This is the online repository of Ulysses Black. I am a ritualist and artist. I spend my time writing, researching, teaching, training and developing ritual practices and techniques. If it is anything to do with ritual in any form, from handshakes to vodou, from funerals to shamanic ordeals, I am interested.

RITUAL

My ritual work - Performances - Lectures - Training - Field work - The Ulysses Black Initiative - Film - Celebrancy - Consultation

writing

Pages for all my acknowledged publications, including works on ritual themes, magick mythology and fiction.

2-d design

I am engaged in considerable 2D design for professional and personal works, including: Illustration - Graphic Design - Theatre Design - Print making

Shop

My main store where at different times you can find:

Publications
Illustrations
Jewelry
Ritual Artifacts

other gallerys

FOULPLaY PRODUCTIONS

Between 2006-2019, myself and a few colleagues ran the award winning theatre company FoulPlay Productions. This gallery features pages on our numerous different original immersive shows.

PERFORMANCE & PUPPETRY

From 2006 onwards I have been fortunate enough to engage a wide array of performance opportunities and experiences. This is a gallery linking to pages of different projects I have been involved in distinct to FoulPlay Productions.

3-d design

Periodically I am moved to make artifacts, some are shared here, including: Props - Costumes - Embroidery - Ceramics - Jewelry . Featured here, the Eye Mask for the film piece ‘The Abyss Looks Back’.

T-Shirts (misc)

A gallery selection of UAP / UFO themed t-shirt designs I made to indulge my dirty secret - I am a UFO nerd.
Various of my designs among a range of others are available exclusively from the Catastrophic Disclosure clothing shop.

Jack Macbeth Material

Material related to the sorcerer ‘Jack Macbeth’, including: IXI linocut illustrations - Artefacts - The Book of Inscriptions - The Table of Abominations

cabinet of curios

A curated gallery of interesting things I have acquired over the years, including: The Hand of Robert Cochrane - A mysterious Egyptian artifact - Grimoire Book Blocks - Rudolf Steiner & the OTO…

FRAGMENTS & SKETCHES

[FOR PATRONS ONLY] A gallery of esoteric scribblings from across my life, mostly IXI related including many early designs for later public images, many more that never went on to be…

film & VISUAL Media

Films that I have made or worked on, including ‘The Illuminator’; Ringa Ringa (Orbital Music Video); the Man Doing a Ritual; … more to be added from the archives.

AUDIO work

Over the years I have been a guest co-host on the SittingNow Podcast, and other audio projects.

matchbox archive

This is part of my contribution to matchbox label art on the web, from my own collection of antique and vintage matchbox labels.

The Devil’s Rock Podcast

Links to the episodes of the light hearted and spooky podcast i made unpacking the contents of our 2010 book by the same name.