Abraxas: An International Journal of Esoteric Studies, No. 6, Autumn 2014

by Robert Ansell (Editor), R. Andrew Chesnut, Anna Dorofeeva

Abraxas journal Issue #6 offers more than 160 large format pages of essays, poetry, interviews and art. Printed using state-of-the-art offset lithography to our usual high standard, contributions for Abraxas #6 include an interview by Anna Dorofeeva with the artist, Penelope Slinger, who also kindly designed the cover for this issue; an evocative photographic essay by Victoria Ballesteros of Marjorie Cameron performing a Chen-style sword form of tai-chi, published here for the first time; Matt Marble explores the Hermes of Harlem, Robert T. Browne; Kelly Hayes shares with us a powerful series of images documenting the spiritual lives of an Afro-Brazilian community just outside Rio de Janerio; and we are especially pleased to offer a special feature on Leonora Carrington, with essays from two leading scholars; Susan L. Aberth and Wouter J. Hanegraaff…

CONTENTS

Editorial, Robert Ansell
Death and Roses: Santa Muerte, the Love Sorceress, R. Andrew Chesnut
The Alchemy of Liberation: An Interview with Penelope Slinger, Anna Dorofeeva
Heartbreak Wolf Vodu, Arturo Desimone
Chasing Cameron’s Light, Victoria Ballesteros
John Jacob Niles, Ambrose Bierce and Folk Song as Thoughtform, Michael Pursley
Hymn to Saraswatī, Joshua Mostafa
The Hermes of Harlem: Harlem Esoterics and the Secret Life of Robert T. Browne, Matt Marble
Leaden Turns Light, Liz Insogna
The Tomb of Pan, Lord Dunsany
Boy with Goat, Robert Kyle
Ella Young and Ross Nichols: Sourcing the Irish Gods, Mark A. Williams
Invoking the Numinous, Mary Vaughan
Sofia Returning to Jerusalem, Natalia Smirnova

Leonora Carrington: an Abraxas Special Feature
Leonora Carrington and the Art of Invocation, Susan L. Aberth
A Visual World: Leonora Carrington and the Occult, Wouter J. Hanegraaff

A Birch Trunk Notched Times Seven, slippery elm
Saint or Satanist? Joseph-Antoine Boullan and Satanism in Nineteenth-Century France, Christian Giudice
Le Pendu, David Nez
Spirits of Shadows and Light, Kelly E. Hayes
The Black Magic Code, Leo Ruickbie
Love and Hate in the Same Man, Silvia Argiolas
The Aenigma Artists’ Group, 1918–1932, Reinhold J. Fäth

160 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 2014

Reviews

[Christian · Rating 4 out of 5]

Still beautifully produced with high wuality content, alas, the articles and interviews were less my cup of tea than in the previous issues, since I'm not so much a Celtic Paganism/ Goddess-type. Still, some interesting articles, especially the title story(s).