JENNIFER SMALL
Vit et travaille à Montréal
Merci Francis Montillaud
The Magick of Solomon: Lemegeton Secrets
Poke Runyon, USA, 1996, 85 min
Anthropologist and Ceremonial Magician, POKE RUNYON explains and demonstrates the authentic techniques of ancient Ritual Magick. Learn how to invoke Angels and evoke Spirits to visible appearance. Stand in the Magick Circle with Masters of the Art as they conjure the Spirits of Bael and Astaroth (Baal and Astarte) to visible appearance in the Dark Mirror upon Solomon’s Triangle. Discover the scientific truth and psychological validity behind our own culture’s unique and powerful form of Shamanism …
The Rites of Magick
Poke Runyon, USA, 2005, 90 min
The Secret Rites, Magical Empowerments and Powerful Techniques of a Magical Tradition older than the Golden Dawn’s Cypher Manuscript. Accompany your host, anthropologist and ceremonial magician POKE RUNYON, as he conducts you on a Magical journey into the hitherto Secret Realms of Hermetic Yoga (our Western counterpart to Tibetan Tantras), Magical Pathworkings (Inner Plane Projection), Seasonal Ceremonies (The Ancient Rites of Melchizedek) and Eucharist (the ultimate transubstantiation ritual) – and a complete Enochian Opening by Watchtowers ceremony. As a bonus feature we have included a short surrealistic Alchemical Fantasy by the talented avant-garde filmmaker Eric Bossick.
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AMANITA BLOOM ‘Neither the Sea Nor the Land’
Now these are not your average Halloween costumes. For two years, French photographer CHARLES FRÉGER has been traveling throughout 19 European countries and trying to capture the spirit of what he calls “tribal Europe” in his “Wilder Mann” series. What he found was a huge array of pagan rituals, mainly related to the winter solstice and spring renewal, focusing on the common myth of the “wild man.”
It appears that the tradition of men dressing up as wild animals and monsters, which dates back to neolithic times and shamanism, is still very alive nowadays. The mythological figure of a “wild man” represents the complicated relationship humans have with nature and life and death cycles. His series explores the different interpretations of such figures – while some cultures depict him as covered in flowers or straws, others possess the features of bears, goats, or horned and hairy beasts.
In comments likely to enhance his progressive reputation, Pope Francis has written a long, open letter to the founder of La Repubblica newspaper, Eugenio Scalfari, stating that non-believers would be forgiven by God if they followed their consciences.
Responding to a list of questions published in the paper by Mr Scalfari, who is not a Roman Catholic, Francis wrote: “You ask me if the God of the Christians forgives those who don’t believe and who don’t seek the faith. I start by saying – and this is the fundamental thing – that God’s mercy has no limits if you go to him with a sincere and contrite heart. The issue for those who do not believe in God is to obey their conscience.
“Sin, even for those who have no faith, exists when people disobey their conscience.”
Robert Mickens, the Vatican correspondent for the Catholic journal The Tablet, said the pontiff’s comments were further evidence of his attempts to shake off the Catholic Church’s fusty image, reinforced by his extremely conservative predecessor Benedict XVI. “Francis is a still a conservative,” said Mr Mickens. “But what this is all about is him seeking to have a more meaningful dialogue with the world.”
In a welcoming response to the letter, Mr Scalfari said the Pope’s comments were “further evidence of his ability and desire to overcome barriers in dialogue with all”.
In July, Francis signalled a more progressive attitude on sexuality, asking: “If someone is gay and is looking for the Lord, who am I to judge him?”
Michael Day
The Independent