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By: Art Is Magic « Weekends in Paradelle

Art Is Magic « Weekends in Paradelle — Sun, 18 Dec 2011 17:13:19 +0000

[...] to accounts online, Moore took as his primary deity the ancient Roman snake god Glycon, who was the centre of a cult [...]

By: Parallel Words | Endless Realms

Parallel Words | Endless Realms — Sun, 27 Nov 2011 11:37:22 +0000

[...] Based on this, strongly resonating fictional memes couldin effect be conjured into existence, from urban myths to Atlantis to Moore’s John Constantine character. Moore in fact claims that having created this fictional magician, he ended up meeting him in person years later. Morrison treated his comic The Invisbles has a hypersigil to represent different facets of himself, in part to project himself into that world. So, not only do Morrison and Moore believe that such prime characters exist in parallel worlds but they can be ritually communicated with, they can be evoked and facets of them could exist in our own world. Furthermore, these prime myths could be the basis of whole belief systems. There are some that believe that this could be the reason for the virulence of some of our religions, the keen interest that people still have in Greek and Norse myths and the interest that some have in The Force. Alan Moore wrote in From Hell, in a line that purportedly facilitated his conversion to magical spiritualism, that ‘The one place gods inarguably exist is in the human mind’. Furthermore, in an interview he stated that ‘the IDEA of the god IS the god’. [...]

By: Singing the praises of science fiction | Think Christian

Singing the praises of science fiction | Think Christian — Wed, 28 Sep 2011 09:02:23 +0000

[...] of Taoism, even writing a translation of the Tao Te Ching. Perhaps furthest outside the mainstream, Alan Moore, whose graphic novel “Watchmen” was made into a 2009 movie, practices ceremonial magic [...]

By: Things to come « Reconstructing Religion

Things to come « Reconstructing Religion — Sun, 28 Aug 2011 03:22:33 +0000

[...] MAGIC IS AFOOT: A Conversation with ALAN MOORE about the Arts and the Occult [...]

By: Ghast

Ghast — Fri, 05 Nov 2010 00:46:39 +0000

Endless thanks for this

By: World heritage « The Word Warrior

World heritage « The Word Warrior — Tue, 14 Sep 2010 03:21:09 +0000

[...] seen images of the Lascaux cave paintings…which is the perfect opportunity to quote the divinely mad Alan Moore’s speculations on thaumaturgy and the origins of artistic culture: I think that all of this goes back [...]

By: Alan Moore | Technoccult

Alan Moore | Technoccult — Thu, 06 May 2010 14:04:09 +0000

[...] Moore is also a practicing magician, of the occult variety. Although he was always interested in the occult from a theoretical perspective in January of 1994 he says “All of a sudden, it suddenly got a little less of a remote academic topic for me,” (Arthur Magazine interview). [...]

By: Occult and esoteric themes in Alan Moore’s Watchmen: Part 1 – Rorschach and Hermeticism « Eschaton//Aesthetic

Thu, 26 Nov 2009 01:43:27 +0000

[...] which was recently made into a film, was published before Alan Moore’s occultic ‘conversion’ (SOURCE). Despite this, the book is filled with magical references, many of which act as another layer of [...]

By: Convergence » links for 2009-09-25

Convergence » links for 2009-09-25 — Sat, 26 Sep 2009 04:05:03 +0000

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By: Links for 24th September 2009 | Velcro City Tourist Board

Links for 24th September 2009 | Velcro City Tourist Board — Fri, 25 Sep 2009 00:02:43 +0000

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By: Jay Babcock

Jay Babcock — Thu, 23 Jul 2009 16:02:21 +0000

starpacker - We tried to talk to Mastodon last year about their involvement in an ad campaign for a military-contractor-in-Iraq-themed video game "Army of Two." (Read about it at NYT: http://www.nytimes.com/2008/04/21/technology/21game.html) We were rebuffed by "management." Mastodon = chickenshit chickenhawk militarist profiteers.

By: starpacker

starpacker — Wed, 22 Jul 2009 19:41:09 +0000

Fantastic interview— now get off your butts and give the new Mastodon release Crack the Skye a listen — you want magick, here it is!

By: What is Content? | rondomingue.com

What is Content? | rondomingue.com — Tue, 09 Jun 2009 15:37:39 +0000

[...] book On Writing it would seem content is generated from thin air. In fact Alan Moore has liken the writing process as sorcery. The process may not be quite so metaphysical but think of all the forms of entertainment you [...]

By: A Conversation with Alan Moore about the Arts and the Occult « Bearded Dave

A Conversation with Alan Moore about the Arts and the Occult « Bearded Dave — Thu, 07 May 2009 20:39:50 +0000

[...] you are even remotely interested in comics or magic, this interview with Alan Moore will make you very [...]

By: MAGIC IS AFOOT: A Conversation with ALAN MOORE about the Arts and the Occult | ARTHUR MAGAZINE - WE FOUND THE OTHERS « Bearded Dave

Thu, 07 May 2009 18:43:58 +0000

[...] MAGIC IS AFOOT: A Conversation with ALAN MOORE about the Arts and the Occult | ARTHUR MAGAZINE – WE FOUND THE OTHERS via arthurmag.com [...]

By: Electric Children » Blog Archive » Superman is Real

Electric Children » Blog Archive » Superman is Real — Fri, 10 Apr 2009 02:38:01 +0000

[...] Link [...]

By: Watching the Watchmen «

Watching the Watchmen « — Thu, 12 Mar 2009 18:40:14 +0000

[...] Magic is Afoot: A conversation with Alan Moore about the Arts and Occult [...]

By: “He has one thing you haven’t got: a great big bushy beard!” « Coeval : modern magic in a blog

Sat, 20 Dec 2008 22:22:49 +0000

[...] unrefined madness that could land you with a full-time membership at the Rubber Room Club, in this interview: Another way of looking at this is to say that every human being has their window onto the world, [...]

By: Promoting Coulthart « Papers Falling from an Attic Window

Promoting Coulthart « Papers Falling from an Attic Window — Tue, 14 Aug 2007 15:11:14 +0000

[...] Gentlemen and V for Vendetta to be writing strange pieces of Lovecraftian gematria? Plus, he’s revived an ancient Roman cult centered around a hand puppet, which means I get to talk about hand puppet cults on my blog. [...]

By: Alone With The Gods » Blog Archive » Magick As A Cultural Force

Alone With The Gods » Blog Archive » Magick As A Cultural Force — Wed, 08 Aug 2007 14:39:07 +0000

[...] found this in the introduction to an interview with Alan Moore: […] magic is afoot in the world. It doesn’t matter whether you think [...]

By: Alan Moore Interview with Arthur Magazine « Phantastica Bricolage

Alan Moore Interview with Arthur Magazine « Phantastica Bricolage — Tue, 10 Jul 2007 21:40:16 +0000

[...] “So you got this surreal meeting of science and spiritualism back then, and also an incredible effect upon art. Picasso spent his youth pretty well immersed in hashish and occultism. Picasso’s imagery where you’ve got people with both eyes on one side of their face is actually an attempt to, it’s almost like trying to create, to approximate, a fourth dimensional view of a person. If you were looking at somebody from a fourth dimensional perspective, you’d be able to see the side and the front view at once. The same goes with Duchamp’s “Nude Descending A Staircase” where you’ve got this sort of multiple image as if the form was being projected through time, as it descends the staircase.” -Alan Moore/Arthur [...]

By: Cerridwen’s Musings » Namaste

Cerridwen’s Musings » Namaste — Sat, 07 Jul 2007 21:14:48 +0000

[...] found an article about the connection between the Arts and the Occult. It made me think. Energy and creativity is all around us, and what is magic but the use of energy [...]

By: JahFurry

JahFurry — Thu, 10 May 2007 22:54:17 +0000

HUZZAH! This piece inspired me to write the following essay what won me some magical Moore goodness. Wait til you see the Promethea illo: http://blog.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=blog.view&friendID=4619202&blogID=142415245&MyToken=6d21f3c4-14e1-49b1-8343-6fd687f63066

By: Triphibian

Triphibian — Thu, 10 May 2007 20:48:40 +0000

Thanks for putting this article online! Thanks to your work the world is now a slightly better place.