David Bowie Fights Cocaine Paranoia with Witchcraft
David Bowie has a new book coming out and it might be one of the most interesting ones I have read about rockstars and drugs. The book was written by Mark Spitz and was written after many years talking with Bowie and Bowie's family and friends. Here is one excerpt from the book:
"While planning the follow-up to "Young Americans" (album), Bowie would sit in the house with a pile of high-quality cocaine atop the glass coffee table, a sketch pad and a stack of books. Psychic Self Defense was his favorite. Its author describes the book as a 'safeguard for protecting yourself against paranormal malevolence.' Using this and more arcane books on witchcraft, white magic and its malevolent counterpart, black magic, as rough guides to his own rapidly fragmenting psyche, Bowie began drawing protective pentagrams on every surface."
You can read more about the book here. But that description is awesome. I never thought of fighting off my drug demons with witchcraft. I always used amyl nitrates and Astro-Glide. I will try this new approach.
"While planning the follow-up to "Young Americans" (album), Bowie would sit in the house with a pile of high-quality cocaine atop the glass coffee table, a sketch pad and a stack of books. Psychic Self Defense was his favorite. Its author describes the book as a 'safeguard for protecting yourself against paranormal malevolence.' Using this and more arcane books on witchcraft, white magic and its malevolent counterpart, black magic, as rough guides to his own rapidly fragmenting psyche, Bowie began drawing protective pentagrams on every surface."
You can read more about the book here. But that description is awesome. I never thought of fighting off my drug demons with witchcraft. I always used amyl nitrates and Astro-Glide. I will try this new approach.
Why can't I find this book in our local bookstore?
That's something I never heard before: fight cocaine addiction with the help of a book. My experience tells me not to believe that, as much as i want to believe, I can't.
It was interesting discussing between us how I retained all rights to my story, but they retained all rights to their world and characters – it was a headache, and they *wanted* to publish it – asked me for it.
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Seems like cocaine paranoia lead him to draw those pentagrams. Or maybe it's his subconscious telling him that he needs to stop and to seek help and protection.
One of the best things about bowie is how experimental he was, people might think he is strange for it but without it we might not have the amazing songs he wrote.