The Mindfuckery Continues Apace...

 "As far as I'm concerned, we've already won."

--Donald Trump, 11-4-20

CLICK HERE TO READ MY NEW EVERGREEN REVIEW ARTICLE ENTITLED "DONALD TRUMP'S OPERATION MINDFUCK."

THE GUARDIAN: "The Occult's Return to Art"

From Hettie Judah's 11-4-20 GUARDIAN article entitled "The Occult's Return to Art: 'Before, You'd Have Been Laughed Out of the Gallery'":

There is a surge of interest in spirituality and mysticism at the moment, currently manifesting in both art practice and gallery programming, which extends to exhibitions such as Tantra at the British Museum, and The Botanical Mind at Camden Art Centre. In truth, things have been a bit witchy, a bit shamanic, in the art world for a few years. But this wave feels different: heavier, darker, more engaged. Rather than the hipster witchery of a few years ago, this new spirituality is rooted in explorations of feminism, anti-colonialism and alternative power structures.

It is also, perhaps, a response to the fear and anxiety of the current moment. “I think this surge in esoteric beliefs tends to show up in moments of crisis, when things are feeling uneasy and unsettled on a good day, and bereft of hope on the worst of them,” says S Elizabeth, author of The Art of the Occult. Growing up surrounded by richly decorated tarot cards and zodiac posters designed by Alphonse Mucha, Elizabeth sees the occult and art as inseparable.

As well as offering the consolations of ritual, Elizabeth describes the occult as a source of anti-authoritarian power. Much of the art in her book is by women, many – such as the Swedish theosophist Hilma af Klint or the surrealist mystic Remedios Varo – marginal figures in their time....

To read the entire article, click HERE.

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"Donald Trump’s Operation Mindfuck" by Robert Guffey "...despite this initial success, within a year after his election, Trump had lost a great deal of his support. His approval ratings were at their lowest ebb in November of 2017 when the very first QAnon post appeared on 4chan."   Art by Christopher Panzner. Images from "Thus Spake Zarathustra" series.

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"Donald Trump's Operation Mindfuck" in THE EVERGREEN REVIEW

The editors of THE EVERGREEN REVIEW recently commissioned me to write an overview of the Trump administration and made the mistake of saying, "There's no maximum word length" (a very dangerous thing to say--at least to me). As a result, THE EVERGREEN REVIEW has now published my latest article, "Donald Trump's Operation Mindfuck," a comprehensive piece specifically written to be an extension of my recent five-part SALON series about the true origins of QAnon. To read "Donald Trump's Operation Mindfuck," click HERE.

NEW YORK DAILY NEWS: "Surviving Halloween, Pandemic-style"

The NEW YORK DAILY NEWS invited my BELA LUGOSI AND THE MONOGRAM NINE coauthor, Gary D. Rhodes, to write an op-ed piece on horror and the pandemic. Click HERE to read Rhodes' "Surviving Halloween, Pandemic-style."

LUCIFER BLURB

After a particularly vigorous All Hallows' Eve spent darting around the misty streets of Long Beach, California extracting adrenochrome from the pineal glands of helpless young waifs, Lucifer often relaxes by standing beside the Halloween Tree in the east corner of his vast occult library and consulting that quaint and curious volume of forgotten lore entitled BELA LUGOSI AND THE MONOGRAM NINE by Messrs. Gary D. Rhodes and Robert Guffey. Lucifer sez, "I wholeheartedly endorse this book! It's as illuminating as THE NECRONOMICON, but without all those weird words I can't pronounce!" As a film book, Lucifer gives it 9 out of 10 stars. As a bedtime story, he gives it a full 10 out of 10 stars. As a manual for Mephistophelian mischief, he gives it 13 out of 10 stars. Who can argue with the Prince of Lies? Not I, sez me, not I!