A review and analysis of the 2016 film A Dark Song. I’ll be discussing the esoteric and occult aspects of the film including the Abramelin operation, Aleister Crowley’s infamous invocation at Boleskine, and some thoughts on how the film deals with the Faustian trope in a novel manner.
A whole video on the Abramelin operation will appear in the future as part of Esoterica’s series on books of magic – stay tuned!
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Recommended Readings:
A Dark Song trailer and rent – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5-S3JqJZJ3s
Dehn, Guth, Duquette – The Book of Abramelin: A New Translation – 978-0892542147 – The best edition of the text (sadly, no critical edition of the text exists to date)
Mathers – The Book of the Sacred Magic of Abramelin the Mage – 978-0486232119 – Classic but defective
Sadly, it appears that Crowley’s Confessions are out of print and very exspensive but I am sure they can be found online
The Boleskine House Foundation – https://www.boleskinehouse.org/ – contact them to help restore this important piece of Scottish and Esoteric history!
#occult #abramelin #crowley
