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Meetings with Remarkable Magicians

Life in the Occult Underground

Carl Abrahamsson Frater U. D.

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Inner Traditions Bear and Company
18 December 2024
An unconventional memoir of a man immersed in magic and the occult

• Explores the author’s extensive connections with infamous occultists and organizations, including Genesis P-Orridge and Thee Temple Ov Psychick Youth, Anton LaVey and the Church of Satan, and the Ordo Templi Orientis

• Details the underlying occult impulses and magical experiences guiding the author’s artistic journey, his experiences in psychedelic culture and the punk subculture, and his experimentation with sex magic, occulture, and sigil magic

What does it mean to live a life as an occultist? There may be no single answer, but for Carl Abrahamsson, it has entailed work in music, art, and film as well as deep engagement with renowned occult figures and organizations for more than 40 years.

Illustrating the possibilities of a life infused with magic, Abrahamsson reflects on his decades spent in the company of some of the most unconventional thinkers of the late 20th and early 21st centuries. He reveals his involvement with psychedelic culture, the punk subculture, and numerous occult figures and organizations, including Genesis P-Orridge and Thee Temple Ov Psychick Youth, Anton LaVey’s Church of Satan, the Ordo Templi Orientis, and a branch of the American Golden Dawn.

Interwoven with his occult experiences and meetings with infamous practitioners of magic, Abrahamsson describes his evolution as a multidisciplinary artist, always imbuing his diverse artistic practice with a developing occult philosophy. He also details his ongoing efforts to disseminate the occult arts via publishing companies like Psychick Release, Looking Glass Press, Edda Publishing, Trapart Books, and the occultural journal The Fenris Wolf—as well as fieldwork in Tibet, Nepal, and India through the Institute of Comparative Magico-anthropology. Through each encounter and reflection on the magical, shamanic, and mystical practices that structured his own life, Abrahamsson illuminates how it’s possible to experience a life of wisdom and miracles.
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Imprint:   Inner Traditions Bear and Company
Country of Publication:   United States
Dimensions:   Height: 229mm,  Width: 152mm,  Spine: 25mm
Weight:   565g
ISBN:   9781644118481
ISBN 10:   1644118483
Pages:   416
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Audience:   General/trade ,  ELT Advanced
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Forthcoming
Foreword by Frater U∴D∴ Introduction PART I 1984–1989 Do It Yourself! ◆ Headquarters ◆ Psychonautic Individuation ◆ Decorum ◆ Cutting It Up ◆ Harmony of the Spheres ◆ Psychick Youth ◆ Initial Pilgrimage ◆ Panic Profiteers ◆ Academagic ◆ Source Magic ◆ A Vortex of Inspiration ◆ The Melting Pot ◆ Self-Initiation ◆ Dropping Out, Dropping In ◆ If You’re Going to San Francisco . . . ◆ The Black House PART I I 1990–1994 Happiness & Anger ◆ Psychick Release ◆ Cinemagicians ◆ Fraternal Occulture ◆ Back into the Devil’s Den ◆ Psychick Fatigue ◆ “The Great Beast” ◆ “Mr. Satan” ◆ Stockholm Occulture and a Golden Dawn ◆ Beatific Flicker in the USA ◆ Legacies & Policies ◆ Electric Skies ◆ On the Road PART I I I 1995–1999 A Two-Way Looking Glass ◆ Necromantic Namedropping ◆ Babalonic Mind-Frames ◆ Pandrogeny ◆ A Para-Academic Antidote to Intellectual Inertia ◆ Himalayan Highs ◆ Excellencies in Exile ◆ Back to Roots ◆ Ancestral Meditations ◆ Book Birthings & Devilish Demises ◆ “The Man We Want to Hang” ◆ Spoken Words ◆ What Is Time, Anyway? ◆ Bardo Tibet ◆ The Holy Mountain PART I V 2000–2004 “All You Have To Do Is Go to Kathmandu” ◆ “Are You Prepared to Pay the Price?” ◆ Searching for Substance ◆ Life on the Couch ◆ Pinnacles & Pedigrees PART V 2005–2009 Introspection ◆ Transient Lives ◆ The Caretakers’ Cabal ◆ Russian Insights ◆ A Massive Occulturation This Way’s A-Coming PART V I 2010–2014 Mr. Occulture (Professor Emeritus)! ◆ Book-Makers & Literary Magic ◆ An Art Apart ◆ The Mega Golem PART V I I 2015–2019 Flashback & Forth! ◆ Catholics & Sacred Whores ◆ Cinematic Summings-Up ◆ We Travel ◆ PSYCHARTCULT ◆ Raising Hell(fire) ◆ Time Out, Move On ◆ Teacher’s Pet Subjects ◆ A Pact Is a Pact ◆ Sacred Intent PART V I I I 2020 AND BEYOND And Then Some . . . (Sending Out an SoS) ◆ Spelling IT Out ◆ It Is Written & Some More Ancestors ◆ “What Do I Know?” & Beyond Afterword: Becoming the Past, Gently Appendix: Inspirations Acknowledgments Index

Carl Abrahamsson is a writer, publisher, magico-anthropologist, filmmaker, and photographer. Since the mid-1980s he has been active in the magical community, integrating ""occulture"" as a way of life and lecturing about his findings and speculations. The author of several books, including Occulture and Source Magic, and the editor and publisher of The Fenris Wolf, he lives in Småland, Sweden.

Reviews for Meetings with Remarkable Magicians: Life in the Occult Underground

“A captivating exploration into the extraordinary life and magical practice of Carl Abrahamsson. Carl’s passion for documenting and celebrating the often-overlooked aspects of the magical world is evident in every word. Through his vivid descriptions and intimate anecdotes, he brings to life a world where magic and mundane intertwine, leaving readers both enlightened and fascinated. Meetings with Remarkable Magicians is a testament to the art of storytelling. His willingness to share his experiences and insights is an invaluable gift, especially for those seeking a deeper understanding of the esoteric arts. This book is a must-read for anyone intrigued by the lives of those who embrace the hidden forces that shape our world and the extraordinary individuals who harness their power. I am grateful that Carl has chosen to share his incredible journey with the world. This book is destined to be celebrated and cherished for years to come."" * Bri Luna, founder of The Hoodwitch and author of Blood Sex Magic * “Carl Abrahamsson’s Meetings with Remarkable Magicians is an engrossing journey through the heyday of chaos magick and occulture. An essential read for young witches and occultists who want not only to do magick but live magick as well.” * Chaweon Koo, author of Spell Bound * “Carl Abrahamsson has done it again. In his new work, the master occultist once again displays his uncanny knack for being at the right place at the right time to ask the right people the right questions. And boy, does he get answers. From his formative years in the 1980s and ’90s up to the present day, Abrahamsson has had his ever-sensitive finger on the always unpredictable pulse of postmodern occultism. In his new book, he shares the remarkable insights and adventures he has had along the way. A must-read for any student of the mystic arts.” * Gary Lachman, author of The Secret Teachers of the Western World * “On the surface, Meetings with Remarkable Magicians is an engaging and detailed record of a historic time when magick, art, and mainstream culture coincided. It’s a tale populated by diverse and wonderful characters and places. But it’s not just a description; this book is a work of magick itself, capturing a self-reflective arc of one man’s journey to transcendence. This is your own opportunity to meet a remarkable magician: Carl Abrahamsson."" * Philip H. Farber, author of Brain Magick * “This book is no old-school hagiography, nor a simple recounting of ritual practices or name-checking remarkable and iconic figures in a magical and creative community. In fact, I would balk at describing it as a book and prefer to designate it as a high-order synaptic stimulant. Meetings with Remarkable Magicians is a fascinating, well-written piece of literature that buzzes with information, process, and art surrounding a group of people who chose to live their lives in a transformative, challenging, and often subversive but always creative manner. Simply enough, it’s a great book that informs you, shakes you up, and takes you to places where there is no such thing as stasis—only endless creative, transformative movement.” * Charlotte Rodgers, author of The Bloody Sacrifice * “Carl Abrahamsson is a gardener of outsider blooms, a curator of creators, and a maverick maestro of magick. He makes stuff happen. With his infinite enthusiasm for the weird and the interesting, he is a swirling galaxy of ideas. We need more of him in our world.” * Val Denham, visual and recording artist *


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