Although his images are jammed with religious and occult references, he's more interested in the feelings they conjure than in any overt idea or message.
The cartoonish paintings, full of occult symbols, references to conspiracy theories, and leftfield humor are made from charcoal and gesso, created on unprimed canvas from Lord's own sketches with no photo reference.
His prose is dense, vivid and hypnotic, crammed with literary, occult and historical references and psychogeographical diversions (12).
The group developed a grinding, ominous sound, based on the blues but intensely amplified, and drew attention with its tendency to reference the occult in its lyrics.
This rules out occult metastases and provides reference imaging for further comparative follow-up studies.
In the first 20 issues of the series collected in this lavish hardcover edition, one can already see an author with a voracious appetite for literature and an accompanying taste for the occult, prone to frequent references to high and low culture, capable of rendering truly brutal acts of sadism, and fond of cats.
Michelle Black, who works at His Way Christian Bookstore in Eldersburg, Md., said she also tried to avoid books containing references to the occult or to gods and goddesses, and appreciated the Christian message of "Shadowmancer".
There were numerous references to the occult, from Morton's London contact jokingly suggesting that he conduct a seance in Pettigrew's hotel room, to the rather more serious business of Henry asking the taxidermist to conduct a ritual to ward away spirits from the Sutter family.
There are also references to the occult, namely the cabala, astrology and tarot.
Also significant was Black Sabbath's Paranoid (1970), which combined guitar riffs with dissonance and more explicit references to the occult and elements of Gothic horror.
