When you have a wide range of interests, you are allowed to also present a big bouquet. But the voice needs to be extra well-formulated – eloquent. I am very happy to be a writer who is free and not academically confined to the prison cells of formalia and editorial insularity. I guess they serve a purpose: archiving fragments of reality, more or less filtered. Myself, I prefer to roam in that reality proper; indulging in what pleases me the most. If presented with eloquence, such subjective morsels can actually acquire objective value: as entertainment, as inspiration, as information, etc. But style alone is not enough – there needs to be a genuinely curious mind that filters these initial impressions and turns them into exciting expressions. Yes, undoubtedly this can be done mainly to please oneself. Creative indulgences based in the “ego” are often more passionate and engaging than any formal attempts at institutionalised “objectivity.” Everyone fits in somewhere, I guess. I...
Hey, Carl Abrahamsson, What is Occulture?
Swedish author Carl Abrahamsson talks about his books OCCULTURE – THE HIDDEN FORCES THAT DRIVE CULTURE FORWARD and REASONANCES, and about his many upcoming book projects. For more information, please visit: ; ; To support this and similar projects, please visit: A Carl Abrahamsson newsletter (and much more) can be found at:
A great review of The Fenris Wolf 9
Here’s a recent and great review from the excellent site SCRIPTUS RECENSERA, written by Abby Helasdottir. The Fenris Wolf 9 Adorned with stunning, numinous cover art by Val Denham, this is the latest issue of Carl Abrahamsson’s irregularly published esoteric journal and contains material from the 2016 Psychoanalysis, Art & the Occult conference held at the Candid Arts Centre in London. The Fenris Wolf has come a long way from its first issues, as evidenced by a much-loved copy of the third volume from 1993 in the shelves at Scriptus Recensera: its blue perfect-bound spine now sun-faded to a yellowy grey, pages printed with somewhat erratic toner integrity, and images reproduced with very noticeable halftone dots, as was the style of the time. As one would expect given the title of the conference, this issue of The Fenris Wolf has a particular focus on the intersection between psychoanalysis and the occult, with art being often the child thereof. Visual artist and...
Affluent Speculations
Affluence basically means a flow of choices. We can choose what to do; when, where and with whom. There is no greater luxury. To be king of your own time and space should be the ultimate challenge and goal for everyone. However, there are many who are content to be controlled, so any competition for said time and space needn’t be as anarchic, chaotic and violent as one could assume. Also, there’s something to be said for individuation. No one but you can truly and fully be you. Hence the ”competition” for time and space should only be regarded as a general phenomenon; never as specific or individual. Your greatest competitor will always be yourself (and your inherent inhibitions), and that is actually a very good thing. Now I choose to stop writing. What about you? What will you do? Become a Patron!
