Who is Sui Generis Magicka?

 

Lauren Davis — Performance Artist / Ritualist / Director
Founder of Sui Generis Magicka, Dark Ambient Sound Bath, Coven of Ashes

My work exists at the threshold where ritual, body, and shadow converge. As a performance artist, I use Butoh, pain rites, dark ambient soundscapes, and trance states to excavate the subconscious and challenge the boundaries of identity, embodiment, and spiritual transformation. Sui Generis Magicka is my living altar—each performance a rite of passage where I invite audiences into a raw, intimate confrontation with their own hidden terrain.

Informed by my background in Butoh and tribal fusion dance, which I have practiced since 2008, my movement vocabulary is rooted in physical storytelling, altered states, and the sacred use of the body as a site of transformation. My ritual work extends beyond performance—I both practice and facilitate pain rites such as flesh hook suspension and bloodletting, engaging these acts as sacred technologies of catharsis, embodiment, and reclamation.

Through the founding of Dark Ambient Sound Bath (2015) and Coven of Ashes (2016), I’ve created spaces where femme power, communal ritual, and primal expression collide—honoring shadow, blood, and breath as sacred tools.

My work is not entertainment. It is invocation. It is rupture. It is reclamation. It seeks to reawaken the instinctual, ecstatic, and mythic layers of self that modern life suppresses. I do not perform for the gaze—I perform to open a portal.

~Lauren Davis / Sui Generis Magicka


Selected Founding Projects

  • Sui Generis Magicka (2020–Present)
    Founder / Director / Performer
    Ritual performance project utilizing Butoh, pain rites, and altered states to access deep psychic and spiritual transformation.

  • Dark Ambient Sound Bath (2015–Present)
    Founder / Facilitator
    A Jungian-inspired sonic ritual incorporating live dark ambient music, guided meditation, and primal screaming to explore the collective shadow.

  • Coven of Ashes (2016–2020)
    Founder / Director
    An internationally-performing all-femme hook suspension tribe dedicated to sacred feminine ritual, body modification, bloodletting, and ecstatic performance. Known for immersive, primal ceremonies staged across the U.S. and abroad.

Affiliations & Past Work

  • Constructs of Ritual Evolution — Bay Area / Los Angeles Chapter (2008–2016)
    Creative Director / Writer / Performer / Makeup Artist / Designer
    Integral member of this theatrical flesh hook suspension troupe, contributing to the creation of high-impact ritual performances across the U.S.

Dance & Movement Background

  • Butoh — Performing since 2008

  • Tribal Fusion Dance — Performing since 2008
    Training and performance rooted in somatic awareness, trance-based movement, and ritual embodiment.

Ritual Practices & Facilitation

  • Pain Rites Facilitator (Flesh Hook Suspension, Bloodletting)

  • Ritual Design and Execution (Group and Solo Ceremonial Work)

  • Sound and Movement-Based Trance Facilitation