Thursday 16 November 2023 in the spaces of Cox 18 (via Conchetta, 18 – Milan) The Italian Psychedelic Society promotes: 𝐿𝑒 𝑜𝑟𝑖𝑔𝑖𝑛𝑖 𝑑𝑒𝑙 𝑚𝑖𝑡𝑜, 𝑙𝑒 𝑜𝑟𝑖𝑔𝑖𝑛𝑖 𝑑𝑒𝑙 𝑡 𝑒𝑚𝑝𝑜 with…
Author: Marco Maculotti
“The Time Machine”: meeting at the Salvemini Bookshop in Florence
Next Saturday 21 October, starting from 17pm, the presentation of Andrea Casella's book will take place at the Salvemini bookshop in Florence The Time Machine: An Essay on Archaic Cosmotheology, published by us.
“The Angel of the Abyss”: pre-sales of the new edition open
Pre-sales for the second edition of the show open from today The Angel of the Abyss. Apollo, the Polar Myth and the Apocalypse. Shipping from November.
René Guénon: “Animism, shamanism and witchcraft”
Some Guénonian reasoning on the "residual" character of modern sciences in comparison to traditional ones and on the existence of "subtle" elements ("soul" and "psychic") in the same, as well as in shamanism and witchcraft.
Occult Convention 2023
We are proud to announce that we will participate as speakers again this year Occult conventions which will take place between Parma and Fontanellato on the weekend of 25-27 August, organized by the friends of La Società dello Zolfo, with a speech entitled "Journeys to the Center of the Earth: the myth of Agartha/Shambhala, the King of the World and the Central Asian expeditions between the 27th and XNUMXth centuries” to be held on the morning of Sunday XNUMX August.
Grancelli Award to Marco Maculotti, "The Angel of the Abyss" - VERONA MAGICAL CITY 2023
Live video: the Mabinogion, with Isabella Abbiati and Grazia Soldati (Venexia editor)
Tonight starting at 21:00 on our YouTube channel the presentation of the Mabinogion will be broadcast, Welsh manuscripts on the mythical past of the British Isles, with the curators of the work for the Italian edition by Venexia editor.
Live streaming – Apocalypse in the living room: “Axis Mundi: behind the scenes”
Thursday evening starting at 21:00 we will be guests of the "Apocalypse in the living room" podcast for a chat on the Axis Mundi editorial project. Live on the YouTube and Facebook channels of Apocalypse in the Living Room, the Alchemist Library and the Esoteric Library the Seal.
A forest of symbols: Baudelaire, Joseph de Maistre and the Sophia Perennis
Baudelaire's correspondence theory, in its formulation, owes much more to Maistre than to Swedenborg. When Baudelaire sees the world as "a forest of symbols", he introduces us to the Maistrian method of relating the visible to the invisible.
Available for purchase “NORDIC MYTHS. Northern European Gods and Traditions"
Available from today for purchase on our website shop NORTHERN MYTHS. Northern European Gods and Traditions by Marco Maculotti with contributions from Andrea Anselmo, Fabrizio Bandini, Alessandro Bonfanti and Alberto Brandi, out May 30 for Diarkos editions. SHIPPING FROM JUNE.
Enrollment course on Nordic myths
Tomorrow starts our four-lesson course on Nordic myths for The Sulfur Society. All the information in the press release that we report.
First presentations of “Nordic Myths. Northern European Gods and Traditions"
We are proud to announce the first online presentations of the volume on Nordic Myths to be released by Diarkos publisher, of which we are authors and editors.
[AXS003] “La Via Antica”: expeditions and live presentation
The Pishtaco: the origins and relevance of the "white vampire" of the Andes
From the Spanish conquest of Peru to today, the sinister figure of Pishtaco has haunted the psyche of the Andean Indians, to the point that the ethnographers who have studied the legends concerning him have linked them to a sort of "intergenerational trauma" which for centuries has allegedly fed itself, still terrorizing today the descendants of the Quetchua people.
Video-Live: “The Via Antica. Animism and the Gods of the Far North”, with Alex Lo Vetro
Tonight on our YouTube channel we will present the new book of our series "Hèsperos: European traditions & myths", in the company of the author Alex Lo Vetro. Appointment starting at 21:30.
Live video: HP Lovecraft: life and death of a gentleman, with Riccardo Rosati
The day after tomorrow evening Thursday 20 April we will present on our YouTube channel The Life (and Death) of a Gentleman: The Childhood, Youth, and Final Days of Howard Phillips Lovecraft (The Publishing Tower 2022). Our guest will be Riccardo Rosati, translator of the Italian edition. Appointment at 21:30.
“Love magic, black magic” (Alexandra David-Néel)
Thanks to the courtesy of the types of Venexia publishing house, we are publishing here, after last night's live broadcast, the fourth chapter of Alexandra David-Neél's novel Love magic, black magic.
PRESALE OPENING! [AXS003] Alex Lo Vetro, “The Ancient Way. Animism and the Gods of the Far North"
Pre-sales of the third paperback published by our Edizioni open today!
Shipping starting in May.
Live video: Alexandra David-Néel, immortality and reincarnation in Tibet, India and China – with Matteo Martini
On Monday 3 April we will have the pleasure of hosting Matteo Martini on our YouTube channel, curator of the essay by Alexandra David-Néel Immortality and reincarnation. Doctrines and practices of China, Tibet and India, whose Italian edition was recently published by Aurora Boreale editions.
Kenneth Anger, the "Hollywood Babylon" and the end of the "Aquarian dream"
On the intricate relationship between the American director Kenneth Anger, author of the two volumes Hollywood Babylon and of shorts like Invocation for My Demon Brother e Lucifer Rising, Aleister Crowley's Thelema, Charles Manson's Family, film score composer Bobby Beausoleil and the infamous free Rolling Stones concert in Alamont, which in the late 60s would spell the end of the "Aquarian dream" of the hippie counterculture stars and stripes.
