Friday, January 20, 2012

Pagan ritual & camp?

Okay, I am a big fan of late 1960s-early 1970s occult & art films. The depiction of ritual in these films is usually amazing (ie; hippie folks with wild long hair performing bachian & fertility rites). I wouldn't clify many of these scenes as "Hollywood" at all. (e.g, The ORIGINAL Wickerman, Alejandro Jodorowsky's Holy Mountain, and even Dark Shadows (this is a little Hollywood-but so macabre!!!) It seems like occult/Pagan activities used to be performed by a pretty arty crowd. While I know it is a matter of taste, when I see images of real, live rituals these days it seems that there is an incredibly cheesy element that wreaks of ridiculousness & bad Goth style. I don't mean to be a jerk, but where has the artiness and originality gone??? Where can I find it??? I'm just not down with the dated Hot Topic style. Don't people know that if you buy your style and occult books in the mall it isn't cool or original generally speaking???

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