Editing Current 93 (section)

==Background==
Current 93 initially consisted of Tibet, fellow [[Psychic TV]] alumnus [[Jhonn Balance]], and [[23 Skidoo (band)|23 Skidoo]] member Fritz Catlin.<ref name=pf /> Tibet has been the only constant member in the group, though [[Steven Stapleton]] (of [[Nurse with Wound]]) appeared on nearly every Current 93 release until 2010.<ref name="93 bio">{{cite web|title=Current 93|url=http://www.allmusic.com/artist/current-93-mn0000114708|work=All Music|publisher=Rovi Corp|access-date=29 July 2012|archive-date=18 August 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120818061712/http://www.allmusic.com/artist/current-93-mn0000114708|url-status=live}}</ref> [[Michael Cashmore]] was also a long-term contributor starting with ''[[Thunder Perfect Mind (Current 93 album)|Thunder Perfect Mind]]''. [[Douglas P.]] of [[Death in June]] has played on well over a dozen Current 93 releases.

Tibet's lyrics have been fairly consistent, regardless of delivery: The earlier recordings reflect his preoccupation with death, [[Christ]], [[mysticism]], [[Aleister Crowley]] (Tibet borrowed the term "93 Current" from Crowley – the 93 Current being the current of [[Thelema]] or [[Agape]]), [[Tibetan Buddhism]], [[Gnosticism]], [[runes]], [[swastika]]s, [[Noddy (character)|Noddy]], ''[[The Wicker Man (1973 film)|The Wicker Man]]'', and a variety of [[occult]] notions. The later to present-day period of Current 93's recordings increasingly reflect Tibet's interest in [[Christian mysticism]] and [[apocalypse]]. Tibet has stated that he identifies as a Christian.<ref name=pf>{{cite web |url=http://pitchfork.com/features/interviews/6426-current-93/ |title=Interviews: Current 93 |publisher=Pitchfork |date=11 September 2006 |access-date=22 December 2011 |archive-date=13 December 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111213153227/http://pitchfork.com/features/interviews/6426-current-93/ |url-status=dead }}</ref>

Literary influences include [[Lautreamont]]'s ''[[Les Chants de Maldoror]]'', [[the Bible]] and [[Biblical apocrypha|its apocrypha]], ''The [[Poetic Edda]]s'', the [[Child Ballads]],<ref name="t112">{{cite book | last=Thompson | first=Dave | title=An Evolving Tradition: The Child Ballads in Modern Folk and Rock Music | publisher=Rowman & Littlefield | publication-place=Essex, Connecticut | date=2023-07-15 | isbn=978-1-4930-6824-1 | pages=385–391|chapter=Murderous Ballads}}</ref> [[Hildegard von Bingen]], [[Yukio Mishima]], [[John Dee (mathematician)|John Dee]]'s ''[[De Heptarchia Mystica]]'', [[The Thunder, Perfect Mind]], [[William Blake]], [[Louis Wain]], writer [[Thomas Ligotti]], occult British author [[Arthur Machen]] (originator of the title "The Inmost Light"), [[M.R. James]]'s various [[ghost story|ghost stories]], ''[[The Cloud of Unknowing]]'', Count [[Eric Stenbock]],<ref name="n708" /> and [[Russell Hoban]]'s ''[[Riddley Walker]]''.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.graphesthesia.com/rw/titles.html |title=Riddley Walker – Related Works |publisher=Graphesthesia.com |access-date=18 April 2010 |archive-date=19 June 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090619043325/http://www.graphesthesia.com/rw/titles.html |url-status=dead }}</ref>