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[edit] Career Tibet left Psychic TV in 1983 and founded Current 93 the same year. He has worked with Steven Stapleton of Nurse With Wound (of which band he is a member), Michael Cashmore, Douglas P. (of Death In June, on whose albums he has appeared several times), Steve Ignorant of Crass (using the name "Stephen Intelligent"), Boyd Rice, Nick Cave, Rose McDowall, and Ian Read of Fire and Ice.

[edit] Influences Tibet's lyrical subject matter reflects a consistent preoccupation with all aspects of apocalypse. He has long been a student of Christian eschatology. At a precocious age, he developed a strong interest in Aleister Crowley and the Ordo Templi Orientis. He joined the Typhonian Ordo Templi Orientis and borrowed the term "93 Current", the current of Thelema or Agape, from Crowley. His initial recording as Current 93, LAShTAL, was, according to Tibet, "the invocation of Malkunofath on the Nightside of Eden, the reverse of the Tree of Life". He has long proclaimed a virtual anathema to Crowleyism (despite a strong appreciation for Crowley as an individual) and instead has embraced at various intervals, Tibetan Buddhism and esoteric Christianity. His projects continue to focus on the multifaceted aspects of apocalypse, mainly death, loss and destruction. Progressively, his works are tempered by Christian mysticism and an increasingly strong faith in the end of the world. Other influences include Noddy, Francis Parker Yockey's Imperium, Austin Osman Spare, Bobby Beausoleil, and a variety of occult topics. In April of 2006, the Caliphate OTO formed the International OTO Cabinet, an advisory, non-voting panel made up of both OTO Initiates and Non-Initiates. David Tibet was named among the initial non-member appointments.

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[edit] Other activities He is a painter.

[2] Tibet is interested in the work of Count Stenbock, whose writings he has worked to republish. He also runs the Durtro publishing imprint and record label.

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[edit] References ^ http://oto-usa.org/news.html ^ http://www.outsiderart.co.uk/tibet.htm ^ http://www.durtro.com/index.html

[edit] Further reading Keenan, David (2003) England's Hidden Reverse: a secret history of the esoteric underground, London: SAF Publishing.

[edit] External links Tibet's personal website Tibet's Durtro label, features weblog style news from Tibet Photo and list of "Involvements" Interview with Tibet, April, 1997 1997 interview from 'The Wire' magazine Retrieved from "http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Tibet" Categories: Articles lacking reliable references from August 2007 | All articles lacking sources | 1960 births | Living people | British poets | British artists | Industrial musicians