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Magic in Art, Poetry, and Biography: Marjorie Cameron’s Illustrated Notebooks c. 1956–1964
Malmö University, Faculty of Education and Society (LS), Department of Society, Culture and Identity (SKI).ORCID iD: 0000-0002-7383-9857
2024 (English)In: Religion and the Arts, ISSN 1079-9265, E-ISSN 1568-5292, Vol. 28, no 1-2, p. 133-169Article in journal (Refereed) Published
Abstract [en]

The article analyzes four works of poetry and illustration produced by the artist, poet, and occultist Marjorie Cameron (1922–1995) in the 1950s and 1960s. Widow of rocket scientist and occultist John “Jack” Whiteside Parsons (1914–1952), an early follower of Aleister Crowley’s (1875–1947) religion Thelema, Cameron was also a friend and collaborator of Beat artist Wallace Berman (1926–1976) and avant-garde filmmaker Kenneth Anger (1927–2023). In the 1950s and 1960s, Cameron delved deeply into Crowley’s magical writings alongside those of comparative mythologist Joseph Campbell (1904–1987). The article especially highlights how Cameron creatively adapted and re-worked the ideas of both thinkers in her artistic interpretations of her Holy Guardian Angel. A core argument of the article is that art, poetry, and esotericism were intertwined pursuits for Cameron, and that extra-textual sources (e.g., letters and biographical details) contemporary with the analyzed creative works are helpful in untangling their meaning.

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Brill Academic Publishers, 2024. Vol. 28, no 1-2, p. 133-169
Keywords [en]
Thelema; Aleister Crowley; esotericism; occultism; Marjorie Cameron; esotericism and art; Beat movement
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History of Religions
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URN: urn:nbn:se:mau:diva-66590DOI: 10.1163/15685292-02801005ISI: 001222040800008Scopus ID: 2-s2.0-85189475869OAI: oai:DiVA.org:mau-66590DiVA, id: diva2:1848036
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Power through closeness? Female authority and agency in a male-led new religion, Swedish Research Council
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Swedish Research Council, 2018-00439Available from: 2024-04-02 Created: 2024-04-02 Last updated: 2024-07-31Bibliographically approved

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