous milieu, Plethon’s vision of a theurgically enlightened elite mutated into its dark shadow – a Saturnian brotherhood, operating within a cosmology of predation, which sought to channel the draconian current to preserve elite wealth, power and control. This development marks the birth of an ‘illumined elite’ over three centuries before Adam Weishaupt’s ‘Illuminati.’ The deck captures the essence of this magical tradition . . . This work fully explores the historical context for the deck’s creation against the background of tense Ferrarese-Venetian diplomatic intrigue and espionage. The recovery of the deck’s encoded narratives constitutes a significant contribution to Renaissance scholarship, art history, tarot studies and the history of Western esotericism. In my opinion, The Game of Saturn is a groundbreaking study. It reveals evidence supporting the most egregious allegations of conspiracy theorists including dragon bloodlines, black magic, and human sacrifice. Combined with the wonderful analysis of the unique Tarot imagery and symbolism, Adams has created an instant classic and revealed his own talent as a scholar, author and esotericist. I highly recommend The Game of Saturn! Peter Mark Adams is an author, professional energy worker and healer . . . With a background in philosophy, he has been researching . . . consciousness and healing for over 35 years. Peter is also a contributor to international peer-reviewed scholarly journals . . . and contributed numerous articles on complementary and alternative medicine, mindfulness, Reiki, breathwork, energy, esotericism and altered states of consciousness. In the Chamber of Reflection, Peter Mark Adams, Rudolf, and I continue the interview at https://chamberofreflection.com. You’ll hear more about the elaborate cover stories that obscure the true malefic nature of the Sola-Busca Tarot, the cover stories surrounding Christianity, and Peter Mark Adams masterful analysis. He also talks about morality, psychic vampires, and more. Join us for that fascinating conversation! I’d like to remind you that although you’re able to listen to this podcast at no charge, the costs to produce it are significant. Your financial contributions ensure the continuity of the free podcast. Please support Occult of Personality podcast by joining the membership section https://chamberofreflection.com or via Patreon at https://www.patreon.com/occultofpersonality. And if you’re already supporting the show or have done so in the past – my heartfelt thanks and I salute you! Peter Mark Adams - http://www.petermarkadams.com/ The Game of Saturn: Decoding the Sola-Busca Tarocchi by Peter Mark Adams - https://scarletimprint.com/publications/the-game-of-saturn Sola-Busca tarocchi published by Scarlet Imprint - https://scarletimprint.com/publications/sola-busca-tarocchi Intro music – “Awakening” by Paul Avgerinos - http://magnatune.com/artists/albums/avgerinos-gnosis?song=3 Outro music – “Saturn Blues” by Beats Under Control - http://magnatune.com/artists/albums/beatunder-intro?song=6
This week we speak to Peter Mark Adams about his amazing new book, The Game of Saturn. Recently released by Scarlet Imprint, The Game of Saturn walks us through the origin and meaning of the oldest 'tarot-ish' deck in the world, the Sola Busca card deck. Peter talks us through the story of the emergence of these cards within an ascendant Northern Italy both exploring and putting to nefarious use its recently-acquired Byzantine magical inheritance. The thesis is astonishing, the book is amazing, the conversation is scintillating. Enjoy. Show Notes Buy the book Peter's website Peter on Twitter Peter on Academia
Episode 52! That means the podcast has been running -without interruption- for a whole year. If you've never done it before, you may be unaware of why I am quietly quite proud of this achievement. If you have done it before -but not in a year where you secretly moved across the world and lived first in a house with no furniture, then an AirBnB, then lived without a fixed address for two months- well... look into it. It's not that bad. (Ha! Definitely do not do this. Fishing around in several suitcases for a microphone to setup on a bedside dresser in your brother's apartment while keeping Peter Levenda waiting. Yeesh.) To celebrate, the obvious guest choice is guest number one, Peter Grey -this time dramatically improved with the addition of Alkistis to the discussion. And given that the show is about milestones, it seems the best thing to talk about is the year that was, as well as where magic is going in 2017. Thank you all so much for listening. Roll on, Year 2! Show Notes Scarlet Imprint Scarlet Imprint Facebook Page Scarlet Imprint on Twitter Alkistis on Twitter
This week we chat to novelist and Fortean researcher, Michael M. Hughes, about one of my absolute favourite subjects -the tarot. We also chat about a few other favourite topics, too -including UFO encounters and quality weird fiction. It's a splendid, splendid chat. Show Notes Michael's website and blog Michael on twitter Michael's book and deck recommendations: This week's guest has been gracious enough to share some suggestions and pointers for the listeners, which you can find below: The Way of Tarot: The Spiritual Teacher in the Cards by Alejandro Jodorowsky One of the best books about Tarot ever written. Deep, philosophical, yet incredibly practical teachings from a true visionary. Jodo’s “rebuilt” deck that he produced with Phillipe Camoin includes details that are iffy (the Papesse’s “egg” being a prime example), but those are minor points in an otherwise essential text. Jodo’s numerology system is brilliant and the one I use for working with the minor arcana. Favorite quote: “To comprehend the Arcana, we have to enter inside them stripped of words. Better, we should allow ourselves to be possessed by them.” Meditations on the Tarot by Anonymous (Valentin Tomberg) A profoundly spiritual work that uses the Tarot as introduction to esoteric Christian Hermeticism filtered via an unorthodox Roman Catholic lens. Definitely not for everyone, but if the description piques your interest, pick it up—its insights are revelatory. There is an intriguing photo that shows this book on Pope John Paul II’s desk. http://corjesusacratissimum.org/2013/12/meditations-on-the-tarot-and-the-vatican/ The Inner Guide Meditation: A Spiritual Technology for the 21st Century by Edwin C. Steinbrecher A carefully constructed program to contact and work with one’s inner guide (HGA, daemon, genius) via the tarot archetypes, Jungian active imagination, and astrology. Israel Regardie called this book “One of the most significant contributions to occult history in modern times” and he was not exaggerating. This is true tarot magic, and, if you follow the program, the results may astound you. Tarot—The Open Reading by Yoav-Ben Dov Another must-have if you decide to explore the Tarot de Marseille, it is especially useful for free-form spreads and readings “outside the box” with any deck. Ben Dov’s “open reading” style, an elaboration of methods he learned while studying with Jodorowsky, is very similar to the process I teach. The Magical World of the Tarot: Fourfold Mirror of the Universe by Gareth Knight All of Knight’s books on the tarot are worth reading, but this is my favorite. It teaches you to approach the cards as spiritual beings through meditations and visualizations. If your interests lie in the magical use of Tarot and using the cards as a spiritual practice, grab everything Gareth Knight writes. Tarot Magic: The Treasure House of Images (Second Edition) by Gareth Knight Another superb book by Knight. It complements The Magical World of Tarot and elaborate on his Fourfold Structure of the major arcana that is well worth studying in depth. The book also includes pathworkings as well as a number of rituals. Recommended Decks CBD Tarot de Marseille This is a high quality reproduction of the traditional Tarot de Marseille published by Nicholas Conver in 1760, with the expressions on the faces of the characters somewhat softened. The creator and artist is Yoav Ben-Dov, who wrote an excellent book on reading the TdM, Tarot – The Open Reading. Ben-Dov has also released the images of the cards under a Creative Commons license for personal use. It’s a great first TdM. TdMs from Tarot of Marseilles Heritage Yves Reynaud and Wilfried Houdin are master card designers who produce stunning facsimiles of historical decks that contain all the ink smudges, color mismatches, and paper imperfections of the originals. The decks include TdMs by Pierre Madenie (1709), François Chosson (1736), François Heri (1718), and Claude Burdel (1751). You can’t go wrong with any of them, and it feels like you are holding a historic relic in your hands. They come in a solid, telescoping box with a reproduction of the original packing sheet and are printed on very sturdy stock. Tarot de Marseille de Jean Noblet The oldest known Marseille tarot (c. 1650), restored and reproduced by Jean-Claude Flornoy, and one of my favorites. It is weirdly phallocentric, with the Fool’s fully exposed genitalia about to be shredded by the dog/cat/lynx and the Magician’s forefinger transformed into a penis. The cards are sturdy but smaller than average and easy to shuffle. This deck has a unique, iconoclastic charm and remains a favorite among many TdM loyalists. Ancient Italian Tarot (also known as Soprafino) A traditional Marseille design embellished in the 19th century with luxurious, richly detailed art. Hands-down one of the most beautiful tarots ever, with my favorite Star card of any deck. It has a warm, inviting feel and is one of my go-to decks for professional readings as well as personal use. Il Meneghello has a typically well-produced Soprafino that is essentially the same as the Lo Scarabeo version but on heavier stock and fancier packaging. Minchiate Florentine Not a traditional tarot, as it has 97 cards, with 41 major arcana cards instead of the usual 22. This facsimile deck from 19th century Florence has special relevance for magicians as it contains cards for each of the four elements and signs of the zodiac, which I find much more useful than the shoehorned Golden Dawn and Thelemic astrological correspondences. The gorgeous, limited printing of 1500 is available from Il Meneghello, and comes in a handcrafted box with a wax seal. http://www.arnellart.com/osvaldo/taro-no-minchiate-fl.htm Mantegna Tarot A fifty-card deck from the middle of the 15th century, based upon a series of engraved prints by an unknown Italian artist. This deck is essentially a treatise on late Medieval/early Renaissance society and spirituality, and is decidedly Neoplatonic, with the nine muses and Apollo, seven traditional planets, fixed stars, the Primum Mobile, and Prima Causa. Another non-traditional deck, like the Minchiate, that can be put to specific magical purposes, especially for those working with Hermetic and Neoplatonic systems. The Lo Scarabeo edition is embossed with silver foil and looks truly magical in candlelight. The Alchemical Tarot: Renewed 4th Edition One of the only modern decks I use with my clients. Robert M. Place is a tarot scholar and artist, and this deck is based in the alchemical tradition, with art drawn from historical manuscripts and integrated into the traditional tarot (with some similarities, especially among the minors, with the Rider-Waite-Smith, making it an easy transition deck for RWS aficionados). Place’s artistic style is appropriately ancient, and this deck feels and performs like an object out of time. This is a deck you can read with right of the box, and if you’re drawn to alchemy, it’s a must-have. Sola-Busca Tarot The Sola-Busca is the oldest complete tarot, and the first to use scenic art on the pip (minor) cards. The imagery is grotesque and oddly modern, at times resembling the work of the surrealists and H. R. Giger. It is a symbolically elusive deck and I have yet to crack its mysteries, but with the upcoming book by Scarlet Imprint, there is sure to be renewed interest in its enigmatic (and allegedly alchemical) imagery. The only available deck I am aware of is the lovely (but pricey) limited edition version printed by Wolfgang Mayer in 1998 and distributed by Giordano Berti. https://solabuscatarot1998mayer.wordpress.com
In this episode we talk to Alkistis and Peter from the one and only Scarlet Imprint about the goddess who began it all, Babalon. We cover John Dee and the Daughter of Fortitude, Jack Parsons and Liber 49, a true history of Babalon and the return of the witch cult. Such. Fun. Enjoy! Show Notes The book itself, The Red Goddess (As with all Scarlet Imprint titles, including my own, these are not available from Amazon. Before some of you ask. Buy from and support your independent publisher!) Articles written by Peter and Alkistis mentioned in the show: Strange Suppers and Spells Diverse Babalon and the Embodiment of Mystery Raw Power: Witchcraft, Babalon and Female Sexuality Other Babalon pieces available at Scarlet Imprint The Daughter of Fortitude Transmission "I am the daughter of Fortitude, and ravished every hour from my youth. For behold I am Understanding and science dwelleth in me; and the heavens oppress me. They cover and desire me with infinite appetite; for none that are earthly have embraced me, for I am shadowed with the Circle of the Stars and covered with the morning clouds. My feet are swifter than the winds, and my hands are sweeter than the morning dew. My garments are from the beginning, and my dwelling place is in myself. The Lion knoweth not where I walk, neither do the beast of the fields understand me. I am deflowered, yet a virgin; I sanctify and am not sanctified. Happy is he that embraceth me: for in the night season I am sweet, and in the day full of pleasure. My company is a harmony of many symbols and my lips sweeter than health itself. I am a harlot for such as ravish me, and a virgin with such as know me not. For lo, I am loved of many, and I am a lover to many; and as many as come unto me as they should do, have entertainment. Purge your streets, O ye sons of men, and wash your houses clean; make yourselves holy, and put on righteousness. Cast out your old strumpets, and burn their clothes; abstain from the company of other women that are defiled, that are sluttish, and not so handsome and beautiful as I, and then will I come and dwell amongst you: and behold, I will bring forth children unto you, and they shall be the Sons of Comfort. I will open my garments, and stand naked before you, that your love may be more enflamed toward me."
Hello and thank you once again for joining me down at the crossroads for some music, magick, and Paganism. Where witches gather for the sabbath, offerings are made, pacts are signed for musical fame and we cross paths with today’s most influential Pagans, occultists, and deep thinkers. I am your bewitching, bald headed, host Chris Orapello and tonight we meet with author, blogger, and podcaster Gordon White to talk about his new book Star.Ships: A Prehistory of the Spirits now available from Scarlet Imprint. Star.Ships is a pivotal book and a must read for any magickal practitioner who is interested in deepening the context of their work through a provocative look into history. Gordon tirelessly lays out a historic narrative which demonstrates the underlining bedrock of human civilization and western occultism while intelligently addressing the issue of academic materialism found in modern archaeology and anthropology. A defining text of the new magical renaissance, Star.Ships addresses the question of who we are now by tracing where we come from, and by drawing out the stories and the spirits that have journeyed and evolved with us. - Scarlet Imprint Featured Songs: “Porcelain Princess” by Sharon Knight "Maker of My Sorrow" by Eliza Rickman "Walpurgisnacht" by Faun "Snow Moon" by S.J. Tucker “A Will Of Its Own” by Wendy Rule “The Battle of Evermore” by Finvarra “Free” by Omnia "We Are Shangri-La" by S.J. Tucker Other Books Mentioned: "The Origins of the World's Mythologies" by Dr. E. J. Michael Witzel "Geosophia: The Argo of Magic" by Jake Stratton Kent "Grimores: A History of Magic Books" by Owen Davies Related Links: Rune Soup Scarlet Imprint Rune Soup on Facebook Gordon White on Twitter
Gordon White, author of Star.Ships: A Prehistory of the Spirits, published by Scarlet Imprint, is our guest in podcast episode 162.“Gordon White is one of the most exciting writers of modern magic. His website, RuneSoup.com is one of the most widely read practical sorcery blogs on the internet. In his digital œuvre he engages with everything from entheogens, synchronicities, UFOs, ‘alternative’ history, career guidance, graphic novels, the future of media, probability and divination to pop culture. His archonology series crowns him as the dark prince of modern chaos magic... “Gordon White is no basement mage; he is a success in many spheres, working for some of the world’s largest digital and social media companies… Gordon has dived in search of sharks and lost cities, traveled extensively and researched voraciously. Though known for his grasp of current events, his ideas are based on a deeper understanding of our disputed ancient histories. These are the subject of his book with Scarlet Imprint, Star.Ships: A Prehistory of the Spirits.”“A defining text of the new magical renaissance, Star.Ships addresses the question of who we are now by tracing where we come from, and by drawing out the stories and the spirits that have journeyed and evolved with us. The goal is, as Gordon writes, the restoration of context. “To this end, White applies his globally-recognised data and demographics skills to realise a groundbreaking work of truly interdisciplinary research. Utilising mythological, linguistic and astronomical data to reconstruct palaeolithic magical beliefs, he maps them to the human journey out of Africa; explores which aspects of these beliefs and practices have survived into the Western tradition; and what the implications (and applications) of those survivals may be for us. “Written for a magically literate and operative audience, Star.Ships displays the flair, wit and engagement with evidence that adherents of his runesoup blog have come to expect from Gordon. Star.Ships beckons those who are willing to engage in the adventure to follow the great river of history that flows into and out of an ocean of stars.”In my opinion, Gordon White has produced a brilliant book that changes our understanding of humanity’s history by extending our view into the misty antediluvian past. Star.Ships is groundbreaking and I’m in awe of the scope and masterful presentation of the material. I highly recommend Star.Ships by Gordon White and despite the fact that the book was recently published, it is already crucial to the conversation about humanity’s past. White’s own knowledge and experience of esotericism sets his work head and shoulders above any other investigators of lost civilizations.http://occultofpersonality.net/gordon-whitehttp://scarletimprint.com/books/star-ships/http://runesoup.com/
Gordon White, author of Star.Ships: A Prehistory of the Spirits, published by Scarlet Imprint, is our guest in podcast episode 162. “Gordon White is one of the most exciting writers of modern magic. His website, RuneSoup.com is one of the most widely read practical sorcery blogs on the internet. In his digital œuvre he engages with everything from entheogens, synchronicities, UFOs, ‘alternative’ history, career guidance, graphic novels, the future of media, probability and divination to pop culture. His archonology series crowns him as the dark prince of modern chaos magic... “Gordon White is no basement mage; he is a success in many spheres, working for some of the world’s largest digital and social media companies… Gordon has dived in search of sharks and lost cities, traveled extensively and researched voraciously. Though known for his grasp of current events, his ideas are based on a deeper understanding of our disputed ancient histories. These are the subject of his book with Scarlet Imprint, Star.Ships: A Prehistory of the Spirits.” “A defining text of the new magical renaissance, Star.Ships addresses the question of who we are now by tracing where we come from, and by drawing out the stories and the spirits that have journeyed and evolved with us. The goal is, as Gordon writes, the restoration of context. “To this end, White applies his globally-recognised data and demographics skills to realise a groundbreaking work of truly interdisciplinary research. Utilising mythological, linguistic and astronomical data to reconstruct palaeolithic magical beliefs, he maps them to the human journey out of Africa; explores which aspects of these beliefs and practices have survived into the Western tradition; and what the implications (and applications) of those survivals may be for us. “Written for a magically literate and operative audience, Star.Ships displays the flair, wit and engagement with evidence that adherents of his runesoup blog have come to expect from Gordon. Star.Ships beckons those who are willing to engage in the adventure to follow the great river of history that flows into and out of an ocean of stars.” In my opinion, Gordon White has produced a brilliant book that changes our understanding of humanity’s history by extending our view into the misty antediluvian past. Star.Ships is groundbreaking and I’m in awe of the scope and masterful presentation of the material. I highly recommend Star.Ships by Gordon White and despite the fact that the book was recently published, it is already crucial to the conversation about humanity’s past. White’s own knowledge and experience of esotericism sets his work head and shoulders above any other investigators of lost civilizations. http://occultofpersonality.net/gordon-white http://scarletimprint.com/books/star-ships/ http://runesoup.com/
Scarlet Imprint's Peter Grey joins us to talk about his latest book, Lucifer: Princeps. We use this as a jumping off point to talk about the western magical tradition, grimoires, the role of the Dead and the impact of the rise of digital on the experience of magic.
Carl Abrahamsson, author of the anthology Reasonances, published by Scarlet Imprint, is our guest in podcast episode 156. In addition to his writings, Abrahamsson is known for his work in music, film, art, culture, and occulture.http://occultofpersonality.net/carl-abrahamsson/
Carl Abrahamsson, author of the anthology Reasonances, published by Scarlet Imprint, is our guest in podcast episode 156. In addition to his writings, Abrahamsson is known for his work in music, film, art, culture, and occulture. http://occultofpersonality.net/carl-abrahamsson/
Jesse Hathaway Diaz is a Tatá Quimbanda and crowned olosha. Initiations in several forms of Witchcraft, lifelong student of Mexican curanderismo, a Santa Muertero, root worker, professional reader, and Freemason. He is an artist and performer, and is co-owner of Wolf & Goat, their online store opening July 14. His blog can be found at Serpent Shod. He was recently published in Serpent Songs, an anthology of Traditional Witchcraft curated by Nicholaj de Mattos Frisvold for Scarlet Imprint. He is currently writing a book on Santisima Muerte. Troy Chambers is an initiated Quimbandeiro, vodouisant and Obeahman. A self-taught artist working in clay and mixed media, his subjects focus heavily on Quimbanda spirits, Saints, and the folkloric spirits and beasts of Western Europe. He is a published author and copy editor for Scarlet Imprint, currently working on several books, including a book on Goblins. His artwork can be found at his online store, Wolf & Goat, selling handcrafted magical goods. KDCL Media on FB Candelo’s Corner on FB
Andrieh Vitimus and Jason M. Colwell welcome Peter Grey and Alkistis of Scarlet Imprint to discuss the resurgence of the High Art Book with great leatherbound books.
Andrieh Vitimus and Jason M. Colwell welcome Peter Grey and Alkistis of Scarlet Imprint to discuss the resurgence of the High Art Book with great leatherbound books.