I’m entering the webinar sphere and hope that you want to join me! In awaiting the release of my book Occulture – the Hidden Forces that Drive Culture Forward (Inner Traditions, March 2018), I will present a series of webinars focusing on that endlessly fascinating subject: Occulture. The first focus will be TOPY. The occultural methods and mutations of Thee Temple Ov Psychick Youth (TOPY) have left a legacy that continues to inspire. In this talk, 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, recording the album AT STOCKHOLM with Genesis P-Orridge, and experimental erotic video work with international...
A TOPY OCCULTURE WEBINAR COMING UP
I’m entering the webinar sphere and hope that you want to join me! In awaiting the release of my book Occulture – the Hidden Forces that Drive Culture Forward (Inner Traditions, March 2018), I will present a series of webinars focusing on that endlessly fascinating subject: Occulture. The first focus will be TOPY. The occultural methods and mutations of Thee Temple Ov Psychick Youth (TOPY) have left a legacy that continues to inspire. In this talk, 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, recording the album AT STOCKHOLM with Genesis P-Orridge, and experimental erotic video work with international...
Lunacy is released on VOD
Trapart Film’s Lunacy is released on Vimeo On Demand November 4th 2017. Director Carl Abrahamsson writes about the film: “Lunacy isn’t “about” the moon per se but could perhaps be seen as being permeated by lunar energies. Where my film Sub Umbra Alarum Luna (2016) was a very conscious tribute to Derek Jarman and his work, Lunacy is a free-floating onwards rumination about the moon’s constant (and necessary) presence. The project began with me writing a text about the moon for the wonderful Danish art magazine Plethora. This text was later cut up by my wife, Vanessa Sinclair, and then randomly re-assembled and recorded by her. I put these four vocal recordings to music, which created a sonorous cycle of sorts: a lunar reflection, a dark brooding on the human need for sexualizing the planets. We both quite quickly realized that this was good fodder for a film. So instead of making a spoken word soundtrack for an existing film, we made a film for an existing spoken word...
The best review (so far) of my first novel
When my debut novel, Mother, Have a Safe Trip, was published late 2013 it was a great step for me. And a slightly nervous one. Being highly partial, I of course loved the book. But would anyone else? I didn’t have to wait very long though for a reassuring review to show up. The Swedish writer and psychedelic historian Henrik Dahl reviewed the book for UK magazine Psychedelic Press already on October 29th, 2013. This has been my favourite review so far. Not only is it a favourable one, but it’s also multifaceted and intelligent. A rare thing! PSYCHEDELIC PRESS, October 29, 2013. Literary Review: ‘Mother, Have a Safe Trip’ by Carl Abrahamsson Published in the autumn of 2013, ‘Mother, Have a Safe Trip’ is a novel written by Stockholm based writer, photographer and musician Carl Abrahamsson. Although described as an “occult sex thriller”, its acid-soaked story is a perfect example of fictional psychedelic literature. At less than 200 pages, Abrahamsson’s book – his...
