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I am always researching and writing when I can. I have several essays (20-40 pages each), which have yet to be published.
Those interested in the subjects below should contact me directly via the "contact" link in the top right-hand corner of this site.
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Drawn Into Unseen Love: The Metaphysical Evolution of the Italian Lauda
* self-flagellation, ascetic chanting, apocalypticism, and mystery musicals *
The Sound of Summerland: William Grant Still and the Spirits
* spiritualism, Harlem esotericism, dream interpretation, angelic visions, Theosophy *
Necessarily Obscure: The Musical Magic of Jerry Hunt
* Aleister Crowley, Hermetic Order of the Golden Dawn, angel/demon magic, tarot, occult chess *
Surrounded by Infinite Space: Alan Hovhaness and the Boston Mystics
* visionary experience, Buddhism, spiritualism, Theosophy, past-lives *
The Angel of Forgetfulness: Jewish Mysticism in the Music of Morton Feldman
* Kabbalism, Abraham Abulafia, composition as meditation *
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