![]() “This book is a glorious headlong rush into the dark, full of the electricity of the arcane. The world they hoped to change was a dangerous mess. Here, in Season Of The Witch, Peter presents an overview of one “alternative influence” at work on some of those intending to change the world. “Peter Bebergal has written of his own searching, reconciling spiritual aspirations and personal background, in The Faith Between Us and Too Much To Dream. “Skillfully woven.will delight any music fan and music historian in equal measure.” Perhaps more impressive is the book’s comprehensiveness-from Delta blues to beatnik bluster to acid evangelists to metal overlords, Season of the Witch puts the hellfire in highbrow.” “Kudos to Bebergal for taming the wily spirits of rock long enough to capture their essence in this fascinating book. “A thoroughly researched, absorbing, entertaining ride for anyone who’s ever played the Beatles’ ‘White Album’ backwards.” “This sharply written narrative illuminates the centrality of the occult imagination at the heart of rock and roll.” The result is passionate, informed, gripping and at times wonderfully lyrical." ![]() "Rather than turning in either a fanboyish rhapsody or a scholarly dissertation, he treads the line between those approaches. It's an absorbing read deserving an important place in rock literature.” ![]() Peter Bebergal’s Season of the Witch brought it all back. “A fascinating thesis reflecting the time when everyone seemed to give rock and roll the status of, if not a religion, then certainly that of a spiritual belief system. With vivid storytelling and laser-sharp analysis, writer and critic Peter Bebergal illuminates this web of influences to produce the definitive work on how the occult shaped-and saved-popular music.Īs Bebergal explains, occult and mystical ideals gave rock and roll its heart and purpose, making rock into more than just backbeat music, but into a cultural revolution of political, spiritual, sexual, and social liberation. This epic cultural and historical odyssey unearths the full influence of occult traditions on rock and roll-from the Beatles to Black Sabbath-and shows how the marriage between mysticism and music changed our world.įrom the hoodoo-inspired sounds of Elvis Presley to the Eastern odysseys of George Harrison, from the dark dalliances of Led Zeppelin to the Masonic imagery of today’s hip-hop scene, the occult has long breathed life into rock and hip-hop-and, indeed, esoteric and supernatural traditions are a key ingredient behind the emergence and development of rock and roll.
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