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The Horror of Roman Polanski
One of my favorite movie-going experiences of 2012 was spending four Saturday and Sunday afternoons watching Mark Cousins’ The Story of Film: A 15-hour history of cinema that A.O. Scott of The New York Times called “a semester-long film studies survey course compressed into 15 brisk, sometimes contentious hours…stands as an invigorated compendium of conventional wisdom.” Before [...]
Sympathy for the Werewolf
I’ve been meaning to add more occult/horror-themed posts here — October is upon us and it’s time to acknowledge the darker side of these days. And if not “these days” then at least days gone by when curses and hexes struck fear into the heart, and magic was to be found in every grove, valley [...]
Earth Swallows Florida Man
Like something out of a Charles Fort compendium, a huge sinkhole opened under the bedroom of a Florida man just before midnight on February 28, effectively swallowing the entire room and everything – and everyone – in it. The family responded when it sounded like a car had crashed into the back of the house. [...]
My Pleasure
The Book of Pleasure (Self Love): The Psychology of Ecstasy may be the cornerstone of Austin Osman Spare’s written output as the book includes his first mentions of his groundbreaking ideas regarding sigil work and invocations. Originally published in 1913, facsimile editions of this book have been released as recently as 2005. I still love [...]
Grant Books Spare
A controversial magician and writer, Kenneth Grant left his mark on the landscape of modern occultism. Grant’s book The Magical Revival plays a seminal role in the interpretation of H.P. Lovecraft’s mythos – casting the fantastic tales as spiritual revelations and not just creepy monster epics. Grant also takes credit for bringing the occultist/artist Austin [...]
Ready. Set. Chaos!
Happened across the new The Invisibles Omnibus edition on Amazon today. Hope to get my hands on that for a review on the podcast soon. I read the series in TPB form years ago, following all the details with the excellent Anarchy For The Masses: The Disinformation Guide to the Invisibles. I was reminded of [...]
Suburbia Disturbia
What what, yo? In 1980′s America, a new conservatism swept the land: Ronald Reagan became president; the AIDS crisis undermined the sexual revolution; even saddle shoes and penny loafers made a comeback. While the revelation of a new religious right as a political power didn’t dawn until the election of George H.W. Bush in 1988, [...]
The Devil Made Me Post It
What up, yo? Hope you all had one devil of a weekend. Speaking of the horned one, our good friends over at Forbidden Knowledge T.V. have been turning up a lot of really good, full length offerings lately. Nowadays, I find myself bookmarking the site like crazy trying to keep up with all of the [...]
Who's Lying About Iran and the Bomb?
Hello friends and lovers, Clearly, I’m not someone to pay a lot of attention to mainstream media. I don’t have television and I obviously spend a lot of time seeking out odd sources of information. That said, I like to listen to radio at night and in the morning and lately all I’m hearing about [...]
Don't Be Late for Doomsday
Hey there, The ominous ticking clock in The Watchmen wasn’t just a cool device employed by Alan Moore to up the tension in his superhero-comic-to-end-all-superhero-comics. Moore’s version took its inspiration from the real thing. From a recent article in USA Today: “Citing ongoing threats from nuclear proliferation, climate change, and the need to find sustainable [...]
