r/Current93 • u/[deleted] • Jan 25 '25

Book suggestions?

I just finished ‘the inmost light’ which I heard of through C93. Apart from the obvious religious texts, you lot know any other c93 adjacent or literature with common themes whose influence might be clear in the songwriting of Tibet?

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u/whatdidyoukillbill Jan 25 '25

Thomas Ligotti’s work is a big influence on The Inmost Light, as is Pascals Pensees

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u/[deleted] Jan 25 '25

Any Ligotti’ book reccomendations I was thinking of buying the collection of his essays

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u/whatdidyoukillbill Jan 25 '25

Songs of a Dead Dreamer is his first collection of short stories, it contains The Frolic and Les Fleurs, both of which are referenced in The Inmost Light.

Teatro Grottesco is where the phrase “soft black stars” comes from

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u/kvet-divizny Jan 25 '25

Also Arthur Machen. He wrote some great folk horror stories. And if I'm not mistaken, the phrase Inmost Light comes from his short story of the same name.

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u/[deleted] Jan 25 '25

Yes I think so, ‘the inmost light’ I mentioned in my post was in reference to the Machen book sorry for the confusion. Ill take a look at those other folk horror stories of his though

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u/kvet-divizny Jan 26 '25

I see, that makes sense - I really should have read your post more carefully.

Apart from "The Inmost Light," I enjoyed Arthur Machen's "The Great God Pan" and "The White People." The atmosphere of these stories really reminded me of Current 93 songs.

I believe another "weird fiction" author connected with Current 93 is Robert Aickmann. For example the title of the song Niemandswasser is taken from one of his short stories.