The Gods
Religious Satanism Today »
An academic review of Jesper Peterson's edited volume Contemporary Religious Satanism
Burmese Daze »
In which the author submits to the pleasures of a transgender spirit possession festival in Burma.
Trickster at the Crossroads »
A study of the relationship between technical communication and the West Africa's trickster god of messages, sex and deceit.
My Favorite Martians »
The literary subgenres of UFOlogy, a rumor of god stitched into the dark web of our military-industrial-media complex.
Cross Purposes »
A Bookforum review of Slavog Zizek's The Puppet and the Dwarf, which turns Christianity upside down.
Solar Temple Pilots »
A look at the inner workings of Luc Jouret's apocalyptic esoteric cult, which came to a suicidal end in Switzerland in 1994.
Alien Views »
An award-winning profile of Joe Firmage, Silicon Valley entrepreneur and UFOnaut.
Spiritual Warfare »
A visit to the National Religious Broadcasters convention during the first Gulf War.
Hermes on the Seine »
Meet Hermes, the god of scholars and techgnostics.
Databases of the Dead »
A Wired feature about the religious roots of the Mormon Church's technological obsessions with genealogical data.