Edited by Greg Johnson
Editor’s Note:
This is the first of four collections of my correspondence with and about Jonathan Bowden, from my first contact in 2009 to his death in 2012. I first corresponded with Jonathan in 2009, when I was the editor of The Occidental Quarterly. I was organizing a conference for that fall, in collaboration with Sam Dickson and the late Louis Andrews, then the president of the National Policy Institute. Jonathan was suggested to Louis and Sam as a speaker by a mutual friend, Adrian Davies. This is all the correspondence I have found, but I am not sure if it is complete. I was probably not copied on some exchanges between Sam, Jonathan, and Louis. Some matters were also discussed on the telephone, not by email. This correspondence is reprinted with the permission of Sam Dickson and Adrian Davies.
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Louis Andrews to Greg Johnson & Sam Dickson
From: Louis Andrews
To: Greg Johnson
CC: Sam Dickson
Thursday, April 9, 2009, 12:51 PM
Subject: 2009 Conference Program
Greg,
I suggested Jonathan Bowden as a speaker. He is supposed to be first rate and knows Adrian Davies. We could check with Adrian about his qualities.
Louis A.
Sam Dickson to Louis Andrews & Greg Johnson
From: Sam Dickson
To: Louis Andrews
CC: Greg Johnson
Friday, April 10, 2009, 8:33 AM
Subject: 2009 Conference Program
Louis:
I have made inquiry of Adrian Davies about Bowden.
Sam
Greg Johnson to Louis Andrews
From: Greg Johnson
To: Louis Andrews
Monday, May 18, 2009, 11:55 PM
Subject: Keynote Speaker
Dear Louis,
You had mentioned the name of an Englishman who might be a good keynote speaker. What was his name? What are his credentials?
Thanks,
Greg
Louis Andrews to Greg Johnson
From: Louis Andrews
To: Greg Johnson
Tuesday, May 19, 2009, 9:01 AM
Subject: Keynote Speaker
Jonathan Bowden, he is a major speaker for the BNP. Adrian Davies knows him and will recommend him. Do a Google; he is all over YouTube. Check out his “Revolutionary Conservative” article via Google. Very well read. Has written 30+ books plus is a painter besides being an excellent speaker.
Louis
Greg Johnson to Louis Andrews & Sam Dickson
From: Greg Johnson
To: Louis Andrews and Sam Dickson
Thursday, May 21, 2009, 12:03 AM
Subject: Keynote Speaker
Gentlemen:
I am sold on the idea of having Jonathan Bowden speak at the conference. He is an interesting fellow, to say the least.
Best,
Greg
Greg Johnson to Jonathan Bowden
From: Greg Johnson
To: Jonathan Bowden
Thursday, May 21, 2009, 01:09:39 -0400
Subject: Your Work/The Occidental Quarterly
Dear Mr. Bowden,
I heard of your work through Adrian Davies and Louis Andrews. I am really impressed with your range of knowledge and skills as a speaker, writer, and painter. (I especially like the Adolf and Leni painting. Is that for sale?)
I wanted to introduce myself and the journals I edit: The Occidental Quarterly and the associated webzine www.toqonline.com. I would be interested in looking at some of your recent books for possible reviews in TOQ or on TOQ Online. I would also like to invite you to consider TOQ and TOQ Online as possible outlets for your work.
Best regards,
Greg Johnson
Jonathan Bowden to Greg Johnson
From: Jonathan Bowden
To: Greg Johnson
Thursday, May 21, 2009, 11:07 AM
Subject: Your Work/The Occidental Quarterly
Dear Greg Johnson,
Thanks very much for your recent and warm-hearted e-mail. Yes, the painting entitled Adolf and Leni in the gallery section of the site is for sale and costs £250.00 or its equivalent in US dollars. (On current exchange rate figures, I estimate that this would be about $465.00 very roughly. But don’t take my word for this – given volatile economic conditions and the grotesque fluctuations of all Western currencies at the present time.) Given that you are in Georgia (possibly) the best way to pay would probably be PayPal sent to this e-mail address. I hope that Adrian Davies et al. would validate my complete scrupulousness in such matters. Obviously I could only send it to you rolled up in an addressed tube, or bring it physically with me if I’m invited to speak at the next conference of a certain society which has asked me to address them. This will take place in October—with Adrian Davies as the cut-out for this. He was probably asked to initiate such a contact on Louis Andrews’ behalf.
On the textual front, two reviews of books by me, Apocalypse TV and Kratos, have already been done by the well-known elitist or rightwing critic, Troy Southgate. Please feel free to make use of these in The Occidental Quarterly. As to actual books, all of my seven textual productions thus far are available for free download on the site or can be read on screen. The books themselves, averaging ten dollars or so plus postage, can be ordered from the Lulu publishing platform via my site. I look forward to hearing from you and shall probably write to you again next week.
Yours ever,
Jonathan Bowden
Greg Johnson to Jonathan Bowden
From: Greg Johnson
To: Jonathan Bowden
Thursday, May 21, 2009, 16:34:41 -0400
Subject: Your Work/The Occidental Quarterly
Dear Jonathan, if I may,
Please set aside the Adolf and Leni painting for me, while I figure out how to buy it.
Do you do commissions? I am looking for an album cover for a CD anthology I am producing called The Savitri Diva Project, comprising interview bits by Savitri Devi plus songs by various volkish artists.
There are quite a few images of Savitri Devi on the Savitri Devi Archive: http://www.savitridevi.org/gallery.html
The borders on this page are somehow messed up, but it gives you the idea of what the project is about:
http://www.savitridevi.org/diva.html
More later.
Best regards,
Greg
Greg Johnson to Jonathan Bowden
From: Greg Johnson
To: Jonathan Bowden
May 22, 2009, 8:35 AM
Subject: Your Work/The Occidental Quarterly
Dear Jonathan,
Can you tell me the dimensions of the Adolf and Leni painting?
What is your address for PayPal?
Thanks,
Greg
Jonathan Bowden to Greg Johnson
From: Jonathan Bowden
To: Greg Johnson
Friday, May 22, 2009, 11:01 AM
Subject: RE: Your Work/The Occidental Quarterly
Dear Greg,
Thanks for your e-mails of yesterday and earlier today. Yes, I certainly do commissions and I will think about doing images of Savitri Devi for a CD cover. Obviously the image has to be graphic and intense, but also (most importantly) it must be capable of reduction to a CD cover—itself a very small item. This leads to a graphic image—I will experiment with a few—maybe around A4, A5 or off-cut size, but images which could be scanned and sent to you over the ‘net. Alternatively, I could do several (given their size) and send one original to you in the ‘States. There are many images available of Savitri Devi (which means white goddess of knowledge and wisdom in Hindi). I’ll also explore certain other metaphors or instantiations—the image of Kali and Siva, as the principles of destruction and creation—could be carefully and subliminally explored. It might be interesting to use images of power from the most Aryan dimensions of Hinduism—most especially when we bear in mind that hardly any of her books could have been printed in their original editions inside Europe. (Censorship of various ideological positions is very intense here—there’s no First Amendment, and, as a point of interest, every public library, hotel business, port and the odd internet cafe bans access to The Occidental Quarterly, for example. A dun-coloured firewall comes up just like in the People’s Republic of China. The Labour government and its auxillaries refer to it as protecting the masses from ‘hate’.)
On other matters, I shall put aside Adolf and Leni for you. As to payment, my PayPal address is Jonathan Bowden
(In other words, it is exactly the same as this e-mail address. I believe that you can go directly to PayPal and convert a figure in dollars to one in pounds sterling (British) and then send it as a gift to someone whose e-mail address is likewise registered by PayPal. A small or fractional fee is paid for this. I shall obviously need a real time and non-virtual address to send the painting to you. I will endeavour to insure it (but that’s only a monetary safeguard) and it will have a prominent reverse address on it.
As to the painting’s dimensions—it’s quite large. It’s A1 in size: this computes to six times a sheet of A4 or standard writing paper. My rough computation is—imagine that it’s about a half to two-thirds of the size of an average door. It would certainly dominate an office, a fire-place or a relatively compact room.
I shall be in contact with you again next week. All the best.
Yours ever,
Jonathan Bowden
Greg Johnson to Jonathan Bowden
From: Greg Johnson
To: Jonathan Bowden
Monday, May 25, 2009, 01:08:17 -0400
Subject: Your Work/The Occidental Quarterly
Dear Jonathan,
One question: what is the medium of the Adolf and Leni painting? Oil on canvas or something else?
I am waiting for a deposit into my PayPal account of some GBPs, and as soon as I receive it, I will send you the payment for the painting.
Regarding the Savitri image, two points: (1) I like the style of the Adolf and Leni painting a lot (Warhol in the New Order?) and it would be nice if the Savitri piece were similar. (2) If you draw upon any mythological imagery in your portrayal, remember that Saraswati, the goddess of the arts, is often portrayed playing a musical instrument, and this creative and beneficent side of the goddess should not be left out entirely. Although of course Savitri had a special relationship to Mother Kali.
All the best,
Greg
Jonathan Bowden to Sam Dickson
From: Jonathan Bowden
To: Sam Dickson
Thursday, May 28, 2009, 9:19 AM
Subject: A Message to Sam G. Dickson from Jonathan Bowden
Dear Sam G. Dickson,
Greetings from England! I have to say that I would be pleased to speak at the forthcoming gathering in Atlanta, Georgia over the weekend of the tenth and eleventh of October. So far Adrian Davies, who is known to you, has acted as a cut-out or intermediary in this matter, but I have now decided to contact you directly. I gather (again from Adrian) that the airfare will be met and I am looking at a flight from Heathrow on, say, the 8th of October from London Heathrow. This would leave about 8:30 AM and be with you sometime around noon (American time) after a flight of around 9.5 hours. The cost at this moment is around £328 with Delta airlines there and back—with a current exchange rate of about 0.6 this makes the transaction in dollars about $686. These fares are contingent on booking well in advance. I would be grateful if you could respond to the e-mail address below and give me a clearer idea over whether you will prepay/buy the ticket for me to travel out on, or reimburse me retrospectively, as well as other details about hotel accommodation, various people to meet me at the airport, et cetera. (I shall also forward a copy of this e-mail to Adrian Davies). If you wish to speak to me directly about any matter, please do not hesitate to use the following ‘phone number (if you possess an internet ‘phone which is free of charge especially):
+44 (0) 7731 648-615. (We are 8 hours ahead of you.)
On a purportedly lighter note, I am sure that you will be delighted to learn that every library and some internet cafes in this part of the world block access to The Occidental Quarterly’s details on-line. On approach a dun-grey firewall comes up just like in the People’s Republic of China. It is accompanied by the unmistakable moniker, ‘site of prejudice’—please see your librarian/provider, et cetera . . . I also gather, again through Adrian, that you know Tony Hancock well. Please feel free to give him my regards. I look forward to addressing your distinguished group later in the year. All the best.
Yours ever,
Jonathan Bowden
Jonathan Bowden to Greg Johnson
From: Jonathan Bowden
To: Greg Johnson
Thursday, May 28, 2009, 10:58 AM
Subject: RE: Your Work/The Occidental Quarterly
Dear Greg,
Thanks very much for your recent e-mail which I received on the 25th of May. Yes, the picture Adolf and Leni is in mixed media, oil paint, art stick, heavy art crayon, ink and acrylic; it is also on heavily wove or creamy art-paper (size A1). Heavy art papers today are of such a quality—being both unacidic and substantial (130gsm)—that they can quite easily take oil and turpentine in a self-preservative manner unlike in the past.
When you have deposited the £250.00 (GB) in my PayPal account, how do you wish to receive the artwork? Do you wish me to send it to you in the United States in a tube? Or would you prefer me to bring it with me to Atlanta, Georgia for the conference in early October of this year? Adrian Davies (c/o either Sam G. Dickson or Louis Andrews) has confirmed that I will be attending this event as a speaker.
Yours ever,
Jonathan Bowden
Greg Johnson to Jonathan Bowden
From: Greg Johnson
To: Jonathan Bowden
Thursday, May 28, 2009, 11:10:18 -0400
Subject: Your Work/The Occidental Quarterly
Dear Jonathan,
Let me think about when and how I want to receive the painting. I might not be able to wait until October.
Would you allow me to put your piece on Lovecraft on the TOQ Online site? I think our readers would be benefitted by it.
All the best,
Greg
Jonathan Bowden to Greg Johnson
From: Jonathan Bowden
To: Greg Johnson
Thursday, May 28, 2009, 11:22 AM
Subject: Your Work/The Occidental Quarterly
Dear Greg,
Talk about instant communication! I was just thinking that in the eighteenth century this communication that we’re having would have taken about eight months to get this far.
Yes, please feel free to put the Lovecraft article on-line at your earliest convenience. This also applies to any other of the written material on the site (which includes two long, informed and extensive reviews of books by me by Troy Southgate, a cultural activist).
On the Savitri Devi front, I will have hopefully completed by early next week a painting in mixed media/acrylic of her in an idealised-cum-pop art way. It’s a bit like Riefenstahl meets Tarantino . . . I shall endeavour to have Alex K. digitally photograph and send it as an attachment to an e-mail, or alternatively I will send a hardcopy of it to a designated address in the ‘States. (This would be a full-colour lasercopy, of course). It is A3 in size and therefore reducible to A5—approximately a cd cover.
Yours ever,
Jonathan Bowden
Sam Dickson to Louis Andrews & Greg Johnson
From: Sam Dickson
To: Louis Andrews and Greg Johnson
Thursday, May 28, 2009, 7:06 PM
Subject: Conference
Do we go ahead and commit on Bowden?
I am depending on Louis’ assessment (seconded by Adrian Davies) that Bowden is a good choice.
Some of his stuff on the Internet is less than encouraging.
Sam
Louis Andrews to Sam Dickson & Greg Johnson
From: Louis Andrews
To: Sam Dickson and Greg Johnson
Thursday, May 28, 2009
Subject: Conference
Sam,
Besides the text info available on him, there are also speeches on YouTube that you could listen to.
Louis
Louis Andrews to Sam Dickson & Greg Johnson
From: Louis Andrews
To: Sam Dickson and Greg Johnson
Tuesday, June 02, 2009, 12:45 PM
Subject: Conference
I would be happy with Bowden, Walker, or Kevin MacDonald.
Louis
Sam Dickson to Jonathan Bowden & Adrian Davies
From: Sam Dickson
To: Jonathan Bowden
CC: Adrian Davies
Tuesday, June 2, 2009, 03:15:08 -0400
Subject: A Message to Sam G. Dickson from Jonathan Bowden
Dear Jonathan Bowden:
Sorry to have been so very long in responding.
We would very much like to have you speak at our conference.
What topics do you suggest?
You have been highly recommended by Adrian and by Louis Andrews.
I have looked at material on the internet about you, and you seem to be multifaceted.
We will reimburse you for your airfare and will provide you with your hotel room.
We will also pick you up at the Atlanta airport.
You should book your flight and we will reimburse you.
I may have a number of people go to my house in Key West (where David Irving stays in the summer) after the conference.
You might want to hold off on booking your flight until this solidifies. You would be welcome to join us.
I am copying Adrian.
Thanks,
Sam Dickson
Sam Dickson to Louis Andrews & Greg Johnson
From: Sam Dickson
To: Louis Andrews and Greg Johnson
Wednesday, June 3, 2009, 3:31 AM
Subject: Conference
Louis:
Yes. I think we should go with Bowden. He’s completely fresh and new.
Both Adrian and Tony Hancock vouch for him without reservation.
Sam
Jonathan Bowden to Sam Dickson
From: Jonathan Bowden
To: Sam Dickson
Thursday, June 4, 2009, 12:13 PM
Subject: A Message to Sam G. Dickson from Jonathan Bowden
Dear Sam G. Dickson,
Thanks for your recent e-mail which I received on Tuesday the second of June. I will hold off from pre-booking for a while until your suggestion about going across to your holiday house in Florida solidifies. I would be grateful if you can get back to me during June, say, about this. I also wish to thank you for inviting me and offering to meet me at the airport, provide a hotel room and reimburse my airfare. On matters of a topic(s), I would wish to concentrate on whether the much-vaunted Decline of the West has to be true or not? May Spengler be refuted at this late date, and if so—how? Perhaps a title like “Western Civilisation: a survivalist Guide” could serve as a starting-point. Another idea I have in mind, however, is the radical right’s intellectual tradition in the United States.
Yours ever,
Jonathan Bowden
Louis Andrews to Sam Dickson & Greg Johnson
From: Louis Andrews
To: Sam Dickson and Greg Johnson
Thursday, June 4, 2009, 3:05 PM
Subject: A Message to Sam G. Dickson from Jonathan Bowden
I prefer the first topic as it would seem to be a little strange having a Brit lecture us on our history.
Louis A.
Sam Dickson to Louis Andrews & Greg Johnson
From: Sam Dickson
To: Louis Andrews and Greg Johnson
Friday, June 5, 2009, 7:41 AM
Subject: A Message to Sam G. Dickson from Jonathan Bowden
Yes. It would be the better topic.
Although, given how little Americans know of their own culture and history, he probably has more cogent things to say about it than most of us would.
Sam
Jonathan Bowden to Sam Dickson
From: Jonathan Bowden
To: Greg Johnson
Thursday, June 4, 2009, 12:01 PM
Subject: RE: Your Work/The Occidental Quarterly
Dear Greg,
Sam G. Dickson has e-mailed me in order to confirm my trip over to the United States in October of this year. In relation to your remark about Klee, yes, although representationality is for me ‘the shock of the new’, I feel that any particular part of a modern painting will be abstract, particularly if focused on with absolute attention. I also have to say that Paul Klee did a remarkable and representative work about female madness called A Possessed Girl.
Please remember that, within reason, you can take across or abstract any of the articles, images or written pieces from my web-site (jonathanbowden.co.uk) and place them on the internet version of The Occidental Quarterly. By the way, do you possess Louis Andrews’ e-mail address?
Yours ever,
Jonathan Bowden
Greg Johnson to Jonathan Bowden
From: Greg Johnson
To: Jonathan Bowden
Thursday, June 4, 2009, 10:14 PM
Subject: RE: Your Work/The Occidental Quarterly
Dear Jonathan,
Here is Louis’ address: [email protected]
RE the conference: I would prefer you talk about Spengler.
Best,
Greg
Greg Johnson to Jonathan Bowden
From: Greg Johnson
To: Jonathan Bowden
June 8, 2009, 3:19 PM
Subject: Title of Your Talk
Dear Jonathan,
I am putting the final program and hotel registration package together and wish to send it out tomorrow. Have thought of a title/topic for your talk? If not, we can always just put “Title to be Announced” in the program.
Best,
Greg
Greg Johnson to Jonathan Bowden
From: Greg Johnson
To: Jonathan Bowden
Tuesday, June 16, 2009, 7:23 AM
Subject: TOQ Online
Dear Jonathan,
I have placed your excellent Syberberg piece online. In accord with TOQ style, I Americanized the spelling. I also broke up some of the longer paragraphs purely for easier reading on the screen. If you find that objectionable, it is easy enough to fix. Here is the link:
http://www.toqonline.com/2009/06/hans-jurgen-syberberg/
What will be the title for your talk?
Thanks,
Greg
Jonathan Bowden to Greg Johnson
From: Jonathan Bowden
To: Greg Johnson
Wednesday, June 17, 2009, 8:20 AM
Subject: TOQ Online
Dear Greg,
Thanks for your recent e-mail and the link to the Syberberg piece. You should also feel free to use the article ‘H.P. Lovecraft: Aryan Mystic’ if you wish to do so. My talk in October is provisionally entitled WESTERN CIVILISATION: A SURVIVALIST GUIDE. It may interest you to know that a large format art-book of 176 of my paintings is available on Lulu.com entitled The Collected Art of Jonathan Bowden (1980-2007), Volume One. It is printed in full colour and is something like A3 in size.
Yours ever,
Jonathan Bowden
Greg Johnson to Jonathan Bowden
From: Greg Johnson
To: Jonathan Bowden
Wednesday, June 17, 2009, 6:02 PM
Subject: TOQ Online
Thank you Jonathan for everything. I will order the book. But keep holding Leni and Adolf for me. I need to beat some money out of people in the UK who owe me, so I can pass it over to you.
Greg Johnson to Jonathan Bowden
From: Greg Johnson
To: Jonathan Bowden
Tuesday, August 11, 2009, 01:41:15 -0400
Subject: Paintings
Dear Jonathan,
I can finally pay you for Adolf and Leni. How much did you want for it again? Since the conference is less than two months from now, maybe it would be best if you brought it with you, unless it would be more convenient just to mail it.
I look forward to meeting you in person.
All the best,
Greg
Jonathan Bowden to Greg Johnson
From: Jonathan Bowden
To: Greg Johnson
Tuesday, August 11, 2009, 5:00 PM
Subject: Paintings
Dear Greg,
The price for Adolf and Leni was £250.00 or its equivalent in US dollars—probably around $466.00 on the current exchange rate. Nevertheless, you made it clear some time ago that you were busy collecting British pounds (sterling) in order to defray the cost. Do you wish to send it to me via cheque, give me the currency straight upon meeting, send it via Paypal in pounds under the ‘gift’ category, or send an international cash transfer using a service such as Western Union? In the latter case, you would obviously need to join or already be a member of Western Union. I would then be able to collect the amount in cash from a Western Union office here in England upon presentation of a passport.
On a related front, you expressed an interest in a smaller work called Savitri Diva—this relates to Savitri Devi (obviously), is at present sight unseen, and costs £150.00. How do you wish to proceed on this one?
Yours ever,
Jonathan Bowden
Greg Johnson to Jonathan Bowden
From: Greg Johnson
To: Jonathan Bowden
August 17, 2009, 7:40 PM
Subject: [Left Blank]
Dear Jonathan,
Attached is the conference program.
Best,
Greg
Greg Johnson to Jonathan Bowden
From: Greg Johnson
To: Jonathan Bowden and Sam Dickson
Tuesday, October 6, 2009, 02:16:57 -0400
Subject: Conference
Dear Jonathan,
I am very much looking forward to seeing you this coming weekend.
Could you email me and Sam the information that you would like to have included in your introduction, e.g., where you were born, your education, books, interests, etc.
I am copying this email to Sam, so all you need do is hit “Reply All,” and both of us will receive your reply.
All the best,
Greg
Jonathan Bowden to Greg Johnson
From: Jonathan Bowden
To: Greg Johnson
After October 6, 2009
Subject: Conference
Dear Greg Johnson,
Thanks very much for your infusion of funds into my PayPal account the other day. I shall bring both the Adolf and Leni and the Savitri Diva (sic) paintings with me in my upcoming visit to Atlanta, Georgia. Speaking of which—I shall be arriving at Atlanta airport at 5:50 PM tomorrow afternoon (your time), and I sincerely hope that there will be someone there to collect me. I don’t know if Adrian Davies is around, but don’t forget that I don’t know what either you or Sam G. Dickson look like. My cell phone number for tomorrow is:
(07731) 648615.
I presume that in an American context this might well be: ++1 (0) 7731 648615.
I dare say that you both know what I look like from various internet performances and my web-site’s home page or index. I have made note of Greg Johnson’s details (address and telephone number) in case of a debacle. I have to say, however, that I remain serene and look forward to seeing you tomorrow at around 6pm (your time).
On other matters, I was born in Kent (England) in 1962, was educated at Presentation College (a Catholic institution in southern England) and also, en passant, at Cambridge University for a brief period, but primarily I owe my education to the university of life. I have written a large number of books—ten of which are in print, internationally speaking, at the present time. I have also produced and starred in two feature films.
Yours ever,
Jonathan Bowden
Greg Johnson to Jonathan Bowden
From: Greg Johnson
To: Jonathan Bowden
Tuesday, October 20, 2009, 00:04:28 -0400
Subject: Mailing Address
Dear Jonathan,
I hope you have returned home safe and sound.
You are entitled to a subscription to TOQ. Could you give me a mailing address to which I can send it?
More later,
Greg
Greg Johnson to Jonathan Bowden
From: Greg Johnson
To: Jonathan Bowden
Tuesday, October 20, 2009, 00:05:18 -0400
Subject: Phone Number
Could I also have a phone number for our records?
Thanks,
Greg
Jonathan Bowden to Greg Johnson
From: Jonathan Bowden
To: Greg Johnson
After October 20, 2009
Subject: Phone Number
Dear Greg,
I have sent a brief e-mail to Sam G. Dickson thanking him for the considerable hospitality that was extended to me during my recent trip to the United States. I have also sent you one of my books c/o Lulu.com called Omnibus 1—it features four of my other works under one cover. They can best be described as Nietzschean horror novels with a philosophical flourish. Their titles are Kratos, The Fanatical Pursuit of Purity, Al-Qa’eda MOTH and A Ballet of Wasps. (I believe that Alex Kurtagic has been designated to review the first of these four.) The volume should have either arrived in Atlanta by now or be close to doing so.
The telephone number which you requested is:
00 44 7731 648-615
Yours ever,
Jonathan Bowden
Jonathan Bowden to Greg Johnson
From: Jonathan Bowden
To: Greg Johnson
After October 20, 2009
Subject: Mailing Address
Dear Greg,
Any editions of The Occidental Quarterly can be sent to the following address in England. It works as a private sector equivalent of a post office box address. It is as follows:
JONATHAN BOWDEN
BM REFINE
LONDON
WC1N 3XX
I have also exercised the liberty of sending you another volume of Nietzschean ‘horror’ stories. It’s just one this time! It’s called Goodbye, Homunculus!
Yours ever,
Jonathan Bowden

6 comments
“I was just thinking that in the eighteenth century this communication that we’re having would have taken about eight months to get this far.”
!! That’s absolutely hilarious! I will be adding that to my repertoire. One thing I have learned from observing Greg Johnson is never be afraid to steal other people’s best lines. One of Greg’s best lines off the top of my head (for there are several) that I deploy regularly is – “what’s the difference between me and an African? 60,000 years of divergent evolution in a cold environment.”
As for the to-and-fro about the payment for the Leni and Adolf painting, poor bugger probably lived like a king for a day on that 250 quid. I have a theory that what broke Bowden is that he genuinely thought 2010 would be “our November 1932 election” so to speak. Bear in mind the BNP had gone from irrelevant minnows to leading news item and several MEPs in 2009, the backdrop being the Great Recession of 2008.
That didn’t materialise. In the 2010 election the BNP got nothing. Then the BNP sank into irrelevance and infighting.
As for when Dickson says “some of his work is not encouraging”, I imagine he stumbled upon the quite bizarre Punch and Judy film. Or maybe some of his weird, unreadable fiction. The Judy film is very weird indeed (let’s call it ‘arty’) and while I’m an open minded guy – I’ve sat through some Bela Tarr films, for example – it was a bit much for me. Maybe some meme potential – and maybe not in a good way.
But that’s not the best of Bowden. The speeches from the late 00s are still unsurpassed in my view and I just wish things had gone differently for him, and for all of us.
Sam joked with Bowden that his paintings looked like the work of a serial killer. Of course, he would have been the first to admit that he didn’t know much about art or serial killers. It was all in good fun.
Interesting peek into behind the scenes with Jonathan Bowden.
What happened to his artworks after he passed away? There must have been quite a few of them and some unfinished I would guess
The artworks are in the hands of his executor.
One day, Jonathan Bowden’s paintings and literary works will be very valuable. Do you know of any other writers and artists similar to Jonathan Bowden? He was quite a unique personality.
Director Tom Six immediately came to mind, though I assume he’s very anti-political and Bowden would probably either loved, been intrigued by, or despised the man’s artwork. Norman Lowell’s ‘Action Dionysiun’ paintings?
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