It shouldn’t come as a surprise to regular readers of this website to see me admit that my infrequently updated Monday Magick columns are often a laboratory for my own personal brand of high weirdness in one way or another. Weird music. Weird musicians. Weird musings on unquestionably weird subject matter.[…]
Tag: Rosicrucianism
Monday Magick: Electric Wizard – Dunwich (Video)
After taking last week off Monday Magick is back and it’s darker, harder, and heavier than ever! How so, you may ask? Well, this week we’re featuring “Dunwich”, a decidedly sludgy bit of Lovecraftian Rock by British Stoner/Doom Metal quartet Electric Wizard from their 2007 LP ‘Witchcult Today’! Longtime readers[…]
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: Open Mike Eagle – 5ree Thinkers (Video)
This week’s Monday Magick comes from Chicago-bred, Los Angeles-based emcee Open Mike Eagle, one of the most erudite, scholastic, comedic, and politically astute rappers in the game. The Hot Sugar-produced “5ree Thinkers”, the opening track on his 2012 ‘Rent Party Extension’ EP, was the first indication that his ability to[…]
Monday Magick: Judee Sill – The Lamb Ran Away With the Crown (Video)
This week’s Monday Magick entry comes from one of the most fascinating, and maybe forgotten, singer/songwriters of the so-called Laurel Canyon music scene of the ’60s and ’70s, occult folky Judee Sill. A former reform school girl and longtime heroin addict with an interest in fringe Christian theology, Rosicrucianism, Pythagorean[…]