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Dr. Phil Legard Esotericism. Esoteric Music. Esoteric Zines. Leeds, UK. www.instagram.com/phil_legard Profile pic by @aloverdrive.bsky.social

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Lamp of Goth @larkfall.bsky.social · Jan 6

If anyone wants to check out my PhD thesis, it's an analytic autoethnography about magick and music-making over a decade of shifting practice. It also has a chapter with a lot of West Yorkshire occulture/zine stuff in there! figshare.leedsbeckett.ac.uk/articles/the...

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Lamp of Goth @larkfall.bsky.social · 21h

Why call a square a square, when you can call it a 'quarre'?

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Lamp of Goth @larkfall.bsky.social · 3d

Feeling rather intrigued/enchanted by Neocities ATM - I love seeing these characterful, old school pages. Maybe I should reboot my ancient site, Picatrix here... neocities.org/browse

Neocities

Create and surf awesome websites for free.

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Lamp of Goth @larkfall.bsky.social · 3d

Hamish Steele has put far more joy and unity into this world than those other guys and their hateful minions. It was a pleasure to meet them briefly last year when they did a signing in Leeds: they do not deserve this level of hate and abuse.

✨ Hamish Steele ✨ Buy Go-Man! @hamishsteele.bsky.social · 9d

It's probably going to be a very odd day

Screenshot of Elon Musk tweeting "this is not ok" as a reply to Libs of TikTok posting "omg. Dead end paranormal park, a show on netflix, is pushing pro-teangeder on CHILDREN. This show is advertised for 7-year-olds. It's being promoted on netflix kids now. Parents - beware" with an attached photo of Barney from the show.

Elon's tweet has 3.6k comments, 8.7k retweets, 60k likes and 4.2million views

Lamp of Goth @larkfall.bsky.social · 4d

Remember The Net - a series on BBC2 about the interwebs during the early days of the tech's adoption ca. 1994? You can watch here. What a strange, but prophetic choice of topic they decided to open their series with... www.youtube.com/watch?v=zpfK...

The Net – Episode 1 | BBC Two’s 90s Tech & Internet Show 🌐📡

YouTube video by Digitalized Archives

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Lamp of Goth @larkfall.bsky.social · 17d

Did he play Illusions On A Double Dimple *AGAIN*?

Lamp of Goth @larkfall.bsky.social · 17d

Not one, but two AI slop works on the Book of Soyga have recently appeared. Meanwhile, I'm still waiting for the Clavis/THP edition announced in 2013... 😭

Lamp of Goth @larkfall.bsky.social · 20d

My friend John Godbert published a book of his drawings. John did the art for our Hawthonn album 'Earth Mirror' - as well as The Fall's Live at the Witch Trials & other underground classics. If you fancy a copy, email herbdiamante(at)yahoo dot com

Lamp of Goth @larkfall.bsky.social · 26d

Five tracks for the new album have already been demoed: if anyone is interested in putting out the full album get in touch!

Lamp of Goth @larkfall.bsky.social · 26d

You can get the single here:
wireworms.bandcamp.com/track/all-be...

All Bells in Paradise, by Wire Worms

track by Wire Worms

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Lamp of Goth @larkfall.bsky.social · 26d

I had a lot of fun over the last few weeks working with Layla on a video for our local eschatological,folk favourites Wire Worms. I think the results are pretty damn good for around five hours of shooting!

youtu.be/YnNgo9UkH0U?...

Wire Worms - All Bells in Paradise MUSIC VIDEO

YouTube video by Wire Worms

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Lamp of Goth @larkfall.bsky.social · Sep 8

While researching my talk on the Monad, I managed to find an actual picture of Dee writing his masterwork.

9th September, 7:30pm, basement of the Beehive Pub, Shipley!

Lamp of Goth @larkfall.bsky.social · Sep 6

Putting the last slides on my talk about John Dee's Hieroglyphic Monad together - ending with a short musical excursion... here are some notes from Hesperian Garden, which draws heavily on the harmonics of the Monad. Listen here - download includes detailed PDFs!
xetb.bandcamp.com/album/hesper...

Lamp of Goth @larkfall.bsky.social · Sep 2

Around this time of night, I like to drink from the Holy Grail and read a book of alchemy.*

*actually a work on Ars Voarchadumia, which, as its author will tell you, is distinct and probably far superior...

Lamp of Goth @larkfall.bsky.social · Aug 30

I'm very happy to be revisiting my friends at the Folk, Myth and Magick moot on Tuesday 9th September to talk about one of my favourite subjects: John Dee's Hieroglyphic Monad.

The talk is at 7:30pm in the basement of the Beehive Pub in Shipley. All welcome!

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Lamp of Goth @larkfall.bsky.social · Aug 26

A friend has started doing old-school liquid lightshows on an 8' scaffold with squish plates, bubbles and all the rest... so hit this link if you need any such thing in the West Yorkshire area! - www.instagram.com/powerumo

#liquidlightshow #psychedelia #leeds

Lamp of Goth @larkfall.bsky.social · Aug 21

thequietus.com/interviews/f...

Find a Note and Keep Going: An Interview with Dawn Terry

Dawn Terry is a mainstay of the UK underground. Ahead of her performance at Acid Horse in May, she speaks to Harry Sword about Fighting Fantasy, Doom Yoga and Ukrainian hurdy-gurdy

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Lamp of Goth @larkfall.bsky.social · Aug 21

m0lch.bandcamp.com/album/on-hex...

On Hexen Ground, by Molch

7 track album

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Lamp of Goth @larkfall.bsky.social · Aug 21

Reminder that this is on Friday!! Blackened doom with a punk attitude from MOLCH, DAWN TERRY does her amazing, dark droning thing, and WIRE WORMS bring the doom-folk. £8 or £6 low/unwaged. Tix OTD or via ra.co/events/2237148

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Lamp of Goth @larkfall.bsky.social · Aug 15

New Instagram post - a slightly melancholic tome.

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Shunning Ground @shunningground.bsky.social · Aug 14

The Gall - You’re Opening Doors You Don’t Understand #newmusic #goth #deathrock #postpunk #punk #noiserock #industrial

shunningground.bandcamp.com/album/youre-opening-doors-you-dont-understand

You're Opening Doors You Don't Understand, by The Gall

6 track album

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Lamp of Goth @larkfall.bsky.social · Aug 14

Advance tickets available for MOLCH / DAWN TERRY / WIRE WORMS next week! 22nd August at Wharf Chambers, Leeds. An evening of dark, doomy musick!

ra.co/events/2237148

Lamp of Goth @larkfall.bsky.social · Aug 9

Bit of a magical wild camp last night. Summoned a glowing mushroom 🍄

Lamp of Goth @larkfall.bsky.social · Aug 7

Congrats to the ladies tristwch! Also, the only time Hawthonn is ever gonna get mentioned in The Guardian!

Seth Cooke | Every Contact Leaves a Trace @sethcooke.bsky.social · Aug 7

Terrific Tristwch y Fenywod interview.

‘The Welsh language has been aggressively oppressed’: Tristwch y Fenywod, the gothic trio communing with a mystical Wales

Inspired by the ‘enchanted, sapphic feeling’ of the coast and with bat sounds for drums, this Wales-obsessed band sound like no one else. They explain how queerness, neurodivergence and anti-coloniali...

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Lamp of Goth @larkfall.bsky.social · Jul 27

This Tuesday at Wharf Chambers, Layla and I are playing with Kar Pouzi (Helen Papaioannou's extraordinary baritone sax and electronics project), and Yexxen - a new group featuring Rob from Guttersnipe and members of Berlin's Cuntroaches!

Lamp of Goth @larkfall.bsky.social · Jul 26

[...] which often come up when esoteric scholars study or engage with objects of study in the fascist domain. That interview with John Morgan and Arthur Versus for example... 🙄 www.jstor.org/stable/10.14...

Vol. 8, No. 1, Spring 2014 of Journal for the Study of Radicalism on JSTOR

The Journal for the Study of Radicalism engages in serious, scholarly exploration of the forms, representations, meanings, and historical influences of radical ...