Don’t miss the new #psychartcult focussing on Roman Polanski & Alfred Hitchcock! Mary Wild & Todd McGowan delve deep into terror and suspense! Jan 23 … see you there! #romanpolanski #alfredhitchcock #toddmcgowan #marywild #morbidanatomy
A new #psychartcult with me and Gary Lachman
Feb 20, 2022: Gary Lachman & Carl Abrahamsson deliver some serious #psychartcult fun for you! GARY LACHMAN: ”Dreaming Ahead of Time: Experiences with Precognitive Dreams, Synchronicity and Coincidence” Can we dream the future? Does time flow in only one direction? What is a ‘meaningful coincidence’? Gary Lachman, author of many books on consciousness, culture, and the western esoteric tradition (and former bassist for Blondie), has been recording his precognitive dreams for forty years – dreams, that is, in which bits and pieces of the future turn up “ahead of time.” In his talk, based on his new book Dreaming Ahead of Time, Lachman will relate how he came to discover that he “dreams the future,” and how this surprising ability is something we all share but are unaware that we do. Along the way, Lachman will look at the work of other “time haunted men,” such as J.W. Dunne, J. B. Priestley, P.D. Ouspensky, C.G. Jung, Arthur Koestler, and...
A Great Anathema Anthology
Just received this stunning beauty from Anathema Publishing: “PILLARS: A Wayfarer’s Hearth.” The theme is Pilgrimage, and I have a piece in there, fondly remembering a magic trip to Morocco with Vanessa, staying at Bou Jeloud’s house and partying under the stars to the live music of the master musicians. Time-space-less-ness! “We were lulled into our own movements and transcendental emotions, swaying to the loud music, or sitting down and ”spacing out.” Blissful smiles on everyone’s faces. And then, out of the dark he suddenly popped up: Bou Jeloud! Our wonderful and serene old host had turned himself into a terrifying, raving beast, dressed in goat skin; dancing and moving spastically through the crowds; a source of laughter and fear at the same time.” #anathemapublishing #carlabrahamsson #occulture #mastermusiciansofjoujouka #williamsburroughs #briongysin #paulbowles #thegreatgodpan
Summing Up 2021
Fortuitously Non-Conformist: Summing Up 2021 As far as years go, 2021 was one of my favourite years ever. It began with a heavy, lingering, positively pandemic-related feeling of being stuck – not so much in time of life in general as in space in particular. So… What do you do? We left dear old Stockholm and settled in a small town instead. What I dreaded would be overwhelmingly hard and troublesome turned out to be overwhelmingly smooth and auspicious. The machinery seemed to grease itself along the way, and before we knew it we had uprooted ourselves from a city and general environment that in my mind for a considerable time had been more coloured by nostalgia and sentimentality than by sober analysis of both outer circumstances and inner desires. Today, I wake up in a magical house in a town that has everything I need. Vanessa and I often look at each other and comment upon the fact that we feel that we live in a very pleasant dream. I can see an arch stretching over this year as I...