Carl Abrahamsson

Happy Endings, Season’s Greetings & Future Meetings

December 31, 2018

This year has been another rollercoaster experience, and both Vanessa and I are very happy to end the year at home in Stockholm with no major travels planned any time soon. The entire year of 2018 has been one of major fluxus (the swinging, not the art movement) and it does take its toll eventually. Now we’re finally well situated, and this holiday season is a very nice time to just snuggle up in the library and reminisce about what actually happened. A lot happened. One of the best experiences on a personal level was that my book Occulture – The Unseen Forces That Drive Culture Forward was published by Inner Traditions. I’m very pleased with that collection of essays and lectures, and to have it published by a great publishing company like Inner Traditions was indeed a source of great joy. This also led to an increasing amount of podcasts and other interviews, and I didn’t (and don’t) mind that at all. The main writing task this year has been my second novel. I’m almost...

Another year seen through the lens of others

December 30, 2018

Every year is basically a good film year. Why? Because there will always be more films than you’ll ever have the time to watch (one of the best reasons to believe in/ascribe to reincarnation theories). If there’s not enough stimulation in the contemporary spheres, just backtrack to film history. That said, I found 2018 an unusually good year. This probably just means that I was more attentive and curious. My own revitalized pathology/neurosis vis-à-vis film in general and documentary film in particular simply contributed to a stronger hunger. And to me watching a lot of good stuff. What follows here is not necessarily a best-of-the-year list but just an un-ranked group of films I’ve watched pretty recently this year and that I can highly recommend. All films are either streaming or available on DVD/BluRay (or both). Enjoy! Fahrenheit 11/9 (Michael Moore, USA, 2018) Somewhat predictable but highly entertaining sweep of the post-election American trauma. How a vulgar cretin like...

I’m author of the month in Graham Hancock’s empire!

December 8, 2018

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

December 3, 2018

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.