#120 - Stephen Ellcock, Image Alchemist

The Witch Wave

Pam Grossman

Arts, Visual Arts, Spirituality, Other, Religion & Spirituality

4.9 • 1.6K Ratings

🗓️ 20 December 2023

⏱️ 75 minutes

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Summary

Renowned image alchemist Stephen Ellcock is a London-based curator, writer, researcher, and online collector of images who has spent the last decade creating an ever-expanding virtual museum of art that is open to all via social media, attracting more than 600,000 followers worldwide. He is the author of many art books including All Good Things, The Book of Change, and The Cosmic Dance, and he is co-author of England On Fire and Jeux de Mains. His new book is Underworlds: A Compelling Journey Through Subterranean Realms, Real and Imagined.

On this episode, Stephen discusses the dark beauty of underworlds, the alchemical power of imagery, why he sees his books as visual spells.

Pam also talks about Winter Solstice magic, and answers a listener question about invoking the goddess Hecate.

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2:46.8	I'm Pam Grossman and this is the witch wave.
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