For the month of December, I’m “author of the month” at Graham Hancock’s site. Very soon I’ll be active on their forum / message board too, to answer questions and chat etc. You can find the relevant links at the bottom of this post. But for now, here’s what it’s all about: Occulture and beyond It was undoubtedly an interesting process putting my book, Occulture – The Unseen Forces That Drive Culture Forward together. Not only did it give me a chance to look back at lectures and essays from recent years, but it also presented me with a unique opportunity to (re)evaluate my own thinking about this most fascinating subject at a time when the very concept of “occulture” seems to be expanding quaquaversally all over the world; in academia, major exhibitions and popular culture. I was wholly immersed in all things occultural, inside my own sphere and outside of it, and I could finally put it all together in a book. I quickly found some red...
A teaser track from the new Gen & Carl album
From the album “Loyalty Does Not End With Death” (Ideal Recordings, due out early 2019) Published by Interzone/Freibank. Words by Genesis Breyer P-Orridge, Music & production by Carl Abrahamsson.
Two new titles from Trapart Books
Two new titles are available from Trapart Books. I am overjoyed and so extremely proud to publish these remarkable books. Please check them out HERE and please also take a look at the wonderful photographic editions we have made available together with the artists. LARS SUNDESTRAND: TO BECOME WHO YOU ARE In the late 1970’s, in the midst of the ultra-creative punk era, Swedish photographer Lars Sundestrand created his now legendary fanzine Funtime from his home in Gothenburg. The idea was to share with others the bands and artists he himself was inspired by. One of these multifaceted artists was British agent provocateur Genesis P-Orridge. At the time, P-Orridge was leading the groundbreaking record label Industrial Records and the influential band/project Throbbing Gristle (TG). Sundestrand and P-Orridge quickly struck up a personal correspondence overflowing with information and artistic substance. When P-Orridge moved on to the new music/video project Psychic TV (PTV...
A new conference is in the works
Re-writing the Future: 100 years of Esoteric Modernism & Psychoanalysis A Multi-disciplinary Conference 30 May – 1 June, 2019 Brunnenburg Castle & Schloß Pinzenau, Meran, Italy In recent times, it has come to light that many revered artists, writers, poets, philosophers and performers have held esoteric world views or underpinnings. Several recent art exhibitions worldwide have highlighted this: Black Light in Barcelona, retrospectives of Leonor Fini and Leonora Carrington in New York and Mexico City, respectively, Mystical Symbolism and the visionary works of Hilma af Klint at the Guggenheim, all in just the past year. The field of psychoanalysis itself first began as an esoteric discipline – exploring previously uncharted territory with relatively few individuals meeting weekly at the home of Sigmund Freud. Some of Freud’s occult explorations were quite overt, as he conducted thought experiments with his daughter Anna Freud and close colleague Sandor Ferenczi late...
