Australian art dealer Robert Buratti is making it his mission to get Aleister Crowley his due when it comes to his painting and artwork. He has curated the first major exhibition of Aleister Crowley to tour Australia, featuring works previously exhibited at the Pompidou Centre and Palais de Tokyo, Paris. Find out why he thinks Uncle Al's works deserve more exposure! To see more, visit www.aleistercrowley.com.au
Weiser Antiquarian continues, with its latest catalog, to maintain an extraordinarily high standard. There are literally dozens of items in the latest one that I'd love to have in my archives!
Weiser Antiquarian Books Catalogue
No. 106
Aleister Crowley
Used and Rare Books and Ephemera
Online now at: http://weiserantiquarian.com/catalog
Weiser Antiquarian Books is pleased to announce the release of the one hundred and sixth of our on-line catalogues, this being another of our specialised Aleister Crowley lists. For those not interested in Crowley, do not be dismayed: we are working on another of our "Miscellany Lists" and several catalogues on other topics are slowly edging towards completion. We are also making a concerted effort to add fresh titles to our website on a weekly basis, so don't forget to click the "new arrivals" link at the left side of our homepage regularly.
This catalogue is made up of seven sections, the first of which is a mixed collection of books and ephemera by Crowley himself. It includes some truly stunning manuscript and typescript items, notably the original typescript of an unpublished film-script entitled "The Stolen Post-Office," a murder mystery with a dissolute cocaine-fiend as the villain whose friend, "Snowbird Jim" starts out bad but ends up good under the influence of dance-hall-floozy come tart-with-a-heart "Dago Flo." There is also a typescript of Crowley's Liber Aleph that circulated amongst Crowley's followers shortly before his death, and a small collection of documents relating to Crowley's failed attempt to get to America during the Second World War, including an envelope on which Crowley has written "From my Gaoler." Manuscript materials include an original manuscript poem that was later published in Konx om Pax, a note in which Crowley suggests a course by which the Thoth tarot deck might come to be his path-way to riches, two letters to Frieda Harris, and a remarkable note in which Crowley suggests Oscar Wilde to have been guilty of plagiarism!
Amongst the less common printed texts in this group are a copy of Crowley's The Man That Put the O.K. in Book, a booklet that is as sycophantic as it is scarce, the softcover version of the 1992 Mandrake Press Ltd edition of the first eleven numbers of The Equinox (oddly the only edition that is a true facsimile of the first edition), and the memorable "Scratch 'n' Sniff" edition of Leah Sublime (1996), which was surely in part a homage to John Waters' "Polyester" and its "Odorama."
Saturday 9 February 2013: Buratti Fine Art - 222 Queen Victoria Street, North Fremantle, Western Australia
Aleister Crowley is most associated with his magical-spiritual philosophy of Thelema and the Orders he reformed or created to promote it, but his influence can be found within modern Witchcraft or Wicca which uses his magic and writings to high degree. This lecture will explore how this occured, noting several different theories and revealing a side to Wicca not known by many of its modern adherents.
An illustrated lecture presented by Peregrin Wildoak.
Peregrin Wildoak was born in Warwickshire, UK and emigrated to Perth, Western Australia at age 12, where he has lived ever since. In his youth he came into contact with the western mystery traditions and was initiated into the Golden Dawn. He has also received initiation and training in several other traditions including Wicca and an Isis Mystery School. Peregrin is a former editor of Pagan Times and Greenspirit, and co-founded the EarthDreaming tradition and the Golden Dawn Society of Western Australia.
Marlene is organising a walk around Central London at Easter to some of the places Aleister Crowley lived in - with a short talk on each and a stop off for coffee at the end. It will be 2-3 miles.
If you feel up to such a walk, it is likely to be 1 April - Monday - weather permitting. Please let her know through LAShTAL.
As the result of interest from members of this site, I have placed a copy of a PDF of my presentation regarding the Cairo Working in the Downloads section of this website (look for Downloads under Resources in the main menu - the document is in the LAShTAL 'folder').
This is the PowerPoint slideshow I used as the basis for my talk at Treadwells for Hecate's excellent Save The Abbey event earlier this year at Treadwells Bookshop in London and I am presenting it here with her permission. I have retained copyright to the original material - other copyrights are listed in the Download description - and the document is not to be reproduced elsewhere in any format.
It is still my plan to make available all the material from the day's talks - presentations together with audio recordings or transcripts - available for download from this site.
"Re-Creating the Abbet" is a satellite show currently held alongside "The Nightmare Paintings: Aleister Crowley" and presents new original work from a range of contemporary artists including Barry William Hale and Mitchell Nolte.
The only surviving record of the images which adorned Crowley’s Chamber of Nightmares was an essay by the artist written circa 1920. Written as a tourist's introduction to the Sicilian village, it contained a catalogue of his paintings on the walls of the Abbey of Thelema. The piece remained unpublished during Crowley's lifetime.
The selection of work in this exhibition is inspired by these writings.
This month's Fortean Times includes a substantial, illustrated article on Aleister Crowley's art, especially within the context of the current Gallery tour in Australia.
Jack Sargeant has done a good job, here, of introducing Aleister Crowley's painting style to a generally more appreciative audience.
ALEISTER CROWLEY “DARK HALO” PRINT WITH ORIGINAL (HAND-WRITTEN) PROSE-POEM
12" x 16" UV ink print from an original charcoal drawing entitled "Dark Halo" by L.A.-based artist Heather McMillen. Strictly limited to only 93 hand numbered and signed copies printed on arches rives fine art paper. Artist depiction of the aged Great Beast 666 deep in contemplation with pipe full of perique. (Based on an old photograph of Crowley).ALEISTER CROWLEY "THIRST" PREMIUM QUALITY TEE SHIRT
Tri-blend premium quality tee shirt featuring artwork by Heather McMillen (based on concepts by Blair MacKenzie Blake). Front of shirt shows the famous hypnotic gaze of British occultist Aleister Crowley, beneath which are a crossed 'Swan' fountain pen and c1920's hypodermic syringe. Back of shirt contains an in-quotes verse from Crowley's "The Diary of a Drug Fiend", encircled by an ancient esoteric Ouroboros symbol (designed by Heather McMillen).ALEISTER CROWLEY COCKTAIL GLASS SET WITH ORIGINAL 'BEASTLY' DRINK RECIPES
Set includes four pint glasses with baked-on Crowley artwork by Heather McMillen and original drink recipes by Blair MacKenzie Blake.
Previously exhibited as part of the Traces du Sacred exhibition at the Pompidou Centre and the Palais de Tokyo in Paris, it comprises work from Crowley's three areas of focus: portraiture, landscape and magical or trance paintings, providing a rare glimpse into Crowley's most active period as a painter and an insight into the unique ideas which have long remained ignored by the mainstream art establishment.
With curatorial support from Marco Pasi (Amsterdam University) and Giuseppe Di Liberti (Palermo University, Sicily), The Nightmare Paintings is presented in Australia by Buratti Fine Art and will tour Perth, Sydney and Melbourne.
A full colour catalogue is also available featuring essays by Marco Pasi, Giuseppe Di Liberti, Stephen J King, William Breeze, Tobias Churton and Robert Buratti.