http://backend.userland.com/rss092 http://techgnosis.com/ psychedelic futurism av@phong.com (Anson // Phong) Mon, 8 Feb 2010 05:05:44 MST 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... http://techgnosis.com/chunkshow-single.php?chunk=chunkfrom-2009-12-12-1819-0.txt Sat, 12 Dec 2009 06:19:00 MST  This is the fifth of eight lectures recorded last spring for a Maybe Logic Academy course called Gnosis Now!  DavisGnosis5.3.19.09 READINGS FOR WEEK FIVE: ARCHONS RULE  • Antonin... http://techgnosis.com/chunkshow-single.php?chunk=chunkfrom-2009-12-04-1530-0.txt Fri, 4 Dec 2009 03:30:00 MST This is the fourth of eight lectures recorded last spring for a Maybe Logic Academy course called Gnosis Now! DavisGnosis4.3.12.09 READINGS FOR WEEK FOUR: THE ALIEN MAN: • Hans Jonas... http://techgnosis.com/chunkshow-single.php?chunk=chunkfrom-2009-12-04-1511-0.txt Fri, 4 Dec 2009 03:11:00 MST The following is included in Krautrock, a beautifully produced book edited by Nikos Kotsopoulos just out from Black Dog publishing:   Imagine you are standing alone on a craggy windswept sea... http://techgnosis.com/chunkshow-single.php?chunk=chunkfrom-2009-11-20-1814-0.txt Fri, 20 Nov 2009 06:14:00 MST This is the third of eight lectures recorded last spring for a Maybe Logic Academy course called Gnosis Now! I will now abandon my attempt to post one a week because I am a confused puppy and so they...