Conference Paper: Image and Logos: Symbolic Vocabularies and Inspired Revelations | Trans-States 2, University of Northampton, September 2019
Sasha presenting on revelation through art in the Belle Epoque.
Saints of the Word exhibition – lecture tour in Sweden & Denmark 2015
Some months ago I received an invitation to Aarhus University to speak on Péladan’s literature and “esoteric modernism” at a closed symposium with scholars doing some incredibly exciting work in this area, breaking new ground on possible...
The Occult Power of Greek Icons – Treadwell’s lecture 2015
Friends who know me from other (academic or social) contexts may have been a bit surprised to see me opening a gallery mainly focused on Greek sacred art earlier this year, but there is a host of reasons why this particular artform captured my attention, as I explain...
PhD viva successfully passed! Taking stock and new directions
I suppose it’s true for all newly minted PhD’s, that the reality and weight of what’s just happened hasn’t quite sunk in yet. But four years of eye-wateringly hard work, and plenty of sweat and tears have been duly acknowledged and approved,...
Recent talk on Péladan at Treadwell’s
Joséphin Péladan: Eccentric buffoon, misunderstood genius, Platonic Symbolist, charlatan, madman, or visionary?
2014: London lecture on Péladan
I’m very much looking forward to September when I’ll be spending some time in the UK, and will be doing a talk at one of my favourite places, Treadwell’s bookshop, on Monday 15th September. Click here to book a seat (space is limited)....
How to become a Mage (or Fairy): Joséphin Péladan’s Initiation for the Masses
My recent article on Péladan published in The Pomegranate: International Journal of Pagan Studies 14:2. Download (PDF, 501KB)...
Hidden in Plain Sight: Joséphin Péladan’s Religion of Art
I’m delighted to have been invited to submit a paper on Péladan, “the grandfather of symbolist art”, for the recent issue of Abraxas, and absolutely chuffed to have had one of my illustrations of Péladan’s work included. Abraxas #5 is now...Making the invisible visible: The Peladan Project (2013)
I have a number of strings to my bow as many visitors will be aware. Until recently, my main occupation at this time is was my PhD research on French author Joséphin Péladan. I maintain a separate website featuring updates from my research and more academic pieces...
Review: A More Beautiful Question: The Spiritual in Art and Poetry
Published in ARIES 13:2 (2013) Hughes, Glenn, A More Beautiful Question: The Spiritual in Art and Poetry Columbia & London, University of Missouri Press 2011. 184 pages. Hardback. ISBN 978-0-8262-1917-6. Download (PDF, 994KB)...
Review: Satanism, Magic, and Mysticism in Fin-de-siecle France
ΝΒ. As this review is now widely quoted around the internet, would readers and those linking here please do me the courtesy of not misrepresenting me. I am neither a “Peladan fan-girl,” (seen on Goodreads), nor an aficionado of the “Western Mystery...New book: Atalanta Unveiled
