Sex Magic: Ithell Colquhoun's Diagrams of Love by Amy Hale
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 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 20th century, this beautiful little book of erotic art and poetry is one to treasure.
Dr. Amy Hale (PhD Folklore UCLA) is an Atlanta based writer, curator, and critic, ethnographer and folklorist, speaking and writing about magic, art, culture, women and Cornwall in various combinations.
Hale has served as curator and host for the internationally beloved London based Viktor Wynd’s Last Tuesday Society lecture series, which features accessible specialist lectures for a popular audience. A lively public speaker, Hale has addressed a wide variety of academic and popular events, including Harvard Divinity School, Cambridge University, the Philosophical Research Society, the Occult Humanities Conference at NYU, I:MAGE at the Warburg Institute in London, the Occulture Festival in Berlin and the OZORA festival in Hungary. She is the past Co-Chair of the Contemporary Pagan Studies Section for the American Academy of Religion (AAR), a member of the European Society for the Study of Western Esotericism (ESSWE) and the British Arts Network. She is also an Honorary Research Fellow in the Department of Communications at Falmouth University and is a trustee of the British charity Rediscovering Art by Women (RAW/RAW+).
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 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 20th century, this beautiful little book of erotic art and poetry is one to treasure.
Dr. Amy Hale (PhD Folklore UCLA) is an Atlanta based writer, curator, and critic, ethnographer and folklorist, speaking and writing about magic, art, culture, women and Cornwall in various combinations.
Hale has served as curator and host for the internationally beloved London based Viktor Wynd’s Last Tuesday Society lecture series, which features accessible specialist lectures for a popular audience. A lively public speaker, Hale has addressed a wide variety of academic and popular events, including Harvard Divinity School, Cambridge University, the Philosophical Research Society, the Occult Humanities Conference at NYU, I:MAGE at the Warburg Institute in London, the Occulture Festival in Berlin and the OZORA festival in Hungary. She is the past Co-Chair of the Contemporary Pagan Studies Section for the American Academy of Religion (AAR), a member of the European Society for the Study of Western Esotericism (ESSWE) and the British Arts Network. She is also an Honorary Research Fellow in the Department of Communications at Falmouth University and is a trustee of the British charity Rediscovering Art by Women (RAW/RAW+).
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 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 20th century, this beautiful little book of erotic art and poetry is one to treasure.
Dr. Amy Hale (PhD Folklore UCLA) is an Atlanta based writer, curator, and critic, ethnographer and folklorist, speaking and writing about magic, art, culture, women and Cornwall in various combinations.
Hale has served as curator and host for the internationally beloved London based Viktor Wynd’s Last Tuesday Society lecture series, which features accessible specialist lectures for a popular audience. A lively public speaker, Hale has addressed a wide variety of academic and popular events, including Harvard Divinity School, Cambridge University, the Philosophical Research Society, the Occult Humanities Conference at NYU, I:MAGE at the Warburg Institute in London, the Occulture Festival in Berlin and the OZORA festival in Hungary. She is the past Co-Chair of the Contemporary Pagan Studies Section for the American Academy of Religion (AAR), a member of the European Society for the Study of Western Esotericism (ESSWE) and the British Arts Network. She is also an Honorary Research Fellow in the Department of Communications at Falmouth University and is a trustee of the British charity Rediscovering Art by Women (RAW/RAW+).
