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Laetitia Mantis

www.laetitiasdeath.com

About Me


www.LaetitiasDeath.com
Artist. Photographer. Witch.
There seem to be a lot of rumors surrounding my person, some surely true, some definitely not, but I could care less what people say about me. Actually I am far worse than anything you would want to imagine. You have no idea... Apart from this fact I tend to be a nice person, if I happen to like you, which is not likely at all, unless you are a true individual, surprise with intellect and radical ideas, and rule your own universe.
I was born and raised in Hamburg/Northern Germany, but I do not remember much of this process anymore, until I destroyed the conventional world of my childhood and youth, to follow my own path.
I am self-employed/freelancer and work as an artist, designer and photographer. My works have been published in and on books and magazines, on cd covers & booklets and countless online media. In 2006 I released my first photography book about my favourite place in the world: SINTRA. This year a second photography book will follow: SEPULCHRE I. Prints of my art and photography are available as well, visit my website for further information. I do work in commission, but before approaching me with your project, keep in mind that death and disease are for free - my work is not.
Before I decided to put all my energy into my artistic path, I have done many different things in my life to make my living. I had my very first job at age 16 in a press agency, that distributed porn & wrestling magazines. Later I worked as a book dealer, a supernummary, a bartender, I produced microfilms with crime and insurance data, and during my study years, I worked as a scientific assistant in various areas of geosciences. I have a diploma in geology and I earned the title "Doctor of natural science" at the University of Hamburg for a thesis in experimental physics and material science. But that must have happened in another life, observed from my recent point of view. Nevertheless its true.
I travel a lot and I have visited four continents and countless countries. While traveling I collect material and inspirations for my works and I usually take the chance to visit my friends who are spread over the planet. Back home I prefer my life secluded, I see clubs and bars usually as a waste of my time. I have no interest in most mainstream cultural events or television. I use modern media to create and distribute my art, but I am old-fashioned in many ways. I despise the media and fashion driven zombies of these days. Also I detest feminists. Seriously women, what's wrong with you? Any real woman has no need to argue about the equality of man and woman - and any real personality has no need to argue about equality at all - there is none. Use this to your advantage or be a victim - Each to his own. Political correctness has become the moral value of this time, but it means nothing to me. Same counts for conventional behaviour and ordinary morality, neither one nor the other meets my interest. Honor is an important word with a meaning for me, which has been obviously forgotten by the modern average scumbag. I abominate people who chose their master according to the weather. Those who betray me or my chosen family members are my enemies and will find no rest until I hunt them down - An eye for an eye.
I am a Satanic Witch, in other words: I get what I want. If you can't handle this run for your life as it is, before I change it. I happen to the world. I make a mess of your convictions. I destroy worlds and create universes. I am nice from far, but far from nice if I don't like you. I like the company of individuals, but I detest the company of people. I hate most gatherings. Almost all people bore me to death after five minutes and then I make them disappear from my universe. I have no ear for complainers, my heart will always be with the strong, the true creators who fear neither life nor death. The few conscious ones walking this planet, who do understand their path, for they have created it on their own. The grey whore of hope has no place in my heart, for she will deflect your mind from taking action. Abandon all hope!

My Interests



Mephistopheles and the muse. Black magic. Satanism (Church of Satan). Symbolism. Art & Aesthetics. Photography (classical & digital). Image manipulation and trick photography. Design. Photoshop. Surrealism. Alchemy. Death & Creation. Chaos & Order. Love & Hate. Carnal pleasures. Romance & Perversion. Political Incorrectness. Blasphemy. Absinthe rites. History of cinema and film, silent movies. Old and new film cameras. Movie making. Tintype photographs & vintage photography. Antique furniture and personal environments with dark walls. Savaged gardens and old mansions. Burning incense & fireplaces. Creating incense mixtures. Historical places and castles. Abandoned sites and old factories. Old cemeteries and burial rites. Volcanoes and volcanic rocks. Woods. Carnivore plants, flora in general. Animals. Traveling around the world. Sintra. The Quinta da Regaleira. Cooking & decadent dining. History of the devil & evil. Abraxas. Archetypes. Paradoxes. Polytheistic religions. German history. The Black Sun. Wewelsburg. Leni Riefenstahl. Propaganda. Fascism. Occult history and aesthetics of the Third Reich. Daggers and knives. Black leather. Style instead of fashion. Anatomy & taxidermy collections. Bog bodies and mummies. Collecting skeletal remains. Architecture & sculptures. Serial killers. Mass psychology. Book shops & expanding my library. Life-like plush creatures. Poker. Occulture and cults. Magical objects. Shamanism. H.P.Lovecraft. Art of Hieronymus Bosch, Arnold Boecklin, Salvador Dali, H.R. Giger, Stanislav Szukalski, Diabolus Rex, Harold Arthur McNeill, Kris Kuksi. Cultural terrorism. Cultural fascism. Apocalypse Culture. Social Darwinism and radical ideas for the future of mankind.....

I'd like to meet:


I N D I V I D U A L S who surprise with intellect, radical ideas and their own universe. Citizens of the Infernal Empire. Artists. Scapegoats who have fun. Cultural terrorists and sorcerers.

Music:

Death In June. Lustmord. Der Blutharsch. Blood Axis. Current 93. Boyd Rice. NON. Coil. Coph Nia. Bain Wolfkind. Deutsch Nepal. Les Joyaux De La Princesse. Roses Never Fade. Sol Invictus. Stalingrad. Von Thronstahl. Death's Gladsome Wedding. Alio Die. Eletrólise. Kammarheit. Psychonaut 75. Stalker Vitki. Allerseelen. Tangerine Dream. Endura. Burzum. Darkthrone. Bathory. Golden Dawn. Samael. Diabolos Rising. Abigor. Hypocrisy. Abruptum. Hollenthon. The Nefilim. Faith No More. Summoning. Absurd. Pan Thy Monium. Rotting Christ. Satyricon. Tiamat. Type O Negative. Unholy. Moonspell. Therion. Mortiis. My Dying Bride. Paradise Lost. Rob Zombie. Laibach. Rammstein. Pazuzu. Raventhrone. Theatre of Tragedy. Tristania. Wagner. Orff. Smetana. Bach. Saint Saens. Beethoven. Berlioz. Anton Szandor LaVey. Apocalyptica. BThong. Darkseed. Bjoerk. The Doors. Velvet Underground. Pink Floyd. Tom Waits. Leonard Cohen. Edith Piaf. Billy Idol. The Rolling Stones. The Cure. Dead Can Dance. Depeche Mode. Marilyn Manson. Portishead. Sigur Rós. Fields of the Nephilim. Sisters Of Mercy. Joy Division. Christian Death. Alien Sex Fiend. Above The Ruins. Danzig. Diamanda Galas. Kirlian Camera. Nine Inch Nails. Tiermes. Nordisches Blut. Halgadom.....

Movies:

Apocalypse Now. Das Boot. Der Untergang. The Perfume. 300. Blue Velvet. Mulholland Drive. Lost Highway. Shadow Of The Vampire. Gothic. The Ninth Gate. From Hell. Eyes Wide Shut. Hannibal & Hannibal Rising. Angel Heart. Red Dragon. Leolo. American History X. Delikatessen. Subconscious Cruelty. Four Rooms. Pulp Fiction. Reservoir Dogs. The Big Lebowski. Seven. Matrix. Alien. Killing Zoe. Fargo. A Beautiful Mind. Good Will Hunting. De grønne slagtere. Caligula. La Grande Bouffe. Les Rivières pourpres I & II. The Name Of The Rose. Perdita Durango. Braveheart. Leon the Professional. Immortal. Fight Club. Full Metal Jacket. The Doors. Triumpf des Willens. Cobra Verde. Aguirre, der Zorn Gottes. Taxi Driver. The Illusionist. Sick Girl. Nosferatu. Der Golem. Metropolis. Das Cabinet des Dr. Caligari.....

Books:

COMING SOON:
Melanie Laetitia Mantis: SEPULCHRE I
(2008, RedMantis Productions)
Melanie Laetitia Mantis: SINTRA.
(2006, self release, out of print)
Herman Hesse: Demian. Carl Gustav Jung: Septem Sermones ad Mortuos. Anton Szandor LaVey: Satanic Bible, Satanic Rituals, Satan Speaks, The Devils Notebook. Friedrich Nietzsche: Thus Spake Zarathustra & other writings. Johann Wolfgang von Goethe: Faust. Adam Parfrey: Apocalypse Culture. Boyd Rice: The Vessel Of God, Standing In Two Circles. Robert Svoboda: Aghora - At the Left Hand of God. Alchemie & Mystik (Taschen edition). Ragnar Redbeard: Might is Right. Peter Gilmore: Satanic Scriptures. William Mortensen: The Command to Look. Stephen Kasner: Works. Stanislav Szukalski: Struggle. Giger's Artbooks. Artbooks about Hieronymus Bosch, Arnold Boecklin, Salvador Dali. All stories from H.P.Lovecraft. The Necronomicon. The Divine Comedy of Dante Alighieri (with the Dore illustrations). Simon Marsden's photobooks. Austin Osman Spare. Charles Baudelaire. Franz Kafka. Charles Bukowski. Henry Miller. Dorothy Parker. Lord Byron. Oscar Wilde. Shakespeare. John Milton: Paradise Lost. Karlheinz Deschner: Das Kreuz mit der Kirche & Kriminalgeschichte des Christentums. Pompeji - Die Apocalypse. Volcanoes of the world. Maurice Krafft: Volcanoes.....
Status: Narcissistic.
Here for: Allies and Aliens.
Hometown: Hamburg.
Zodiac Sign: Devil.
Children: I do not participate in the gene lottery.
Education: Frau Doktor.
Occupation: Artist. Photographer. Witch.

My Blog

Interview in SCHWARZ & MAGISCH published

Finally my interview Kultur-Terror made in Germany for the German magazine SCHWARZ & MAGISCH got published. Obviously there were some problems with the black & white printing of my artworks, a...
Posted by Laetitia Mantis on Fri, 13 Jun 2008 06:43:00 PST

Call to arms! I am publishing another book...

Call to arms! I am publishing another book... This year my next photography book will be published. On this occasion I would like to add some kind of interview part on the subject of the book, which w...
Posted by Laetitia Mantis on Wed, 02 Apr 2008 04:32:00 PST

Photography: Kutna Hora

KUTNA HORA ...
Posted by Laetitia Mantis on Wed, 23 Jan 2008 12:04:00 PST

Artwork: Fortunas Struggle

Fortuna's Struggle (XLII A.S., 30x40cm, photography, collage, digital painting) VICTORY. Laetitia...
Posted by Laetitia Mantis on Mon, 31 Dec 2007 06:44:00 PST

Ever Forward.

If I would try to explain what happened the last few days no one would believe me, so I make it short: I am not yet completely relocated and my computer died. Today I am back in Hamburg till Wednesday...
Posted by Laetitia Mantis on Mon, 17 Dec 2007 04:09:00 PST

Prague - Cemetery nightshots

Prague - Cemetery nightshots Last year in Portland I said to Diabolus Rex "I don´t do that cemetery stuff anymore". I guess I was wrong. I can´t keep my camera in my bag approaching a cemetery and I c...
Posted by Laetitia Mantis on Mon, 26 Nov 2007 08:44:00 PST

Relocation in progress.

Relocation in progress. During next month I will finally leave my hometown Hamburg. I have no plans to return. There has been a lot of planning and replanning concerning my destination and I am sure ...
Posted by Laetitia Mantis on Thu, 22 Nov 2007 07:00:00 PST

Bearing The Devil’s Mark

Matt G. Paradise Bearing The Devil's Mark Front Cover Photo by Melanie Laetitia Mantis Cover Image: "Sigil of Apocalypse" by Diabolus Rex Mor...
Posted by Laetitia Mantis on Sat, 17 Nov 2007 06:15:00 PST

Preview: Teuber Sculptures

Sculptures by Warlock Michel Teuber / Photography by Witch Melanie Laetitia Mantis / XLII A.S. more coming soon... ...
Posted by Laetitia Mantis on Wed, 07 Nov 2007 04:57:00 PST

When stupidity hurts

W h e n   s t u p i d i t y   h u r t s Somewhen in the mid-eighties my parents stuffed me, my grandmother and tons of things into the car to take a holiday in Denmar...
Posted by Laetitia Mantis on Tue, 06 Nov 2007 07:55:00 PST