WHM CXXV
William Mortensen at 125
IN PROGRESS
artists
ISSUE 16 .. in progress
SPECIAL ISSUE
MONSTER BRAINS - Stephen Romano Curator in Residence
compendium of monster brains curator in residence posts
LE POITEVIN, Les Diables de Lithographies, 1832
Das Kloster, weltlich und geistlich. r 1845-1849
Dance with Death as interpreted by David Deuchar 1778
Ray Robinson - The Third Door.
issue 15
cover image: Nahw Yg
selections from
MATERIA PRIMA Charlotte Rodger interview w stephen ROMANO 2016
Francisco Goya .. "Los Caprichos" the full suite of 80 images
William Blayney (1918 - 1986): Paintings of a self ordained Pentecostal minister.
Nahw Yg Grand oeil de nuit au contour de silence..
Jakob Böhme – THE TEUTONIC THEOSOPHER
Icones mortis : sexaginta imaginibus, totidemq[ue]
Courtney Brooke WAKE OF THE CRIMSON WITCH
Livre de la tres sainte trinite c. 1700
Collectanea de Lapide Philosophiae [2nd half of the 16th century]
issue 14
cover image: Josh Stebbins "Listen" 2019
Josh Stebbins "NO STARS" suite
In dialogue with Josh Stebbins on the artist's “No Stars” Twin Peaks Suite. September 19 2019
NO STARS a Twin Peaks tribute exhibition catalog with essay by Brian Chidester
Josh Stebbins "NO STARS - A TWIN PEAKS tribute exhibition in 3D" presented by stephen ROMANO gallery
"NO STARS - A TWIN PEAKS tribute exhibition in 3D" part 2 - presented by stephen ROMANO gallery
Special Issue
cover image: William Mortensen "Ho Ho Off To Sabbath" 1928
exhibition catalog Buckland Museum of Witchcraft and Magick, Cleveland Ohio August 3 - November 3 2019
"An Empathic Gonzo Favola"by Idlu Lili Regulus with quotes from William Mortensen
issue 13
cover image: Barry William Hale, 2018
SPIRIT PHOTOGRAPHY selections from a private collection
William Mortensen "The Academic Nude" October 1950 Photography Handbook.
Eugène le Poitevin (1806 - 1870)Diableries Erotiques 1832
Jan Mandyn (c.1500-1560) – The Harrowing of Hell
Modi published by Marcantonio Raimondi in 1524
"WILLIAM MORTENSEN: CELLULOID BABYLON"
WOLFGANG GRASSE - TEMPORAL MISFIT
4 ESOTERIC ARTISTS YOU SHOULD KNOW
"NOCTEM DIABOLI"(Devil's Night) - curated by Stephen Romano a one night exhibition event
The Nudes of William Mortensen
OPENING THE THIRD EYE - Natsumi Goldfish, Alexis Palmer Karl, Daniel Goncalves, Barry William Hale
Jacques Callot (1592–1635) The Temptation of Saint Anthony 1635 etching.
Mutus liber, in quo tamen tota philosophia hermetica
Viridarium chymicum figuris cupro incisis adornatum 1624
The various operations of alchemy, Domenico Beccafumi 1540-1550
Philosophia Hermetica by Federico Gualdi, ca. 1790
Splendor Solis (an alchemical treatise) Germany 1582
issue12
cover image: Alexis Palmer Karl, 2018
The true and nine images of the gods of the ancients of Vicenzo Cartari Reggiano.
Hexastichon Sebastiani Brant in Memorabiles
“INVISIBLE HOUSE” curated by BRENDAN WALLS at DARK MOFO 2018
Brightly illuminating Hertzens mirror: by means of a threefold presentation
+Les Diables de Lithographies+
+Pantagruel by Rabelais, François+
William Mortensen - The Acedemic Nude - Photography Handbook October 1950.
Les songes drolatiques de Pantagruel+
+Musaeum hermeticum, reformatum et amplificatum+
+De goude leeuw of den asijn der wysen+
+Avrevm vellvs, or, Guldin treasure and art-chamber+
The Art of India Evans “erotic energy is the ultimate creative force”
The Art of Charles AA Dellschau in Vestiges & Verse: Notes from the Newfangled Epic
issue 11
cover image: Das Kloster, 1845
SPECIAL ISSUE DEVOTED TO
Das Kloster, weltlich und geistlich; meist aus der ältern deutschen Volks-,Wunder-, Curiositäten-, und vorzugsweise komischen Literatur Wunder-, Curiositäten-, und vorzugsweise komischen Literatur published by J Scheible
Vol 9 - Das Kloster
Vol 11 - Das Kloster
Vol 12 - Das Kloster
issue 9
cover image: Mario Mercier "La Sorciere" 1974
LA PAPESSE de Mario Mercier -- la sorciere ! photos presse cinema 1974.
Luciana Lupe Vasconcelos - the power of an ancient enigma
Rosarium Philosophorum (‘The Rosary of the Philosophers’)
Dictionary Of Occult Hermetic Alchemical Sigils Symbols Fred Gettings 1981
-Erotic Folk Horror Master Mario Mercier's New Series of CHAMANIQUE Drawings
-WILLIAM MORTENSEN at SCOPE ART FAIR-
-CLANS OF ENOK by Barry William Hale-
-Praxis caballe albe et Nigre Doctor Johanni Faustii - 1875-
issue 8
cover image: Kenneth Anger "Lucifer Rising" 1972
Lucifer Rising (With Jimmy Page's original soundtrack)
Jimmy Page - Lucifer Rising (Complete Session Remastered)
Lucifer Rising - Jimmy Page,Soundtrack
Lucifer's Friend - Lucifer's Friend (full album)
Parallax Born's Witch music video directed by Aksel Stasney
Wicked Lady - Psychotic Overkill [Full Album]
The Ghost - When Youre Dead 1970
Lucifer Was - Blues From Hellah [Full Album]
The Abominable Dr Phibes 1971 music by Basil Kirchin
Coven - Witchcraft Destroys Minds & Reaps Souls (Full Album) - 1969
Coven - Blood On The Snow (Full Album) - 1974
issue 7
cover image: Ken Weaver 2017
De Aetatibus Mundi Imagines - Ω - The Illustrated Ages of the World.
The Mystery of Flight- Hieroglyphica and American Visionary . by decadentmanifesto
"MATERIA PRIMA", the artist as shamanic presence . curated by Stephen Romano
Shanxi - Zhang Xiao . "a glimpse of a world of pagan custom, dreamlike and entrancing"
The Ripley Scroll - one of the largest of all alchemical drawings.
THE DEVILS REIGN curated by Peter H Gilmore, High Priest, Church of Satan
BRIEF alchymist. new, or, Pandora & figures explained and illustrated.
The Art of A. FIORILLO - The Odyssey of the Forces of Death .
issue 6
cover image:Juan López Moctezuma "Alucarda" (1975)
Invocation of my Demon Brother & Lucifer Rising
"SIMON, KING OF THE WITCHES" (1971)
issue 5
cover image: Heinz von Perckhammer 1922
Manly Palmer Hall collection of alchemical manuscripts, 1500-1825
The Devil's Hand by Barry William Hale
THE ART OF RAY ROBINSON: THE THIRD DOOR by Charlotte Rodgers, October 6 2016
Symbola aureae mensae duodecim nationum - 1617
Pandora :bdas ist, die edlest Gab Gottes, oder der Werde vnd heilsame Stein der Weysen
Heinz von Perckhammer's China as seen in the Macao brothels of 1922.
issue 4
cover image: Olga Fröbe-Kapteyn, 1930
Theosophical images of Olga Fröbe-Kapteyn,
The Art of Dolorosa De La Cruz A lexicon of the Hermaphroditic Devil.
Chalk, Colour & Cosmos: The Black Board drawings of Rudolf Steiner by Barry William Hale
"Witch Marks" – Gemma Gary by Barry William Hale
Mysterious Books found in a Landfill reveal secret writings of NYMZA.
HOW CLOSE DO YOU WANT TO GET TO THE GARDEN OF EARTHLY DELIGHTS BY Jheronimus Bosch?
The Pencil & the Pendulum Emma Kunz [ 1892 – 1963 ] by Barry William Hale
ELIPHAS LEVI ZAHED - Dogme et Rituel de la Haute Magie
IMAGO MENTIS – Theosophical Thought-form drawings
Occvlta philosophia : the hidden philosophical secret nuts clandestine gold flowers
Opus mago-cabalisticum et theologicum
Michaelis Majeri ... Secretioris naturae secretorum scrutinium chymicum
issue 3
cover image: Wolfgang Grasse "Throne of Death" 1999
Wolfgang Grasse (1930 – 2008) – Temporal Misift
The Prophecies on the Antichrist, End of the World, and the Apocalypse of the Abbot Joachim
Rithika Merchant: At The Dusk of Identity by Decadence Darling
Clavis Artis — Over A Skin Of Dragon
William Mortensen – The Antichrist of American Photography in the House of the Devil
Harmonia Macrocosmica — History’s Most Beautiful Star Maps
issue 2
cover image: The Woodbridge Figures, date unknown.
R. Abrahami Eleazaris uraltes chymisches Werk
The Livre De La Vigne Nostre Seigneur, 1450-1470
Practice Magica Faustiana: or the by Doct John Faust. Practicirte and beschworne dens forced.
Les Visions du chevalier Tondal, Simon Marmion
Jan Mandyn (c.1500-1560) – The Harrowing of Hell
THE CURATOR OF DEATH「死」に関するものを集めまくった異色の博物館「Morbid Anatomy Museum」のムービーが公開中
issue 1
cover image: Magia naturalis, 1849
Doktor Johannes Faust’s Magia naturalis
Anton LaVey Blackhouse Photographs 1998 by Nicholas Syracuse
On the writing of the insane : with illustrations
Christ's Decent Into Hell Style of Hieronymus Bosch
The Wonderful Nature and Art of Angels, Devils, Men, Specters
Romeyn de Hooghe: Hieroglyphica — Symbols of Ancient People
Collin de Plancy’s Dictionnaire Infernal
“Of the Devil’s Party” — The Art of Barry William Hale
La Clef de la Magie Noire by Stanislas de Guaita
Jel Ena: Through the Gates of Anhedonia by Decadence Darling