Leigh, thank you for the recommendation. I have now added that at
abebooks. I am keen to pick it up since it is starting to become
apparent New Zealand has a rich history of esoteric groups despite its
relative isolation.
I would love to talk more with you about Smith. I found some very
interesting letters in the Lovecraft archive between the two. I also
recently picked up the "Art of Clark Ashton Smith" book. I find that
fellow very interesting - he wrote some brilliant stories and on top
of that translated Baudelaire who is another favorite of mine.
Thanks again everyone, I feel really warm and welcome here now :)
Scott
On Sun, Jan 30, 2011 at 2:31 PM, Lvxnox <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> Hi Scott
>
> I like yourself am a lurker on the threshold of the list (Lovecraftian
> reference). Although I am a magical practitioner of many years' experience,
> my degree is in Creative Writing and so I don't pop my head up here much.
> Your interests sound rather similar to mine. I am an ex-TOPY member, OTO
> initiate etc.
>
> Have you read the book ISLANDS OF THE DAWN? Much useful material about
> esoteric traditions in NZ.
>
> Re: Lovecraft, it might be worth your joining the EOD (not the magical order
> but the amateur press association headed by scholar S.T. Joshi). Contact me
> if interested.
>
> Currently I'm working on a long piece about the occult in the life and
> writings of Lovecraft compadre Clark Ashton Smith.
>
> cheers
> Leigh Blackmore (Fr LVX/NOX)
>
>
>
> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Scott Spencer" <[log in to unmask]>
> To: <[log in to unmask]>
> Sent: Sunday, January 30, 2011 11:12 AM
> Subject: Re: [ACADEMIC-STUDY-MAGIC] Introduction
>
>
> Thanks for the welcome :)
>
> There is a "Golden Dawn House" here which has a temple space in the
> basement. The current owners have no interest in the occult but the
> rooms are still intact. A good friend here has a wealth of info about
> the history of the NZ Golden Dawn. We are hoping to get some kind of
> access to the old rooms via the current resident when contact can be
> made.
>
> The folks here are very very nice. I think having such a small "scene"
> creates a nice sense of community and cross pollination - st least
> from my limited experience. I need to get out and about more!
>
>
> Speaking of Lovecraft and New Zealand - its worth noting that the ship
> "Alert" departs from Dunedin, NZ in the end of Call of Cthulhu :)
> Thats a popular fact round here :) I do agree it was a missed
> opportunity to really find fertile ground for some amazing mythos
> related tales!
>
> Scott
>
>
> On Sun, Jan 30, 2011 at 12:59 PM, D E <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
>>
>> yep, didn't Israel Regardie send a load of material for the GD over to NZ
>> as
>> a kind of 'seed bank' in case of norhtern hemisphere situation going awry?
>>
>> like Sydney to Auckland, there's a lot of Europe that's "only" 3 or 4
>> hours
>> from here that i've never been to, don't sweat it : )
>>
>> and going back to Lovecraft in Scott's post, i'm disappointed HPL didn't
>> know more about NZ, as i reckon he'd have woven the Mythos quite tightly
>> into a country with such wilderness and diversity- coloured lakes and
>> geysers, caverns, volcanoes, aurora in the skies, a suitably non-christian
>> tribe inhabiting, and those absolutely huuuuuuuge cricket-like things that
>> live in the caves, the Weta, hell, they're definitely the spawn of
>> something
>> unearthly....
>>
>> DE
>>
>>
>> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Caroline Tully" <[log in to unmask]>
>> To: <[log in to unmask]>
>> Sent: Saturday, January 29, 2011 11:49 PM
>> Subject: Re: [ACADEMIC-STUDY-MAGIC] Introduction
>>
>>
>>> Very active OTO in New Zealand and, I believe, a Golden Dawn *lineage*
>>> (Pat
>>> Zalewski). Actually, I've never been to NZ (which is pathetic of me), but
>>> I
>>> have written for some NZ Pagan mags, the Paganism there is also of a high
>>> standard too, from what I can gather.
>>>
>>>
>>> ~Caroline.
>>>
>>>
>>> -----Original Message-----
>>> From: Society for The Academic Study of Magic
>>> [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of D E
>>> Sent: Sunday, 30 January 2011 10:44 AM
>>> To: [log in to unmask]
>>> Subject: Re: [ACADEMIC-STUDY-MAGIC] Introduction
>>>
>>> i forgot to say, having visited in 2007 i'd also be very envious of
>>> living
>>> in NZ : )
>>>
>>> i had a conversation about the OTO in a bar in Auckland with a
>>> Maori-turned-Buddhist , which was pretty surreal
>>>
>>> DE
>>
>
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