The Sacred Magick of the Lizard of Oz: with commentaries by (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9781533499301)

`Born Geoffrey Keating Beardsley in 1962 (Sun in Libra, Moon in Libra, Pisces Rising) He was first published as "Rainbow Beardsley" in Aunt Martha's Connections in 1978, but nicknamed "Weirdlsey Beardsley" by classmates. Graduated from Rich East High School, Park Forest Illinois in 1981 where he began to seriously study poetry. He earned a B.S. in Recording Industry Management at Middle Tennessee State University. First Published as "Weirdsli" in The Bahlasti Papers in 1986, soon became a regular feature with installments of "The Sacred Magick of the Lizard of Oz", published in 1988. "A Separate Heresy" Being further conversations with the Lizard of Oz" was serialized in The Bahlasti Papers. He began performing Lizard of Oz material as performance art in 1989, quickly gaining his reputation for unorthodox theatrics In 1992, he produced and directed "Coffeehouse: Atlanta's Underground Poets" a documentary containing the last video interview with the late Deacon Lunchbox. In 1993 he began hosting "Scream of Consciousness", the open mike at the Liquid Bean coffeehouse in Atlanta, which got local media attention. "Blues for "Ebenezer" his first poetry chapbook was published in 1994 In 1995 he co-hosted Poetry Slams and open mics at Caffiends in Atlanta, and his second chapbook "It takes a Camel to cross the Abyss" was published. In 1996, he read in Bonn, Germany for an Arts festival and at the High Museum of Art, Atlanta. In 1998, he was part of the National Poetry Slams in Austin, Tx. In 1999 "Salamander Enki and other tails of Evolution" his third Poetry Chapbook was published. From 2000 to 2002 he hosted & co-hosted poetry readings at Insomnia in Palm Harbor and Joffrey's in St. Petersburg. "Born Again Orphan" his fourth poetry chapbook was published and he read as a guest poet at the Salvador Dali Museum. In 2004, he was part of "Paintings in Poetry", a Performance piece with the Tampa Bay Poetry Foundation at the St. Petersburg Reader's Festival at Eckerd College. In 2004 he released "Bard Influence" his Spoken Word CD. He taught Wyrd Tarot & Qabala at the Witches Brew in Palm Harbor. Reverend Wyrdsli now lives in St. Petersburg, Florida where he currently hosts Tarot Poetry workshops.