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orangecrush

(22,015 posts)
Thu Jul 14, 2022, 11:27 AM Jul 2022

Sex magic, occult art and acid: the story of the infamous witch of Kings Cross

Last edited Thu Jul 14, 2022, 09:18 PM - Edit history (2)

"They didn’t quite burn witches in Australia in the 1940s and 50s, but they didn’t make it easy for them either.

Take Rosaleen Norton, an artist and self-identified witch who the tabloids called “the witch of Kings Cross”. She was repeatedly arrested, had her artwork burned and was shunned and mocked by society."
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"Aged 23 and living away from her conservative family in a variety of lodgings and squats in the seedy Sydney suburb, she began to practise trance magic and, later, sex magic. The former involved invoking spells, rituals and taking substances with the aim of achieving a higher form of consciousness; the latter was popularised by the British occultist Aleister Crowley and involved having sex with multiple partners that invoked rituals similar to Tantra."

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"Australia in the postwar years was almost 90% Christian, and Norton was made a target for her beliefs. Surveillance and raids from the vice squad, and seizure of her work, criminalised her, and turned her into a notorious and shocking tabloid figure. One of her sex magic partners, the celebrated Sydney Symphony Orchestra conductor Sir Eugene Goossens, was forced to flee Australia when his luggage at Sydney airport was found to contain pornography. The pair each suffered in their own way for transgressing the strict moral boundaries of the time."

https://www.theguardian.com/film/2021/feb/09/sex-magic-occult-art-and-acid-the-story-of-the-infamous-witch-of-kings-cross





"According to her later biographer, Nevill Drury, "Norton's esoteric beliefs, cosmology and visionary art are all closely intertwined – and reflect her unique approach to the magical universe." She was inspired by "the 'night' side of magic", emphasising darkness and studying the Qliphoth, alongside forms of sex magic which she had learned from the writings of English occultist Aleister Crowley.[4]"

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Talk:Rosaleen_Norton







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Sex magic, occult art and acid: the story of the infamous witch of Kings Cross (Original Post) orangecrush Jul 2022 OP
The article says that there's a film coming out about her, Haggard Celine Jul 2022 #1
"In these more enlightened times"... orangecrush Jul 2022 #2
P.S. orangecrush Jul 2022 #3
Yes, that's much better! Haggard Celine Jul 2022 #4
Going to watch the movie this weekend orangecrush Jul 2022 #5

Haggard Celine

(17,034 posts)
1. The article says that there's a film coming out about her,
Thu Jul 14, 2022, 11:34 AM
Jul 2022

but I've seen one already. I think it was called The Witch of King's Cross, and I believe it was on Amazon, but possibly Hulu. She was definitely before her time. It's a shame what religious people do to those who are different.

Haggard Celine

(17,034 posts)
4. Yes, that's much better!
Thu Jul 14, 2022, 03:53 PM
Jul 2022

The movie was interesting. I didn't know until then that postwar Australia was conservative just as it was in the U.S. I guess I'd never really thought about it before. Assholery is universal, and it transcends time.

orangecrush

(22,015 posts)
5. Going to watch the movie this weekend
Thu Jul 14, 2022, 04:37 PM
Jul 2022


She would have been a perfect companion for Austin Osman Spare.


They weren't quite the same age, but close.

Both Occultists and remarkably talented artists.

Jimmy Page of Led Zeppelin owns the largest collection of Spares art.

It wouldn't surprise me if he had some of Rosalee's as well.
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