Pharaoh Akhenaten and his family adoring the Aten, second from the left is Meritaten who was the daughter of Akhenaten.
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segunda-feira, 4 de fevereiro de 2013

Curse of the Demon (Night of the Demon)



























Info On This Great black & white Occult-Satanic-Horror Movie, In Which Dr. Julian Karswell Is Loosely Based On Aleister Crowley Persona:

Night of the Demon is a 1957 British horror film directed by Jacques Tourneur, starring Dana Andrews, Peggy Cummins and Niall MacGinnis. An adaptation of the M. R. James story "Casting the Runes" (1911), the plot revolves around an American psychologist investigating a satanic cult suspected of more than one murder.
The film's production was turbulent due to clashing ideas between producer Hal E. Chester on one side and Tourneur and writer Charles Bennett on the other. Although the original plan was not to show a literal demon, producer Chester inserted a monster over the objections of the writer, director and star Dana Andrews. To accelerate the pace, the film was trimmed down to 83 minutes (and retitled Curse of the Demon) in the US where it played the second half of a double feature bill with both The True Story of Lynn Stuart and The Revenge of Frankenstein (1958).

Cast

Production

Screenwriter Charles Bennett owned the rights to the original story "Casting the Runes" and wrote a script loosely based on it, using the title The Haunted. He sold the script to independent producer and former child actor Hal E. Chester shortly before going to America. Bennett regretted selling the script because on arrival in America, he was approached by RKO who wanted to purchase his script and allow him to direct the film. Actors Robert Taylor and Dick Powell had been in line for the leading roles if this production had taken place.[1][2][3]
Jacques Tourneur was brought in by Chester on the recommendation of Ted Richmond, the producer of Tourneur's previous film, Nightfall (1957).[2] However, Tourneur and Chester had serious disagreements during filming. One argument was about the wind scene; Tourneur tried to convince Chester to replace two electric fans with two aeroplane engines. When Chester hesitated, star Dana Andrews threatened to leave the picture if Chester didn't let "the director direct the picture."[2] Locations for the film include Brocket Hall, Hertfordshire (as Lufford Hall), Stonehenge, Bricket Wood railway station, and the British Museum Reading Room.[4]
After completion of the principal shooting, producer Chester decided to show the demon at the beginning and end of the film. Tourneur later said that he was against the addition, stating "The scenes where you see the demon were shot without me...the audience should never have been completely certain of having seen the demon." Stop-motion master Ray Harryhausen was requested by Columbia Pictures to create the demon for the production, but was already committed to The 7th Voyage of Sinbad, with producer Charles H. Schneer. Author Tony Earnshaw's book Beating the Devil-the Making of Night of the Demon argues that showing the demon was planned early on in the production (despite Tourneur's protests to the contrary), in order to heighten the tension in the film by letting the audience know the demonic powers were real. Bennett, also angry at the script changes said, "If [Chester] walked up my driveway right now, I'd shoot him dead."[3]

Release

Theatrical release

The film was released in the United Kingdom for a theatrical run in December 1957.[5] In Britain, it was released as a double bill with the American film 20 Million Miles to Earth as a double feature.[5] In the United States, the film was released as Curse of the Demon. According to Charles Bennett, the title was changed as the studio didn't want it confused with the similarly titled story of The Night of the Iguana.[5] Curse of the Demon toured drive-ins and theatres variously with The True Story of Lynn Stuart and The Revenge of Frankenstein. Columbia cut several minutes of the film for the US release. Cut scenes included a visit to the Hobart family farm, a trip to Stonehenge, and snippets of the seance scenes and conversations between Karswell and his mother.[6]

Home video

In the United States, the film was released on VHS in 1986 by Columbia TriStar Home Video with a run time of 81 minutes.[7] A second VHS with a 96-minute running time was released by Goodtimes Home Video Corp in 1988.[7] In 1988, a Laserdisc of the film was released by Image Entertainment/Columbia Pictures with an 81 minute running time.[8] A double-bill version with both the UK version of Night of the Demon and the edited US version as Curse of the Demon was released on DVD in August 2002.[7] In the United Kingdom, Night of the Demon was released on VHS in 1995 by Encore Entertainment/Columbia TriStar Home Video.[7] The film was released on DVD in the United Kingdom for the first time on 18 October 2010.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Night_of_the_Demon )

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0050766/ )



Original UK quad poster

segunda-feira, 28 de janeiro de 2013

Secret Agent 666: Aleister Crowley, British Intelligence and the Occult
























Aleister Crowley is best today as a founding father of modern occultism. His wide, hypnotic eyes peer at us on the cover of The Beatles’ Sergeant Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band, and his influence can be found everywhere in popular culture.
“The Great Beast” has been the subject of several biographies, some painting him as a misunderstood genius, others as a manipulative charlatan. None of them have looked seriously at his career as an agent of British Intelligence.
Using documents gleaned from British, American, French and Italian archives, Secret Agent 666 sensationally reveals that Crowley played a major role in the sinking of the Lusitania, a plot to overthrow the government of Spain, the thwarting of Irish and Indian nationalist conspiracies, and the 1941 flight of Rudolf Hess.
Author Richard Spence argues that Crowley—in his own unconventional way—was a patriotic Englishman who endured years of public vilification in part to mask his role as a secret agent.
The verification of the Great Beast’s participation in the twentieth century’s most astounding government plots will likely blow the minds of history as well as occult aficionados.
Author Richard B. Spence has been seen on various documentaries on The History Channel and is a consultant for Washington D.C.’s International Spy Museum. He is also the author of Trust No One: The Secret World of Sidney Reilly (Feral House).

http://feralhouse.com/secret-agent-666/ )

http://www.amazon.com/Secret-Agent-666-Aleister-Intelligence/dp/1932595333 )

Related Info:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aleister_Crowley
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Secret_Intelligence_Service
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Occult





sábado, 1 de outubro de 2011

As Ciências Secretas de Hitler (Edição Círculo de Leitores)










































































About Nigel Pennick:


Nigel Campbell Pennick, born 1946 in Guildford, Surrey, England in the United Kingdom, an author publishing on occultism, magic, natural magic, divination, subterranea, rural folk customs, traditional performance and celtic art as well as runosophy.


He is a writer on marine species as well as an occultist and geomant, artist and illustrator, stained-glass designer and maker, musician and mummer. He also writes on European arts and crafts, buildings, landscape, customs, games and spiritual traditions. He has written several booklets on the history of urban transport in Cambridge and London . He is best known for his research on geomancy, labyrinths, sacred geometry, the spiritual arts and crafts, esoteric alphabets and Germanic runic studies.

He has written many books in German and has over fifty published books and hundreds of published papers on a wide range of subjects.

Biography

He lived most of his childhood in post-war London. He has travelled extensively in Europe and North America, researching, lecturing and conducting 'workshops', creating shrines and labyrinths.


His Celtic artwork appeared in the book New Visions in Celtic Art. In 2002 his Celtic artwork was on show in Birmingham in the Celtic Art and Design exhibition at the Central Library and, in 2009 in the exhibit Celtic Spirit Worldwide at the Walkers' Gallery in San Marcos, Texas.

He founded the Institute of Geomantic Research and later The Library of the European Tradition, which published new research on geomancy and folklore as well as rare archival material from the 19th and early 20th century. In the late 1970s and early 1980s he organized six geomantic conferences in Cambridge and Royston.

Scientific career

Trained in biology, for 15 years he was a researcher in algal taxonomy for a government institute in Cambridge. During this time, he published 29 scientific research papers on ultrastructure and taxonomy of marine microorganisms including descriptions of 8 new species of marine algae and protozoa previously unknown to science before moving on to become a writer and illustrator.



Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nigel_Pennick

More Info:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Religious_aspects_of_Nazism & http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nazism_and_occultism

quinta-feira, 9 de junho de 2011

O Verdadeiro Livro de São Cipriano


















































Livro de São Cipriano é um grimório publicado em diversos países, inclusive no Brasil pela Editora Eco, do Rio de Janeiro, que contém diversos rituais de ocultismo, mais especificamente magias (branca e negra), com múltiplas finalidades, inclusive para o quotidiano.


O Livro de São Cipriano hoje é uma verdadeira coleção, todos afirmando que são os verdadeiros livros de São Cipriano, mas, na verdade, São Cipriano só escreveu um: Livro de São Cipriano de Capa Preta. [carece de fontes?]

A lenda de São Cipriano, o feiticeiro, confunde-se com São Cipriano de Cartago, santificado pela Igreja Católica, conhecido como o Papa Africano. Apesar do abismo histórico que os afasta, as lendas combinam-se e os Ciprianos, muitas vezes, tornam-se um só na cultura popular. É comum encontrarmos fatos e características pessoais atribuídas equivocadamente. Além dos mesmos nomes, os mártires coexistiram, mas em regiões distintas.

Cipriano, o feiticeiro, é celebrado no dia 2 de outubro. Foi um homem que dedicou boa parte de sua vida ao estudo das ciências ocultas. Após deparar-se com a jovem Justina, converteu-se ao cristianismo. Martirizado e canonizado, sua popularidade cresceu devido ao famoso Livro de São Cipriano, um compilado de rituais de magia.


Extrato retirado daqui: http://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Livro_de_S%C3%A3o_Cipriano

terça-feira, 7 de setembro de 2010

O Livro de São Cipriano - O Tesouro do Feiticeiro



Info Geral Acerca do Livro de São Cipriano:

Livro de São Cipriano é um grimório publicado em diversos países, inclusive no Brasil pela Editora Eco, do Rio de Janeiro, que contém diversos rituais de ocultismo, mais especificamente magias (branca e negra), com múltiplas finalidades, inclusive para o quotidiano.

O Livro de São Cipriano hoje é uma verdadeira coleção, todos afirmando que são os verdadeiros livros de São Cipriano, mas, na verdade, São Cipriano só escreveu um: Livro de São Cipriano de Capa Preta. [carece de fontes?]

A lenda de São Cipriano, o feiticeiro, confunde-se com São Cipriano de Cartago, santificado pela Igreja Católica, conhecido como o Papa Africano. Apesar do abismo histórico que os afasta, as lendas combinam-se e os Ciprianos, muitas vezes, tornam-se um só na cultura popular. É comum encontrarmos fatos e características pessoais atribuídas equivocadamente. Além dos mesmos nomes, os mártires coexistiram, mas em regiões distintas.

Cipriano, o feiticeiro, é celebrado no dia 2 de outubro. Foi um homem que dedicou boa parte de sua vida ao estudo das ciências ocultas. Após deparar-se com a jovem Justina, converteu-se ao cristianismo. Martirizado e canonizado, sua popularidade cresceu devido ao famoso Livro de São Cipriano, um compilado de rituais de magia.

O Antigo e Verdadeiro Livro Gigante de São Cipriano

O famoso Livro de São Cipriano foi redigido antes de sua conversão. Uma parte dos manuscritos foi queimada por ele mesmo. A questão é que não se sabe quando, e por quem os registros foram reunidos e traduzidos do hebraico para o latim, e posteriormente levados para diversas partes do mundo. [carece de fontes?]

No decorrer dos anos, o conteúdo sofreu alterações significativas, além da adequação necessária na tradução para os vários idiomas. Esses fatores colocam em dúvida a fidelidade das versões recentes, se comparadas às mais antigas.

Atualmente, não é possível falar do Livro, mas sim dos Livros de São Cipriano. As edições capa preta e capa de aço ou aquelas intituladas como o autêntico, o verdadeiro ou o único, enfatizam um mesmo acervo mágico central, e ainda exaltam o cristianismo e a vitória do bem sobre o mal.[carece de fontes?] Porém, existem grandes diferenças no conteúdo. Enquanto alguns exemplares apresentam histórias e rituais inofensivos, outros apelam para campos negativistas e destrutivos da magia.

Num aspecto geral, encontra-se instruções aos religiosos para tratar de uma moléstia, além de cartomancia, esconjurações e exorcismos. A Oração da Cabra Preta, Oração do Anjo Custódio e outras da crença popular também são inclusas (Magnificat, Cruz de São Bento, Oração para Assistir aos Enfermos na Hora da Morte etc.). Além dos rituais de como obter um pacto com o demônio, como desmanchar um casamento e da caveira iluminada com velas de sebo.

Há ainda os mitos que o cercam: muitos consideram ser pecado possuí-lo ou simplesmente tocá-lo.[carece de fontes?] De qualquer forma, o tema São Cipriano e tudo que o cerca, é um campo de estudo e pesquisa muito interessante para os ocultistas, religiosos e aventureiros.

Edições

Capa Preta

Dividido em dez partes

Considerada a única obra que contém a oração da Cabra Preta Milagrosa

São Cipriano levava consigo poderes ocultos obtidos por centenas de viagens feitas por todo o mundo, inclusive em certa época de sua vida obteve ensinamentos da famosa feiticeira de Évora, o qual aprendera magia negra. Isso despertou o interesse de personalidades de grande riqueza o que lhe possibilitou tornar-se dono de uma fortuna inestimável.[carece de fontes?] Após a morte de Évora, Cipriano apoderou-se dos manuscritos da velha bruxa, com os quais pode invocar a presença do demônio.

Existem fatos concretos de que Cipriano realmente existiu, mas quando seus restos mortais foram procurados, tudo havia sido levado por um batuqueiro.

Fonte: http://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Livro_de_S%C3%A3o_Cipriano
 
Mais Info: http://www.spectrumgothic.com.br/ocultismo/personagens/cipriano.htm



sexta-feira, 3 de setembro de 2010

História Geral do Diabo (Histoire Générale du Diable)


Info On Author:

Gérald Messadié (born 1931) is a French scientific journalist, historian, essayist and novelist. His work comprises historical novels, biographies, essays on the history of religions,[1] and some science fiction work where esoterism takes a large place.

Extract Taken From Wikipedia