A great review of my book on #AntonLaVey in #ForteanTimes – Five stars! “Abrahamsson’s documentation of a complex personality is a welcome addition to existing biographical material and contextualises his life in a mature and unsensational manner.  Regardless of what one may think of LaVey and his philosophy, he has more than earned his place in the ranks of countercultural mavericks and Abrahamsson celebrates this glorious fact.”  How about you…? Have you read the book yet? #carlabrahamsson #innertraditions #churchofsatan #satanism #occulture #mitchhorowitz

I was recently talking to Jeff @ Apple Knocker Radio, and it was one of the best conversations so far. Don’t miss it: Carl Abrahamsson is a Swedish philosopher, filmmaker, magico-anthropologist, publisher, and author (among other things). Today we discuss his latest book, “Source Magic: The Origin of Arts, Science & Culture.” Formerly a member of Thee Temple ov Psychick Youth and a 30-year follower of Thelema, Abrahamsson now takes a decidedly different look at magic, spirituality, and the strange.  00:00 Core thesis of Source Magic 05:35 Magical thinking roots of science 11:09 Humanity of Aleister Crowley 13:08 Thelema and spirituality as tool for self-transformation 19:59 Survival spirit of our times 25:24 Hilma af Klint and Rudolf Steiner 28:42 Evolution of Consciousness 36:58 Fields of Morphic Resonance 39:25 Egregores denied! 41:26 Materialist take on Jack Parsons, Marjorie Cameron, and Thelema 49:41 What if UFOs are real? 51:48 Ceremonial Magick and self...

Chimera Obscura – Selected Exhibitions 2003-2014: Photographs by Carl Abrahamsson has now been released. It looks great and I’m very proud of this book. “Basic wisdom: the shutter is a guillotine that separates the vision of the mind – conscious or not – from the body of (often) ill-expressed desires. The vision is the way in and out: the image as a gateway drug to real unknown pleasures of fantasy and fact. Humanoid celluloid, silver-lined emotional emulsions projecting darkness into the light for some kind of eternity’s sake.” This book contains photographs from Carl Abrahamsson’s exhibitions Gothic (2003), Lost and Fond (2007), Olika Människor (2007), Death Is In Our Hearts (2009), Kofeina (2010), FanzinEra (2010), and Imprisoned Sentences (2014). Trapart Books 2023. 180 pages, hardbound. Available HERE.

Carl Abrahamsson – Forcing The Hand of Chance: A Look at the DIY Occulture of TOPY (Lecture from the Occulture Conference in Berlin 2022) #carlabrahamsson #topy #occulture #theetempleovpsychickyouth