Outsider artist Josie Gallows (www.josiegallows.com ) will have a display of 22 paintings from his series “Hermaphrodite Elephants (Subtitle: Some of them ejaculating, some on roller skates)” on September 11th and for the following six weeks. They will be for sale upon reasonable offer, i.e. pick a number between $57 and $1,000,000. Professional photographs and online sales of the original works (as well as prints) will be available at the artist’s website soon.
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 […]
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 [email protected]. 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!