Carl Abrahamsson

In conversation with Whitley Strieber

April 6, 2018

I was recently talking to Whitley Strieber on his Dreamland-podcast about Occulture (both my book and the phenomenon), afterlife encounters, William Burroughs’s experiments with recording “dead” space/time and a multitude of other interesting things. You can listen to it right HERE! “Normally, magic and the occult are presented in the media either as something to be snickered at or as a supernatural wonder and, often, danger. But there’s more to it than that, much more, and in this searching interview with Carl Abrahamsson, the author of Occulture, Whitley explores the deeper resonances of the age old practices that fall under the rubric of “magic.” Their conversation about how art and magic intersect is powerfully mind-opening, and the way that Carl explains how magic actually works in the modern world, transforming our lives on a daily basis, is brain-bending. Whitley talks with Carl about his powerful recent contact experiences and what they mean, and...

Get a signed copy of my book “Occulture”!

April 3, 2018

You can get your signed copy of my most recent book Occulture HERE! Trapart stocks the book and it will be promptly dispatched straight from HQ in Stockholm. “Art, magic, and the occult have been intimately linked since the time of our ancestors. Blending magical history and esoteric philosophy, Carl Abrahamsson reveals the integral role played by magic and occultism in the development of culture throughout history, including deep looks at major figures such as Carl Jung and Aleister Crowley. Explores the role of magic and the occult in art and culture from ancient times to today • Examines key figures behind esoteric cultural developments, such as Carl Jung, Anton LaVey, Paul Bowles, Aleister Crowley, and Rudolf Steiner • Explores the history of magic as a source of genuine counter culture and compares it with our contemporary soulless, digital monoculture • Reveals how the magic of art can be restored if art is employed as a means rather than an end and offers...

New and old White Stains

April 2, 2018

In late April and early May I’ll release the two final White Stains albums online: Misantropotantra (1992) and Why Not Forever? (1994) I personally love these two albums, and only a few tracks from them have been made available digitally (on the compilation Exploratorium). I made these albums together with Peter Bergstrandh, formerly of the Swedish band Lustans Lakejer. Peter is a really talented musician and he was the driving force behind White Stains actually becoming a touring band (ca 1991-1992) and not just a “project”. In this video clip, shot on a 1992 tour by my good friend and our tour manager Nicklas Kappelin, we even see Lustans Lakejer’s Christer Hellman on drums. I was a big fan of LL so for me this was heaven! Both these albums contain a very different vibe than the other WS ones. The music is harsher, darker, very “minor key” and filled with long shadows trying to find a door to some kind of light, but basically only finding more darkness in each new...

A return to the Occultural roots

March 30, 2018

I can hardly believe it’s been four years since I worked with beautiful Scarlet Imprint on this tome: REASONANCES. It’s a book that should be checked out by anyone enamoured with or inspired by the more recent OCCULTURE. This is where it all began. Thank you, lovely Scarlets! “Reasonances is an anthology of selected essays, lectures and interviews by occultural pioneer Carl Abrahamsson. A subversive, creative, psychedelic collection of 23 essays spanning thirteen years at the forefront of occulture and magic, followed an interview with the author by Sylvie Walder. The unifying question of this diverse and stimulating collection can perhaps be stated thus: how does magic hack culture? Or perhaps even: what is the role and magic of the artist? Abrahamsson proposes strategies of engagement that draw from TOPY, Thelema and Satanism, with which he is intimately acquainted. His magic is that of the interzone, the hinterland, of the unseen forces that drive culture forward...