JACK M. BOOTH

“…and he told me the names of the stars and how Jupiter was a thousand times larger than our world, and that the other twinkling stars were suns that had worlds rolling around them; and when I came home he shewed me how they rolled round… for from my early readings of fairy tales and genii, etc. etc. -my mind had been habituated to the vast.”

From a letter of Samuel Taylor Coleridge (1772-1834)

”When in mid-May the sickening east wind

Shifts sudden to the south, the small warm rain

Melts out the frozen incense from all flowers,

And fills the air with so much pleasant health

That even the dying man forgets his shroud.”

To J Reynolds, 1818, from the letters of John Keats (1795-1821)

“I do not write for the public. You are my public.”

Gerard Manley Hopkins (1844-1889)

This website is a digital archive for the poetry, stories, essays, art works and photographs of EINZELNE and Jack M. Booth.

Booth is a writer, poet, musician, visual artist and practicing mystic of Irish nationality with early years spent in Perth, Western Australia. Booth holds a Master's degree in Philosophy from the University of Liverpool, specializing in Nietzsche and Klee, and is currently a PhD candidate in Art History at Humboldt Universität Berlin. He lived and worked in Berlin from 2017 to 2024. Since 2025, Booth has embraced a reclusive life in the forests of Western Massachusetts, USA.

Booth’s creative life is marked by a profound withdrawal from the expectations and distractions of modern society. His work is steeped in a spirit of isolationism, rejecting the politically charged and technology-driven narratives of “progress” that dominate contemporary culture. Drawing from Buddhist traditions such as the Thai Forest and Zen, as well as the Romantic philosophies of Germany and England, his creations are infused with the writings of Nietzsche, Max Stirner, Simone Weil, and René Guénon.

Booth’s Home Recordings series of albums and his studio release EINZELNE stand as a deliberate rejection of the conventional music industry. In an era where the commercialisation of music often prioritises marketability over authenticity, Booth's music is an embrace of the raw, unfiltered expression that comes from creating music in the solitude of one's own space. The Home Recording series of albums and studio album EINZELNE are not bound by industry standards or expectations. They are the antithesis of polished, mass-produced sounds, favouring instead the intimate, personal resonance of music born in isolation.

His music, a unique blend of introspective folk traditions, is shaped by a diverse range of influences. Booth channels traditional Irish folk music such as Ruaidri Dáll Ó Catháin as well as Jean Sibelius, Béla Bartók, and Robbie Basho. He is also inspired by the 1960s British Folk Revival, particularly the music of The Watersons, Anne Briggs, Bert Jansch, and Roy Harper.

Dream and Deed

Little brother, ENDURE!

Pursue thy solivagant Way.

(The slaves shall serve!).

Above All, Do What thou Wilt, (and EXCEED!)

Fra. AKheN-EL O...M...S.

EINZELNE