http://backend.userland.com/rss092 http://techgnosis.com/ psychedelic futurism av@phong.com (Anson // Phong) Fri, 12 Mar 2010 05:03:18 MST http://techgnosis.com/chunkshow-single.php?chunk=chunkfrom-2010-03-06-1349-0.txt Sat, 6 Mar 2010 01:49:00 MST Here is the "sizzle reel" (I dislike that phrase) for How to Survive the Apocalypse. (Link to the Vimeo page above.) Hopefully this little bon-bon of crazy fire and great tunes will get to... http://techgnosis.com/chunkshow-single.php?chunk=chunkfrom-2010-03-03-1052-0.txt Wed, 3 Mar 2010 10:52:00 MST Melancholy, the happiness industry, and gnostic androids.Listen. <<>>   Subscribe to Erik Davis' Techgnosis by Email http://techgnosis.com/chunkshow-single.php?chunk=chunkfrom-2010-02-11-1044-0.txt Thu, 11 Feb 2010 10:44:00 MST Visionary art, initiatory dreams, and modern mash-ups of ancient images.Listen. <<>>   Subscribe to Erik Davis' Techgnosis by Email http://techgnosis.com/chunkshow-single.php?chunk=chunkfrom-2010-02-09-1522-0.txt Tue, 9 Feb 2010 03:22:00 MST Whether you are interested in telling your own unique story, or in exploring the boundaries between language and consciousness, a great deal can be gained through the alchemy of writing the... http://techgnosis.com/chunkshow-single.php?chunk=chunkfrom-2010-02-08-1022-0.txt Mon, 8 Feb 2010 10:22:00 MST Childhood wonderment, nihilistic neuroscience, and the magical legacy of Kenneth Grant.Listen. <<>>   Subscribe to Erik Davis' Techgnosis by Email http://techgnosis.com/chunkshow-single.php?chunk=chunkfrom-2010-02-01-1844-0.txt Mon, 1 Feb 2010 06:44:00 MST Transhumanism, technological psychedelia, and the Tao of being out of control: chatting with RU Sirius, editor of h+ magazine. Listen.   <<>>   Subscribe to Erik Davis... http://techgnosis.com/chunkshow-single.php?chunk=chunkfrom-2010-01-31-1054-0.txt Sun, 31 Jan 2010 10:54:00 MST This month, I began writing a series of articles for Hilobrow, one of my favorite websites for cultural commentary. I began with a look back at the Rider-Waite (or Rider-Waite-Smith) Tarot deck... http://techgnosis.com/chunkshow-single.php?chunk=chunkfrom-2010-01-11-1714-0.txt Mon, 11 Jan 2010 05:14:00 MST The spiritual superhero of the baby boomers was the guru. But where the guru once hovered with his beatific smile, the shaman now shakes his stuff: an earthier, more pragmatic icon of mystical... http://techgnosis.com/chunkshow-single.php?chunk=chunkfrom-2010-01-08-1315-0.txt Fri, 8 Jan 2010 01:15:00 MST Expanding Mind - 01/07/10 Hive minds, the culture of sharing, and navigating the twitterverse: a talk about the future of culture with technology pundit Mark Pesce.Expanding Mind - 12/31/09 Sorcery... http://techgnosis.com/chunkshow-single.php?chunk=chunkfrom-2010-01-08-1249-0.txt Fri, 8 Jan 2010 12:49:00 MST  This is the last of eight lectures recorded in the spring of 2009 for a Maybe Logic Academy course called Gnosis Now!  DavisGnosis8.4.9.09READINGS FOR WEEK EIGHT: PHARMAKOGNOSIS: &bull... http://techgnosis.com/chunkshow-single.php?chunk=chunkfrom-2010-01-06-2204-0.txt Wed, 6 Jan 2010 10:04:00 MST In paradoxical and altogether predictable terms, James Cameron’s ravishing Avatar sets a blue man group of mystically attuned forest dwellers against the aggressive and heartless exploitation... http://techgnosis.com/chunkshow-single.php?chunk=chunkfrom-2009-12-31-1549-0.txt Thu, 31 Dec 2009 03:49:00 MST This is the seventh of eight lectures recorded in the spring of 2009 for a Maybe Logic Academy course called Gnosis Now!  DavisGnosis7.4.2.09 READINGS FOR WEEK SEVEN: PKD's PINK LIGHT: &bull... http://techgnosis.com/chunkshow-single.php?chunk=chunkfrom-2009-12-28-2009-0.txt Mon, 28 Dec 2009 08:09:00 MST The anthropologist and author Jeremy Narby hit the intellectual freak scene in 1998 when he published The Cosmic Serpent, an audacious, intriguing, and entertaining dose of righteous mind candy that... http://techgnosis.com/chunkshow-single.php?chunk=chunkfrom-2009-12-22-2304-0.txt Tue, 22 Dec 2009 11:04:00 MST I went to the de Young museum with my Mom last weekend. We enjoyed the proto-Op Art tripster quilts of the Amish, as well as a fine collection of classic photography shots (best was some 1920s of an... http://techgnosis.com/chunkshow-single.php?chunk=chunkfrom-2009-12-22-2155-0.txt Tue, 22 Dec 2009 09:55:00 MST  This is the sixth of eight lectures recorded in the spring of 2009 for a Maybe Logic Academy course called Gnosis Now!  DavisGnosis6.3.26.09READINGS FOR WEEK SIX: POESIS:• Harold... http://techgnosis.com/chunkshow-single.php?chunk=chunkfrom-2009-12-16-1840-0.txt Wed, 16 Dec 2009 06:40:00 MST For reasons that remain obscure even to myself, I have decided to apply to a PhD program this winter, which means that I was recently forced to submit myself to the joys of the Graduate Record...