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Post by Michael Staley on Jul 13, 2013 22:27:29 GMT
Someone posted on LAShTAL a while back to point out that in a couple of scenes in the 1967 film by the Beatles, three of the Monographs are shown pinned to the wall. A couple of jpegs were attached to the post to prove this.
Interesting, because I'd always assumed that the Grants were faily obscure until the publication of The Confessions of Aleister Crowley in 1969. This indicates otherwise.
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Post by Gregory Peters on Jul 31, 2013 3:28:15 GMT
This is very interesting.. now I need to track down that film and see
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Post by kosss on Oct 7, 2013 10:06:21 GMT
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Post by N0T 2 on Jan 25, 2014 3:59:00 GMT
The link doesn't work. What is the name of the film by the Beatles?
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Post by Michael Staley on Jan 25, 2014 8:55:34 GMT
The link works for me.
The name of the film is "Magical Mystery Tour", and it was released on UK television at Christmas (actually Boxing Day) 1967.
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Post by N0T 2 on Jan 25, 2014 10:29:43 GMT
The link works for me. The name of the film is "Magical Mystery Tour", and it was released on UK television at Christmas (actually Boxing Day) 1967. Apologies - yes, the link does work, my mistake. Great pic! I shall have to watch this film now. Fancy that - Kenneth and Steffi Grant's work finally leading me to watch my first Beatles film.
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Post by sandow on Jan 25, 2014 12:13:47 GMT
In this movie there is my favourite Beatles' song, "I'm the walrus". BTW some of the lyrics of this song intrigue me: "I'm the eggman". Does the word "eggman" means something in English ? I can't help to think of Harpocrates... But my knowledge of English, especially colloquial or slang, is sooo limited...
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Post by Deleted on May 18, 2014 14:28:45 GMT
Someone posted on LAShTAL a while back to point out that in a couple of scenes in the 1967 film by the Beatles, three of the Monographs are shown pinned to the wall. A couple of jpegs were attached to the post to prove this. Interesting, because I'd always assumed that the Grants were faily obscure until the publication of The Confessions of Aleister Crowley in 1969. This indicates otherwise. AC appeared in a montage of 'people we like' on the album cover of Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band when it was released on 1st June 1967. The 'people we like' may be seen as a snapshot of the zeitgeist of 1967, of the ideas and individuals influencing the emergence of The Summer of Love as a social phenomenon. According to the wikipedia authors: "The collage includes 57 photographs and 9 waxworks that depict a diversity of famous people, including actors, sportsmen, scientists and – at Harrison's request – the Self-Realization Fellowship gurus Mahavatar Babaji, Lahiri Mahasaya, Sri Yukteswar and Paramahansa Yogananda.[208] Inglis views the tableau "as a guidebook to the cultural topography of the decade", demonstrating the increasing democratization of society whereby "traditional barriers between 'high' and 'low' culture were being eroded."[209][nb 27] The final grouping included singers such as Bob Dylan and Bobby Breen; the film stars Marlon Brando and Marilyn Monroe; the artist Aubrey Beardsley; the boxer Sonny Liston and the footballer Albert Stubbins. Also included were the comedians Stan Laurel and Oliver Hardy and the writers H. G. Wells, Oscar Wilde and Dylan Thomas.[209][nb 28] Adolf Hitler and Jesus Christ were requested by Lennon, but ultimately rejected.[211] When McCartney was asked why the Beatles did not include Elvis Presley, he replied: "Elvis was too important and too far above the rest even to mention ... so we didn't put him on the list because he was more than merely a ... pop singer, he was Elvis the King."[212] The final cost for the cover art was nearly £3,000, an extravagant sum for a time when album covers would typically cost around £50.[206]"
In my view, the Confessions were accepted for publication because it was perceived that there was already a public appetite for them; the Crowley brand was already hot. Without this receptive market, it's difficult to see how any publisher would think it prudent to invest in the printing, marketing, and distribution of such a long-winded and lack-lustre manuscript, one that fails to titillate as anything flagged as 'confessions' should. It is a bad and boring book, and the magical revival proceeded in spite of its publication, and not because of it.
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Post by Deleted on May 18, 2014 14:44:22 GMT
In this movie there is my favourite Beatles' song, "I'm the walrus". BTW some of the lyrics of this song intrigue me: "I'm the eggman". Does the word "eggman" means something in English ? I can't help to think of Harpocrates... But my knowledge of English, especially colloquial or slang, is sooo limited... The "eggmen" refers to a 1960s television advertising campaign by the (British) Egg Marketing Board, a government agency then concerned with promoting the interests of national egg producers. The campaign used a number of quirky slogans, such as 'Happiness is egg-shaped' and 'Go to work on an egg', suggesting that you should eat eggs for breakfast before your day's work.
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Post by sandow on May 26, 2014 8:54:19 GMT
The "eggmen" refers to a 1960s television advertising campaign by the (British) Egg Marketing Board, a government agency then concerned with promoting the interests of national egg producers. The campaign used a number of quirky slogans, such as 'Happiness is egg-shaped' and 'Go to work on an egg', suggesting that you should eat eggs for breakfast before your day's work. Ah, thanks..so goodbye to the eggman as Harpocrates...
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Post by ShB on May 27, 2014 0:33:38 GMT
assume all godforms as they appear especially if the presenters seem oblivious to them and even more so if they cross link with another cultural reference that is equally ignorant
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