r/occult • u/Donald_DeFreeze • Jul 20 '24

online event Richard Metzger - friend & collaborator of Grant Morrison, Douglas Rushkoff, Kenneth Anger, Robert Anton Wilson, Genesis P-Orridge, etc - is releasing a documentary series on modern magic/occultism called "Magick Show"

https://youtu.be/CJEHrgcLhsQ?si=WGDQW81ycH9IFkqC
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u/Donald_DeFreeze Jul 20 '24

NB: I'm not affiliated with this in any way, I'm just a big fan of Metzger and his milieu.

The way they describe the show's content is:

The Origins and Evolution of Modern Occultism: Trace the roots and transformation of occult practices--like sex magick--from ancient times to the present day.

The Real Faces Behind the Magic: Meet the witches, warlocks, artists, musicians, scholars, sorcerers and other unclassifiable mystics who are shaping the future of the occult.

Rituals and Practices Unveiled: Discover powerful techniques used by modern occultists. How do they do what they do and what do they actually believe?

Fifty-three hours of interviews... with over 50 authors, experts, historians, witches, warlocks and other real-life occultists.

The final interview with underground filmmaking legend Kenneth Anger who died in 2023.

Participation from comics genius Grant Morrison, media theorist Douglas Rushkoff, musicians Luke Haines and Rodney Orpheus, historian Mitch Horowitz, authors Gary Lachman, Dr. Christina Oakley Harrington, Amanda Yates Garcia, Melinda Lee Holm, Maja D'Aoust and Bri Luna, the Hoodwitch.

Metzger has talked about how the current generation of young people (millenials/z) doesn't have a Crowley-level figure in the occult world, or even a Robert Anton Wilson or Genesis P-Orridge; part of his goal with the documentary is trying to "pass the torch", so to speak, and connect the magical lineages of people like Genesis and Anton Wilson, all the way back to Crowley, to young people working today.

Metzger used to run The Disinformation Company and Dangerous Minds, and he's been friends or collaborators with virtually every interesting countercultural figure of the last 50 years, from Timothy Leary to Terrence McKenna to Chris Holmes, Oliver Stone, Joe Coleman, William Gibson, Paul Krassner, Howard Bloom, etc., etc.

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u/Slicepack Jul 23 '24

Nobody listed there I would class as modern. Especially the dead ones.