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Mandrake Speaks Newsletter
Compiled by Mogg
No 111
Monthly info for friends of leading occult publisher and bookseller Mandrake of Oxford
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Contents
- 185. Banners for Occulture
- 184. Maya Deren's anagram
- 183. Threskia
- 182. Orientis street
- 181.Tails from the crypt
- 184. Maya Deren's anagram
- 0.Titles
- 00.Subscription details
- 000.Groups, events et al
192. Occulture Banners
The third occulture festival, Brighton, 19th July 03.
provisional programme
Tickets are going well for whats looking like quite a party.
A couple of years back at the Ananke fest, there was an impromptu banner competition - folk made occult banners, which were hung around the room as decoration. So i'd like to make the same request now for anyone coming who'd like to make such a banner to bring it along. Your banner needs to be easy to fix to the sides of the marquee - max six about 6 x 6 foot, with some fixings. I still have some left from last time, including the muladhara chakra and Seth Horus. Previous exhibits welcome.To see that go to www.occulture.tv. You'll also find info on the many speakers complete with mugshots
But there are four main activity areas -
Main Stage with 'celebs' like paul deveraux, Jon Ronson, Colin Wilson, Adrian Gilbert and more
Film theatre with continuous short films including new version of Earth Inferno, Invocation of Sekhmet, kenneth anger and lots more,
Pleasure dome: talks as diverse as East Anglia Toad Magick, Sex Magician, Typhonians, Sethians, Chaos Magi etc
Out about: Lots of musick and performance all over the shop with Orryelle, Zev, Ladies from Hades, Giant Enochian Chess, musick, dancers and more.
Check it out and get a ticket now
184. Maya Deren's anagram
An Anagram of the Ideas of Filmmaker Maya Deren. It integrates the threads of her work, using her definition of a conceptual anagram: the poetic, the political and the ethnographic. Website on Maya Deren is : http://www.mayaderen.org A forum for ideas based on Deren's anagram concept: Nomad Université http://www.angelfire.com/nomadi/dragon
190: Threskia: traditions of the Greek mysteries
Evangelos Rigakis
1869928 660
250pp, 13.99
Contents:Mystery tradition of the ancient Greeks / Introduction to Threskia; The Rising of the Ancients; The Mysterious Kabiri; Roots of the Ancient Greek Mystery Tradition; The Legendary Orpheus; The Bacchic Mysteries; The Sacred Rites of Eleusis; Threskia; Divine Beings of the Ancients; Rites Mysteria; Greek Magick; Orphic Hymns; KYLIX
None but the Gods I hear call my name, beckoning, beseeching me to free them from the aeons of their perpetual silence. Not but my blood drives me to the well of my roots in this incarnation I come to know. Oh the delight, the ecstasy of Daemona raising my head to the call of my fore-fathers. Oh but the pain of the burden placed upon my mortal shoulders, a delight few have enjoyed and I am Atlas rising. Hear me ! for I am Pan dancing in the luscious green forest of Arcadia, laughing and playing my syrinx for the world to hear. Accept this gemmed elixir as my gift, for I am Bacchus, the little horned child-god. Join us in our mystery with sacred orgy, the delights and raptures of the Gods are once again upon us. We sing the mysteries plain, into the day of brilliant light and into the night of delight. I am Hermes and with my message I resurrect the dead of ancient times, and clear the sands of Chronos from the ruins and the crypt appear in full view. I am nothing more than an Ancient Greek living in your modern day, answering to the call, for the day of silence is over and the time of joyous laughter upon us. Hail my Brethren, come, join this dance and partake in the delights of Ancient Greece.
Evangelos Rigakis is a Greek-Canadian born in Ottawa Canada and schooled in fine arts and psychology. For the past 27 years he has been studying and followed many different spiritual paths. Since 1987 he has lived in Greece studying and researching the ancient Greek traditions. Working at ancient sites and with archaeologists led him to the discovery of 'Thelema' in the ancient Greek traditions. if you want one go to: www.mandrake.uk.net
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For those who are totally fed up with the OTO saga, one of the new documents on PR Koenig's controversial but always informative site may be of interest. You have to download a public domaine document: by James T. Graeb, co-founder and IX° of the 'Caliphate', a lawyer, calls the 'Caliphate' a "Puppet Show Piece" and files suit vs William Breeze, William Heidrick, Marcus Jungkurth et alii in 2001 2 March 2003
Court affidavits are not the most riveting of reads but some of the allegations buried in this one make salutary reading. For instance, is it true that the OTO (incorporated 1979) has spent for each of the last three years, 65% of its annual income from membership subs (approx $56K) on unauthorised court actions?? And what is the significance of the current head's recent disclosure of his former membership of Marcello Motta's (S)OTO, one of the Corporate OTO's bitterest rivals? And what is the relationship between the newly incorporated OTO-USA and its former parent? Watch this space. homepage.sunrise.ch
Tails from the crypt
By way of contrast - Kenneth Grant has produced yet another example of his magical creativity. In the same year The Ninth Arch - a new edition of his seminal work on Austin Spare - Images and Oracles is rereleased by Fulgur at a modest price of 40 uk pounds for standard edition. for more details visit www.fulgur.org There's also Kenneth Grant's new novel Gamaliel: the Diary of a Vampire, presents the history of a woman, Vilma, who attempts to invoke unseen Intelligences but takes a wrong turn. She loses her way in the Gamaliel, the Qliphoth of Yesod, and eventually succumbs to vampiric possession. Her story unfolds as extracts from her Magical Diary, the editor of which makes a horrifying discovery as the Diary closes.
In same post there's an announcement of a new one from Westgate - Necromance: intimate portrayals of death edited by Leilah Wendell. Details at www.westgatenecromantic.com
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