Algernon Blackwood – 𝐀𝐗𝐈𝐒 ֎ 𝐌𝐔𝐍𝐃𝐈

The diabolical conferences of Arthur Christopher Benson

Published on: October 11, 2021 Last updated on: October 12, 2021 Written by: Marco Maculotti Categorized into: Esotericism, folklore, Italian Literature, Characters, Guests Book

Dagon Press recently published in Italian - with the title "The closed window" (translation by Bernardo Cicchetti) - the supernatural tales of Arthur Christopher Benson, along with Montague Rhodes James one of the most significant "ghost-writers" English of the early twentieth century, as well as comparable in suggestions and themes to writers roughly contemporary to him and equally "esoteric" such as Arthur Machen, HP Lovecraft and Algernon Blackwood.

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Videoconference: "The fantastic continuum: a conversation on the literary mystery"

Published on: February 5 2021 Last updated on: March 18 2022 Written by: Marco Maculotti Categorized into: Italian Literature, Mito, Psychology, Psychedelia, Video

Video of the conference held tonight with Mens ex Machina and Psy Co * Re with the participation of Erik Davies.*

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“Follettiana”: 14 classic tales from all over the world about fairy beings

Published on: December 10 2020 Last updated on: December 10 2020 Written by: Marco Maculotti Categorized into: folklore, Italian Literature, Guests Book, History of Religions

The collection of short stories published by ABEditore ranges from the XNUMXth to the early XNUMXth century, with stories that refer to British, Italian, Japanese, Korean and Indian folk traditions.

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William Hope Hodgson's Journey at the End of the Night

Published on: April 19 2020 Last updated on: April 19 2023 Written by: Marco Maculotti Categorized into: Italian Literature, Characters, Guests Book

On April 19, 1918, William Hope Hodgson was hit by a shell on the Belgian front and prematurely left this world. We want to remember it like this, speaking of the new publication of Palindrome types,…

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He who looked into the abyss: HP Lovecraft and "The ocean at night"

Published on: 5 September 2019 Last updated on: February 1 2023 Written by: Marco Maculotti Categorized into: Esotericism, Extracts, Italian Literature, Characters

In "The Night Ocean", the last story written by the Providence Dreamer before his premature death, the profound relationship of communion and at the same time of "cosmic terror" towards the oceanic element and its abysmal depths is revealed in a complete way, from Lovecraft experienced firsthand.

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Blackwood: the "Panic of the Wilderness" and of infinite distance

Published on: March 14 2019 Last updated on: October 29, 2020 Written by: Marco Maculotti Categorized into: Esotericism, folklore, Italian Literature, Characters, Guests Book

Today, 150 years ago, Algernon Blackwood was born, initiator of the narrative genre of "occult detectives" but above all unsurpassed cantor of the psychogeographic poetics of otherness.

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Video of the conference held tonight with Mens ex Machina and Psy * Co * Re with the participation of Erik Davies.

The collection of short stories published by ABEditore ranges from the XNUMXth to the early XNUMXth century, with stories that refer to British, Italian, Japanese, Korean and Indian folk traditions.

In "The Night Ocean", the last story written by the Providence Dreamer before his premature death, the profound relationship of communion and at the same time of "cosmic terror" towards the oceanic element and its abysmal depths is revealed in a complete way, from Lovecraft experienced firsthand.

Today, 150 years ago, Algernon Blackwood was born, initiator of the narrative genre of "occult detectives" but above all unsurpassed cantor of the psychogeographic poetics of otherness.

Video of the conference held tonight with Mens ex Machina and Psy Co * Re with the participation of Erik Davies.*