l'm a finder, sharer, and maker of liminal, numinous, and esoteric things. Areas of interest include #alchemy #hermeticism #tarot #folklore #forteana #paganism #gnosticism #trickster #folkhorror #psychedelia #outsiderart #esotericart
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| Location | Cowley, UK |
#SongForTheDay
The Pop Group "She's Beyond Good and Evil" 1979
Antimonian goddess dub from Bristol's post-punk pioneers
The Hermetic Androgyne
#alchemy #hermeticism #occultism #androgyne #esotericism #occult
#tarotcardoftheday
The Eight of Cups: Indolence
"Fast by her Side a listless Maiden pin'd,
With aching Head, and squeamish Heart-Burnings;
Pale, bloated, cold, she seem'd to hate Mankind,
Yet lov'd in Secret all forbidden Things."
— from The Castle of Indolence by James Thomson
Artwork by Lady Frieda Harris for the Thoth Tarot deck.
#tarot #thothtarot #bookofthoth #LadyFreidaHarris #Crowley #AleisterCrowley #minorarcana #occultism #esotericart #occult #esotericism
The darkest night, so deep and still
We light a fire, to stave off the chill
The new moon is hidden, down below
The clouds, our only nightly show
Though we may stumble, through the night
We remain strong, amid lack of light
For when morning sun, rises anew
It will bring forth the day, so true
Night will dissolve, and be gone
As the sun ascends, on a new dawn
May courage not wane, in the dark
For fire, will always, remain our spark
#SongForTheDay
Occult Chemistry "Fire (Destroy, Create)"
Obscure #alchemy themed post-punk from 1980. The band's name is most probably taken from the book by #AnnieBesant and #CharlesLeadbeater
#OccultChemistry #postpunk #newwave #theosophy #elements #fourelements #fire
Thought Forms
The influence of #theosophy and other forms of occultism on modern abstract art is a subject very much close to my heart. Though unlike Mondrian, Kandinsky was never a member of the theosophical society, but he was very much conversant with the works of #Blavatsky, #AnnieBesant, #Leadbetter, and #Steiner.
This Gary Lachman article gives a good introduction: https://www.theosophical.org/publications/quest-magazine/1405-kandinskys-thought-forms-and-the-occult-roots-of-modern-art
#modernart #abstractart #esotericart #occultism #kandinsky #mondrian #garylachman #thoughtforms
IN RECENT YEARS, the contribution that occult or mystical ideas have made to the evolution of art—or to culture in general—has been increasingly recognized. But this was not always the case. For a long time, the notion that belief systems like Theosophy, founded in 1875 by Madame Blavatsky and her companion Colonel Henry Steel Olcott, were anything more than a disreputable side-show to the mainstream of cultural development was scandalous...
The Lure of the Occult
Here's an article in #churchtimes by #RichardYader about #occultism practiced within Anglo-Catholic circles during the late nineteenth and twentieth centuries. Though maybe a little snooty in tone, it gives an informed and informative overview of one of the more little known aspects of western esotericism.
#anglocatholic #anglocatholicism #magic #magick #hermeticism #goldendawn #hdogd #historyofoccultism #religionandmagic
"Adocentyn" or "The City and the Stars" by Julian Dourado. Oil on board, 2022
#JulianDourado #art #painting #oilpainting #esotericart #esotericartists #visionaryart #hermeticism #esotericism #adocentyn
Dustin Kiyeon Chang
Edgar Allan Poem
Helvetica Blanc