Carl Abrahamsson

The Occulture lecture on TOPY as audiobook

December 23, 2017

My online lecture/webinar about Thee Temple ov Psychick Youth (TOPY) is now available as an audiobook via Highbrow Lowlife and iTunes. The occultural methods and mutations of Thee Temple Ov Psychick Youth (TOPY) have left a legacy that continues to inspire. In this talk (original transmission November 18, 2017), I look back at my time working (1986-1991) with TOPYSCAN and TOPY Europe in collaboration with TOPYUK and TOPYUS. It was a magical, ultra-creative time that taught me many things as well as allowed me to share my own findings with others. TOPY was a unique experiment in occulture, and one that still resonates today. Join me for an illuminating ride through sigil magic, roto-rites, underground publishing, and much more. If you prefer to watch me instead, you can go HERE to see a video recording of the talk. The Occulture Lecture series 2017/2018: Art, magic, and the occult have been intimately linked since our prehistoric ancestors created the first cave paintings some...

You can also get “In too deep”

December 17, 2017

My new (e)book is a photographic one, chronicling my forays into the netherworlds (?) of porn… In too deep! “Writer-photographer Carl Abrahamsson traveled to Las Vegas and the annual “Adult Entertainment Expo” between 1995 and 2010. He met porn stars, producers, fans and an assortment of weird people. This book collects his mind-boggling portraits of people in the adult industry: famous as well as infamous. It’s a colourful bonanza of weirdness and beauty, of humility and hubris, of voyeurism and exhibitionism, of despair and excitement. This is a world of its own and Abrahamsson has the all the crazy photos of many of its key movers and shakers. Get ready for an unforgettable and wild ride to smut-land!” “What the hell was I really doing there? I quickly realised that I’m an ambitious voyeur more than anything else. The cameras have been my protection against an incomprehensible and threatening world. And, as I now realised, against hundreds of porn...

Occulture: Carl Jung – Myth Maker

December 13, 2017

The Occulture online lecture series moves on. The next subject will be Carl Jung – Myth Maker. In the development of concepts like the “archetypes” and the “collective unconscious”, Carl Jung not only looked at isolated myths in themselves but also at their artistic expressions. He claimed that there is an impulse-generating layer in the psyche that is shared by all human beings and that can be directly accessed through introspection, dreams, the study of myths and personal, artistic work. A certain culture can possess a more rational or “civilised” construction than another but the basic psychological foundations are in essence the same globally. Jung’s travels around the world and his collection of data confirmed his theories and became an important part of his system. In this lecture I talk about Jungian concepts, the importance of myths and how we could possibly re-enchant the world with a little help from this influential Swiss psychologist and artist. When? Sunday...

Anton LaVey – Magical Innovator on Vimeo

December 12, 2017

My lecture/webinar ANTON LAVEY – MAGICAL INNOVATOR is now online on Vimeo Occulture: Anton LaVey – Magical Innovator from Carl Abrahamsson on Vimeo. Already in The Satanic Bible, Anton LaVey had shown considerable creativity. Concepts like “Psychic Vampire” and “The Balance Factor” soon became household terms in America and the rest of the world. His description of the ritual space as an “Intellectual Decompression Chamber” also hit home outside the strictly Satanic perimeters. As did the slightly later term “Occultnik”, signifying a person who is lost within old structures of occultism without being able to see what’s really of use on a practical, material level. LaVey’s initial key works, The Satanic Bible and The Satanic Rituals, are great examples of creative appropriation and reformulation. But the two volumes of essays and maxims that followed much later, ie The Devil’s Notebook and Satan Speaks, genuinely...