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April 20, 2009 - Monday
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Category: Life
Exclusive in the UK to Occulture 2009,
Orryelle will be performing a new refined multimedia version of his ritual theatre, Oedipus Tyrannos,
co-devised with Giselle Sibyl.

For more information and to purchase tickets
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April 15, 2009 - Wednesday
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Category: Life
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April 8, 2009 - Wednesday
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Current mood:  blessed
Category: Life
Busting the Myth: What is 'Occulture'?

What is ‘Occulture’? You’re living in it. The influence of the occult is all around you – you just won’t see it unless you know where, or more importantly, how to look.
The word occult derives from the Latin root occultus – to hide. By definition, the occult is ‘that which is hidden’. For millennia, the secret yet powerful manipulations of mystics and magicians have exerted untold influence over every civilisation the world has ever known. In fact, it could be argued that without the occult sciences at work behind the scenes, civilisation as we understand it may never have existed at all.
You could be forgiven for thinking that ‘the occult’ begins and ends with devil worship, with tacky dragon statues and grown ups furtively reading Harry Potter novels during the daily commute. You may believe that occultism is simply the preserve of the angst-ridden adolescent or the hopeless escapist. If so, you couldn’t be more wrong.
Any conspiracy buff will tell you that the influence of the occult is everywhere. But what about the incredible force for positive change that occultism might offer us? That story is just as well documented, but it’s not so freely acknowledged. Why so?
Occultism represents an invisible hand that has helped guide society since the beginning of organised human culture. For instance, did you know that Isaac Newton and the founders of the Royal Society were enthusiastic alchemists as well as physicists? Or that the British Empire was the brainchild of Elizabethan magus Dr John Dee, the court astrologer and secret agent whose moniker was ‘007’? Were you aware that Chaucer based many of his stories on originals written by an Arab mystic, or that the largest occult library in the world is to be found in the Vatican? Were you aware that the Surrealists were heavily inspired by esoteric philosophy, or that the American inventor of solid rocket fuel was a student of Aleister Crowley? And why did CG Jung, influential psychologist and student of Sigmund Freud, put so much stock in esoteric symbolism?
In the modern world, artists and musicians have continued to draw from the inexhaustible well of occultism as a spur to greater creativity: Joseph Beuys, Antonin Artaud, Kenneth Anger, David Lynch, Tool, even the Klaxons and Dan Brown… all have sought to bring the esoteric worldview into their arts and thus to the wider world.
Yet still, this rich and vital stream of human endeavour remains an object of derision. Why?
Perhaps it is because the true occultist is a star, a freedom fighter against the tyranny of spiritual oppression. The occult arts aim to empower the individual through personal experimentation instead of cowed acceptance of the status quo. Occultism enables the practitioner to transcend the rigid structures and conventions laid down by those who have much to fear from individual spiritual freedom. The esoteric practitioner is a mountain goat, not a sheep in a herd. By fearlessly accepting personal responsibility for his or her own spiritual development, the occultist has endured centuries of persecution by those who would have us all meekly conform to the consensus of the group.
Today, the last bastion of socially acceptable prejudice is not racism, sexism or homophobia, it’s the complete dismissal, derision and social rejection of the esoteric worldview. It’s time this prejudice was exposed for what it is. It’s time such discrimination was challenged and finally conquered, once and for all.
In 2000, the Occulture Festival was founded to challenge this unacceptable bias against occultism and spiritual freedom. Occulture provides a platform for free expression without fear of oppression, persecution or ridicule. Our mission has always been to rebuild the bridges between the seen and the unseen, to celebrate freedom of mind, body and spirit. We are seeing many signs of success. Together we can break down the last prejudice and release the beauty and power of true spiritual and artistic freedom from the shadows, where it has languished for far too long.
A. Dobbie

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February 18, 2009 - Wednesday
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Category: Friends
The people listed below have all contributed to the occulture festival. Video clips are Available HERE Jaz Coleman Gavin Baddeley Ken Campbell Michael Staley Jon Ronson Jaq Hawkins Colin Wilson Wim Van Dulleman Adrian Gilbert Mungo Williams Dave Austin Gurdjieff Dancers Ed & Denyze Alleyne-Johnson Oryelle Defenstrate Bascule Eleanor Bone Testcard John Belham-Payne (compere) Mogg Morgan Ralph Harvey Paul Devereaux Michael Clarke Ramsey Dukes Pauline Tiben Dave Lee Kesang Takla (Tibetan Govt) Z’ev Magda Bert Sharp Gerald Suster Mark Ramsden Maxim Jago Alison Reynolds Amnesty International Ladies From Hades Jeff Merrifield Soname Yangchen Mayor of Brighton Allan Brown Emrys Kate West Geshi Tashi Tsering Gabriel Duffy Mary Hedger and brother Earth Magic Lantern Slideshow Tim Rifat Zizi Amado Crowley Mr Wangyul Mike Sippings Paul Hughes-Barlow Adrian Shepard Carrie Kirkpatrick Ptth Steve Nicholls
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February 18, 2009 - Wednesday
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Category: Life
Occulture has its roots in a change of attitude that came about at the turn of the millenium. The very first Occulture festival held in 2000, gave resonance to the idea that esotericism is something to celebrate. In early 2000 some newspapers had set out to vilify the late Mr Derek Taylor (a healer and trance medium) and painted him in an untruthful and inaccurate light. Despite being rebuffed by a newspaper editor who refused to retract the story, a small group of people aimed to free Taylor from such negative association and celebrate the many wonderful achievements of his life. So began Occulture. The festival invited several other individuals and organisations who had each in their own way, also been persecuted for being involved with esoteric ideas.
By 2001 Occulture attracted an Evangelist broadside in the press, our response was one of truthfulness, transparency and laying the facts before the readers – the response in our favour was overwhelming. Occulture began to attract many new paths and persuasions who wanted freedom of expression. The tide had turned.
By 2003 the festival attracted the Government of Tibet with the full knowledge and Blessing of His Holiness the Dalai Lama. The Mayor of Brighton formally opened the festivities. Things had changed. The impact of the festival experience actually changed the perception of esoteric culture and led to a number of similar esoteric events to spring up in its wake, as continue to do so to this day. Although the festival eventually closed its doors it was not forgotten, as the visitors of yesteryear awaited its return. The name conjured images of a sacred celebration of life and meeting of like minded folk.
The Occulture mission is simple and summed up perfectly in the words of international pianist Vim Van Dulleman, who said whilst at the last festival that the entire history of humanity as that of crime – wars to invade land, rape of other cultures killing, bombing, pillaging and so on but he said ‘here at Occulture people have learnt how to respect one another… Occulture stands for tolerance, open mindedness and celebration of life. Come and join us.
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