Lucifer Rising (1972) was the final instalment to director Kenneth Anger’s Magick Lantern Cycle collection. The production process took ten years and during that time Anger collaborated with Led Zeppelin guitarist Jimmy Page, Marianne Faithfull, and the infamous Charles Manson associates Bobby Beausoleil and Chris Jagger. Stripped to its bones, the film is about Egyptian gods summoning the angel Lucifer through various ceremonies and rituals. It deals with…
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