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June 16, 2022
A new episode of 23rd Mind TV!
A new episode of 23rd Mind TV is out there:
We talk about all recent and present projects – there are a lot! Links to everything in the “show notes.” Have a great weekend!
#carlabrahamsson #vanessasinclair #23rdmindtv #occulture #renderingunconscious #thefenriswolf
June 14, 2022
Trapartisan Radio – Episode 5
A new episode of TRAPARTISAN RADIO:
Swedish artist Gabriella River Eriksson talks to Carl Abrahamsson about art and her work in general, about her contributions to THE TRAPARTISAN REVIEW and the cover of Carl’s novel CODEX NORDICA specifically, as well as her presentation at the upcoming “Psychoanalysis, Art & the Occult” conference in Copenhagen in October 2022.
https://www.patreon.com/vanessa23carl
#gabriellarivereriksson #carlabrahamsson #trapartisanradio #trapartisanreview #occulture #codexnordica #art #fantasyart
June 13, 2022
Första romanen på svenska!
Min första roman på svenska är nu släppt. En historisk roman från framtiden, full av feodal dystopi. Skippa deckaren i sommar – läs en bra bok istället!
https://store.trapart.net/details/00183
Kindle/e-bok:
I spillrorna efter långvariga krig och katastrofer är Sverige ett löst sammanhållet feodalt rike omgärdat av okända hot och plågat av inre stridigheter. Regenten Soldan Ridderberg styr med järnhand, med hjälp av de mäktigaste adelsmännen. Han värnar om den unge Hjalmar Stackelstad, som tillåtits leva isolerad på en gård och arbeta med att uttolka ”Codex Nordica” – en samling tankar om en återuppbyggnad grundad i humanistiska ideal och inte endast rå makt.
Tillsammans med den äldre vännen Jonas Trädgårds jobbar Stackelstad och Ridderberg med att få till stånd en omröstning för att få Codex att bli hela landets rättesnöre. Somliga adelsmän är för, andra emot. I det att man röner vissa framgångar och Stackelstad tar allt mer synlig plats, blir han mer och mer misstänksam mot alla. Varför har han fått leva ett så privilegierat liv? Vilken betydelse har manuskriptet egentligen? Är det överhuvudtaget möjligt att återgå till ett civiliserat liv efter en så lång tid av kaos?
I det att Stackelstad och Trädgårds sprider tankarna på Mellansveriges gods och gårdar, ökar motståndet – både det osynliga och det synliga. Den intellektuelle som förankrats i ideal och eftertanke möter motvilligt de ränker och det våld han hittills skyddats från. Men det är nu inte längre fråga om att vilja eller inte vilja för Stackelstad. Han befinner sig oundvikligen i framtidens absoluta mittpunkt – både Sveriges och sin egen.
Trapart Books, 2022. 268 sidor. Finns som mjukbunden och hårdbunden utgåva, samt som e-bok. Den hårdbundna utgåvan kan även fås signerad. Omslag av Gabriella River Eriksson.
Please note: This book is in Swedish.
#carlabrahamsson #codexnordica #trapartbooks #gabriellarivereriksson #dystopi
Mediumpodden v 2
God morgon Sverige! Nu är jag med i fina Mediumpodden igen, i samtal med Camilla Elfving. Vi pratar om magi, ockultism, magiko-antropologi, Crowley och mycket annat.
Magi, ockultism och självutveckling med gäst Carl Abrahamsson
Videon finns på YouTube:
#carlabrahamsson #mediumpodden #camillaelfving #occulture #magi #ockultism
June 2, 2022
We’re in the Fruit of the Spirit
Vanessa and I are interviewed about our work in Fruit of the Spirit:
https://fruitofthespiritmagazine.blogspot.com/2022/06/be-clear-in-admitting-your-real-desires.html
#occulture #glitchcraft #cutups #carlabrahamsson #vanessasinclair #fruitofthespirit #23rdmind #renderingunconscious
May 23, 2022
I’m on the House of Mystery Podcast
I’m on the House of Mystery podcast talking to Al Warren about my book on Anton LaVey and the Church of Satan. Enjoy:
https://www.alanrwarren.com/hom-cults-myths-rel-interviews
Photo by #vanessasinclair
#antonlavey #churchofsatan #innertraditions #carlabrahamsson #occulture
May 15, 2022
A new Psychartcult conference!
A new #psychartcult conference is on the horizon. For more information, please read on or go HERE.
VISIONARY MEDIUM: Psychoanalysis and the Magic of Cinema
October 14-16, 2022
Husets Biograf, Copenhagen
The third Psychoanalysis, Art & the Occult conference focuses on cinema as a gateway into and out of the human mind, in all its complexity. No modern medium enchants quite as powerfully as that of the moving image. As film developed into an art form parallel to the emergence of both psychoanalysis and the late 19th century renaissance of the occult, its presence was rapidly imbued with a genuinely visionary power that continues to spellbind to this day. This event shines the light on a psychological screen filled with innovations, ideas, prisms and mirrors, revealing ever more to us about the intimate, intricate relationship between psychoanalysis, art and the occult.
In 1895, the same year Sigmund Freud published Studies on Hysteria with Josef Breuer, the Lumière brothers presented the first projected moving pictures to a paying audience, and practicing occultist William Butler Yeats published his very first collection of poetry. As Freud continued developing his theories, the film industry established itself with experimental film-making evolving alongside conventional cinema from the beginning. The early films of Georges Méliès, Hans Richter and Fritz Lang influenced generations of filmmakers, including Jonas Mekas, Luis Buñuel, Harry Smith, Ingmar Bergman, Robert Frank, Kenneth Anger, Derek Jarman, Alejandro Jodorowsky, Peter Greenaway, John Waters, Darren Aronofsky, Anna Biller and Lars von Trier.
When a filmmaker is a true artist, their vision and own unconscious processes are projected and worked through via the medium of film. The magic lantern’s cinematic spells are timeless expressions of the human condition – existing outside trends, discourses, and even the larger Zeitgeists of the times – yet resonating throughout. As Freudian cinephile Mary Wild relays in her work, films are projective surfaces engaging similar mechanisms as the classic projective tests of psychoanalysts, such as the Rorschach Inkblot Test. In the chamber of the cinema, films are projected onto screens, while audience members project their own internal worlds onto the films, identifying with the characters and enacting the drama being played out on the screen. Nowadays, screens are ubiquitous in our everyday lives, the interactive screens of computers and phones providing countless opportunities for individuals to project themselves into the digital realm in a multitude of ways never before imagined.
The Psychoanalysis, Art & the Occult series of events, curated by Dr. Vanessa Sinclair and Carl Abrahamsson, is dedicated to exploring the intersections and integration of psychoanalytic theory, the creative arts, occult practices and folk magic traditions. By inviting psychoanalysts, philosophers, artists, writers, filmmakers and magical practitioners from a variety of theoretical orientations and worldviews to discuss their work, personal experiences and areas of interest with one another, dialogue is opened up between practitioners in fields of study that traditionally rarely engage with one another though often operate in similar and complementary ways.
Topics may range from themes of the double, mirroring, projection, programming, propaganda and poetry to psychoanalysis on film, the history of cinema, celluloid tangibility, home movies, horror, underground cinema, spirit photography, the Uncanny, Cinema of Transgression, Film as a Subversive Art (a la Amos Vogel), social media, TikTok, artificial intelligence and the digital realm to deep dives into particular auteur filmmakers, photographers or artists, such as Diane Arbus, Joel-Peter Witkin, Francis Bacon, William Mortensen, Werner Herzog or Russ Meyer.
Please send inquiries and proposals for presentations to: sinclairvanessa AT gmail DOT com
#vanessasinclair #carlabrahamsson #occulture #husetsbiografkbh
April 28, 2022
I’m on the Cult Of You podcast!
I’m on the great CULT OF YOU podcast talking in depth to Adam Nox about my book “Anton LaVey & the Church of Satan”. Do not miss this one!
Chapter Index:
06:00 meet Carl
07:00 the revolution of “occulture”
09:00 an audience with the devil
17:00 Anton LaVey as Polymath
23:00 becoming the prince of darkness
30:30 what lead the devil into the light
37:00 the satanism of LaVey
42:00 conversational witchcraft of the master
47:00 Carl’s hero’s journey beyond the garden of sin
53:00 the occult power of film, sound and the arts
01:01:00 the individuated magus
01:07:00 correcting some misconceptions about LaVey
#carlabrahamsson #cultofyou #antonlavey #churchofsatan #adamnox #innertraditions
April 26, 2022
A great new book!
Got my hands on this trippy gem, which I have blurbed like this: “An amazing autobiography of younger days spent in the eye of the colorful 1960s storm, and beyond. Storl’s intelligence and eloquence convey a message of existential curiosity, and also of a deep respect for nature. His macrocosmic and microcosmic perspectives blend beautifully into a fascinating story of a life well lived.”
#wolfdieterstorl #faroutinamerica #psychedelics #ethnobotany #psychedelic
April 25, 2022
På svenska i Mediumpodden!
Heja Sverige! Nu är jag med i Mediumpodden med bästa Camilla Elfving och Niklas Lindgren för att prata om min dokumentärfilm och bok om Anton LaVey. Hör (eller se) hela historien här:
LaVey-filmen kan man se här:
#carlabrahamsson #antonlavey #mediumpodden #occulture #ockultur #intothedevilsden
