[Review] VENUS: A Cyberpunk Short Film

[Review] VENUS: A Cyberpunk Short Film

The 14min short film presents us with familiar cyberpunk concepts, but extends them into a few new areas of nuance. Centered around the notion of uploading consciousness into a new synthetic body; there are themes of control and consent, as well as undertones of rebellion.Continue Reading

Turn On, Tune In, Drop Out with the Psychedelic Film and Music Festival (Virtual Event)

Turn On, Tune In, Drop Out with the Psychedelic Film and Music Festival (Virtual Event)

The Psychedelic Film and Music Festival has announced the full program for its third annual event, this year held virtually with a lineup of science fiction, horror, and fantasy films, music videos, and in-depth panel discussions. Continue Reading

Explorations in Practical Rosicrucianism: Planetary Conjuration

Explorations in Practical Rosicrucianism: Planetary Conjuration

Over the coming months, I’m going to explore some of these so that we might develop our shared ideas around practical Rosicrucianism. The first such topic that I want to explore is planetary conjuration.Continue Reading

December MMXX Pamphlet from Societas Rosicruciana in Anglia (SRIA)

December MMXX Pamphlet from Societas Rosicruciana in Anglia (SRIA)

I’m delighted to share with you today the second of the new bi-annual pamphlets being produced by the Fratres of the Province of Greater London, Societas Rosicruciana in Anglia (SRIA). Continue Reading

Before Me, Raphael: Sacred Magic and the Four Archangels

Before Me, Raphael: Sacred Magic and the Four Archangels

This piece looks at the precedents for a well known ritual in contemporary sacred magic, which takes us on a journey back through early scriptural references; to the grimoire tradition of the middle ages; and then to the birth of Rosicrucianism in the 17th-century and on to the Victorian occult revival.Continue Reading

NaNoWriMo 2020 Score Card

NaNoWriMo 2020 Score Card

For the first time since 2014, I committed myself to NaNoWriMo and the challenge of writing 50,000 over the course of a month (1,667 per day).  At the start of the month I put forward my writing plan, so let’s take a look and see how the results matched up.Continue Reading