Vol 3 — A practical guide to the ultimate occult record collection.

The writer, musician and curator Tot Taylor observed that the word ‘ritual’ is already present in the word ‘spiritual’. This combination of material practice and the transcendent can be found within the strange combination of records discussed in this volume.

With music, one can transpose imagination, visions and dreams into ‘sacred rites’. ‘Heavy conscious creation’, the theme of this series, embodies the realisation of occult and esoteric ideas through artistic expression, in this case sonic arts. Elements of ritual immerse the listener in the experience of a magical rite; it may aid the listener in spiritual enlightenment in some way but might also simply provide entertainment and an engaging listening experience.

"Ritual" is a form of living action and while LP records are encountered as objects mostly on the aural plane, an innovative and surprising use of sound can conjure up all manner of images, places and emotions.

TABLE OF CONTENTS:

• Introduction
• BLACK MASS (Lucifer)
• WHITE MASS/BLACK MASS (Alexander Scriabin)
• SOM (Persona)
• THE VOODOO GODS OF HAITI (Divine Horsemen)
• RITES OF THE PAGAN (Elisabeth Waldo And Her Concert Orchestra)
• RITUAL (Nico Gomez)
• RITI, MAGIE NERE E SEGRETE ORGE NEL TRECENTO…(Gianfranco Reverbi)
• THE FOURTH REICH — THE COMMUNAZIS EXPOSED BY THEIR OWN WORDS: REVOLUTION TODAY IN THE U.S.A.
• “A GENUINE TONG FUNERAL” (Gary Burton)
• DISQUE ROSICRUCIEN
• AFRO-SOUL/DRUM ORGY (A.K. Salim)
• A BLACK MASS (Amiri Baraka)
• LA PSYCHOSOMNIE (Dominique Webb)
• LE TRADIZIONI MUSICALI IN PUGLIA VOL. 3 — MUSICHE E BALLI TRADIZIONALI DEL SALENTO — PIZZICA TARANTA (Compiled By Giuseppe Michele Gala)
• Sources and Notes

SPECIFICATIONS:

Title: GATHERING OF THE TRIBE: RITUAL
Subtitle: "A Companion to Occult Music On Vinyl Vol 3"
Editor: Mark Goodall
ISBN PBK: 978-1-915316-21-9
ISBN EBK: 978-1-915316-22-6
Street Date: Aug 17, 2023
Category: Music / Occult
Binding: Paperback
Size: 165mm x 165mm
Pages: 90
Illos: 44 full colour plates