THE OCCULT. TAKEN FROM A CORRESPONDENCE.

It is, in my eyes, a print. The paper is of a quality that would contain an ink screen-print. It is most definitely student art, once again, the paper is a give away, as it was incredibly cheap, & institutions bought it as an alternative to better quality paper in the late 1960`s. As far as the theme goes, it has subtle undertones of Bosch & Crowley, which indicates Black Magic, or at least Devil Worshipping. The fact that there is an alien involved, with a child, & on a horse, goes to show that the cocktail of darkness & magic is intertwined with the higher self, & releasing of child-like attachments to the material self. Most imagery that conglomerates these themes, as your picture does, usually dates back from the late 1960`s & early `70`s, when Witchcraft & Black Magic was having a renaissance, of sorts. There are also many symbols, if one looks hard enough, but in all fairness, one would need to understand the Occult a little to see, which suggest that the artist belonged to a cult, or coven. This reinforces my view that Black Magic is the main, yet, subtle theme running through the picture. The fact that there is no highly sexed imagery involved, as their usually is in Devil Worshipping, speaks subtly, telling us that the artist was at an advanced level within his art. The whole point of the Occult is to refine oneself to the level that surpasses material attachments, so that one is no longer at the mercy of illusions, sex is the illusion here, this way, like the spaceman, he can, by practising his art, return to his master, Ledivah. 

 One last, & most important, give away, that the uninitiated would not know, nor see, are the eyes of the cats. They are there as the harbingers of fate. What the cat sees, the Devil sees, & it is for this purpose that they are there. The artist knew this, & needed his audience to feel that, wherever the picture rests, his Master will penetrate the owners unconsciousness, & re-organise their soul, which is the worst outcome, as the owner would not be aware of what is happening to them. By taking charge of himself, through his practises, the artist would not need his Master to organise his soul, he would fare better by doing it for himself, by austerity, & Black Magic. 

 The picture is in honour of the artists Master, & is showing him that he is ready for initiation, & that he can now be assimilated into deeper, fuller practises.