Gary Lachman
@garylachman.bsky.social
Writer, lecturer, philosopher: "Lachman writes about philosophical and mystical ideas with exceptional grace, forcefulness and clarity."—The Washington Post
Out today. Get Touched By The Presence: www.simonandschuster.co.uk/books/Touche...
Touched by the Presence
A memoir of magic, rock and roll, and becoming who you are• Traces the author’s journey from bassist and founding member of Blondie to writer on co...
www.simonandschuster.co.uk
November 18, 2025 at 10:36 AM
Out today. Get Touched By The Presence: www.simonandschuster.co.uk/books/Touche...
Have you been Touched by The Presence? I have. I wrote a song about it, and a book. On Dec 7 I'll be online talking about both for the Philosophical Research Society. Get touched: www.eventbrite.com/e/touched-by...
Touched By The Presence: A talk with author Gary Lachman (Online)
In this talk, Gary recounts how he went from being a successful rock & roller to a writer on consciousness and the western inner tradion
www.eventbrite.com
November 16, 2025 at 11:11 AM
Have you been Touched by The Presence? I have. I wrote a song about it, and a book. On Dec 7 I'll be online talking about both for the Philosophical Research Society. Get touched: www.eventbrite.com/e/touched-by...
Contrary to public opinion, there's life after rock and roll.
How did @garylachman.bsky.social go from playing with Blondie & Iggy Pop to becoming one of the preeminent writers on the occult? And what do comic books have to do with it?
Find out this week on @aquariumdrunkard.com Transmissions:
podlink.com/transmission...
@talkhouse.bsky.social
Find out this week on @aquariumdrunkard.com Transmissions:
podlink.com/transmission...
@talkhouse.bsky.social
November 12, 2025 at 2:49 PM
Contrary to public opinion, there's life after rock and roll.
My conversation with Jason Woodbury at Aquarium Drunkard about my new book, Touched By The Presence, released on Nov. 18. www.talkhouse.com/transmission...
November 12, 2025 at 10:53 AM
My conversation with Jason Woodbury at Aquarium Drunkard about my new book, Touched By The Presence, released on Nov. 18. www.talkhouse.com/transmission...
My chat about the occult roots of the 1960s for Things Visible and Invisible... www.youtube.com/watch?v=kLYD...
The Occult 60s: Dark Side of the Age of Aquarius | Gary Lachman
YouTube video by Things Visible & Invisible
www.youtube.com
November 9, 2025 at 3:10 PM
My chat about the occult roots of the 1960s for Things Visible and Invisible... www.youtube.com/watch?v=kLYD...
My brilliant No. 2 son has made a short film promoting my new book, Touched By the Presence. Welcome to the premier! www.gary-lachman.com/post/touched...
Touched By The Presence - The Film
You haven't read the book - but now you can see the movie!
www.gary-lachman.com
November 1, 2025 at 2:19 PM
My brilliant No. 2 son has made a short film promoting my new book, Touched By the Presence. Welcome to the premier! www.gary-lachman.com/post/touched...
My account of a dreamy excursion among ancient Greek healing sites is in the latest Fortean Times #464.
October 29, 2025 at 2:34 PM
My account of a dreamy excursion among ancient Greek healing sites is in the latest Fortean Times #464.
Just when you thought "Enough interviews already" another turns up, this time with Spirit Box. podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/s...
S2 #86 / Gary Lachman, Touched by The Presence
Podcast Episode · Spirit Box · 28/10/2025 · 1h 3m
podcasts.apple.com
October 28, 2025 at 10:52 AM
Just when you thought "Enough interviews already" another turns up, this time with Spirit Box. podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/s...
My conversation with Jeffrey Mishlove about fate, destiny, and the effect of comic books on the young mind: www.youtube.com/watch?v=K2KU...
Becoming Gary Lachman with Gary Lachman
YouTube video by New Thinking Allowed with Jeffrey Mishlove
www.youtube.com
October 24, 2025 at 7:36 PM
My conversation with Jeffrey Mishlove about fate, destiny, and the effect of comic books on the young mind: www.youtube.com/watch?v=K2KU...
My chat with Whitley Strieber about how one gets from rock and roll to what I do now: www.youtube.com/watch?v=JqBn...
Rock n Roll Hall of Famer Gary Lachman: Life from Blondie through Alistair Crowley to Chaos Magic
YouTube video by Whitley Strieber
www.youtube.com
October 21, 2025 at 12:33 PM
My chat with Whitley Strieber about how one gets from rock and roll to what I do now: www.youtube.com/watch?v=JqBn...
Trump and his cronies have done the impossible. They've made me a patriot. No kings, no fascists, no Insurrection Act, no Project 2025, no goddamn stupid replay of 1933.
October 18, 2025 at 9:47 PM
Trump and his cronies have done the impossible. They've made me a patriot. No kings, no fascists, no Insurrection Act, no Project 2025, no goddamn stupid replay of 1933.
Here's what you get at the end of the road: my interview about my forthcoming memoir, Touched By The Presence: www.youtube.com/watch?v=l-cM...
Episode 325: Gary Lachman: "Touched by the Presence: From Blondie's Bowery to Magic and the...
YouTube video by End of the Road Podcast
www.youtube.com
October 16, 2025 at 10:50 PM
Here's what you get at the end of the road: my interview about my forthcoming memoir, Touched By The Presence: www.youtube.com/watch?v=l-cM...
150 years ago a new born beast raised his little head. Find out what happened next 25/10/25. I'll be there: www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...
BBC Radio 4 - Archive on 4, Aleister Crowley - Master of the Dark Arts
Paul Morley explores the scandalous life and intriguing musical legacy of Aleister Crowley
www.bbc.co.uk
October 12, 2025 at 10:51 AM
150 years ago a new born beast raised his little head. Find out what happened next 25/10/25. I'll be there: www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...
On a less disturbing note, I'll be talking about reincarnation on 26/10 at the London Month of Dead, 3:30 - 5:00. Come as your past life: london-month-of-the-dead.designmynight.com/6879797f72e4...
BACK SO SOON? - Reincarnation, Consciousness and the Occult
Buy tickets for BACK SO SOON? - Reincarnation, Consciousness and the Occult, London. Information on BACK SO SOON? - Reincarnation, Consciousness and the Occult, Sun, 26th Oct 2025 @ 15:30 - 16:55 in L...
london-month-of-the-dead.designmynight.com
October 10, 2025 at 10:14 AM
On a less disturbing note, I'll be talking about reincarnation on 26/10 at the London Month of Dead, 3:30 - 5:00. Come as your past life: london-month-of-the-dead.designmynight.com/6879797f72e4...
I am truly frightened for all of my friends and readers in America.
October 8, 2025 at 2:55 PM
I am truly frightened for all of my friends and readers in America.
A remarkably perceptive review of Dark Star Rising which I have only just come across: www.paralibrum.com/reviews/dark...
‘Dark Star Rising’ by Gary Lachman — Paralibrum.
While Lachman has deep-dived before into little known occultist tenets informing various political movements in history as a contrarian underground ontology of sorts, Dark Star Rising is rather diff...
www.paralibrum.com
October 5, 2025 at 9:35 PM
A remarkably perceptive review of Dark Star Rising which I have only just come across: www.paralibrum.com/reviews/dark...
“I’ve known Gary since he was nineteen. I'm not sure what I thought he might become later in life, but his being an expert on spirituality and the occult makes perfect sense.”
Chris Stein, cofounder and guitarist of Blondie amazon.com/Touched-Pres...
Chris Stein, cofounder and guitarist of Blondie amazon.com/Touched-Pres...
October 4, 2025 at 10:09 AM
“I’ve known Gary since he was nineteen. I'm not sure what I thought he might become later in life, but his being an expert on spirituality and the occult makes perfect sense.”
Chris Stein, cofounder and guitarist of Blondie amazon.com/Touched-Pres...
Chris Stein, cofounder and guitarist of Blondie amazon.com/Touched-Pres...
Nobody listens to Cassandras. An excerpt from Dark Star Rising: Magick and Power in the Age of You Know Who: www.gary-lachman.com/post/magicia...
Magician, Guru, Demagogue?
Nobody listens to Casssandras.
www.gary-lachman.com
October 1, 2025 at 1:49 PM
Nobody listens to Cassandras. An excerpt from Dark Star Rising: Magick and Power in the Age of You Know Who: www.gary-lachman.com/post/magicia...
My talk about Gurdjieff, Ouspensky and the Fourth Way for the Theosophical Society in England and Wales: www.youtube.com/watch?v=6XLq...
September 26, 2025 at 9:59 AM
My talk about Gurdjieff, Ouspensky and the Fourth Way for the Theosophical Society in England and Wales: www.youtube.com/watch?v=6XLq...
This is the first time in Russia's history when it isn't an empire. Tsar Vlad is peeved about that. www.goodreads.com/book/show/49...
The Return of Holy Russia: Apocalyptic History, Mystica…
A history of how mystical and spiritual influences have…
www.goodreads.com
September 24, 2025 at 12:19 PM
This is the first time in Russia's history when it isn't an empire. Tsar Vlad is peeved about that. www.goodreads.com/book/show/49...
Captain Antifa strikes again!
September 23, 2025 at 2:55 PM
Captain Antifa strikes again!
I had argued with David Bowie, gotten drunk with Iggy Pop, and Debbie Harry had ironed my skinny ties, but if I was ever starstruck it was then, getting through a bottle or two with the man whose work had changed my life. - www.amazon.com/Touched-Pres...
September 22, 2025 at 12:46 PM
I had argued with David Bowie, gotten drunk with Iggy Pop, and Debbie Harry had ironed my skinny ties, but if I was ever starstruck it was then, getting through a bottle or two with the man whose work had changed my life. - www.amazon.com/Touched-Pres...
About time, do you think? www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZwMV...
I'm as mad as hell, and I'm not going to take this anymore! Speech from Network (1976)
YouTube video by lbtve
www.youtube.com
September 20, 2025 at 10:43 PM
About time, do you think? www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZwMV...
Apt, no, given current events? www.youtube.com/watch?v=mDLS...
Planet of the Apes (5/5) Movie CLIP - Statue of Liberty (1968) HD
YouTube video by Movieclips
www.youtube.com
September 20, 2025 at 10:55 AM
Apt, no, given current events? www.youtube.com/watch?v=mDLS...
Waking up is hard to do. That's why I'll be talking about Gurdjieff, Ouspensky and the 4th Way to the London Theosophical Society 21/9 at 6:00 PM GMT: theosophicalsociety.org.uk/Lecture/gary...
September 15, 2025 at 11:05 AM
Waking up is hard to do. That's why I'll be talking about Gurdjieff, Ouspensky and the 4th Way to the London Theosophical Society 21/9 at 6:00 PM GMT: theosophicalsociety.org.uk/Lecture/gary...