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Post by jcurwen on Jan 15, 2014 19:55:03 GMT
Im pretty "hard boiled" as they say (to paraphrase a favorite story) but I just remembered a movie called Fire In the Sky, the story of a UFO abductee, and while I agree with the idea that those experiences are subjective projections, either way this movie is horrific. For some reason Im not phased by Cenobyte butchery or Poltergeist-type insanity but watching this movie makes me uncomfortable. Give it a try.
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Post by Paolo on Jan 17, 2014 20:55:17 GMT
 A good friend of mine made a very interesting observation to me today regarding the movie of Coraline (not sure about the book since I haven't read it) which seems very influenced by the work of Kenneth Grant. We see a young girl granted visionary powers with a triangle hagstone, She then opens up secret doorways to what appear to be mauve coloured Tunnels of Set which take her to a parallel dimension (Universe B in the terminology of Michael Bertiaux). In Universe B there is a spider demon (aka Other Mother or Beldam which seems to be an obtuse reference to a creature of Fairie, specifically the Unseely Court). Beldam is possessing souls and has kidnapped her parents. When Coraline rescues her parents they have no recollection of the events suggesting that it is a dream, visionary experience. There is also the point where Other Mother tries to sew buttons onto the eyes of people she wants to bring into her world. This is suggestive of shamanic surgery experiences. The film also makes use of liminal points such as wells and hidden places in houses. I think that my friend has spotted some interesting correlations making it a truly Typhonian film. Cheers Paolo |
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Post by N0T 2 on Jan 22, 2014 16:17:51 GMT
I recently watched "Dark Sleep", which I eventually found to be surprisingly wonderful - stick through it.
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Post by John Hope on Jul 10, 2014 13:36:08 GMT
One that immediately comes to mind is The Awakening (1980) Starring Charlton Heston, based upon Bram Stoker's 'The Jewel of Seven Stars'.
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Post by N0T 2 on Jul 11, 2014 9:32:54 GMT
One that immediately comes to mind is The Awakening (1980) Starring Charlton Heston, based upon Bram Stoker's 'The Jewel of Seven Stars'. I just watched this - classic! Thanks for the tip. |
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Post by John Hope on Jul 11, 2014 23:33:36 GMT
One that immediately comes to mind is The Awakening (1980) Starring Charlton Heston, based upon Bram Stoker's 'The Jewel of Seven Stars'. I just watched this - classic! Thanks for the tip. Glad you you enjoyed it, another film I can think of that would qualify, is the 1919, silent film adaptation of Richard Marsh's The Beetle. Sadly I believe it is a lost film. There was a BBC Radio 4 version of The Beetle from 1997 which I would recommend. |
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Post by Mark on Feb 5, 2015 17:36:18 GMT
-9th Gate
-Prince of Darkness
-Event Horizon
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Post by John Hope on Feb 6, 2015 2:20:18 GMT
Also another decent Typhonian themed film is Trance (1998) more commonly seen as The Eternal starring Christopher Walken.
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Post by Raj Don Yasser on Apr 15, 2016 1:33:39 GMT
Kenneth Anger's films.
Not long ago I was thrilled to see The Complete Magick Lantern Cycle on both blu-ray and dvd. The sound and picture quality is a vast improvement compared to the old vhs tapes from years ago. The booklet inside includes an introduction to Anger's films written by Martin Scorsese and others.
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Post by stephen on Apr 15, 2016 13:06:10 GMT
I only possess a copy of the "Lucifer Rising" video and also have "Scorpio Rising" on tape, so I imagine that DVD/Blu-ray would certainly improve the viewing experience. To be a bit specific, I would say that Kenneth Anger's films are Thelemic rather than Typhonian, although being both Thelemite and Typhonian myself, I have no particular quibble with that.
A film I saw fairly recently was "6 Days on Earth" - 6 Giorni sulla Terra, by Varo Venturi (2011) - although the DVD cover called it "Alien Abduction". Its a good quality production with dubbed English, which slightly adds to its strangeness. It has a central young female character called Saturnia, who is possessed by an alien entity calling itself Hexabor of Ur - I mean, how could you resist that? - and throws everything into the plot, getting distinctly tongue-in-cheek at times, but I would certainly regard it as a Typhonian experience. |
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Post by Dave Scheffler on Apr 16, 2016 17:53:20 GMT
The early 60's Mexican masterpiece El Baron del Terror, known in the US as The Brainiac.
In 1661, Baron Vitelius of Estara (sp?; phonetically de and re constructed: could mean to have life in the future or force from the stars or simply sweet sounding gibberish), a natty nobleman of unknown origin, is collared by the Inquisition in Mexico City and, after the requisite ecclesiastic-judicial railroading, is convicted of multiple sorceries and sentenced to burn.
As he rather relaxedly roasts, he points to a cute cardboard comet conveniently crossing the starry sky and tells the witnessing Inquisitors that, when the comet returns in 300 years, so will he - to take his revenge upon their descendants.
A ripping good tale replete with a charismatic, amoral anti-hero likely from another world who travels across time in the bowels of a magical meteorite, steals a flawlessly tailored suit from his first victim in 1961, and proceeds to fascinate a variety of folks before cleansing their craniums of cephalic tissue with the longest forked tongue in any Universe.
Once regular fare on weekend TV, now available on YouTube in Spanish or with delightfully cheesy English dub and probably still extant on DVD somehow
Bet ya can't just watch it once
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Post by Raj Don Yasser on Apr 18, 2016 23:38:51 GMT
I only possess a copy of the "Lucifer Rising" video and also have "Scorpio Rising" on tape, so I imagine that DVD/Blu-ray would certainly improve the viewing experience.
Last night I finally took time to view the "bonus features", one of which compares the old prints with the remastered versions. Quite an improvement, without doubt! |
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Post by Ad Finem on Apr 19, 2016 13:48:24 GMT
One perhaps interesting point here is that on a more "tangential level", there have been Typhonian intrusions into what are seemingly run of the mill films, music videos and so on. There is one such intrusion in a popular film released only this year and in a hit music song / video released in the '80s reaching number 2 in the UK charts which openly reveals the higher degrees of the OTO. Of course the makers or directors of these films remain totally unaware of this influence. Kenneth Grant, although remaining silent on one particular film from the 1940's did note a number of earlier films including Nosferatu which is perhaps one of the best older examples of Typhonian influence in film.
A.F
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Post by Gregory Peters on Apr 19, 2016 15:53:22 GMT
One perhaps interesting point here is that on a more "tangential level", there have been Typhonian intrusions into what are seemingly run of the mill films, music videos and so on. There is one such intrusion in a popular film released only this year and in a hit music song / video released in the '80s reaching number 2 in the UK charts which openly reveals the higher degrees of the OTO. Of course the makers or directors of these films remain totally unaware of this influence. Kenneth Grant, although remaining silent on one particular film from the 1940's did note a number of earlier films including Nosferatu which is perhaps one of the best older examples of Typhonian influence in film. A.F Not too surprising, considering the Typhonian Tradition is a living current that weaves its way throughout all of reality with its snakelike movements! What is the film and hit music song you are referring to? |
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Post by Ad Finem on Apr 20, 2016 12:13:40 GMT
The title of the film escapes me at the moment, but the music video was, "Everyone Wants to Rule the World" by Tears for Fears.
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Post by Nalyd Khezr Bey on Apr 20, 2016 17:21:51 GMT
"Everyone Wants to Rule the World" by Tears for Fears. We can't let you get away with this one by just mentioning the title. I know I am eager to hear how you are interpreting this particular video in Typhonian terms and/or as revealing the higher degrees of the OTO as you mentioned above. |
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Post by Raj Don Yasser on Apr 20, 2016 17:48:49 GMT
"Everyone Wants to Rule the World" by Tears for Fears. We can't let you get away with this one by just mentioning the title. I know I am eager to hear how you are interpreting this particular video in Typhonian terms and/or as revealing the higher degrees of the OTO as you mentioned above. I'm curious, too. It's been decades since seeing that video (I'll watch on youtube after work today). If memory serves correct, the video is simply the band singing on a soundstage, can't recall any occult themes. |
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Post by Nalyd Khezr Bey on Apr 21, 2016 3:37:47 GMT
I'm curious, too. It's been decades since seeing that video (I'll watch on youtube after work today). If memory serves correct, the video is simply the band singing on a soundstage, can't recall any occult themes. I remembered the video pretty well but took a new look at it and it's much as you mentioned with them playing on a set intercut with Curt driving an Austin Healey around what looks like some place in southern California, a glider, three-wheel motorcycles on sand dunes, a couple of guys dancing like the Four Tops, etc. Basically the usual nonsense you find in most 1980's music videos (which is what makes those videos so great in my opinion). It will take some serious critical paranoia to extract and/or apply any occult interpretation to this one, let alone a more specific Typhonian interpretation or to find the OTO degrees revealed in it. Looking forward to seeing what Ad Finem had in mind. |
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Post by Ad Finem on Apr 21, 2016 8:46:06 GMT
Firstly, I just want to emphasise that I do not believe the makers of this video intended any Typhonian, magical or other references and that from this point it is purely a typical video of the 80's of it's genre. It is much as in the same way that novels, paintings and other material some of which KG describes in his books were written or produced with the author or artist being totally unaware of any significance. These "tangential intrusions" incur in many works of fiction, art and film.
When I first watched this video in the 80' (the one which is set in California) I was not aware of any connection despite being a devoted reader of KG. It was only in recent years when I heard the song that I noticed the connection. The video expounds what Crowley refers to as, "the marriage of the path", and I would strongly urge those interested in this aspect to read KG's "Remembering Aleister Crowley" where this particular formula is referenced.
A < F
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Post by ShB on Apr 21, 2016 9:13:29 GMT
the video does depict
black brothers dancing in front of
white and red fuel pumps
either side of an amber bucket
followed by a baby husky
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Post by BSh on Apr 21, 2016 13:07:38 GMT
This is very meaningful?
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Post by Ad Finem on Apr 21, 2016 13:36:53 GMT
the video does depict black brothers dancing in front of white and red fuel pumps either side of an amber bucket followed by a baby husky See "The Ninth Arch" p392 616-10 A.F |
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Post by Nalyd Khezr Bey on Apr 21, 2016 14:44:44 GMT
the video does depict black brothers dancing in front of white and red fuel pumps either side of an amber bucket followed by a baby husky See "The Ninth Arch" p392 616-10 A.F What about this passage are you finding relevant in this context? |
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Post by Ad Finem on Apr 21, 2016 15:08:26 GMT
The passage is with reference a painting by Salvador Dali.
A.F
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Post by Nalyd Khezr Bey on Apr 21, 2016 15:37:04 GMT
Have you considered changing your user name from Ad Finem to Obscurum Per Obscurius? Your last post now begs the question: what does that Dali painting have to do with any of this?
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