K.A. Laity's Blog, page 7

Leonora Carrington @ Rose Museum

A walk through the gallery taking a look at the drawings and paintings in this exhibit. If you can get there before it closes, don’t miss this! I thought it would be modest but it is full of riches — things I’ve not seen before and you know I see all the Carrington I can.... Read More

Irreverent #Tarot 7: The Lady & The Beast

A super quick recommendation for Deja Whitehouse’s THE LADY & THE BEAST on Lady Freida Harris, Aleister Crowley, and the making of the Thoth tarot (which can be seen at the Warburg Tarot exhibit or link below to my walkthrough.). Yes, it’s an expensive book but discounts are out there (follow Deja on IG) but... Read More

Aural Lint #BandcampFriday

Aural Lint is a new project for Visionary Fuel: “Creativity is a way of living life, no matter our vocation or how we earn our living.” – Madeleine L’Engle “Nothing is original. Steal from anywhere that resonates with inspiration or fuels your imagination. Devour old films, new films, music, books, paintings, photographs, poems, dreams, random... Read More

Cronework: Out now!

CRONEWORK! Out for Beltane! Cronework – Re-enchanting the label: A compilation of spells by self-identified women and gender-diverse artists. You get 5 tracks now (streaming via the free Bandcamp app and also available as a high-quality download in MP3, FLAC and more), plus the complete album the moment it’s released. “It is to the discovery... Read More

Walpurgisnacht Shenanigans

Peg and I started talking about Rosemary’s Baby between cats, a snoozy dog and far too much rustling of lapel mics (oops!). Peg did a great job editing but we may pick up this conversation and run further with it because there is just so much to say! The film most responsible for the 80s... Read More

Irreverent Tarot 6

‘Sir, you quibble!’ Today’s quick take is on THE SQUARE OF SEVENS, a cartomancy guide from 1896 by Edward Irenaeus Prime-Stevenson (1868-1942). He declares it to be the work of Robert Antrobus, who met a ‘Mr George’ in Cornwall who was supposedly a ‘gypsy’ but alienated from his people and willing to spill all their... Read More

#WriterWednesday @ Claverack Free Library

#WriterWednesday at Claverack Free Library this month features HVWG member Rhonda Rosenheck: Sharp Ideas in Short Forms with Rhonda Rosenheck, M.Ed. (she/her/hers) Haiku, Senryu and Tanka are terse poetic forms adapted to English from the Japanese poetic tradition. Their seeming simplicity can unmask breathtaking insights, universal truths, underlying humor, and unanswerable questions. This generative workshop... Read More

Irreverent Tarot 4 & 5

It’s typical of me to have done all the things with the most recent episodes of Irreverent Tarot *except* actually posting them here. Episode 4: Surrealist tarot! Well, the Jeu de Marseille which isn’t technically tarot but tarot-adjacent for sure. episode 5: The amazing Xul Solar, surrealist, futurist, polyglot language creator, gamester and yes, tarot... Read More

Write 4 a Day: 27 Apr 25

Time for the next WRITE 4 A DAY retreat. Join us! All the info here. $25 fee for the space (cash/check/PayPal or $20 for HVWG members) and food (a dish to share or your own lunch) 10am-4pm, Sunday April 27, 2025  Universal Pathways, 692 Pleasant Valley Rd, Berne, NY 12023 – Phone: (518) 872-1641 Take this free course on Udemy if... Read More

Open Your Heart of Wild Honey #PCA2025

In lieu of the usual #TarotTuesday Irreverent Tarot I give you a slapped-together live recording of my talk at PCA this past weekend, ‘Open Your Heart of Wild Honey’: Occult Medievalism in Leonora Carrington’s The Hearing Trumpet. I very lightly edited the audio so it’s still full of ahhs and umms and stumbles of various... Read More