Please note this is NOT a ZOOM Lecture but an in person lecture at our museum – tickets include a complimentary glass of Devil’s Botany Absinthe
Doors open at 7:00pm and lecture starts at 7.30pm
Kenneth Anger & The Occult Sixties, with Gary Parsons – LIVE
In the late 1960’s filmmaker Kenneth Anger began his movie ‘Lucifer Rising’. Intended as his love poem for British occultist Aleister Crowley, the film would fall into the trap of the dark side of the Aquarian dream…
This talk will discuss the making of the film and other related sixties occult movies and cultural artefacts that exploded between 1967-69. Along the way we meet: The Church of Satan, The Rolling Stones, Hells Angels, Jimmy Page, The Beatles, The Process Church, the Charles Manson Family among many others.
Welcome to the Six Six Sixties!
Bio
Gary Parsons is a filmmaker and MA graduate in film from Goldsmiths College London.
He has been interviewed by Dazed and Hero Magazine about the occult in cinema.
We are unable to give refunds for in person events with less than seven days notice in any circumstances
Devil’s Botany is London’s first absinthe distillery, founded by Directors of The Last Tuesday Society’s Absinthe Parlour & Cocktail Bar.