Gary Lachman

‘Dark Star Rising’ by Gary Lachman — Paralibrum. While Lachman has deep-dived before into little known occultist tenets informing various political movements in history as a contrarian underground ontology of sorts, Dark Star Rising is rather diff...

A remarkably perceptive review of Dark Star Rising which I have only just come across: www.paralibrum.com/reviews/dark...

I should say that the photo credit goes to Lisa Jane Persky @lisajanepersky.bsky.social

“I’ve known Gary since he was nineteen. I'm not sure what I thought he might become later in life, but his being an expert on spirituality and the occult makes perfect sense.”
Chris Stein, cofounder and guitarist of Blondie amazon.com/Touched-Pres...

Magician, Guru, Demagogue? Nobody listens to Casssandras.

Nobody listens to Cassandras. An excerpt from Dark Star Rising: Magick and Power in the Age of You Know Who: www.gary-lachman.com/post/magicia...

Why couldn't you guys get along?

My talk about Gurdjieff, Ouspensky and the Fourth Way for the Theosophical Society in England and Wales: www.youtube.com/watch?v=6XLq...

The Return of Holy Russia: Apocalyptic History, Mystica… A history of how mystical and spiritual influences have…

This is the first time in Russia's history when it isn't an empire. Tsar Vlad is peeved about that. www.goodreads.com/book/show/49...

YouTube video by TeeVees Greatest Adventures of Superman 1952 - 1958 Opening and Closing Theme (With Snippets) HD

Wrong superhero: www.youtube.com/watch?v=p0sw...

Captain Antifa strikes again!

Can't say I do. After that argument, we didn't meet again.😎

I had argued with David Bowie, gotten drunk with Iggy Pop, and Debbie Harry had ironed my skinny ties, but if I was ever starstruck it was then, getting through a bottle or two with the man whose work had changed my life. - www.amazon.com/Touched-Pres...

YouTube video by lbtve I'm as mad as hell, and I'm not going to take this anymore! Speech from Network (1976)

About time, do you think? www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZwMV...

YouTube video by Movieclips Planet of the Apes (5/5) Movie CLIP - Statue of Liberty (1968) HD

Apt, no, given current events? www.youtube.com/watch?v=mDLS...

Waking up is hard to do. That's why I'll be talking about Gurdjieff, Ouspensky and the 4th Way to the London Theosophical Society 21/9 at 6:00 PM GMT: theosophicalsociety.org.uk/Lecture/gary...

I'll go with broken.

Touched by the Presence: From Blondie's Bowery and Rock and Roll to Magic and the Occult Touched by the Presence: From Blondie's Bowery and Rock and Roll to Magic and the Occult [Lachman, Gary] on Amazon.com. *FREE* shipping on qualifying offers. Touched by the Presence: From Blondie's Bowery and Rock and Roll to Magic and the Occult

“As a fan of Gary's work, I was interested to find out how a musician goes from Blondie to the absolute expert on all things esoteric. Not just a memoir but an education.”
Johnny Marr, guitarist and songwriter of The Smiths. Available for pre-order. www.amazon.com/Touched-Pres...

Think we're there folks?

I've looked at a few AI summaries. Half of the time they're wrong, but then you'd have to know that to notice.

Next Stop: The Harmonic Convergence In August 1987, I found myself in one of the safest spots on the planet during an event of cosmic importance.

In August 1987, I found myself in one of the safest spots on the planet during an event of cosmic importance. An excerpt from Touched By The Presence: www.gary-lachman.com/post/next-st...

Pascal's new wager: If you're an alarmist and wrong, your friends can make fun of you. If you're right, maybe you can do something about it. If you're complacent and right, you get to make fun of the alarmists. But if you're complacent and wrong, you're something I can't print.

The problem of fascism is that it endowed nonentities with authority and allowed them to indulge their self-conceit. - Colin Wilson, A Criminal History of Mankind (1984) p. 598.

The Return of Holy Russia: Apocalyptic History, Mystica… A history of how mystical and spiritual influences have…

It's encouraging that a Russian liked my book about Russia: "I wanted to thank you for writing the book “The Return of Holy Russia.” It is a riveting account of Russia’s spiritual history." -Lena Herzog, Russian artist and wife of Werner Herzog. www.goodreads.com/book/show/49...

I was at that concert.

I'll be on BBC4 Artworks this Thursday, 21/8 @ 9:00 AM talking about the attempt to levitate the Pentagon during the 1967 anti-Viet Nam War march. Maybe they should try again.

I think it's up to individuals, not mass movements. Spread intelligence, the genuine kind.

BBC Radio 4 - Artworks, What Happened to Counter-Culture?, 2. Revolution in the Head Stewart Lee explores the story and ideas of counter-culture and its importance today.

Last minute notice: I'm on this BBC Radio 4 program on the counter culture tomorrow, 14/8, at 9:00 AM: www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...

1. The manager twigged that "Euphony" ("you phony") was about him and told Debs to drop it.
2. I suspect certain parties didn't want two songs by me on which I play guitar to appear on the first album.

Touched by the Presence: From Blondie's Bowery and Rock and Roll to Magic and the Occult Touched by the Presence: From Blondie's Bowery and Rock and Roll to Magic and the Occult [Lachman, Gary] on Amazon.com. *FREE* shipping on qualifying offers. Touched by the Presence: From Blondie's Bowery and Rock and Roll to Magic and the Occult

"Gary Lachman has proven himself to be a formidable writer with a serious, thoughtful, investigative mind. It seems obvious why we wanted Gary for Blondie the very first time Clem Burke introduced him to us." - Debbie Harry. Available for pre-order. www.amazon.com/Touched-Pres...

Thank you. It's about the only time I can impress him.

The Beast on the Bowery The individual responsible for opening my way to magic was a flamboyant gay biker artist with a dangerous fancy for the Hell’s Angels and a serious interest in the notorious Aleister Crowley. An excer...

This is an excerpt from my new book, Touched By The Presence, in which I first learn of Aleister Crowley while living with Debbie Harry and Chris Stein in the Blondie loft on the Bowery, circa summer 1975: www.gary-lachman.com/post/the-bea...