GODZILLA Magus Peter H. Gilmore Named “Gojira” by his Japanese progenitors in the eponymous 1954 filmed parable, Godzilla in his most potent depictions touches on something very primal. Hell, he grabs it by the throat. Jung’s concept of archetypes assists in understanding the power of his imagery. That massive figure, towering over the works of mankind and destroying them with ease, embodies nature at its most fearsome. He personifies the unstoppable hurricane, tornado, tsunami, earthquake, volcanic eruption, fused with man’s most dramatically destructive efforts—nuclear detonations. As a child watching footage of the various nuclear explosions, they held a gorgon-esque ability […]
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Magister Joe Netherworld’s The Dark Side, episode 3: Bloodletting Devices
Magister Joe Netherworld’s The Dark Side, episode 2: Voodoo Dolls (Source: https://www.youtube.com/)
Magus Gilmore’s prior thoughts on this anniversary.
Clive Barker: Cabal & Other Annotations published by FIDDLEBLACK (Source: https://www.youtube.com/)
This is a trailer for LOVE, Larry Wessel’s upcoming feature length documentary about the painter from Albuquerque, New Mexico and her astonishing works of art. Here is the link to the Kickstarter page. (Source: https://www.youtube.com/)
Church of Satan member William Wolfe, mastermind behind dark metal project Brimstone Fist, is interviewed in issue #15 of Into the Pit, Thailand’s premiere heavy music magazine. Wolfe talks about the history and future of Brimstone Fist, the new album, Hellmetal, and how the philosophy of Satanism influences and inspires his life and music. The Hellmetal album is reviewed separately in this issue. For more information, contact Into the Pit at http://intothepitmagazine.com/ or on Facebook at https://www.facebook.com/intothepitmag. (note: ITP is a Thai-language publication. If you wish to receive a free English-language translation of the interview, contact William Wolfe directly at brimstonefistband@hotmail.com. HS!)
To Magistra Nadramia—whose wisdom, sensibility and sense of fun continues to energize all that we do as our admired High Priestess—happiest of birthdays, and many more to come! We raise our glasses in salute: Hail High Priestess Nadramia! Hail Satan! So it is done!
A Purposeful Grimace: In Defense of Godzilla In this brilliant look at the decades-long, loved and mocked Godzilla movie series, Jim Knipfel delves deep into one of his own obsessions to extract a wealth of cross-cultural insights. Among other things, the book covers the history of monster film special effects, explores the relationship between nuclear war and Godzilla, and analyzes how the evolving film series tracked changing social and political imperatives. A Purposeful Grimace: In Defense of Godzilla is a fascinating and unique study of one of the Twentieth Century’s most-loved, most-dismissed and most-enduring pop phenomena. “Knipfel’s personal perspective is […]