Gary Lachman

Memories and Reflections Early 1976, The "Blondie Loft" Photos © Lisa Jane Persky

Anyone who remembers NYC circa '75-'76 should take a peek at Lisa Jane Persky's reminiscences of a sweaty photoshoot with a still subfamous Blondie in a by now legendary loft on the Bowery: lisajanepersky.substack.com/p/memories-a...

"I don't want a house. I want to write a book." Discover how that turned out at my online talk about my new book for the PRS this Sunday 7/12 at 7:00 PM GMT: www.eventbrite.com/e/touched-by...

Becoming a Cosmic Caretaker – a review of Gary Lachman’s Touched by the Presence It’s not often you read the memoir of a rock star and come across references spanning from the spiritually questing novels of the German writer Hermann Hesse to postmodernists, mystics, and such Russi...

I am touched by this review of Touched By The Presence: mirrordragon.substack.com/p/becoming-a...

The Vision of W. B. Yeats Has Yeats' rough beast made its way to Bethlehem?

Has Yeats' rough beast made its way to Bethlehem? My post for the festive season: www.gary-lachman.com/post/the-vis...

Touched by the Presence A memoir of magic, rock and roll, and becoming who you are• Traces the author’s journey from bassist and founding member of Blondie to writer on co...

Out today. Get Touched By The Presence: www.simonandschuster.co.uk/books/Touche...

Have you been Touched by The Presence? I have. I wrote a song about it, and a book. On Dec 7 I'll be online talking about both for the Philosophical Research Society. Get touched: www.eventbrite.com/e/touched-by...

Contrary to public opinion, there's life after rock and roll.

My conversation with Jason Woodbury at Aquarium Drunkard about my new book, Touched By The Presence, released on Nov. 18. www.talkhouse.com/transmission...

Merci bien.

YouTube video by Things Visible & Invisible The Occult 60s: Dark Side of the Age of Aquarius | Gary Lachman

My chat about the occult roots of the 1960s for Things Visible and Invisible... www.youtube.com/watch?v=kLYD...

Touched By The Presence - The Film You haven't read the book - but now you can see the movie!

My brilliant No. 2 son has made a short film promoting my new book, Touched By the Presence. Welcome to the premier! www.gary-lachman.com/post/touched...

My account of a dreamy excursion among ancient Greek healing sites is in the latest Fortean Times #464.

S2 #86 / Gary Lachman, Touched by The Presence Podcast Episode · Spirit Box · 28/10/2025 · 1h 3m

Just when you thought "Enough interviews already" another turns up, this time with Spirit Box. podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/s...

Glad you enjoyed it.

YouTube video by New Thinking Allowed with Jeffrey Mishlove Becoming Gary Lachman with Gary Lachman

My conversation with Jeffrey Mishlove about fate, destiny, and the effect of comic books on the young mind: www.youtube.com/watch?v=K2KU...

YouTube video by Whitley Strieber Rock n Roll Hall of Famer Gary Lachman: Life from Blondie through Alistair Crowley to Chaos Magic

My chat with Whitley Strieber about how one gets from rock and roll to what I do now: www.youtube.com/watch?v=JqBn...

Not my patch.

Pepe redeemed.

Trump and his cronies have done the impossible. They've made me a patriot. No kings, no fascists, no Insurrection Act, no Project 2025, no goddamn stupid replay of 1933.

YouTube video by End of the Road Podcast Episode 325: Gary Lachman: "Touched by the Presence: From Blondie's Bowery to Magic and the...

Here's what you get at the end of the road: my interview about my forthcoming memoir, Touched By The Presence: www.youtube.com/watch?v=l-cM...

BBC Radio 4 - Archive on 4, Aleister Crowley - Master of the Dark Arts Paul Morley explores the scandalous life and intriguing musical legacy of Aleister Crowley

150 years ago a new born beast raised his little head. Find out what happened next 25/10/25. I'll be there: www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...

If you want to sleep you should come to my talks about dreams.

BACK SO SOON? - Reincarnation, Consciousness and the Occult Buy tickets for BACK SO SOON? - Reincarnation, Consciousness and the Occult, London. Information on BACK SO SOON? - Reincarnation, Consciousness and the Occult, Sun, 26th Oct 2025 @ 15:30 - 16:55 in L...

On a less disturbing note, I'll be talking about reincarnation on 26/10 at the London Month of Dead, 3:30 - 5:00. Come as your past life: london-month-of-the-dead.designmynight.com/6879797f72e4...

The frogs leaving a sinking ship...

If I've learned one thing, it's that it's always worse than you think it is.

I am truly frightened for all of my friends and readers in America.

‘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...