Archive for 2010

  • Articles and Essays

    The Warcraft Civilization

    William Bainbridge levels up

    William Bainbridge levels up

    AL: What is the nomadic impulse that underlies these particular writings? ED: When I went to college in the 80s, the “nomad” was a trendy concept. For me the nomad is still an image of movement and transformation, but not necessarily joy. It might just be the way it is, or because you have no choice, like that sense of restlessness that’s so evident in a place like LA. A lot of the stuff that interests me -- ecstatic experience,...
  • Media

    Gnosis Now! talk 8

    Pharmakognosis

    Pharmakognosis

    AL: What is the nomadic impulse that underlies these particular writings? ED: When I went to college in the 80s, the “nomad” was a trendy concept. For me the nomad is still an image of movement and transformation, but not necessarily joy. It might just be the way it is, or because you have no choice, like that sense of restlessness that’s so evident in a place like LA. A lot of the stuff that interests me -- ecstatic experience,...
  • Esoterica

    Cthulhu is not Cute!

    Plushies, tentacle porn, the terrifying obscenity of Cute.

    Plushies, tentacle porn, the terrifying obscenity of Cute.

    AL: What is the nomadic impulse that underlies these particular writings? ED: When I went to college in the 80s, the “nomad” was a trendy concept. For me the nomad is still an image of movement and transformation, but not necessarily joy. It might just be the way it is, or because you have no choice, like that sense of restlessness that’s so evident in a place like LA. A lot of the stuff that interests me -- ecstatic experience,...
  • Quotes

    Quote 4

    It is too close, too far-out, its sacred transmissions too muddled with the scandalous grit of its concrete historical unfoldment

    It is too close, too far-out, its sacred transmissions too muddled with the scandalous grit of its concrete historical unfoldment

    AL: What is the nomadic impulse that underlies these particular writings? ED: When I went to college in the 80s, the “nomad” was a trendy concept. For me the nomad is still an image of movement and transformation, but not necessarily joy. It might just be the way it is, or because you have no choice, like that sense of restlessness that’s so evident in a place like LA. A lot of the stuff that interests me -- ecstatic experience,...
  • Quotes

    Quote 3

    “Messages from beyond” are forms of information, and information is a trickster

    “Messages from beyond” are forms of information, and information is a trickster

    AL: What is the nomadic impulse that underlies these particular writings? ED: When I went to college in the 80s, the “nomad” was a trendy concept. For me the nomad is still an image of movement and transformation, but not necessarily joy. It might just be the way it is, or because you have no choice, like that sense of restlessness that’s so evident in a place like LA. A lot of the stuff that interests me -- ecstatic experience,...
  • Articles and Essays

    Singing to the Plants

    Stephan Beyer drinks up

    Stephan Beyer drinks up

    AL: What is the nomadic impulse that underlies these particular writings? ED: When I went to college in the 80s, the “nomad” was a trendy concept. For me the nomad is still an image of movement and transformation, but not necessarily joy. It might just be the way it is, or because you have no choice, like that sense of restlessness that’s so evident in a place like LA. A lot of the stuff that interests me -- ecstatic experience,...
  • Esoterica

    Hoodoo You Know

    Goofer dust and teacup lore

    Goofer dust and teacup lore

    AL: What is the nomadic impulse that underlies these particular writings? ED: When I went to college in the 80s, the “nomad” was a trendy concept. For me the nomad is still an image of movement and transformation, but not necessarily joy. It might just be the way it is, or because you have no choice, like that sense of restlessness that’s so evident in a place like LA. A lot of the stuff that interests me -- ecstatic experience,...
  • Offline Archive

    Synchronicity for the Day

    Rainbow Gathering flashback

    Rainbow Gathering flashback

    AL: What is the nomadic impulse that underlies these particular writings? ED: When I went to college in the 80s, the “nomad” was a trendy concept. For me the nomad is still an image of movement and transformation, but not necessarily joy. It might just be the way it is, or because you have no choice, like that sense of restlessness that’s so evident in a place like LA. A lot of the stuff that interests me -- ecstatic experience,...
  • Esoterica

    The Comic Book of Thoth

    One hundred (and maybe one) years of the Rider Waite Smith Tarot

    One hundred (and maybe one) years of the Rider Waite Smith Tarot

    AL: What is the nomadic impulse that underlies these particular writings? ED: When I went to college in the 80s, the “nomad” was a trendy concept. For me the nomad is still an image of movement and transformation, but not necessarily joy. It might just be the way it is, or because you have no choice, like that sense of restlessness that’s so evident in a place like LA. A lot of the stuff that interests me -- ecstatic experience,...
  • Offline Archive

    Aya Avatar

    Shamanism in Avatar

    Shamanism in Avatar

    AL: What is the nomadic impulse that underlies these particular writings? ED: When I went to college in the 80s, the “nomad” was a trendy concept. For me the nomad is still an image of movement and transformation, but not necessarily joy. It might just be the way it is, or because you have no choice, like that sense of restlessness that’s so evident in a place like LA. A lot of the stuff that interests me -- ecstatic experience,...
  • Art and Design

    Damanhur

    Underground esoteric temples

    Underground esoteric temples

    AL: What is the nomadic impulse that underlies these particular writings? ED: When I went to college in the 80s, the “nomad” was a trendy concept. For me the nomad is still an image of movement and transformation, but not necessarily joy. It might just be the way it is, or because you have no choice, like that sense of restlessness that’s so evident in a place like LA. A lot of the stuff that interests me -- ecstatic experience,...
  • Music

    Don’t Mind if I Do

    Joanna Newsom's Have One on Me

    Joanna Newsom's Have One on Me

    AL: What is the nomadic impulse that underlies these particular writings? ED: When I went to college in the 80s, the “nomad” was a trendy concept. For me the nomad is still an image of movement and transformation, but not necessarily joy. It might just be the way it is, or because you have no choice, like that sense of restlessness that’s so evident in a place like LA. A lot of the stuff that interests me -- ecstatic experience,...
  • Offline Archive

    Nomad Codes interview

    Talking with Antonio Lopez

    Talking with Antonio Lopez

    AL: What is the nomadic impulse that underlies these particular writings? ED: When I went to college in the 80s, the “nomad” was a trendy concept. For me the nomad is still an image of movement and transformation, but not necessarily joy. It might just be the way it is, or because you have no choice, like that sense of restlessness that’s so evident in a place like LA. A lot of the stuff that interests me -- ecstatic experience,...