Resonant Broadckast Spectres ∴ HAUNTLETTER 004
PRAGMAGICK Returns ⛬ SongSigil Series ⛬ New Hauntomancy Magicks
The recent rhythms have been kind as of late. I couldn’t say the same for the month of May (and I have a lot to say) so there is solace in the ability to whether the rough and tumbles and continue to birth media magicks into the spheres. Here’s what’s been crowned, here’s what’s rearin’. And I’ll delineate by the medium:
BROADCKAST
PRAGMAGICK has returned. Big thanks to Cosmick Witness, Frater Perseus, for joining me in my re-entry into the world of broadckast. Thus far, in this new iteration of LIMINALSTREAM & AUDIO PODCKAST interview triune, I’ve discussed with Leo, Frater Perseus, about celestial rhythms and the importance of planetary elections within magick:
Frater Perseus is also assisting me with integrating a cosmic schema into the new volume of the DIVERGENT MAGICK GRIMOIRE. We’re electing to include worksheets to not only have each anarchic practitioner further their astrological comprehension, but as a means to truly conduct and correspond with the choreography of their rituals. Leo and I also started a musick project called DIMtZUM. More on that later.
I also hosted old friend and Mage, Erik Arneson of the Arnemancy Podcast, about “Neoteric Grimoire Magick”, as well as the wonderful “Death Doula” and End-Of-Life guide, Bree Rose, to saunter within the rituals and means to confront the inevitable:
Next up, Sunday, July 14th, I’m excited to announce a PRAGMAGICK liminalstream with the brilliant “Dark Artist”, Chet Zar:
AUDIOMANCY
REVEL ROSZ “Many Named” (The Second Body) ∴ SongSigil01
The Audiomancy/Videomancy project I’m terming the SONGSIGIL SERIES from my magickal moniker, REVEL ROSZ, has released it’s first installment within both mediums. It was imperative that the first of the series be revealed 7/7/24, due to celestial elections (and big thanks to Cosmick Witness, Frater Perseus, for the guidance). Due to streaming platforms’ staggering release, I chose to reveal the songsigil’s videomancy component on 7/7. More on the videomancy later.
The series that builds to the first, fully produced, debut album (tentatively titled “ROSZ ALGOL”). It is the major artifact manifested from the year(s) worth of Hauntomancy workings—made manifest from the parts of the audiomantic Dim Sessions throughout this substack!
“Many Named” was recorded with live drums and live manipulated analog FX, four track & cassette player manipulation, baritone electric guitar, a Casio circuit bent keyboard, 70's analog rhythm box and the live manipulated Robert Monroe tape samples from the 1989 Out of Body Experience / Hemisync cassette I’ve had since I was a kid. A beautiful echo from my chat with Wren Collier!
The cover photo is taken on a Hassleblad film camera by Logan Ford. It depicts Mary Joon in an analog superimposed communion within the Dimming Room, where this track as well as all magicks and medias are broadckasted from.
“Many Named” is now available on the conglomo-corp streaming services. This is the first time I've "wide released" something outside the high quality Bandcamp platform since Dakota Slim "BARDOS" - and especially since I took most of my albums off of streaming services altogether. This is by design. This is an experiment in allowing songs themselves to breathe in every avenue available, rather than punching the void with many at once within a dark corner.
Please follow REVEL ROSZ on whichever music platform you prefer, such as (the dreaded) Spotify:
"MANY NAMED" (The SECOND BODY)
Written, performed, recorded, mixed by TRAVIS KEATS ROSS (Revelator Rosz)
Recorded with live drums and live manipulated analog FX, four track & cassette player manipulation, baritone electric guitar, casio circuit bent keyboard, 70's analog rhythm box and the live manipulated Robert Monroe tape samples!
Copyright WE THE HALLOWED / DAKOTA SLIM HYMNS
Robert Monroe appears via the OUT OF BODY EXPERIENCE cassette released 1989
Copyright Audio Renaissance
Re-mix & Re-Master by BARRY WOOD of the OTHER ROOM
DIMtZUM ∴ A New Audiomancy Duo
I’ve embarked on a long distance audiomancy project with Frater Perseus. The operations are simple, he records some of his brilliant drumsmithing in his Illinois forest Mauve Room, then sends me the inspired rhythms to create atop of withing my Cascadian Dimming Room. We already have an E.P. of 5 songs mostly tracked. It has been a lifelong want to explore the “heavier” and “darker” aspects of my influences, and Frater Perseus has given me the vehicle to do so! We are calling the project, DIMtZUM—a reference to my audiomancy practice of “Dimming The TzimTzum” or dimming the contraction of the fathomable to allow the noirs of this reality to glow neon. Expect a full reveal in early August.
I recently shared a snippet of one of the songsigils, Kali 333, via Instagram when we were thinking of calling the project, “WAXWANR”:
VIDEOMANCY
The video was made in The Dimming Room and shot on analog film Hi8 camcorders along with my rusty sony DSLR. The glitch effects are all completely analog as one of the camcorders has a malfunctioning output - but I love the natural analog decay. Utilizing this along with in-camera lo-fi projection mapping is perfectly analogous to the song's production, as everything was performed and recorded somatically—no digital samples, sequencing or digital FX:
The plan is to release these videomancy components along with songsigils every few weeks. Currently there are 7 songs on the Revel Rosz debut; will I create visual magicks for each one? Maybe. Do I have a few more planned to come out this summer? Definitely. I will also post a detailed breakdown of the magicks utilized, and DMG Schema consorted to create these.
VIDEOSIGIL filmed and edited by TRAVIS KEATS ROSS
Copyright WE THE HALLOWED / DAKOTA SLIM HYMNS
NO GENERATIVE ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE WAS USED IN THE CREATION OF THIS ART AT ANY TURN. EVERYTHING WAS SOMATICALLY PERFORMED, MANIPULATED OR CAPTURED.
WE THE HALLOWED
To support a new era of WE THE HALLOWED and the many media magicks we’ve conjured, we launched http://HALLOWEDPRESS.ART as a means to collect our many completed projects from Published Literature, Grimoires, Oracular Devices, Illustration, Albums, Audio Sigils and now, custom apparel and wares designed by WtH Seer Eric J. Millar and Revel∴ Keats Rosz!
As always, I am hosting monthly “RITE SHARE” online salons regarding the DIVERGENT MAGICK GRIMOIRE for anyone willing to explore the schema and experiment with their own ritual evolution and deconstruction. You can purchase the DIVERGENT MAGICK GRIMOIRE and/or reach out to me via pragmagick@gmail.com to be a part of this community.
GENERATIVE ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE DID NOT CREATE, AUGMENT or INSPIRE ANY ARTISTIC MEDIUM EXPRESSED WITHIN HAUNT MANUAL, THE PRAGMAGICK PODCAST or WE THE HALLOWED ARTWORKS WRIT LARGE. CELEBRATE HUMAN ERROR.
Keep your hearts crossed and eyes peeled these next few weeks for more PRAGMAGICK episodes, SongSigils from both REVEL ROSZ & DIMtZUM, HAUNT MANUAL chapters, and more…oh…and…
HAUNT ON!
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Even though I'm in the know of all this progress, I love seeing new H.M. post pop up in my Substack! DIMtZUM is going to be a beautiful continuous project that will only become more pure and close to the rim of the Abyss as we progress through each release, so this first set of SongSigils is just an initial taste. ... But a great appetizer of Apparitions nonetheless.