Frater H Reading

A few selections from the writings of the 20th C. Abstract Painter,  AD REINHARDT.  

This reading of THE BOOK OF THE LAW is the final episode of a three- part series of podcasts featuring the received writings of Aleister Crowley. This series corresponds to the days from March 20 to April 10--One text each day from the Vernal Equinox to the three days that mark the writing of the Book Of The Law.   There will be mispronunciations.   [00:00] Introduction   [01:38] Liber Al vel Legis, Cap. I (April 8)   [19:25] Liber Al vel Legis, Cap. II (April 9)   [38:52] Liber Al vel Legis , Cap. III (April 10)

This is part two of a series of readings intended to correspond to the days from March 20 to April 10--One text each day from the Vernal Equinox to the three days that mark the writing of the Book Of The Law.   This episode’s recordings are for March 27-April 6.  There will be mispronunciations. [00:00] Introduction [02:17] Liber ARARITA, Cap. VII (March 27) [04:49] Liber Arcanorum (March 28) [10:27] Liber LXV, Cap. III (March 29) [21:02] Liber Librae (March 30) [30:00] Liber VII, Cap. III (March 31) [37:17]  Liber VII, Cap. V (April 1) [43:15] Liber Stellae Rubae (April 2) [52:10] Liber Cheth (April 3) [57:49] Liber LXV Cap. II (April 4) [1:09:25] Liber LXV Cap. V (April 5) [1:28:13] Liber ARARITA, Cap. VI (April 6) [1:30:12] Liber VII, Cap. VII (April 7)

These readings are intended to correspond to the days from March 20 to April 10--One text each day from the Vernal Equinox to the three days that mark the writing of the Book Of The Law.  There will be mispronunciations.   [00:00] Introduction    [02:40] Liber LXV, Cap. I  (March 20, morning)   [15:27] Liber VII, Cap. II  (March 20, evening)   [21:27] Liber LXV, Cap .IV  (March 21)   [34:32] Liber VII, Cap. IV  (March 22)   [44:05] Liber VII, Cap. VI  (March 23)   [49:58] Liber Tzaddi  (March 24)   [56:52] Liber VII, Cap. I  (March 25)   [1:02:47] Liber A’ash  (March 26)

This text, from 1917, combines ideas about Goetic evocation, with ideas about Spiritism, the origins of artistic inspiration, and a collective subconscious.  I  I hope you find it rewarding.    My reading will include several mispronunciations.

A reading of two Grimm Bros. Fairy Tales followed by the  Infancy Gospel Of Thomas

A reading of Austin Osman Spare's 1927 automatic writing "The Anathema of Zos" Followed by Italian Futurist F. T. Marinetti's "We Abjure Our Symbolist Masters, Last Lovers of the Moon" (1911-1915),  "Down With The Tango and Parsifal" (1914), "The Birth of A Futurist Aesthetic" (1911-1915)

Reading the full text of a 1908 lecture by Rudolph Steiner: "The Interpretation of Fairy Tales"

Reading selected descriptions of 1970s California performance art. Followed by a reading of the first five chapters of the book of Ezekiel from the King James Bible.  There will be mispronunciations. 

Reading Moby Dick Chapters 8 and 9.  "The Pulpit" and "The Sermon"   Followed by a reading of all four chapters of the book of Jonah from the King James Bible.  There will be mispronunciations.