HALLOWEEN post

BOB WIRTZ

Mantovani

Larry Todd

Jose Roosevelt

Jean Marembert

Dariusz Zawadzki

Paul Booth - Neglect

Stephanie Bennett

Thomas Hafner

Harry Clarke

Virgil Finlay

Dore

POE / Dulac

Dulac's illustrations for a collection of POEtry. (sorry, I just cant resist it) Check out POE / Clarke as well. And once again, go here too to check out the source.

James Jean

Officially here and here. And thanks to Opium Fields for getting me started.

A. O. S.

Austin Osman Spare
1886-1956

(third from the last here is one of Spare's most posthumously famous works The Vampires are Coming. This was used as a cover for the weekly occult encyclopedia /magazine Man, Myth & Magic published in 1970s UK and edited by Richard Cavendish who, through his relationship with Spare's friend Kenneth Grant, apparently had access to much of Spare's work. Apart from introducing much of the world to Spare's imagery in an iconic sort of way, this occultist review magazine was also responsible for instigating a resurgent interest in the subject among the 70s populace in general. In an even more counter-culture expression, if thats possible, the Vampires imagery has also served as a kind of logo for crust-punk legends Amebix, who have used it as a backdrop during performances.)

Austin Osman Spare was an artist and magician who to this day is terribly undocumented. Though there are publications of much of his written work available, there has never been a satisfactory retrospective of his artwork published on a large scale for the general public. The collection I've put together here is frankly quite unrepresentative. The work available on the internet thus far is sparse and unfortunately builds upon the idea, that haunted Spare his whole life, that his artistic talents could be easily dismissed along with his obscure spiritualist beliefs. His ideas, teachings and interests are far too complex and esoteric for me to elaborate on too much here, although if you're interested I highly recommend looking into it. You might start out here or here. His theories regarding sigil formation, beneficially suppressing mental faculties and automatic drawing and writing are particularly bizarre.

Musickal Interlude

Journey To Ixtlan- Journey To Ixtlan
Emiliana Torrini- Fisherman's Woman
Fauna- Rain
Bohren & Der Club of Gore- Delores
Ulver- Bergtatt
A Broken Consort- The Shape Leaves
Taylor Deupree- Stil