This week’s Monday Magick entry, like many before it, is inspired by events that are currently occurring in my life. Recently, lacking a magickal partner and feeling as if I’m not practicing my magick to its fullest potential, I was struck by the desire to convert part of my home[…]
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Monday Magick: Pilot – Magic (Video)
I’m still getting back into the swing of things after our brief hiatus, so this week’s Monday Magic entry is something easy and not too deep that most readers should be familiar with. It’s “Magic”, a 1974 single by Scottish quartet Pilot that has been a staple of Classic Rock[…]
Monday Magick: Genesis – The Fountain of Salmacis (Video)
It’s not every week that I get to profile a song that is a touchstone for nearly all of my peculiar occult interests, but this week’s Monday Magick will allow me to do just that! See, I am pretty obsessed with the goat-headed hermaphrodite demon-god of transformations known as Baphomet.[…]
Monday Magick: Hypnos 69 – The Great Work (Video)
This week’s Monday Magick is a very special entry in honor of the Labor Day holiday. That special song, “The Great Work”, by Belgian Prog-Rock outfit Hypnos 69, comes from their 2010 LP ‘Legacy’. Normally Monday Magick entries are classics from yesteryear which I’m already familiar with, or more recent[…]
Monday Magick: The Alan Parsons Project – Eye in the Sky (Video)
I will be the first to admit that the occult bona-fides of this week’s Monday Magick entry are questionable at best. But let me explain why I chose to feature “Eye in the Sky” from UK-based Prog-Rockers The Alan Parsons Project’s 1982 LP of the same name before you go[…]
Monday Magick: Power of Zeus – The Sorcerer of Isis (Video)
This week Monday Magick indulges in some head-nodding goodness in the form of a breakbeat classic well known in beat digging circles. “Sorcerer of Isis” from Detroit four-piece Power of Zeus, from the band’s 1970 release ‘The Gospel According to Zeus’, an oft-sampled slice of psychedelia, is that “from the[…]
Monday Magick: Eyes Of Blue – Love is the Law (Video)
This week sees Monday Magick make its return after an absence due to stifling heat and not feeling like posting last week. This entry also sees the return of a previous Monday Magick featuree, Thelemic bluesman Graham Bond, who penned this week’s choice cut, the Aleister Crowley-inspired “Love is the[…]
Monday Magick: Bob James – The Golden Apple (Video)
This week’s Monday Magick entry is a massive tune from one of the most celebrated, not to mention most sampled, Jazz keyboardists of all time, Bob James. And while “The Golden Apple”, from James’ 1975 LP ‘Two’, isn’t necessarily one of his most sampled tunes, it is one of the[…]
Monday Magick: of Montreal – Enemy Gene feat. Janelle Monáe (Video)
Imageyenation dandies, Athens, Georgia Indie-Pop outfit of Montreal, make their second Monday Magick appearance this week with “Enemy Gene”. Taken from their tenth studio album, 2010’s ‘False Priest’, the tune features guest vocals from Alternative Soul/Pop singer Janelle Monáe. The impetus for my posting “Enemy Gene”, an uptempo, dreamy number[…]
Monday Magick: Black Widow – In Ancient Days (Video)
This week’s Monday Magick entry, “In Ancient Days” by Black Widow, was inspired by a brief mention of the band alongside occult-rockers Coven in Peter Bebergal’s new book on popular music and the esoteric ‘Season of the Witch: How the Occult Saved Rock and Roll’. The tune comes from the[…]
Monday Magick: Hot Chip – Shake a Fist (Video)
This week’s Monday Magick entry, “Shake a Fist” by Hot Chip, is one of those tricky songs that isn’t supposed to be about magick or the occult but sure as hell sounds like it is. The tune comes from the London-based five-man Indie Dance act’s third LP ‘Made in The[…]
RJD2 – Her Majesty’s Socialist Request (Audio)
So RJD2 just dropped “Her Majesty’s Socialist Request”, the first single from his forthcoming 5th LP ‘More Is Than Isn’t’, via Soundcloud. It’s a banger. Very much in his signature style. But I feel like it subtly nods to the current Trap trend, while still keeping shit Prog-Rock-y. You can[…]