Gary Lachman
@garylachman.bsky.social
Writer, lecturer, philosopher: "Lachman writes about philosophical and mystical ideas with exceptional grace, forcefulness and clarity."—The Washington Post
An in depth review of Touched By The Presence: decadentserpent.com/2026/01/20/v...
Voyage to a Beginning: A review of Gary Lachman’s ‘Touched by the Presence’
Author: Luke Gilfedder Rock memoir, spiritual memoir, showbiz memoir—these are genres that induce groans, not least because they are that very thing: genres, generic, thus standardised. Yet Touched…
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January 24, 2026 at 11:01 AM
An in depth review of Touched By The Presence: decadentserpent.com/2026/01/20/v...
If you want and need a break from current events, visit ancient Alexandria with me, Sundays throughout February: www.eventbrite.com/e/ancient-al...
Ancient Alexandria: The City of Sects and Gospels with Gary Lachman ONLINE
PRS presents a new four-part online course looking at four central teachings at the roots of the western esoteric tradition
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January 23, 2026 at 11:02 AM
If you want and need a break from current events, visit ancient Alexandria with me, Sundays throughout February: www.eventbrite.com/e/ancient-al...
The world's going to hell in a handbasket. But that's no reason not to sell a book. Come to the launch and get touched by the presence.
January 19, 2026 at 11:25 AM
The world's going to hell in a handbasket. But that's no reason not to sell a book. Come to the launch and get touched by the presence.
Many thanks to Mark Frauenfelder at Boing-Boing for this glowing post: boingboing.net/2026/01/08/f...
From Blondie's Bowery loft to the esoteric frontier: Gary Lachman's remarkable journey
A short film traces Gary Lachman's arc from the Blondie loft on the Bowery to becoming a prolific author on esotericism.
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January 9, 2026 at 11:29 AM
Many thanks to Mark Frauenfelder at Boing-Boing for this glowing post: boingboing.net/2026/01/08/f...
At the launch I'll be in conversation with pop culture savant Travis Elborough. I'll be showing the short film my son Max made to promote the book, and giving away copies of the rare "Amor Fati" CD, of tracks by my band The Know, with every book sold.
January 8, 2026 at 1:59 PM
At the launch I'll be in conversation with pop culture savant Travis Elborough. I'll be showing the short film my son Max made to promote the book, and giving away copies of the rare "Amor Fati" CD, of tracks by my band The Know, with every book sold.
Have you been Touched By The Presence? If not, or if you're up for it again, come to the UK launch of my new book at the Colony Room Green 4 Heddon St 20/1/26. A film, giveaways and more: www.facebook.com/photo?fbid=1...
January 7, 2026 at 2:11 PM
Have you been Touched By The Presence? If not, or if you're up for it again, come to the UK launch of my new book at the Colony Room Green 4 Heddon St 20/1/26. A film, giveaways and more: www.facebook.com/photo?fbid=1...
Calling all Hermetists, Gnostics, Neoplatonists! Throughout February I will be giving a four part online course in Ancient Alexandria: The City of Sects and Gospels for the Philosophical Research Society. www.eventbrite.com/e/ancient-al...
Ancient Alexandria: The City of Sects and Gospels with Gary Lachman ONLINE
PRS presents a new four-part online course looking at four central teachings at the roots of the western esoteric tradition
www.eventbrite.com
January 5, 2026 at 11:11 AM
Calling all Hermetists, Gnostics, Neoplatonists! Throughout February I will be giving a four part online course in Ancient Alexandria: The City of Sects and Gospels for the Philosophical Research Society. www.eventbrite.com/e/ancient-al...
30 years ago I pulled up stakes in sunny SoCal to put them down in Old Blighty. Was it destiny? Only my readers can tell: www.gary-lachman.com/post/escape-...
Escape From L.A.
Thirty years ago I boarded a jet at LAX enroute to my new life as a writer in London. Was it destiny?
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January 1, 2026 at 4:10 PM
30 years ago I pulled up stakes in sunny SoCal to put them down in Old Blighty. Was it destiny? Only my readers can tell: www.gary-lachman.com/post/escape-...
Thought for the year: always do more than you have to so that when you have to you can do more. Best of luck everyone.
December 31, 2025 at 11:08 AM
Thought for the year: always do more than you have to so that when you have to you can do more. Best of luck everyone.
50 years ago I spent my 20th birthday alone, burning Jimi Hendrix posters in the freezing Blondie loft to stay warm. Now I qualify for the Senior Fuel Allowance. See what comes of being touched by the presence? Best wishes for a sane world. www.youtube.com/watch?v=919S...
Touched By The Presence - A film About Gary Lachman
YouTube video by Max Jones-Lachman
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December 24, 2025 at 11:04 AM
50 years ago I spent my 20th birthday alone, burning Jimi Hendrix posters in the freezing Blondie loft to stay warm. Now I qualify for the Senior Fuel Allowance. See what comes of being touched by the presence? Best wishes for a sane world. www.youtube.com/watch?v=919S...
There's plenty to howl about these days. So here I am, howling in the wilderness: www.youtube.com/watch?v=QAjS...
Freedom From the Robotic Life: Comic Books, Rock n’ Roll & Esotericism | Gary Lachman | HITW 205
YouTube video by Howl in the Wilderness
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December 21, 2025 at 11:04 AM
There's plenty to howl about these days. So here I am, howling in the wilderness: www.youtube.com/watch?v=QAjS...
As if you need anymore inducement, I'm the #1 New Release in Punk Musicians Biographies - and I wasn't even a punk: www.amazon.com/Touched-Pres...
Touched by the Presence: From Blondie's Bowery and Rock and Roll to Magic and the Occult
Touched by the Presence: From Blondie's Bowery and Rock and Roll to Magic and the Occult [Lachman, Gary] on Amazon.com. *FREE* shipping on qualifying offers. Touched by the Presence: From Blondie's Bowery and Rock and Roll to Magic and the Occult
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December 15, 2025 at 11:36 AM
As if you need anymore inducement, I'm the #1 New Release in Punk Musicians Biographies - and I wasn't even a punk: www.amazon.com/Touched-Pres...
Looking for that special gift? Michael Dirda at the Washington Post has some advice. www.simonandschuster.co.uk/books/Touche...
December 10, 2025 at 5:57 PM
Looking for that special gift? Michael Dirda at the Washington Post has some advice. www.simonandschuster.co.uk/books/Touche...
Anyone who remembers NYC circa '75-'76 should take a peek at Lisa Jane Persky's reminiscences of a sweaty photoshoot with a still subfamous Blondie in a by now legendary loft on the Bowery: lisajanepersky.substack.com/p/memories-a...
Memories and Reflections
Early 1976, The "Blondie Loft" Photos © Lisa Jane Persky
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December 8, 2025 at 5:31 PM
Anyone who remembers NYC circa '75-'76 should take a peek at Lisa Jane Persky's reminiscences of a sweaty photoshoot with a still subfamous Blondie in a by now legendary loft on the Bowery: lisajanepersky.substack.com/p/memories-a...
"I don't want a house. I want to write a book." Discover how that turned out at my online talk about my new book for the PRS this Sunday 7/12 at 7:00 PM GMT: www.eventbrite.com/e/touched-by...
Touched By The Presence: A talk with author Gary Lachman (Online)
In this talk, Gary recounts how he went from being a successful rock & roller to a writer on consciousness and the western inner tradition
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December 5, 2025 at 11:01 AM
"I don't want a house. I want to write a book." Discover how that turned out at my online talk about my new book for the PRS this Sunday 7/12 at 7:00 PM GMT: www.eventbrite.com/e/touched-by...
I am touched by this review of Touched By The Presence: mirrordragon.substack.com/p/becoming-a...
Becoming a Cosmic Caretaker – a review of Gary Lachman’s Touched by the Presence
It’s not often you read the memoir of a rock star and come across references spanning from the spiritually questing novels of the German writer Hermann Hesse to postmodernists, mystics, and such Russi...
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December 4, 2025 at 11:06 AM
I am touched by this review of Touched By The Presence: mirrordragon.substack.com/p/becoming-a...
Has Yeats' rough beast made its way to Bethlehem? My post for the festive season: www.gary-lachman.com/post/the-vis...
The Vision of W. B. Yeats
Has Yeats' rough beast made its way to Bethlehem?
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December 1, 2025 at 3:00 PM
Has Yeats' rough beast made its way to Bethlehem? My post for the festive season: www.gary-lachman.com/post/the-vis...
Out today. Get Touched By The Presence: www.simonandschuster.co.uk/books/Touche...
Touched by the Presence
A memoir of magic, rock and roll, and becoming who you are• Traces the author’s journey from bassist and founding member of Blondie to writer on co...
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November 18, 2025 at 10:36 AM
Out today. Get Touched By The Presence: www.simonandschuster.co.uk/books/Touche...
Have you been Touched by The Presence? I have. I wrote a song about it, and a book. On Dec 7 I'll be online talking about both for the Philosophical Research Society. Get touched: www.eventbrite.com/e/touched-by...
Touched By The Presence: A talk with author Gary Lachman (Online)
In this talk, Gary recounts how he went from being a successful rock & roller to a writer on consciousness and the western inner tradion
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November 16, 2025 at 11:11 AM
Have you been Touched by The Presence? I have. I wrote a song about it, and a book. On Dec 7 I'll be online talking about both for the Philosophical Research Society. Get touched: www.eventbrite.com/e/touched-by...
Contrary to public opinion, there's life after rock and roll.
How did @garylachman.bsky.social go from playing with Blondie & Iggy Pop to becoming one of the preeminent writers on the occult? And what do comic books have to do with it?
Find out this week on @aquariumdrunkard.com Transmissions:
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@talkhouse.bsky.social
Find out this week on @aquariumdrunkard.com Transmissions:
podlink.com/transmission...
@talkhouse.bsky.social
November 12, 2025 at 2:49 PM
Contrary to public opinion, there's life after rock and roll.
My conversation with Jason Woodbury at Aquarium Drunkard about my new book, Touched By The Presence, released on Nov. 18. www.talkhouse.com/transmission...
November 12, 2025 at 10:53 AM
My conversation with Jason Woodbury at Aquarium Drunkard about my new book, Touched By The Presence, released on Nov. 18. www.talkhouse.com/transmission...
My chat about the occult roots of the 1960s for Things Visible and Invisible... www.youtube.com/watch?v=kLYD...
The Occult 60s: Dark Side of the Age of Aquarius | Gary Lachman
YouTube video by Things Visible & Invisible
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November 9, 2025 at 3:10 PM
My chat about the occult roots of the 1960s for Things Visible and Invisible... www.youtube.com/watch?v=kLYD...
My brilliant No. 2 son has made a short film promoting my new book, Touched By the Presence. Welcome to the premier! www.gary-lachman.com/post/touched...
Touched By The Presence - The Film
You haven't read the book - but now you can see the movie!
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November 1, 2025 at 2:19 PM
My brilliant No. 2 son has made a short film promoting my new book, Touched By the Presence. Welcome to the premier! www.gary-lachman.com/post/touched...
My account of a dreamy excursion among ancient Greek healing sites is in the latest Fortean Times #464.
October 29, 2025 at 2:34 PM
My account of a dreamy excursion among ancient Greek healing sites is in the latest Fortean Times #464.
Just when you thought "Enough interviews already" another turns up, this time with Spirit Box. podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/s...
S2 #86 / Gary Lachman, Touched by The Presence
Podcast Episode · Spirit Box · 28/10/2025 · 1h 3m
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October 28, 2025 at 10:52 AM
Just when you thought "Enough interviews already" another turns up, this time with Spirit Box. podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/s...