A.A.T. Studios
The Hermetic Reading / II

Liber Secundus:
On the Ritual Apparatus

How the Temple Became a Soundstage

Conceptual illustration of a modern cinema inside an ancient theatrical mask.

A Thursday-night screening at a suburban multiplex opens a Hermetic essay on cinema, celebrity, music and the news cycle as forms of ritual.

The argument is made from a Hermetic viewpoint. Includes discussion of pornography and bereavement.