Clara Erskine Clement, Angels in art, 1899

Reviews in Religion & Theology, 2020

Research paper for Art History, visit to the San Diego Museum of Art

Religion and the Arts vol. 28 no. 1–2, 2024

The article analyzes four works of poetry and illustration produced by the artist, poet, and occultist Marjorie Cameron (1922–1995) in the 1950s and 1960s. Widow of rocket scientist and occultist John “Jack” Whiteside Parsons (1914–1952), an early follower of Aleister Crowley’s (1875–1947) religion Thelema, Cameron was also a friend and collaborator of Beat artist Wallace Berman (1926–1976) and avant-garde filmmaker Kenneth Anger (1927–2023). In the 1950s and 1960s, Cameron delved deeply into Crowley’s magical writings alongside those of comparative mythologist Joseph Campbell (1904–1987). The article especially highlights how Cameron creatively adapted and re-worked the ideas of both thinkers in her artistic interpretations of her Holy Guardian Angel. A core argument of the article is that art, poetry, and esotericism were intertwined pursuits for Cameron, and that extra-textual sources (e.g., letters and biographical details) contemporary with the analyzed creative works are helpful in untangling their meaning.

American Art News, Vol. 11, No. 17 (Feb. 1, 1913), pp. 1-12

International Journal of Comic Art

This paper is an annotated edition of a four-part poetry sequence written and performed by comics author Alan Moore on the subject of William Blake. Annotations are accompanied by an introductory essay, "A Tyger on the Lam", placing Moore's conception of Blake into context, specifically with regard to Moore's previous graphic novel, "From Hell", in which Blake appears.

Philosophy in review, 2022