Directory of Analyses concerning Kenneth Grant's Work

[artilect]

Starfire's updated version of Henrik Bogdan's Kenneth Grant: A Bibilography already extensively covers Grant's own published output, so I thought it may be helpful to catalogue examinations of Grant's work by others, whether published in print, online or via other mediums.

This thread will serve as a Directory of Articles, Reviews and General Appreciations of Kenneth Grant’s Work.

I should preface by saying that this list is an ongoing work-in-progress and I encourage and welcome new additions, corrections and other general feedback.  Being that this site, The Primal Grimoire, is a Kenneth Grant focused forum, material that would constitute unwarranted slandering of Grant or his work will not be given showcase here, but fair and well argued criticisms in the academic vein will be permitted. 

Moderators, please note that url links included in the list are sourced from postings by the authors themselves, but if any concern regarding copyright arises, please let me know or feel free to remove the link in question.

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Last updated: Apr 10, 2019

Articles, Essays and General Examinations of Kenneth Grant and his Magical Praxis

1970s/1980s
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1990
Grant, Kenneth. “Kenneth Grant talks to Skoob: Interview with Kenneth Grant.” Skoob Occult Review, 3 (Autumn) (1990): 5-7. kennethgrant.blogspot.com/p/original-texts-in-english.html

1994
Staley, Michael. “An Ill Wind That Bloweth.” Starfire, I, 5. 1994.
www.parareligion.ch/dplanet/staley/staley3.htm

1995
Wilson, Colin. “Tentacles Across Time.” Skoob Esoterica Anthology, 1, London, Skoob, p 13-15

1997
Smith, John L. “Typhonian Tomes: Being a Guide to the works of Kenneth Grant.” Online.
www.bibliotecapleyades.net/cienciareal/cienciareal03.htm

2001
Moore, Vadge. “Kenneth Grant and the Merovingian Mythos.” Dagobert’s Revenge. 2001. Online.
www.vadgemoore.com/writings/merovingian_mythos.html

2002
Biroco, Joel and David Cantu. “Grant's and Letchford's versions of Austin Spare.” Kaos, 14, London, Kaos-Babalon Press, pp 42-44.
Free download from Kaos: www.biroco.com/kaos/kaos.pdf

2003
Evans, Dave. “Taken for Granted? Kenneth Grant’s occult fiction appreciated.” Occult Ebooks. Online.
www.occultebooks.com/reviews/Review_KennethGrants_fiction.htm

2004
Evans, Dave. “Trafficking with an onslaught of compulsive weirdness: Kenneth Grant and the Magickal Revival.” Journal of Academic Study of Magic, 2, Mandrake, 2004.
www.academia.edu/197561/

2006
Bogdan, Henrik. “Challenging the Morals of Western Society: The Use of Ritualized Sex in Contemporary Occultism (includes Kenneth Grant: Marriage between the West and the East).” The Pomegranate, 8.2, pp 211-246.
www.academia.edu/237471/

2008
Chapman, Alan. “Kenneth Grant: Pseudo-Initiate.” The Baptist’s Head. Online blog posting, 2008.
thebaptistshead.co.uk/2008/06/05/kenneth-grant-pseudo-initiate/

Evans, Dave. “Kenneth Grant, Crowley and Dr. Black: Magick, Smoke and Mirrors.” Journal of Thelemic Studies, Vol 2, No. 1, PDF, pp 33-40.
www.thelemicstudies.com/JoTS2-1.pdf

Evans, Dave. “Kenneth Grant; Elder Statesman of Magick.” Pentacle Magazine, number 24.
www.academia.edu/200537/

Evans, Dave. “Kenneth Grant: True Tales, Ancient Grimoires and Magical Fiction.” Wormwood, 10 (Spring 2008).

2009
Josiffe, Christopher. “Trafficking with Elementals: Kenneth Grant and Arthur Machen.” Faunus: The Journal of the Friends of Arthur Machen, number 20 (Summer 2009).
www.academia.edu/1476838/

2010
Woudenberg, G. “Kenneth Grant’s Nightside: The Reinterpretation of Kabbalistic Kelipot in Modern Occultism.” Unpublished MA thesis. University of Exeter.

2011
Eldritch, Tristan. “Outside the Circles of Time.” 2012diaries. Online.
2012diaries.blogspot.com/2011/02/kenneth-grant-part-1-outside-circles-of.html

Eldritch, Tristan. “Nuclear Art and the New Gnosis.” 2012diaries. Online.
2012diaries.blogspot.com/2011/02/kenneth-grant-part-2-nuclear-art-and.html

Giudice, Christian. “Typhon Rising: Kenneth Grant and the Typhonian Tradition in post-Crowleyan Magic.” Unpublished MA thesis. University of Exeter.

Kostencic, Alan. “Topological Mapping the Meon.” ATUA: Voices from La Societe Voudon Gnostique. Fulgur Limited.
www.academia.edu/9406980/

Legard, Phil and Andy Sharp. “The Cult of the Ku.” Strange Attractor, Journal 4, pp 110-118, 2011

Sharp, Andy. “The Occult Peter Parker of High Holborn [location and the Typhonian Trilogies].” English Heretic. Online, 2011.
englishheretic.blogspot.com/2011/01/occult-peter-parker-of-holborn.html

Staley, Michael. “Scintillations in Mauve: An Introduction to the Work of Kenneth Grant.” Starfire, II, 4, pp. 9-26.
www.starfirepublishing.co.uk/downloads/scintillations_in_mauve.pdf

2012
Eldritch, Tristan. “The Occult Art of Steffi Grant.” 2012diaries. Online.
2012diaries.blogspot.com/2012/04/occult-art-of-steffi-grant.html

Los. "On the Typhonian Tradition." Thelema and Skepticism. Online, 12 July 2012.
thelema-and-skepticism.blogspot.ca/2012/07/on-typhonian-tradition.html

Sammut, Paolo. “The Starry Wisdom: A perichoresical perambulation through the works of Kenneth Grant.” Darklore, Vol 7, Daily Grail Publishing.
liminalwhispers.blogspot.com/2014/10/the-starry-wisdom-perichoresical.html

Various. “Characterisations in Grist to Whose Mill.” Lashtal. Forum posting, 2011.
www.lashtal.com/forum/index.php?topic=5761.0

2013
Young, Stuart. “Magick, Madness, and Outsider Art: The Lovecraftian Path to Happiness.” Teeming Brain. Online. www.teemingbrain.com/2013/08/19/magick-madness-and-outsider-art-the-lovecraftian-path-to-happiness/

2014
Bogdan, Henrik. “Servants of the Star and the Snake: Essays in Honour of Kenneth and Steffi Grant.” London: Fulgur Limited.

Bogdan, Henrik. “Kenneth Grant and the Typhonian Tradition.” The Occult World: Routledge, 2015.
www.academia.edu/9385051

Djurdevic, Gordan. “Secrets of Typhonian Tantra: Kenneth Grant and Western Occult Interpretations of Indian Esotericism.” India and the occult: the influence of South Asian spirituality on modern western occultism. New York: Palgrave Macmillan, 2014.

Fite, Kyle. “Inside Outer Space: An Appreciation of Kenneth Grant.” kylefite. Online.
kylefite.wordpress.com/2014/08/22/inside-outer-space-an-appreciation-of-kenneth-grant/

Stevens, Matthew Levi. "At the Feet of the Goddess: Some thoughts on Kenneth Grant, David Curwen & The Typhonian Gnosis." Chaosphere, 8; 9 November, 2014. Accompanied by the original artwork 'Kaula Dancer' created especially for the piece by Emma Doeve.

2015
Coulthart, John. "Dreaming Out of Space: Kenneth Grant on H.P. Lovecraft." feuilleton. Online, 10 March 2015. www.johncoulthart.com/feuilleton/2015/03/10/dreaming-out-of-space-kenneth-grant-on-hp-lovecraft/

Joffe, Ben. "Secrets of the Sex Magic Space Lamas Revealed! Tibetan Buddhist Aliens and Religious Syncretism." Online, 23 October 2015. 
savageminds.org/2015/10/23/secrets-of-the-sex-magic-space-lamas-revealed-tibetan-buddhist-aliens-and-religious-syncretism/

Steadman, John L. "Lovecraft and the Typhonian O.T.O." H.P. Lovecraft and the Black Magickal Tradition. San Francisco: Red Wheel/Weiser, 2015. pp 201-222.

2016
Stevens, Matthew Levi. "Typhon Rising: The Magical Legacy of Kenneth Grant." WhollyBooks. Online, 2016.

whollybooks.files.wordpress.com/2016/05/mls-typhon-rising-kenneth-grant.pdf

2018

Various contributors. Collected essays and examinations related to the life and works of Kenneth Grant. Servants of the Star & the Snake. London: Starfire Publishing. 346 pages.

Date Unknown
Anon. “References to Sirius in the Writings of Kenneth Grant.” Mysteries of Sirius. Online.
mysteriesofsirius.com/references/references-to-sirius-in-the-writings-of-kenneth-grant

Reviews of Kenneth Grant’s books

1973

Regardie, Israel. "The Magic Revival: a warning about persons who claim to be the successors of Aleister Crowley", Los Angeles Weekly News, 21st September, 1973

1975

Dukes, Ramsey. "Review of Cults of the Shadow." Sothis

1978

Hall, David. "Nightside of Eden." Sothis, II, 2.
www.starfirepublishing.co.uk/nightside_review.htm

1983
Anon. “Review of Kenneth Grant Outside the Circles of Time.” Cincinnati Journal of Ceremonial Magick, 1, 5, p 76

1992
Hine, Phil. “Review of Kenneth Grant Hecate’s Fountain.” The Occult Observer, 2, 3, Winter 1992, p 56-7

1995
Suster, Gerald. “Barking up the wrong tree: Review of Kenneth Grant Hecate’s Fountain.” Skoob Esoterica Anthology, 1, London, Skoob, p 187-190

1998
Staley, Michael. “Against the Light by Kenneth Grant.” Starfire, II, 2, 1998.
www.parareligion.ch/sunrise/staley18.htm

2002
Moore, Alan. “Beyond our Ken (a review of Kenneth Grant, Against the Light).” Kaos, 14, London, Kaos-Babalon Press, pp 155-162. Free download from Kaos: www.biroco.com/kaos/kaos.pdf

2003
Evans, Dave. “Kenneth Grant: Gamaliel Diary of a Vampire and Dance, Doll, Dance!” Occult Ebooks. Online. www.occultebooks.com/reviews/Review_KennethGrant_Gamaliel.htm

2005
Morgan, Mogg. “The Ninth Arch by Kenneth Grant.” Mogg Morgan's Blog. Online.
mogg-morgan.blogspot.com/2005/10/ninth-arch-by-kenneth-grant.html

2006
Lashtal. "Hidden Lore, Hermetic Glyphs." Lashtal. Online, 18 Oct 2006.
www.lashtal.com/portal/resources/reviews/2647-2646-old-reviews.html

2010
Pendry, Tim. “The Magical Revival.” Goodreads. Online.
www.goodreads.com/review/show/115393880

Rons, Ian. "Outside the Circles of Time." The Magickal Review. Online, 12 Feb 2010. Available via Lashtal by permission of the author: www.lashtal.com/portal/resources/reviews/2659-2658-old-reviews.html

Books concerning Kenneth Grant

2003
Bogdan, Henrik. Kenneth Grant: A Bibliography, 1st edition, Sweden: Academia Esoterica Press.

2012
Migliussi, Roberto. Dead Ends and Breakthroughs: An Appreciation of Kenneth Grant, pamphlet, Italy: Privately printed, 28pp.

Stone, Karl. The Moonchild of Yesod: A Grimoire of Occult Hyperchemistry, or Typhonian Sex Magick, The Imaginary Book Co. Available online as a free download at Lashtal.com.

2013
Levenda, Peter. The Dark Lord: H.P. Lovecraft, Kenneth Grant and the Typhonian Tradition in Magic, Lake Worth, FL: Ibis Press.

2014
Various. Sounds Beyond Meaning: Kenneth Grant & His Work, New York: Von Zos Publishing.

2015
Bogdan, Henrik. Kenneth Grant: A Bibliography, 2nd edition, London: Starfire Publishing.

Gauntlett, Edward. Shades in Mauve: A History of the Typhonian Tradition, New York: Von Zos Publishing.

2016

St. John, Oliver. Dreaming Thelema of Kenneth Grant and H.P. Lovecraft. Tantrika Books. 2016. 172 pages.

2018

Bogdan, Henrik (ed.). Servants of the Star & the Snake. London: Starfire Publishing. 346 pages.

Kenneth Grant correspondence

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Fite, Kyle. kylefite. kylefite.files.wordpress.com/2014/11/ken-grant.jpg

Parareligion.ch. www.parareligion.ch/2012/kenneth_grant-to-john_symonds.jpg

Salonarcano.com. salonarcano.com.ar/contenidos/cine/julian/grant.jpg

Magee, Mike. Volesoft. madmikemagee.files.wordpress.com/2011/11/kenneth-grant-001.jpg

Kenneth Grant Obituaries and Reminiscences

Anon. “Kenneth Grant.” Lucifer Research Group. Online.
www.aionicstar.com/grant.html

Anon. “Kenneth Grant.” The Telegraph. Online, 04 April 2011.
www.telegraph.co.uk/news/obituaries/8427675/Kenneth-Grant.html

Anon. “Kenneth Grant, 1924-2011.” Liturgieapocryphe. Online.
liturgieapocryphe.com/autres/kenneth-grant-1924-2011/

Barrabbas, Frater. “Final Farewell to Kenneth Grant.” Talking About Ritual Magick. Online, 2011.

fraterbarrabbas.blogspot.com/2011/02/final-farewell-to-kenneth-grant.html

Bauer, Ruth. "Kenneth Grant and Lord Kusum Haranath." Servants of the Star & the Snake. Starfire, 2018.

Coulthart, John. “Kenneth Grant, 1924-2011.” feuilleton. Online, 2011.
www.johncoulthart.com/feuilleton/2011/02/03/kenneth-grant-1924%E2%80%932011/

Doeve, Emma and Matthew Levi Stevens. "A Day of Celebration of Kenneth Grant." WhollyBooks. Online, 2016.
whollybooks.wordpress.com/2016/01/11/kenneth-grant/

Dp1974. “Vale Kenneth Grant, 1924-2011: Grandfather Chaos and Flying Saucerer.” Disinformation. Online, 2011.
disinfo.com/2011/02/vale-kenneth-grant-1924%E2%80%932011-grandfather-chaos-and-flying-saucerer/

Evans, Dave. “Kenneth Grant Obituary (title?).” Fortean Times, 275, 2011.

Fries, Jan. “Kenneth Grant: A Memory.” Online.
www.facebook.com/notes/avalonia-books/kenneth-grant-1924-2011-a-memory-by-jan-fries/10150265701242942

Hine, Phil. “Kenneth Grant: 1924-2011.” Enfolding. Online, 2011.
enfolding.org/kenneth-grant-1924-2011/

Kraig, Donald Michael. “A Sad Loss: Kenneth Grant.” Llewellyn. Online, 2011.
www.llewellyn.com/blog/2011/02/a-sad-loss-kenneth-grant/

LeDespencer, M.S. “In Remembrance: Kenneth Grant.” Coilhouse. Online, 2011.
coilhouse.net/2011/02/in-rememberance-kenneth-grant-1924-2011/

Magee, Mike. “[Various Blog Postings].” Mad Mike Magee’s Musings. Online, 2011-13.
volesoft.com/tag/kenneth-grant/

Mihajlovic-Slavinski, Zivorad. The Dawn of Aivaz. Belgrade, 2003. pp 169-174 (Kenneth Grant = Ken Hamilton).

Mihajlovic-Slavinski, Zivorad. “Obituary Title?”. ?. Original publication or online url unknown.

Morgan, Mogg. “Kenneth Grant (1924-2011).” Mandrake Speaks, 240, 2011.
blacklotuskult.blogspot.com/2011/06/kenneth-grant-obit-by-mogg-morgan.html

O’Neill, Declan. “Kenneth Grant: Writer and occultist who championed Aleister Crowley and Austin Osman Spare.” The Independent. Online, Friday 04 March 2011.
www.independent.co.uk/news/obituaries/kenneth-grant-writer-and-occultist-who-championed-aleister-crowley-and-austin-osman-spare-2231570.html

Pilkington, Mark. “RIP Kenneth Grant.” Strange Attractor. Online, 2011.
strangeattractor.co.uk/further/rip-kenneth-grant/

Sammut, Paolo. “Beyond the Pylons: A Tribute to Kenneth Grant.” Liminal Whispers. Online, 2011.
liminalwhispers.blogspot.com/2011/02/beyond-pylons-tribute-to-kenneth-grant.html

Staley, Michael. “In Memoriam: Kenneth Grant.” Starfire, II, 4, 2011.

Staley, Michael. “Kenneth Grant obituary.” Kenneth Grant, O Homem, O Mito & O Magista. Online, 2011.
kennethgrant.blogspot.com/p/original-texts-in-english.html

Stevens, Matthew Levi. “Remembering Frater Aossic, the late Kenneth Grant.” Chaosphere, 3, 2011.

Stevens, Matthew Levi. "Lembrando Frater Aossic, o falecido Kenneth Grant." Projeto Kenneth Grant Brasil. Online (Portuguese).
kennethgrant.blogspot.co.uk/2011/11/lembrando-frater-aossic-o-falecido_13.html

Stevens, Matthew Levi. “Some Reflections on Kenneth Grant.” Wiccanrede. Online.
wiccanrede.org/2014/02/some-reflections-on-kenneth-grant/

Lectures, Talks and Interviews regarding Kenneth Grant’s work

Coombs, Alastair. “Kenneth Grant: Dracula’s Tantric Rituals.” London: Treadwell’s, 05 February 2013. Transcript not available online.

Doeve, Emma. "Against the Light and Dreaming True." WhollyBooks. 9 January 2016. Online.
whollybooks.files.wordpress.com/2016/06/emma-doeve-kenneth-grant-against-the-light.pdf

Levenda, Peter. “Peter Levenda on Cthulhu, Kenneth Grant, and the ‘sinister forces’ in American history.” The Conspiracy Review, 9 April 2015. Online.
conspiracyreview.net/2015/04/09/peter-levenda-on-cthulhu-kenneth-grant-and-the-sinister-forces-in-american-history/

Sharp, Andy. “Cult of Ku: The Occult Chinese Poison Cult.” London: Treadwell’s, 10 November 2011. Transcript not available online.

Sharp, Andy. “Kenneth Grant and Arthur Machen’s Magical Landscape – South Wales.” London: Treadwell’s, 09 May 2013. Transcript not available online.

Staley, Michael. “The Ninth Arch by Kenneth Grant.” London: The Plough Inn, 21 December 2002. Online upload: www.parareligion.ch/ninth.htm

Staley, Michael. “Scintillations in Mauve: An Introduction to the Work of Kenneth Grant.” London: Treadwell’s, 27 November 2008 and 17 December 2008. Transcript not available online.

Staley, Michael. “Scintillations in Mauve: An Introduction to the Work of Kenneth Grant.” Manchester: The Britons Protection, 01 April 2010. Transcript not available online.

Staley, Michael. “Transmitting the Fire: Initiation in the Work of Kenneth Grant.” London: Treadwell’s, 25 June 2009. Transcript not available online.

Staley, Michael. “Typhonian Magic of Kenneth Grant.” London: Treadwell’s, 11 March 2009. Transcript not available online.

Various. “Kenneth Grant Remembered: Sounds Beyond Meaning Book Launch.” London: Treadwell’s, 06 October, 2014. Transcript not available online.

Audio-Visual: Podcasts, Interviews and Discussions of Kenneth Grant’s work

Coulthart, John. “Aleister Crowley on Vinyl.” feuilleton. Online blog posting, 2008.
www.johncoulthart.com/feuilleton/2008/10/21/aleister-crowley-on-vinyl/

Coulthard, Phil. "Kenneth Grant Meets Bela Bartok [Uncanny coincidences between Frank Zappa's themes and those of Kenneth Grant]." Late Lunch with Out to Lunch. Experimental recording, 2011.
archive.org/details/KennethGrantMeetsBelaBartok13-iv-2011

English Heretic. Tales of the New Isis Lodge. CD: Experimental Music. UK: 15 August 2009.

Grant, Kenneth. “BBC Interview.” BBC Radio London, 30 May 1972. Audio not yet available.

Grant, Kenneth. “BBC Pick o’ the Week.” BBC Radio London, 03 June 1972. Audio not yet available.

Laws, Robin D. and Ken Hite. "...Consulting Occultist: An Introduction to Kenneth Grant." Ken and Robin Talk About Stuff, 22 November 2012. Segment begins at 51:45:
www.kenandrobintalkaboutstuff.com/media/Ken%20And%20Robin%20Talk%20About%20Stuff%20Episode%20013.mp3

Levenda, Peter. “The Dark Lord.” Church of Mabus, 22 June 2013.
churchofmabusradio.com/files/2013/06/The-Church-Of-Mabus-PL-06-22-13.mp3

Levenda, Peter. “The Dark Lord.” Thelema Now!, 10 December 2013.
traffic.libsyn.com/wuelf2000/Thelema_Now_Peter_Levenda_2.mp3

Levenda, Peter. “The Dark Lord.” The Stench of Truth, 30 March 2013.
irnfiles.com/audio/SOT_PeterLavenda3292013.mp3

Levenda, Peter. “The Dark Lord.” Alien Séance, Date unknown.
media.blubrry.com/freemantv/p/freeman.theanomalieschannel.com/alien-seance-levenda.mp3

Levenda, Peter. “VFTB 169: Lovecraft, Crowley, and the Dark Lord.” Views from the Bunker, 27 January 2014.
vftb.net/archive/vftb169_low.mp3

Livingstone, Alastair. “Kenneth Grant makes first ever punk single in 1976.” greengalloway. Blog posting, 2007. greengalloway.blogspot.com/2007/01/kenneth-grant-makes-first-ever-punk.html

Runyon, Poke. “Kenneth Grant, Austin Osman Spare and H.P. Lovecraft.” The Hermetic Hour, 27 August 2010. www.blogtalkradio.com/the-hermetic-hour/2014/04/25/kenneth-grant-austin-osman-spare-and-hp-lovecraft-re-broadcast

[Nalyd Khezr Bey]

I don't know where the Typhonian Mysteries membership has gone to but someone needs to commend you for the effort you made in posting this thread. I was familiar with maybe a third of those so this resource is much appreciated and thanks for providing links to many of those works.

[Deleted]

I completely agree with Nalyd Khezr Bey, this is totally brilliant Artilect !! (thank you)

[triveni93]

This is a wonderful resource, Artilect. Thank you so much for posting it!

[artilect]

Thanks everyone! Keep your eyes peeled around the web for anything that pops up, whether newly written or resurfaced artifacts from bygone days. Surely, there must have been reviews in the 70s and early 80s; then again we're spoiled by the Internet nowadays so maybe print reviews were few and far between for small-run occult books like the Trilogies.

[Aleph]

Dear Artilect,
That is a comprehensive list you have compiled which is very useful. However, the talk at Treadwells by Alistair Coombs was definitely not this year, I believe it was 2013.
All best,
A

[artilect]

Thanks for the correction. I wonder if he'd still consider offering up the transcript notes; I thought I'd read on Lashtal that he may...or that could have been Andy Sharp now that I think of it. Either way, transcripts would be good!

[stephen]

Yes, quite a resource. I found the Jason Horsley correspondence especially interesting.

Regarding Zivorad Mihailovic Slavinski's 'reminiscence' of Kenneth Grant, this occurs in his book The Dawn of Aivaz - Belgrade, 2003.
This is a sort of fictionalised autobiography and includes his contact and meeting with Kenneth Grant, referred to as 'Ken Hamilton' in the book.  It is a fairly short account on pages 169-174, but intriguing, nevertheless.

Frater Shaddad mentions having attempted to read 'The Dawn of Aivaz' in the Zivorad Experiments thread in Other.  Not sure where he might have obtained it from; a Polish website Okultura advertises an e-book version dating from 2007. It describes the work as a labyrinthine novel.

(I do have this as a pdf, but have reservations about reproducing the passages here on Typhonian Mysteries.  An attempt to copy and paste a short paragraph did not work).

[artilect]

Thanks stephen!  I just read all about Slavinski's plans for the Dawn of Aivaz novel in Beyond the Mauve Zone, but I wasn't aware that it was eventually published.

I know that Slavinski also did an obituary in 2011; it's mentioned in a post over on Lashtal.  I have reached out to the original poster there to see if he can point me to the text. 

As for the Horsley correspondence, I thought it was very intriguing.  What do you (or does anyone), make of Formula 414?  Curiously, Grant seems set on 414 as being the ultimate key to all and everything.  Keep in mind, for those that aren't aware of the context of the correspondence, that Horsley is attempting to sell Grant on his particular philosophical interpretation of The Matrix movies, as laid out in his book Matrix Warrior: Being the One.  Grant acknowledges, predictably, that he hasn't seen the films, but he is able to comment on the age-old 'brain in a vat' thought-experiment that those films explore. 

So, what do we make of Formula 414?  Grant mentions 44, 14, etc. enough throughout the trilogies, but for being so set on 414, he doesn't seem to treat it anywhere in any depth.  Perhaps this was a late revelation and the trilogies were already well wrapped up by then?  I wonder if others that were corresponding with him received similar information?

I feel as if he's passionate enough about this in the letters that we should almost start a 414 thread somewhere here and collectively pool our resources to uncover what we can.  It's all very closely tied up, for me, with the Bardo and the idea of choosing a path, as I touched on over in the Posthumanism thread.

[ShB]

it's about putting the 1 in the 44 hence 4(1)4
further explanations "will muddy" the clarity

[Matthew Levi Stevens]

Greetings Artilect,

Congratulations on a job well done, and Thank You for including mention of my reminiscences “Remembering Frater Aossic, the late Kenneth Grant.” (in Chaosphere, 3) and “Some Reflections on Kenneth Grant.” (Online for Wiccan Rede.)

Might I just point out that my name is, in fact, Matthew Levi STEVENS - and NOT 'Matthew Levi' (with 'Stevens' being the surname, the other two being my forenames - as in : Stevens, Matthew Levi.)

For completion's sake you might also like to know that my first article also appeared, translated into Portuguese for Projeto Kenneth Grant Brasil as "Lembrando Frater Aossic, o falecido Kenneth Grant" online at :
kennethgrant.blogspot.co.uk/2011/11/lembrando-frater-aossic-o-falecido_13.html

And in addition, my later article "AT THE FEET OF THE GODDESS : Some thoughts on Kenneth Grant, David Curwen & The Typhonian Gnosis" appeared in issue 8 of CHAOSPHERE magazine (published 9th November, 2014), where it was accompanied by the original artwork 'Kaula Dancer' created especially for the piece by Emma Doeve.

Hoping that this is of use or interest to you - keep up the Good (or should that be 'Great' ?) Work !

All Best Wishes,
Matthew Levi Stevens

[artilect]

Hi Matthew, thanks for drawing my attention to your correct full name and also for providing the details around your most recent Kenneth Grant article for Chaosphere 8.  I guess thanks are also in order for writing the articles in the first place!

All have been updated above.

[sandow]

Hi,
you may be interested to add this very interesting article on the directory :
savageminds.org/2015/10/23/secrets-of-the-sex-magic-space-lamas-revealed-tibetan-buddhist-aliens-and-religious-syncretism/

A cultural anthropologist's article on Tibetan Buddhism and extraterrestrials, with of course a lengthy discussion about Grant's "cult of LAM"....
(and of course the lovely title is jokingly referring to Ramsey Dukes' famous book :-)

[Michael Staley]

That's a comprehensive listing, Artilect, and an excellent basis for further work. I'll consider putting it in some form other than at the top of a thread, where it can be added to and revised.

The Skoob interview was wholly by Kenneth, and is included as such in Bogdan's bibliography, as you'll see when it is published later this month.

There were reviews in the 1970s, the most comprehensive of which was David Hall's review of Nightside of Eden in an early issue of Sothis which you've picked up from the Starfire Publishing website. There were others, which I'll try to locate in archives accessible to me and make available to you.

So far as the 1980s are concerned, there will be some reviews of Outside the Circles of Time in the early years, and perhaps some reviews of Grant's work up to that point. However, Grant being without a publisher between Circles in 1980 and Hidden Lore in 1989, there was little to review in that decade.

Re the URLs, I'll take a look but there's probably no problem. It's always good policy to seek permission from the source website before making a link available publicly.

[artilect]

Bit off track for this thread, but vis a vis a few posts up... anyone dig into 414 yet?

[stephen]

I was considering looking into this 414 business, Artilect, as I do recall you mentioning it previously, but after several minutes searching I'll be damned if I can find these posts to give me the basis for working on it.

Perhaps you have forgotten where they were too ?

[artilect]

Hi stephen! It would be fantastic if you could take some time to dig into 414, especially with your solid background in qabala/gematria. Perhaps consider creating a separate thread where we can keep ongoing 414 findings?

I'm on mobile right now so can't easily insert links, but, if you go to the 'Kenneth Grant' correspondence section in the original post from this very thread ('Directory'), you'll see the entire collected correspondence (from KG's side at least) between KG and Jason Horsley, where 414 is made very much of by the the end of their dialogue.

[kylefite]

New thread started to focus on theme of Formula 414

theprimalgrimoire.proboards.com/thread/368/formula-414

[artilect]

Updated original post to include entries related to, and information found in, Servants of the Star & the Snake.