My lecture on Crowley & Steiner is now online

  Aleister Crowley and Rudolf Steiner were two of the most influential spiritual and religious teachers of the 20th century. Their respective philosophical systems of Thelema (Crowley) and Anthroposophy (Steiner) today engage tens of thousands of people in all regions of the world. When comparing their teachings, we can see both similarities and differences. But… the similarities weigh considerably heavier than the differences. Why is that? Were they tapping into something greater in their Zeitgeist? An overall cosmic, pro-individualistic philosophy they both simply developed in their own systemic languages? If so, then maybe their differences were just strictly personal, with one very distinct Dionysian character (Crowley) and one Apollonian (Steiner), according to Nietzsche’s categorization. In this lecture, I look at these giants and try to sort out what’s what and who’s who. Join me!   Occulture: Aleister Crowley & Rudolf Steiner from Carl Abrahamsson on Vimeo.   If you’d...

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A great Vanessa & Carl performance at Fylkingen

  On September 14th, we played together with Last Dominion Lost and Anemone Tube at Fylkingen in Stockholm. It was a wonderful opportunity to present new videos, sounds and poems/cut-ups. A great night out! Extra special thanks to Per Åhlund, Kali Malone, Konspirationen and Tänk på Döden.   Vanessa Sinclair & Carl Abrahamsson: Fylkingen, Sep 14, 2018 from Carl Abrahamsson on Vimeo.    

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A nice conversation with Higherside Chats!

  I was recently in conversation with Greg Carlwood from Higherside Chats. It turned into a great podcast that you can find HERE! This is from their website: “Folks, it’s probably no surprise to hear that magical activities are going on within our world pretty much constantly, and this is a tale as old as time…from mans first cave painting to the Super Bowl Halftime show, pulling ideas down from the imaginative realm and firmly planting them in the physical, through conscious attention and art creation just seems to be one of those quirky things man does. We’ve heard about the concept of the Muse, and countless artists have been quite clear about not exactly knowing where their art comes from- sometimes saying it finds them moreso than the other way around. So there’s definitely some interesting interplay between consciousness and ideas that I don’t think we’ve fully unpacked. Yet it’s something that the Occult world has been exploring and experimenting with behind the...

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Great new titles from Trapart!

It’s going to be a wonderful autumn- and winter season here at Trapart HQ. We have been very productive together with some truly amazing people, and now things are slowly but surely coming to fruition. How about this for starters? – Vanessa Sinclair’s anthology Rendering Unconscious, which weaves together contemporary writings on psychoanalysis with cutting edge poetry in an inspiring and stimulating mix. – Lars Sundestrand’s To Become Who You Are – Funtime with Throbbing Gristle, Monte Cazazza and Psychic TV, an incredible volume filled with Sundestrand’s stunning photos and interviews with Genesis P-Orridge, Cosey Fanni Tutti and Monte Cazazza. Plus an amazing amount of TG and PTV “propaganda” and information. Positively mind-blowing stuff! – And then there’s Ruby Ray’s Kalifornia Kool – Photographs 1976-1982. Ruby Ray was the main photographer in/on the San Francisco punk/post-punk/industrial scenes, and she snapped all the relevant, influential and cool bands and...

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