Lamp of Goth
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Dr. Phil Legard
Esotericism. Esoteric Music. Esoteric Zines.
Leeds, UK.
www.instagram.com/phil_legard
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Esotericism. Esoteric Music. Esoteric Zines.
Leeds, UK.
www.instagram.com/phil_legard
Profile pic by @aloverdrive.bsky.social
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Lamp of Goth
@larkfall.bsky.social
· Jan 6
If anyone wants to check out my PhD thesis, it's an analytic autoethnography about magick and music-making over a decade of shifting practice. It also has a chapter with a lot of West Yorkshire occulture/zine stuff in there! figshare.leedsbeckett.ac.uk/articles/the...
90s occulture meets Jon Ronson: includes Gerald Suster, Nigel Bourne (witch and friend of PTV), and a Discordian youth with the Process symbol on his chest. www.youtube.com/watch?v=w65z...
Jon Ronson's For the Love of Numbers
YouTube video by WOWPresents
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November 11, 2025 at 10:09 PM
90s occulture meets Jon Ronson: includes Gerald Suster, Nigel Bourne (witch and friend of PTV), and a Discordian youth with the Process symbol on his chest. www.youtube.com/watch?v=w65z...
Grokipedia entry on Western Esotericism... There was no ESSWE conference in 2024. The 2025 conference was on the theme of rationality and esotericism, but there was no quantitative content analysis of Rosicrucian Manifestos. At least not in any of the sessions or keynotes I attended...!
November 10, 2025 at 8:45 PM
Grokipedia entry on Western Esotericism... There was no ESSWE conference in 2024. The 2025 conference was on the theme of rationality and esotericism, but there was no quantitative content analysis of Rosicrucian Manifestos. At least not in any of the sessions or keynotes I attended...!
Tickets are now available for NOX: Leed's greatest underground gothic discotheque returns on 22 Nov, 11:30pm-4am. Playing everything from OG post-punk to industrial techno, with a live DJ set from our guest SOBORGNOST. £8/£6 low waged. ra.co/events/2298566 #goth #leeds #leedsgoth
November 7, 2025 at 9:57 AM
Tickets are now available for NOX: Leed's greatest underground gothic discotheque returns on 22 Nov, 11:30pm-4am. Playing everything from OG post-punk to industrial techno, with a live DJ set from our guest SOBORGNOST. £8/£6 low waged. ra.co/events/2298566 #goth #leeds #leedsgoth
The Exegesis programme: A human potential cult and telemarketing business, possibly responsible in part for Mike Oldfield's Moonlight Shadow. The first ten seconds are possibly the most 80s thing you will ever see.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=li_W...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=li_W...
Exegesis Programme
YouTube video by Paul Gordon
www.youtube.com
November 6, 2025 at 10:12 AM
The Exegesis programme: A human potential cult and telemarketing business, possibly responsible in part for Mike Oldfield's Moonlight Shadow. The first ten seconds are possibly the most 80s thing you will ever see.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=li_W...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=li_W...
Sorting through my kid's old drawings. Some of them are priceless, such as this man shouting 'Gargoyles!' as he is about to be hit by a falling gargoyle...
November 6, 2025 at 10:06 AM
Sorting through my kid's old drawings. Some of them are priceless, such as this man shouting 'Gargoyles!' as he is about to be hit by a falling gargoyle...
A date for your diaries! Leeds' underground goth club returns! Sets running the gamut from OG post-punk to industrial techno, with special set from SOBORGNOST!!! (- recently seen supporting Cabaret Voltaire). I'lll put up a ticket link in the next few days! Art by @mariastrutz.bsky.social !
November 4, 2025 at 6:28 PM
A date for your diaries! Leeds' underground goth club returns! Sets running the gamut from OG post-punk to industrial techno, with special set from SOBORGNOST!!! (- recently seen supporting Cabaret Voltaire). I'lll put up a ticket link in the next few days! Art by @mariastrutz.bsky.social !
Started learning Decker a few days ago... here's how it's going...
beyondloom.com/decker/
beyondloom.com/decker/
November 1, 2025 at 11:13 AM
Started learning Decker a few days ago... here's how it's going...
beyondloom.com/decker/
beyondloom.com/decker/
We're organising this gig in Leeds on the 28th Nov. A weird mix of spirited dungeon synth, resonating metal, and cosmic medievalism (from my side project Dark Valley). Price on a sliding scale and BYOB. It's a small DIY venue, so DM me for the address!
October 28, 2025 at 9:57 AM
We're organising this gig in Leeds on the 28th Nov. A weird mix of spirited dungeon synth, resonating metal, and cosmic medievalism (from my side project Dark Valley). Price on a sliding scale and BYOB. It's a small DIY venue, so DM me for the address!
Great interview with my buddy Soborgnost, who will be supporting Cabaret Voltaire in Sheff and London soon! Forthcoming 'Live at Hobbs Lane' EP is going to be fantastic! prxludes.net/2025/10/20/j...
Jim Osman on creating "post-cyberpunk magic realism"
Interview with Leeds-born multimedia artist Jim Osman on opera directing, dub mixing, speculative fiction, digital folklore, and gothic futurism ...
prxludes.net
October 21, 2025 at 10:29 PM
Great interview with my buddy Soborgnost, who will be supporting Cabaret Voltaire in Sheff and London soon! Forthcoming 'Live at Hobbs Lane' EP is going to be fantastic! prxludes.net/2025/10/20/j...
A compilation of music made on the PLATO mainframe 1977-1982.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=eqv-...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=eqv-...
PLATO Computer Music 1977-1982
YouTube video by atwaterpub
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October 21, 2025 at 8:30 PM
A compilation of music made on the PLATO mainframe 1977-1982.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=eqv-...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=eqv-...
So many rabbit holes here... the CRPG equivalent of Stu Hovarth's fantastic 'Monsters, Aliens and Holes in the Ground'. archive.org/details/crpg...
The CRPG Book Project: Sharing the History of Computer Role-Playing Games : Felipe Pepe (Editor) : Free Download, Borrow, and Streaming : Internet Archive
The CRPG Book Project: Sharing the History of Computer Role-Playing Games.Edited by Felipe Pepe.This book is the result of four years of work and the...
archive.org
October 20, 2025 at 11:03 PM
So many rabbit holes here... the CRPG equivalent of Stu Hovarth's fantastic 'Monsters, Aliens and Holes in the Ground'. archive.org/details/crpg...
Reposted by Lamp of Goth
Go give a listen to Dark Valley’s Twelve Years at Sea soundtrack! It turned out so damn good.
darkvalleyds.bandcamp.com/album/twelve...
#dungeonsynth
darkvalleyds.bandcamp.com/album/twelve...
#dungeonsynth
Twelve Years at Sea, by Dark Valley
12 track album
darkvalleyds.bandcamp.com
October 9, 2025 at 12:57 PM
Go give a listen to Dark Valley’s Twelve Years at Sea soundtrack! It turned out so damn good.
darkvalleyds.bandcamp.com/album/twelve...
#dungeonsynth
darkvalleyds.bandcamp.com/album/twelve...
#dungeonsynth
Aw, a passing mention in Yorkshire Evening Post article about the Bell Witch podcast: www.yorkshireeveningpost.co.uk/whats-on/art...
October 16, 2025 at 8:35 PM
Aw, a passing mention in Yorkshire Evening Post article about the Bell Witch podcast: www.yorkshireeveningpost.co.uk/whats-on/art...
Why call a square a square, when you can call it a 'quarre'?
October 8, 2025 at 3:45 PM
Why call a square a square, when you can call it a 'quarre'?
Feeling rather intrigued/enchanted by Neocities ATM - I love seeing these characterful, old school pages. Maybe I should reboot my ancient site, Picatrix here... neocities.org/browse
Neocities
Create and surf awesome websites for free.
neocities.org
October 5, 2025 at 7:22 PM
Feeling rather intrigued/enchanted by Neocities ATM - I love seeing these characterful, old school pages. Maybe I should reboot my ancient site, Picatrix here... neocities.org/browse
Hamish Steele has put far more joy and unity into this world than those other guys and their hateful minions. It was a pleasure to meet them briefly last year when they did a signing in Leeds: they do not deserve this level of hate and abuse.
It's probably going to be a very odd day
October 5, 2025 at 6:37 PM
Hamish Steele has put far more joy and unity into this world than those other guys and their hateful minions. It was a pleasure to meet them briefly last year when they did a signing in Leeds: they do not deserve this level of hate and abuse.
Remember The Net - a series on BBC2 about the interwebs during the early days of the tech's adoption ca. 1994? You can watch here. What a strange, but prophetic choice of topic they decided to open their series with... www.youtube.com/watch?v=zpfK...
The Net – Episode 1 | BBC Two’s 90s Tech & Internet Show 🌐📡
YouTube video by Digitalized Archives
www.youtube.com
October 4, 2025 at 8:08 PM
Remember The Net - a series on BBC2 about the interwebs during the early days of the tech's adoption ca. 1994? You can watch here. What a strange, but prophetic choice of topic they decided to open their series with... www.youtube.com/watch?v=zpfK...
Not one, but two AI slop works on the Book of Soyga have recently appeared. Meanwhile, I'm still waiting for the Clavis/THP edition announced in 2013... 😭
September 21, 2025 at 6:06 PM
Not one, but two AI slop works on the Book of Soyga have recently appeared. Meanwhile, I'm still waiting for the Clavis/THP edition announced in 2013... 😭
My friend John Godbert published a book of his drawings. John did the art for our Hawthonn album 'Earth Mirror' - as well as The Fall's Live at the Witch Trials & other underground classics. If you fancy a copy, email herbdiamante(at)yahoo dot com
September 18, 2025 at 2:47 PM
My friend John Godbert published a book of his drawings. John did the art for our Hawthonn album 'Earth Mirror' - as well as The Fall's Live at the Witch Trials & other underground classics. If you fancy a copy, email herbdiamante(at)yahoo dot com
I had a lot of fun over the last few weeks working with Layla on a video for our local eschatological,folk favourites Wire Worms. I think the results are pretty damn good for around five hours of shooting!
youtu.be/YnNgo9UkH0U?...
youtu.be/YnNgo9UkH0U?...
Wire Worms - All Bells in Paradise MUSIC VIDEO
YouTube video by Wire Worms
youtu.be
September 12, 2025 at 3:53 PM
I had a lot of fun over the last few weeks working with Layla on a video for our local eschatological,folk favourites Wire Worms. I think the results are pretty damn good for around five hours of shooting!
youtu.be/YnNgo9UkH0U?...
youtu.be/YnNgo9UkH0U?...
While researching my talk on the Monad, I managed to find an actual picture of Dee writing his masterwork.
9th September, 7:30pm, basement of the Beehive Pub, Shipley!
9th September, 7:30pm, basement of the Beehive Pub, Shipley!
September 8, 2025 at 5:25 PM
While researching my talk on the Monad, I managed to find an actual picture of Dee writing his masterwork.
9th September, 7:30pm, basement of the Beehive Pub, Shipley!
9th September, 7:30pm, basement of the Beehive Pub, Shipley!
Putting the last slides on my talk about John Dee's Hieroglyphic Monad together - ending with a short musical excursion... here are some notes from Hesperian Garden, which draws heavily on the harmonics of the Monad. Listen here - download includes detailed PDFs!
xetb.bandcamp.com/album/hesper...
xetb.bandcamp.com/album/hesper...
September 6, 2025 at 7:59 PM
Putting the last slides on my talk about John Dee's Hieroglyphic Monad together - ending with a short musical excursion... here are some notes from Hesperian Garden, which draws heavily on the harmonics of the Monad. Listen here - download includes detailed PDFs!
xetb.bandcamp.com/album/hesper...
xetb.bandcamp.com/album/hesper...
Around this time of night, I like to drink from the Holy Grail and read a book of alchemy.*
*actually a work on Ars Voarchadumia, which, as its author will tell you, is distinct and probably far superior...
*actually a work on Ars Voarchadumia, which, as its author will tell you, is distinct and probably far superior...
September 2, 2025 at 6:27 PM
Around this time of night, I like to drink from the Holy Grail and read a book of alchemy.*
*actually a work on Ars Voarchadumia, which, as its author will tell you, is distinct and probably far superior...
*actually a work on Ars Voarchadumia, which, as its author will tell you, is distinct and probably far superior...
I'm very happy to be revisiting my friends at the Folk, Myth and Magick moot on Tuesday 9th September to talk about one of my favourite subjects: John Dee's Hieroglyphic Monad.
The talk is at 7:30pm in the basement of the Beehive Pub in Shipley. All welcome!
The talk is at 7:30pm in the basement of the Beehive Pub in Shipley. All welcome!
August 30, 2025 at 11:17 AM
I'm very happy to be revisiting my friends at the Folk, Myth and Magick moot on Tuesday 9th September to talk about one of my favourite subjects: John Dee's Hieroglyphic Monad.
The talk is at 7:30pm in the basement of the Beehive Pub in Shipley. All welcome!
The talk is at 7:30pm in the basement of the Beehive Pub in Shipley. All welcome!
A friend has started doing old-school liquid lightshows on an 8' scaffold with squish plates, bubbles and all the rest... so hit this link if you need any such thing in the West Yorkshire area! - www.instagram.com/powerumo
#liquidlightshow #psychedelia #leeds
#liquidlightshow #psychedelia #leeds
August 26, 2025 at 11:29 PM
A friend has started doing old-school liquid lightshows on an 8' scaffold with squish plates, bubbles and all the rest... so hit this link if you need any such thing in the West Yorkshire area! - www.instagram.com/powerumo
#liquidlightshow #psychedelia #leeds
#liquidlightshow #psychedelia #leeds