Justin Duerr spent the last six years uncovering the story of a true forgotten visionary – the obscure cartoonist, painter, illustrator and sculptor, Herbert E. Crowley.









Philadelphia artist and musician Justin Duerr is the author, compiler and researcher of the upcoming book, The Temple of Silence: Forgotten Works and Worlds of Herbert Crowley.Scheduled to be published in February 2018, this oversized archival art book documents for the first time the works of Crowley, who in 1917 disappeared from the art scene, never showing his work again.After marrying American heiress Alice Lewisohn, Crowley traveled around the world, eventually winding up in Zürich where the couple became analysands of C.G. Jung’s, and part of the Psychology Club’s inner circle.In a 1951 letter, Jung described Crowley's work, saying that the “drawings by Mr. Crowley are quite interesting in as much as they contain curious symbols referring to the sympathicus as well as to the multiple luminosities of the collective unconscious. He has been driven into astounding depths – quite dangerous when consciousness is not up to it. Such things usually leave a peculiar void in the conscious world after they have passed.”The book’s original Kickstarter campaign, which ended on November 11, 2016, brought in 740 backers and raised $96,772. In the summer of 2017, the project was chosen for Kickstarter Gold where 211 backers pledged an additional $25,639.Justin is a highly regarded visionary artist in his own right, and I highly recommend taking a look at his works on his website, justinduerr.com, which also includes his upcoming events. And the Bronze-plated Wigglemuch Pin, “The Temple of Love” print, “The Temple of Dreams” print, and The Temple of Silence Slipcase Edition are now available for purchase from Beehive Books.This interview was recorded on November 9, 2016. It’s 01:13:33 long and 68.7 MB. You can listen to it right here in your browser or download it directly to your computer. This episode is also available on iTunes, Stitcher, and Google Play Music.



SHOW NOTESBeehive Books Publisher of The Temple of SilenceLocust Moon Comics Josh O’Neill’s West Philly comic shop, art gallery, and small pressResurrect Dead: The Mystery of the Toynbee Tiles Documentary film by Jon Foy {free to stream on Vimeo}Resurrect Dead photos Promotional stills, Sundance 2011, and a Toynbee Tile gallery by Steve WeinikArt Out of Time: Unknown Comics Visionaries, 1900-1969 by Dan NadelAleister Crowley Author pageMary Horgan Mowbray-ClarkeThe Sunwise Turn: The Modern Bookshop Short article by Yukie OhtaThe Sunwise Turn/Mary Mowbray-Clarke Papers An Inventory of Records at the Harry Ransom CenterAnanda K. Coomaraswamy Author pageAlice Coomaraswamy Ananda’s wife, stage name “Ratan Devî”Ratan Devî: Indian Singer by Aleister Crowley, Vanity Fair, May 1916An Improvement on Psychoanalysis: The Psychology of the Unconscious (For Dinner-Table Consumption) by Aleister Crowley, Vanity Fair, December 2016 {full text .pdf}Ordo Templi Orientis International HeadquartersEranos ConferencesThe Last Romantic: The Story of More Than a Half Century In the World of Art by Martin BirnbaumWilliam Blake Author pageAubrey Beardsley Author pageJohn Frederick Mowbray-ClarkeJohn Frederick & Mary Horgan Mowbray-Clarke Papers Archives of American Art, Smithsonian InstitutionCatalogue of International Exhibition of Modern Art Association of American Painters and Sculptors {Available to read online; indexes Crowley’s works in the show}Harry Ransom Center The University of Texas at AustinETH-Bibliothek ZürichCharles Burchfield Artist1913 Armory ShowAlice LewisohnThe Neighborhood Playhouse: Leaves From a Theatre Scrapbook by Alice Lewisohn CrowleyThe Metropolitan Museum of Art Their collection of Herbert E. Crowley’s workThe Psychology Club Zürich Founded by C.G. Jung in 1916Beatrice Hinkle and the Early History of Jungian Psychology in New York by Jay Sherry {references Jung attending the Armory Show w