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...

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...

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...

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...

My conversation with Jeffrey Mishlove about fate, destiny, and the effect of comic books on the young mind: www.youtube.com/watch?v=K2KU...

My chat with Whitley Strieber about how one gets from rock and roll to what I do now: www.youtube.com/watch?v=JqBn...

Trump and his cronies have done the impossible. They've made me a patriot. No kings, no fascists, no Insurrection Act, no Project 2025, no goddamn stupid replay of 1933.

Here's what you get at the end of the road: my interview about my forthcoming memoir, Touched By The Presence: www.youtube.com/watch?v=l-cM...

150 years ago a new born beast raised his little head. Find out what happened next 25/10/25. I'll be there: www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...

On a less disturbing note, I'll be talking about reincarnation on 26/10 at the London Month of Dead, 3:30 - 5:00. Come as your past life: london-month-of-the-dead.designmynight.com/6879797f72e4...

I am truly frightened for all of my friends and readers in America.

A remarkably perceptive review of Dark Star Rising which I have only just come across: www.paralibrum.com/reviews/dark...

“I’ve known Gary since he was nineteen. I'm not sure what I thought he might become later in life, but his being an expert on spirituality and the occult makes perfect sense.” Chris Stein, cofounder and guitarist of Blondie amazon.com/Touched-Pres...

Nobody listens to Cassandras. An excerpt from Dark Star Rising: Magick and Power in the Age of You Know Who: www.gary-lachman.com/post/magicia...

My talk about Gurdjieff, Ouspensky and the Fourth Way for the Theosophical Society in England and Wales: www.youtube.com/watch?v=6XLq...

This is the first time in Russia's history when it isn't an empire. Tsar Vlad is peeved about that. www.goodreads.com/book/show/49...

Captain Antifa strikes again!

I had argued with David Bowie, gotten drunk with Iggy Pop, and Debbie Harry had ironed my skinny ties, but if I was ever starstruck it was then, getting through a bottle or two with the man whose work had changed my life. - www.amazon.com/Touched-Pres...

About time, do you think? www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZwMV...

Apt, no, given current events? www.youtube.com/watch?v=mDLS...

Waking up is hard to do. That's why I'll be talking about Gurdjieff, Ouspensky and the 4th Way to the London Theosophical Society 21/9 at 6:00 PM GMT: theosophicalsociety.org.uk/Lecture/gary...

“As a fan of Gary's work, I was interested to find out how a musician goes from Blondie to the absolute expert on all things esoteric. Not just a memoir but an education.” Johnny Marr, guitarist and songwriter of The Smiths. Available for pre-order. www.amazon.com/Touched-Pres...

Think we're there folks?

In August 1987, I found myself in one of the safest spots on the planet during an event of cosmic importance. An excerpt from Touched By The Presence: www.gary-lachman.com/post/next-st...

Pascal's new wager: If you're an alarmist and wrong, your friends can make fun of you. If you're right, maybe you can do something about it. If you're complacent and right, you get to make fun of the alarmists. But if you're complacent and wrong, you're something I can't print.

The problem of fascism is that it endowed nonentities with authority and allowed them to indulge their self-conceit. - Colin Wilson, A Criminal History of Mankind (1984) p. 598.

It's encouraging that a Russian liked my book about Russia: "I wanted to thank you for writing the book “The Return of Holy Russia.” It is a riveting account of Russia’s spiritual history." -Lena Herzog, Russian artist and wife of Werner Herzog. www.goodreads.com/book/show/49...

I'll be on BBC4 Artworks this Thursday, 21/8 @ 9:00 AM talking about the attempt to levitate the Pentagon during the 1967 anti-Viet Nam War march. Maybe they should try again.

Last minute notice: I'm on this BBC Radio 4 program on the counter culture tomorrow, 14/8, at 9:00 AM: www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...

"Gary Lachman has proven himself to be a formidable writer with a serious, thoughtful, investigative mind. It seems obvious why we wanted Gary for Blondie the very first time Clem Burke introduced him to us." - Debbie Harry. Available for pre-order. www.amazon.com/Touched-Pres...

This is an excerpt from my new book, Touched By The Presence, in which I first learn of Aleister Crowley while living with Debbie Harry and Chris Stein in the Blondie loft on the Bowery, circa summer 1975: www.gary-lachman.com/post/the-bea...

Father and son down the pub. Thanks to Bootleg Blondie and the Boogaloo for a great night remembering a friend and fellow bandmate.

Jean Gebser believed we were living through the "breakdown of the mental rational consciousness structure." Are there any signs of that, you think? Join us as we discuss Gebser's, Spengler's, and Toynbee's outlook for the future: scientificandmedical.net/events/gary-...

Was Jung a mystic? And did he not want anyone to know? Join us in the last of my four part series on the Golden Age of Western Esotericism 7/27 at 7:00 GMT. www.eventbrite.com/e/secret-tea...

A century ago, in The Decline of the West, Oswald Spengler said that democracy was on its way out and the age of Caesars was on its way in. Was he right? Find out 30/7 at 7:00 PM GMT at my talk on the Goldilocks theory of history. scientificandmedical.net/events/gary-...

On 20 July at 7:00 GMT I'll be giving the third of my four part course in the Golden Age of Western Esotericism. Next up Gurdjieff, Ouspensky, and the Fourth Way. www.eventbrite.com/e/secret-tea...

I'll be on Times Radio 7:30 PM GMT 18 July talking about the NYC 1970s underground scene, and my map and memoir about that time. @timesradio @geof_norcott www.herblester.com/products/fea...

Looking forward to the second in my four part course on the Golden Age of Western Esotericism. Next up, 13 July, Rudolf Steiner: www.eventbrite.com/e/secret-tea...

It is nobler to accept the risk of belief rather than the safer, less strenuous path of despair. My article on the courage to be: logon.media/logon_articl...

Are two brains better than one? You betcha. www.gary-lachman.com/post/colin-w...

Here's a taster for my talk about Challenge and Response: The Goldilocks Theory of History for the Science and Medical Network on 30 July: www.youtube.com/watch?v=XaeI...

Happy birthday Colin. It's be back in print soon. www.goodreads.com/en/book/show...

A thoughtful, well written review of my book The Caretakers of the Cosmos. Thank you. michaelgraeme.wordpress.com/2022/08/18/o...

Staring 6 July and on subsequent Sundays I'll be giving a four part course for the PRS looking at four key figures in the western esoteric tradition . First up, the incomparable Madame Blavatsky. www.eventbrite.com/e/secret-tea...

My interview at the Mage podcast: magethepodcast.com/interview-wi...

Half asleep yet wide awake: the mystery of the hypnogogic state: www.gary-lachman.com/post/what-is...