Process Church A-Risin’

At Anthology Film Archives, NYC Sunday, October 4 @ 8 pm, featuring Genesis Breyer P-Orridge as the "Sacrifist," Timothy Wyllie, Adam Parfrey, and The Sabbath Assembly band performing original Process Church songs.

By Blurt Staff

Was The Process Church truly "one of the most dangerous Satanic cults in America"? Or were they an intensely creative apocalyptic shadow side to the flower-powered '60s and New Age '70s? Scores of black-cloaked devotees swept the streets of New York, San Francisco, London, Paris, and other cities selling magazines with titles like Sex, Fear, Love and Death, and a controversial theology proposing a reconciliation of Christ and Satan through awareness and love. Marianne Faithfull, George Clinton and Mick Jagger participated in Process publications, and Funkadelic reproduced Process material in two of their albums.

The inside story of this legendary group has at last emerged with Feral House's Love Sex Fear Death book by Timothy Wyllie and other former members. On Oct. 4, Feral House, Process Media, and Sound@One present a simulation of an actual Process Church "Sabbath Assembly" ritual as performed in the 60s, featuring Genesis Breyer P-Orridge as the "Sacrifist." Author Wyllie (Father Micah) will follow to discuss the cult and his time within it in a multimedia presentation. The Sabbath Assembly band, comprised of Imaad Wasif (Tee Pee Records), Jex Thoth (I Hate Records), Laura Leontine, and David Christian (of No-Neck Blues Band), will perform Process hymns and songs throughout.

Oct. 4 at Anthology Film Archives, 32 Second Avenue, NYC (212) 505-5181

Check out excerpts of the Process Church book here.

Read about the sold out Process Church Ritual and Salon shows in LA.

 
And a review of the Sabbath Assembly Band's performance here.