SEX MAGIC: Ithell Colquhoun's Diagrams of Love
by Amy Hale
with guest author Dr Amy Hale
We are delighted that Dr Amy Hale will be joining us as a guest speaker for our next book club meet.
Amy is an anthropologist who researches contemporary occult and Pagan history and is an international expert in the life and art of artist Ithell Colqhoun.
She first joined us at The Red Book Club in 2020 to talk about her book Ithell Colquhoun - Genius of the Fern Loved Gulley. We are delighted to have her return to discuss her new book Sex Magic: Ithell Colquhoun's Diagrams of Love
About the book
A unique body of work and a radical contribution to the magical conversations of the period, this exquisitely illustrated book provides an introduction to Ithell Colquhoun’s enigmatic series of paintings, drawings and poems: Diagrams of Love. Exploring her personal blend of alchemical, Kabbalistic and Tantric imagery and placed within the context of theories of sex magic extant in the occult subcultures of the early twentieth century.
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Zoom meeting date - 28th March 2024, 8pm UK time
