Comments on: Biography of Austin Osman Spare, occultist and artist http://boingboing.net/2011/05/09/biography-of-austin.html Brain candy for Happy Mutants Thu, 20 Jun 2013 04:21:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.1 By: politeruin http://boingboing.net/2011/05/09/biography-of-austin.html#comment-1105420 politeruin Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-1105420 Weirdly, no mention of one of his most well known advocates in Alan Moore; makes a lot of sense he would be a fan. He even did a short piece about him for BBC2's Culture Show... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sjtK7vQdgEg Weirdly, no mention of one of his most well known advocates in Alan Moore; makes a lot of sense he would be a fan. He even did a short piece about him for BBC2′s Culture Show…

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sjtK7vQdgEg

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2011/05/09/biography-of-austin.html#comment-1105242 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-1105242 posts like this upset my deeply emotional disbelief in magic and materialist worldview. posts like this upset my deeply emotional disbelief in magic and materialist worldview.

]]> By: M http://boingboing.net/2011/05/09/biography-of-austin.html#comment-1105245 M Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-1105245 "Austin Osman Spare (1886-19456). . ." I think we should certainly value the thoughts of a man who lived nearly 18,0000 years! “Austin Osman Spare (1886-19456). . .”
I think we should certainly value the thoughts of a man who lived nearly 18,0000 years!

]]> By: M http://boingboing.net/2011/05/09/biography-of-austin.html#comment-1105248 M Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-1105248 Darnnit--now I did it too! 18,000 years, that is. Darnnit–now I did it too! 18,000 years, that is.

]]> By: thequickbrownfox http://boingboing.net/2011/05/09/biography-of-austin.html#comment-1105506 thequickbrownfox Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-1105506 The last of the Pre-Raphaelite brethren. The last of the Pre-Raphaelite brethren.

]]> By: Mim http://boingboing.net/2011/05/09/biography-of-austin.html#comment-1105253 Mim Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-1105253 And not only that, but he has foreseen it! His brand of occultism needs to be spread! And not only that, but he has foreseen it! His brand of occultism needs to be spread!

]]> By: David Pescovitz http://boingboing.net/2011/05/09/biography-of-austin.html#comment-1105257 David Pescovitz Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-1105257 I'm glad my typo brought you such joy! I’m glad my typo brought you such joy!

]]> By: Laina Lain http://boingboing.net/2011/05/09/biography-of-austin.html#comment-1105271 Laina Lain Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-1105271 "...the odds were already stacked against him by the hidden injuries of class; lacking in education and the social skills to get on in the metropolitan art world..." I'm starting to wonder if he's an ancestor of mine. xD “…the odds were already stacked against him by the hidden injuries of class; lacking in education and the social skills to get on in the metropolitan art world…”

I’m starting to wonder if he’s an ancestor of mine. xD

]]> By: dia sobin http://boingboing.net/2011/05/09/biography-of-austin.html#comment-1105808 dia sobin Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-1105808 Thanks! I had never heard of this artist before... There's an article with many examples of his work which can be found here: http://www.scribd.com/doc/19121917/Austin-Osman-Spare-Artist-Occultist-Sensualist-by-John-Balance Thanks! I had never heard of this artist before… There’s an article with many examples of his work which can be found here:
http://www.scribd.com/doc/19121917/Austin-Osman-Spare-Artist-Occultist-Sensualist-by-John-Balance

]]> By: Kleinzeit http://boingboing.net/2011/05/09/biography-of-austin.html#comment-1105575 Kleinzeit Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-1105575 "Spare's medicine is too strong for the average man." To my mind George Bernard Shaw's comment reads like an endorsement rather than a criticism. “Spare’s medicine is too strong for the average man.”

To my mind George Bernard Shaw’s comment reads like an endorsement rather than a criticism.

]]> By: Zoman http://boingboing.net/2011/05/09/biography-of-austin.html#comment-1105603 Zoman Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-1105603 Fortean Times 144 (March 2001) ran a 7 page article on Spare. By some strange coincidence it is sitting on top of a pile of books in my bathroom. Fortean Times 144 (March 2001) ran a 7 page article on Spare. By some strange coincidence it is sitting on top of a pile of books in my bathroom.

]]> By: Zoman http://boingboing.net/2011/05/09/biography-of-austin.html#comment-1105914 Zoman Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-1105914 Those Spare sketches are probably worth £1000-£1500 each. Worth hanging on to (I'm jealous damnit!!). Some that sold last year : http://www.fulgur.co.uk/art/catalogue-8-november-2010/ Those Spare sketches are probably worth £1000-£1500 each. Worth hanging on to (I’m jealous damnit!!).

Some that sold last year :
http://www.fulgur.co.uk/art/catalogue-8-november-2010/

]]> By: emilydickinsonridesabmx http://boingboing.net/2011/05/09/biography-of-austin.html#comment-1105659 emilydickinsonridesabmx Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-1105659 My first job out of college was working at used/rare book shop, and I ended up staying there for about 5 years. Over that time, I amassed a huge collection of books, and I would always buy anything that seemed really odd, out of the ordinary and cheap. I ended up with a bunch of volumes of "The Equinox", which was sort of the in-house magazine of the OTO. A couple came into the shop, looking for copies of "The Equinox". I mentioned that I had a bunch of them at home. We ended up working out a trade, and I got 2 Austin Osman Spare sketches out of the deal, which I still have. He's a super interesting character, and his artwork is just amazing. My first job out of college was working at used/rare book shop, and I ended up staying there for about 5 years. Over that time, I amassed a huge collection of books, and I would always buy anything that seemed really odd, out of the ordinary and cheap. I ended up with a bunch of volumes of “The Equinox”, which was sort of the in-house magazine of the OTO. A couple came into the shop, looking for copies of “The Equinox”. I mentioned that I had a bunch of them at home. We ended up working out a trade, and I got 2 Austin Osman Spare sketches out of the deal, which I still have. He’s a super interesting character, and his artwork is just amazing.

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