𓇗

JOURNAL OF CULTURE, TRADITIONAL STUDIES, HISTORY OF RELIGIONS, ANTHROPOLOGY OF THE SACRED, FOLKLORE, ESOTERICISM,
FANTASTIC LITERATURE

Edited by Marco Maculotti

AXIS ✺ WORLD ✺ EDITIONS

LATEST VIDEOS

Events

LIVE VIDEO: “Sheela Na Gig – the sacred power of the dark goddess”, with Starr Goode

LIVE VIDEO: “Sheela Na Gig – the sacred power of the dark goddess”, with Starr Goode

LIVE VIDEO: “Flashes of darkness. Manifestations of Kali-Yuga in the modern world”, with Alessandro Orlandi

LIVE VIDEO: “Flashes of darkness. Manifestations of Kali-Yuga in the modern world”, with Alessandro Orlandi

LIVE VIDEO: The secrets of Dune, with Paolo Riberi and Daniele Palmieri

LIVE VIDEO: The secrets of Dune, with Paolo Riberi and Daniele Palmieri

LIVE VIDEO: “Apollo, Pan, Dionysus” by FG Jünger, with Mario Bosincu

LIVE VIDEO: “Apollo, Pan, Dionysus” by FG Jünger, with Mario Bosincu

LIVE VIDEO: Criminal fairy tales - the dark side of "children's" literature, with Massimo Centini

LIVE VIDEO: Criminal fairy tales - the dark side of "children's" literature, with Massimo Centini

LIVE VIDEO: “The mysteries of Inanna. Origins of Alchemy”, with Anna Bellon

LIVE VIDEO: “The mysteries of Inanna. Origins of Alchemy”, with Anna Bellon

LIVE VIDEO: the Dream, the Nightmare, the Elsewhere, on “Apocalypse in the Living Room”

LIVE VIDEO: the Dream, the Nightmare, the Elsewhere, on “Apocalypse in the Living Room”

Marco Maculotti: “Alien folklore” – “The Great Ambush Podcast”, with Gabriele Germani

Marco Maculotti: “Alien folklore” – “The Great Ambush Podcast”, with Gabriele Germani

AXIS MUNDI N.3 – PRE-SALES OPENING

AXIS MUNDI N.3 – PRE-SALES OPENING

LATEST ARTICLES

John C. Lilly's Dives into Consciousness: between psychedelia, dolphinology and sensory deprivation

Characters

John C. Lilly's Dives into Consciousness: between psychedelia, dolphinology and sensory deprivation

di Francesco Cerofolini April 9 2024April 9 2024

The secrets of “Dune”. Mysticism and psychedelia of the Fremen people

The secrets of “Dune”. Mysticism and psychedelia of the Fremen people

di Daniel Palmieri March 11 2024March 11 2024

Ritual, rhythm and counterrhythm: the case of two Alpine Carnivals

Ritual, rhythm and counterrhythm: the case of two Alpine Carnivals

di Lorenzo Maria Colombo February 27 2024February 27 2024

The “Caucasian Yoga Manuscript” by Count Colonna Walewski: an esoteric and literary enigma (part I)

The “Caucasian Yoga Manuscript” by Count Colonna Walewski: an esoteric and literary enigma (part I)

di Pier Vittorio Formichetti February 12 2024February 12 2024

Native portfolio. Indian Perennialism and the Kingdom of Quantity

Native portfolio. Indian Perennialism and the Kingdom of Quantity

di Antonio Bonifacio January 30 2024January 30 2024

D'Annunzio's Bestiary: the Unicorn and the Chimera

D'Annunzio's Bestiary: the Unicorn and the Chimera

di evacolombo January 6 2024February 13 2024

“Babylon”: Dionysus in the Hills

“Babylon”: Dionysus in the Hills

di amedeolegnani January 3 2024

AUDIO-CONFERENCE – The archaic substratum of the end-of-year celebrations (Marco Maculotti)

Press releases and updates

AUDIO-CONFERENCE – The archaic substratum of the end-of-year celebrations (Marco Maculotti)

di Marco Maculotti December 17 2023December 17 2023

Shirley Jackson, the witch next door

Italian Literature

Shirley Jackson, the witch next door

di Paul Mathlouthi December 13 2023December 13 2023

REVIEWS

The goddess of the Jews

The goddess of the Jews

di Andrew Casella October 10, 2023October 10, 2023

“Fossil Legend”: fossils and early North American geomythology

“Fossil Legend”: fossils and early North American geomythology

di Francesco Cerofolini April 6 2023April 23 2023

“Yoga” by Emmanuel Carrère: I meditate, therefore I am

Italian Literature

“Yoga” by Emmanuel Carrère: I meditate, therefore I am

di Lorenzo Pennacchi March 29 2023March 29 2023

The island of the dead: from Böcklin's visions to Fabrizio Valenza's novel

Art

The island of the dead: from Böcklin's visions to Fabrizio Valenza's novel

di Obsidian Mirror February 28 2023February 28 2023

Loading…

There was a problem. Please refresh the page and / or try again later.

ATLANTS

The crocodile deities of ancient Egypt

The crocodile deities of ancient Egypt

di Carlotta Dioguardi December 5 2023December 5 2023

Kyūdō, beauty is in the action

Kyūdō, beauty is in the action

di Lorenzo Pennacchi July 18 2023July 18 2023

On the Sardinian "su nenniri" that binds and heals: the rebirth of wheat and the connection with Tammuz/Adone

On the Sardinian "su nenniri" that binds and heals: the rebirth of wheat and the connection with Tammuz/Adone

di Claudia Zedda June 9 2023June 9 2023

The Pishtaco: the origins and relevance of the "white vampire" of the Andes

The Pishtaco: the origins and relevance of the "white vampire" of the Andes

di Marco Maculotti May 8, 2023May 8, 2023

Loading…

There was a problem. Please refresh the page and / or try again later.

HISTORY OF RELIGIONS

Meeting at the Esoteric Bookshop in Milan: the archaic substratum of the end-of-year celebrations

Meeting at the Esoteric Bookshop in Milan: the archaic substratum of the end-of-year celebrations

di Marco Maculotti December 1 2023December 1 2023

The worlds beneath the world. Underground and initiatory journeys in the practice of esoteric Buddhism

The worlds beneath the world. Underground and initiatory journeys in the practice of esoteric Buddhism

di Lorenzo Maria Colombo November 14, 2023November 14, 2023

“Dialogues on the Threshold”: meeting in Milan with Andrea Casella

“Dialogues on the Threshold”: meeting in Milan with Andrea Casella

di Marco Maculotti November 13, 2023November 13, 2023

Our Lady of Kazan, a little-known episode of “theology of history”

Art

Our Lady of Kazan, a little-known episode of “theology of history”

di nucciodanna November 6, 2023November 6, 2023

Loading…

There was a problem. Please refresh the page and / or try again later.

MYTH

The Green Knight: a “Green Man” in Arthur's court

The Green Knight: a “Green Man” in Arthur's court

di Mariachiara Valentini October 19, 2023October 19, 2023

“The Angel of the Abyss”: pre-sales of the new edition open

Press releases and updates

“The Angel of the Abyss”: pre-sales of the new edition open

di Marco Maculotti 29 September 202329 September 2023

The Muses and the harmony of song

Philosophy

The Muses and the harmony of song

di giordb 16 September 202316 September 2023

Live video: the Mabinogion, with Isabella Abbiati and Grazia Soldati (Venexia editor)

Events

Live video: the Mabinogion, with Isabella Abbiati and Grazia Soldati (Venexia editor)

di Marco Maculotti June 21 2023June 21 2023

Loading…

There was a problem. Please refresh the page and / or try again later.

FOLKLORE

“Love magic, black magic” (Alexandra David-Néel)

“Love magic, black magic” (Alexandra David-Néel)

di Marco Maculotti April 4 2023April 4 2023

Live video: Divine masks and winter rites of passage, with Alessandro Norsa

Press releases and updates

Live video: Divine masks and winter rites of passage, with Alessandro Norsa

di Marco Maculotti February 7 2023February 7 2023

HP Lovecraft's “The Pickman's Model”: dissection by a nightmarish artist

HP Lovecraft's “The Pickman's Model”: dissection by a nightmarish artist

di Miranda Gurzo December 5 2022April 23 2023

Live video: "Sacred medicine", with Massimo Centini

Live video: "Sacred medicine", with Massimo Centini

di Marco Maculotti November 29, 2022November 29, 2022

Loading…

There was a problem. Please refresh the page and / or try again later.

PSYCHE

A forest of symbols: Baudelaire, Joseph de Maistre and the Sophia Perennis

Philosophy

A forest of symbols: Baudelaire, Joseph de Maistre and the Sophia Perennis

di Marco Maculotti May 31, 2023June 1 2023

Nietzsche read by René Girard: sacrifice, violence and the sacred

Nietzsche read by René Girard: sacrifice, violence and the sacred

di Lorenzo Cerani April 25 2023April 25 2023

Live video: "The inner forest" - Plants and spirits of the Amazon, with Michele Maino

di Marco Maculotti January 6 2023January 6 2023

“What the Thunder Said”: the influence of the Upaniṣads on TS Eliot's “devastated Earth”

Philosophy

“What the thunder said”: the influence of the Upaniṣad on TS Eliot's "Devastated Earth"

di giobiga62 October 30, 2022October 30, 2022

Loading…

There was a problem. Please refresh the page and / or try again later.

LITERATURE

D'Annunzio's bestiary: the spider and the «goat dimònia»

D'Annunzio's bestiary: the spider and the «goat dimònia»

di evacolombo October 29, 2023February 13 2024

Live video: HP Lovecraft: life and death of a gentleman, with Riccardo Rosati

Events

Live video: HP Lovecraft: life and death of a gentleman, with Riccardo Rosati

di Marco Maculotti April 18 2023April 18 2023

Prophetic Edgar Allan Poe: the “Gordon Pym” and synchronicities

Italian Literature

Prophetic Edgar Allan Poe: the “Gordon Pym” and synchronicities

di Marco Maculotti February 10 2023April 23 2023

EVERY SOUL IS A STAR — 1) Gustav Meyrink

EVERY SOUL IS A STAR — 1) Gustav Meyrink

di Flavio Margotti January 19 2023January 21 2023

Loading…

There was a problem. Please refresh the page and / or try again later.

CINEMA

They live, we sleep. A “Short Night” 50 years long

They live, we sleep. A “Short Night” 50 years long

di Marco Maculotti November 27, 2023December 6 2023

The "Trilogy of Death" by Lucio Fulci

The "Trilogy of Death" by Lucio Fulci

di Jari Padoan April 17 2023April 23 2023

Kenneth Anger, the "Hollywood Babylon" and the end of the "Aquarian dream"

Kenneth Anger, the "Hollywood Babylon" and the end of the "Aquarian dream"

di Marco Maculotti March 25 2023April 23 2023

30 years of “Bram Stoker's Dracula”

30 years of “Bram Stoker's Dracula”

di Jari Padoan November 10, 2022December 12 2022

Loading…

There was a problem. Please refresh the page and / or try again later.

INTERVIEWS

LAMEN: interview with La Società dello Sulfur

LAMEN: interview with La Società dello Sulfur

di Marco Maculotti March 6 2023March 6 2023

Pupi Avati's fantastorico Elsewhere

Pupi Avati's fantastorico Elsewhere

di Andrea Scarabelli August 16 20213 September 2021

25 years of "Arcano Enchanter": conversation with Pupi Avati

25 years of "Arcano Enchanter": conversation with Pupi Avati

di Thomas de Brabant April 19 2021April 19 2021

Conversations with Mircea Eliade

Conversations with Mircea Eliade

di Marco Maculotti March 13 2021March 13 2022

Loading…

There was a problem. Please refresh the page and / or try again later.

AXISMUNDI.blog is a registered digital magazine to the Special List of the Order of Journalists of Lombardy, with registration at the Court of Milan.

The unpublished articles published on this site are the property of AXIS mundi and their respective authors and, consequently, protected by the law on copyright n.633 / 1941 and subsequent amendments.

For any collaboration proposals and any information you can write to: marcomaculotti@gmail.com