Writing

Mushroom Magick
Psychedelics
Mushroom Magick
A Visionary Field Guide

Joanna Newsom and Ys
Music
Joanna Newsom and Ys
Always Coming Home

Frisbee. The Man
Moving Pictures
4 min
Frisbee. The Man
The Life and Death of a Hippie Preacher

Remote Control
Mind and Philosophy
Remote Control
The car speaks

Ecce Robo
Mind and Philosophy
Ecce Robo
Adding "subjectivity" to robots

Nina Nastasia and Jim White
Music
Nina Nastasia and Jim White
Listening to musicians listening

The X-Files
Moving Pictures
5 min
The X-Files
I want to believe

The Matrix and Pharmacology
Mind and Philosophy
The Matrix and Pharmacology
Take the Red Pill

The Thing is Alive
Art and Design
The Thing is Alive
Artist Mark Leckey's Wunderkammer

Baudrillard and the Information Age
Mind and Philosophy
4 min
Baudrillard and the Information Age
Remembering rhizomes

Psychedelic Culture(s) of the New Millennium
Psychedelics
Psychedelic Culture(s) of the New Millennium
One or Many?

Bicameral Now!
Mind and Philosophy
Bicameral Now!
The return of Julian Jaynes

Only a Northern Song
Music
5 min
Only a Northern Song
Blessed By the Night: The Dark Metal Compilation and Opeth's Blackwater Park

Trance Planet
Subcultures
Trance Planet
The Analog Life, Arthur issue 31

The Freaky Origins of Christian Rock
Music
The Freaky Origins of Christian Rock
70s Christian rock

Vibes, Beats, and the Mystic Mix
Music
Vibes, Beats, and the Mystic Mix
A musical meditation

Bluetech
Music
Bluetech
The Divine Invasion

Druid Heights
Subcultures
12 min
Druid Heights
Zen, Drugs, and Hot Tubs

The Alchemical Dream
Moving Pictures
The Alchemical Dream
Esoteric Politics

Black Moth Super Rainbow
Music
3 min
Black Moth Super Rainbow
Fellini, analog, and the new Dandelion Gum

Meddling with Wizards
Esoterica
Meddling with Wizards
Occult LA

Chasing the Tengu
Art and Design
5 min
Chasing the Tengu
The Mystic Undertow of Vinyl Toys

Descartes and the Matrix
Mind and Philosophy
Descartes and the Matrix
Cogito in the Matrix

Manooghi Hi
Music
Manooghi Hi
East meets West and swap clothes

Toon In, Turn On, Drop Out
Moving Pictures
Toon In, Turn On, Drop Out
The Sacred Wisdom of Bugs the Elder

Rick Griffin, Superstar, Pt. 2
Art and Design
Rick Griffin, Superstar, Pt. 2

Rick Griffin finds the Lord.

Espers II
Music
1 min
Espers II
Elven sublimities, dark undertows

Ronin on the Prowl
Music
Ronin on the Prowl
Funk and Architecture

Occult LA
Moving Pictures
Occult LA
Watching SoCal's Mind Expand

Jordan de la Sierra
Music
Jordan de la Sierra
Gymnosphere: Song of the Rose

An Interview with Richard Linklater
Moving Pictures
25 min
An Interview with Richard Linklater
Waking Dreams

The Cults of Burning Man
Subcultures
The Cults of Burning Man
IYKYK

Take Me to the Water
Art and Design
Take Me to the Water
Another Dust-to-Digital triumph

Creativity, Data, and Limits
Mind and Philosophy
Creativity, Data, and Limits
To infinity — or maybe not quite

Slow Down
Mind and Philosophy
Slow Down
Unfasttracking the future

Babalon Launching
Esoterica, Scholarship, Technoculture
Babalon Launching
Jack Parsons, Rocketry, and the "Method of Science"

My Favorite Martians
Esoterica
My Favorite Martians
A UFO Epistemology

Jodorowsky’s Spiritual Memoir
Articles and Essays, Esoterica
Jodorowsky’s Spiritual Memoir
On koans and rotting dogs

Sir Richard Bishop
Music
Sir Richard Bishop
The Arthur magazine interview

Daydream Nation
Music
Daydream Nation
My 1989 Sonic Youth Feature

The Source Family
Esoterica
7 min
The Source Family
My introduction to a new book on the most colorful of Cali cults

Voices Carry: Jack Spicer
Esoterica
Voices Carry: Jack Spicer
My vocabulary did this to me: The Collected Poetry of Jack Spicer

Babalon Rising
Esoterica
Babalon Rising
Jack Parsons' Witchcraft Prophecy

Phase IV
Moving Pictures
Phase IV
You are looking at the hive mind

Yuri’s Night
Psychedelics
3 min
Yuri’s Night
NASA meets Burning Man

Hedonic Tantra of Goa
Subcultures
26 min
Hedonic Tantra of Goa
Golden Goa's Trance Dance Transmission

The Omega Network
Mind and Philosophy
The Omega Network
A Teilhard Techgnosis remix

Pop Stars Search for the Spirit
Music
5 min
Pop Stars Search for the Spirit
In the Material World

The Dreamspell Calendar
Subcultures
The Dreamspell Calendar
Jose Argüelles' Telektonon

Where it Starts Getting Sweepy
Music
Where it Starts Getting Sweepy
Talking with Pat Gubler about improv and cherry trees

Joe Boyd, Superproducer
Articles and Essays, Music
5 min
Joe Boyd, Superproducer
White Bicycles: Making Music in the 1960s

Dub, Scratch, and the Black Star
Esoterica
19 min
Dub, Scratch, and the Black Star
Lee Perry on the Mix

Psychonauts
Psychedelics
9 min
Psychonauts
Explorers of inner space

Escape into Real Life
Art and Design
Escape into Real Life
How To Travel Back Home

Endtimes Metal, pt 1
Music
Endtimes Metal, pt 1
Thor's hammer is made of metal

PixelVisionary
Moving Pictures
PixelVisionary
Kyle Silfer's expanded machinima

Multidisciplinary Psychedelics
Psychedelics
Multidisciplinary Psychedelics
Psychedelic Discourse

An Interview with Francisco Varela
Mind and Philosophy
12 min
An Interview with Francisco Varela
Gentle bridges between Buddhism and science

Pauline Anna Strom: Profile
Music
Pauline Anna Strom: Profile
Pauline Anna Strom

The Oracle Complex
Art and Design
The Oracle Complex
Delvin Solkinson's Oracle Deck

N. Katherine Hayles’ Posthumanism
Mind and Philosophy
3 min
N. Katherine Hayles’ Posthumanism
How We Became Posthuman

Whispers of the Demon
Art and Design
Whispers of the Demon
Richard Grayson's "Possessions_Inc."

The Tantra of Psychedelia
Psychedelics
The Tantra of Psychedelia
The Paisley Gate, from Zig Zag Zen

Cocksucker Blues
Moving Pictures
Cocksucker Blues
Robert Frank's Rolling Stones slop-doc

Experience Design
Art and Design
8 min
Experience Design
And the Design of Experience

The Counterculture and the Occult
Esoterica
The Counterculture and the Occult
Counter(o)cculture

The Mighty Morphin Power Rangers
Moving Pictures
10 min
The Mighty Morphin Power Rangers
The hottest media meme/kiddie-toy infection of the mid-1990s

Polyrhythmic Cyberspace and the Black Electronic
Mind and Philosophy
21 min
Polyrhythmic Cyberspace and the Black Electronic
Roots and Wires

Ligeti’s Requiem Mass
Music
Ligeti’s Requiem Mass
Cosmic choral chaos

Boom Festival 2008
Subcultures
Boom Festival 2008
Dancing on liminal ground

H.P. Lovecraft’s Magick Realism
Articles and Essays, Esoterica
H.P. Lovecraft’s Magick Realism
A profile of Lovecraft's life and work

Phantasy Island
Articles and Essays, Esoterica
Phantasy Island
Stanzas by Giorgio Agamben

Acoustic Cyberspace
Mind and Philosophy
10 min
Acoustic Cyberspace
Marshall McLuhan and the "space" in cyber-

Led Zep’s Mofoship
Music
Led Zep’s Mofoship
Levee me stairways!

Prestigious Demons 3
Esoterica, Scholarship
Prestigious Demons 3
Presto!

Semper Dowland
Music
Semper Dowland
The Mopey Pleasures of John Dowland

Look! Listen! Vibrate! SMILE!: The Beach Boys
Featured, Music
9 min
Look! Listen! Vibrate! SMILE!: The Beach Boys
The Apollonian Shimmer of the Beach Boys

Parsing Gilles Deleuze
Mind and Philosophy, Scholarship
8 min
Parsing Gilles Deleuze
Professor Desire

Foreword: HFT The Gardener
Art and Design
Foreword: HFT The Gardener
Suzanne Treister's latest art project

Prestigious Demons 2
Esoterica, Scholarship
Prestigious Demons 2
Hail the Simulacrum

Days of the Dead
Articles and Essays, Music
3 min
Days of the Dead
Sweet Chaos: The Grateful Dead's American Adventure, by Carol Brightman

Northern Songs
Music
Northern Songs
Sequentia's Eddic Music

The Gaahl!
Moving Pictures
The Gaahl!
A black metal moment

The Magick of H.P. Lovecraft
Esoterica, Scholarship
The Magick of H.P. Lovecraft
from The Occult World (Routledge, 2014)

Managing Superstition
Art and Design, Esoterica
Managing Superstition
The Shroud versus the Code

Tolkien Fandom and LoTR
Articles and Essays, Moving Pictures
30 min
Tolkien Fandom and LoTR
Tolkien Fandom and Peter Jackson's LOTR

This is Your Brain on Buddha
Mind and Philosophy
7 min
This is Your Brain on Buddha
Buddhism and neuroscience

Listening in on Christian rock
Music
5 min
Listening in on Christian rock
From the Danielson Famile to Relient K

Astral Organics
Esoterica
Astral Organics
A Cow Jumped Over the Moon

De Landa Destratified
Mind and Philosophy
De Landa Destratified
The Liquefaction of Manuel De Landa

Endtimes Metal, take two
Music
Endtimes Metal, take two
Bardo blast beats

Arena of the Gods
Music
Arena of the Gods
The Overlords Return

Hare Krishna Hardcore
Music
5 min
Hare Krishna Hardcore
The cross-over of Krishna consciousness and the American hardcore scene

Profane Illuminations
Esoterica, Scholarship
29 min
Profane Illuminations
Robert Anton Wilson's Hedonic Ascesis

Return Trip
Psychedelics
12 min
Return Trip
Psychedelic Research Resurgence

Out Come the Freaks
Music, Religions and Spirits
Out Come the Freaks
Listening to the Jesus Music of the Seventies

Modern Neopaganism
Moving Pictures, Technoculture
12 min
Modern Neopaganism
Reading the return of paganism

AH!
Music
AH!
The amazing freak bhajans of Bhagavan Das

James Burke’s Connections
Moving Pictures
6 min
James Burke’s Connections
The delightful British maestro of science TV

Gothic Guns
Art and Design
Gothic Guns
Al Farrow's masterpiece

Guilty Viking Pleasures
Music
Guilty Viking Pleasures
Pumping Iron Maiden

Prestigious Demons 1
Esoterica, Scholarship
Prestigious Demons 1
The Disappearing Member

Don’t Mind if I Do
Music
Don’t Mind if I Do
Joanna Newsom's Have One on Me

Rick Griffin, Superstar
Art and Design
Rick Griffin, Superstar

A look at the art and spiritual struggle of the great psychedelic poster artist.

Halflife iPod
Music
Halflife iPod
Zombie radio

Trickster and Tricked
Moving Pictures
Trickster and Tricked
The trickster documentary Kumaré

Heathen Metal
Music
Heathen Metal
Celestiial and Blood of the Black Owl

Alasdair Roberts
Music
Alasdair Roberts
Reveling in the Spoils

Cthulhu is not Cute!
Esoterica
Cthulhu is not Cute!

Plushies, tentacle porn, the terrifying obscenity of Cute.

Future Schlock: Antiques Roadshow
Moving Pictures
6 min
Future Schlock: Antiques Roadshow
The value of things

Tube Toss
Moving Pictures
Tube Toss
Digital vs Analog TV

Burning Men, Part 2
Subcultures
Burning Men, Part 2
Part Two: THE ORDER OF THINGS

Capitalism on Psychedelics
Psychedelics
Capitalism on Psychedelics
The Mainstreaming of an Underground

Burning Men
Subcultures
Burning Men
Part One: CHAOSMOS

Jeremy Narby Interview
Psychedelics
2 min
Jeremy Narby Interview
The ayahausca anthropologist

Damanhur
Art and Design
Damanhur
Underground esoteric temples

Klingon Like Me
Subcultures
16 min
Klingon Like Me
Travels into the Dark Side of Trekkerdom

Deleuze & Guattari’s What is Philosophy?
Mind and Philosophy
7 min
Deleuze & Guattari’s What is Philosophy?
D&G's "virtual philosophy"

Love and Anarchy
Subcultures
10 min
Love and Anarchy
Hippies, Faeries, and Hoboes at the 20th Rainbow Gathering

FLicKeR
Moving Pictures
FLicKeR
Dreaming the Machine

Cameo Demons
Esoterica
19 min
Cameo Demons
Profile of the Sun City Girls

FernGully
Moving Pictures
11 min
FernGully
The jungle in film

Terence McKenna’s Butterflies
Art and Design
Terence McKenna’s Butterflies
Klea McKenna's The Butterfly Hunter

The Psychedelic Reader
Psychedelics
The Psychedelic Reader
A new introduction (2007)

RAW Rah Rah!
Esoterica
8 min
RAW Rah Rah!
Robert Anton Wilson

Saharan Guitars
Music
2 min
Saharan Guitars
Dune rock and other gritty dreams

Futurism and Its Discontents
Mind and Philosophy
5 min
Futurism and Its Discontents
The business of envisioning the future should not be a business but a calling

Secret Earths
Art and Design, Religions and Spirits, Technoculture
10 min
Secret Earths
Re-animism

Gurdjieff’s Music
Music
3 min
Gurdjieff’s Music
Gurdjieff and de Hartmann's Orchestral Music

Burning Man 1995
Subcultures
10 min
Burning Man 1995
Terminal Beach Party

The West Coast Art of Spiritual Collage
Art and Design
19 min
The West Coast Art of Spiritual Collage
The Alchemy of Trash

The Psychedelic Book of the Dead (Paper)
Psychedelics, Scholarship
33 min
The Psychedelic Book of the Dead (Paper)
Timothy Leary and the Bardo

Tribal Revival
Subcultures
7 min
Tribal Revival
West Coast Festival Culture

Visionary Art
Art and Design
Visionary Art
The Vanguard of Tradition

Kosmiche Krautrock
Esoterica
Kosmiche Krautrock
Krautrock and the Sublime

Sampling Paradise
Music
23 min
Sampling Paradise
The Technofreak Legacy of Golden Goa

The Matrix Way of Knowledge
Moving Pictures
9 min
The Matrix Way of Knowledge
The Philosophy of the Matrix

The Comic Book of Thoth
Esoterica
The Comic Book of Thoth
One hundred (and maybe one) years of the Rider Waite Smith Tarot

Burning Man 2008
Subcultures
Burning Man 2008
Temples and Portals and Bloody Maries

Whale Song
Music
Whale Song
Whale Recordings by and with Humans

Ethnic Music Classics: 1925 – 48
Music
5 min
Ethnic Music Classics: 1925 – 48
The Secret Museum Of Mankind

The Psychospiritual Legacy of the Beatles
Media, Music
1 min
The Psychospiritual Legacy of the Beatles
A Rebel Wisdom Digital Campfire Gathering

Amon Amarth Live
Music
Amon Amarth Live
Viking Metal's Rules

Visionary Art
Art and Design, Psychedelics
6 min
Visionary Art
Visionary Art and Tradition

Lost Shadows: In Defense of the Soul
Music
Lost Shadows: In Defense of the Soul
Yanomami Shamanism, Songs, Ritual, 1978

Mock Up on Mu
Moving Pictures
Mock Up on Mu
Craig Baldwin's latest

Terminal Dreams: Voivod
Music
10 min
Terminal Dreams: Voivod
Voivod's Schizometal

TechnoPagans
Esoterica
TechnoPagans
May the Astral Plane be Reborn in Cyberspace

Masaki Batoh and Helena Espvall
Music
Masaki Batoh and Helena Espvall

Neofolk improv from two psych innovators

Paracelsus in the World
Esoterica
Paracelsus in the World
Renaissance Magic and Science

Au revoir La Contessa
Subcultures
4 min
Au revoir La Contessa
Burning Man's Spanish Galleon on a Bus

The Weird Naturalism of the Brothers McKenna
Psychedelics, Scholarship
The Weird Naturalism of the Brothers McKenna
Esoteric Media and the Experiment at La Chorrera

Electromagnetic Voice Phenomena
Music
2 min
Electromagnetic Voice Phenomena
A review of The Ghost Orchid

Lutz Dammbeck’s The Net
Moving Pictures
3 min
Lutz Dammbeck’s The Net
A Unabomber documentary

The Sacred Art of Star Wars
Moving Pictures
8 min
The Sacred Art of Star Wars
Toys and Idols

Hoodoo You Know
Esoterica
Hoodoo You Know
Goofer dust and teacup lore

Eco-Metal
Music
Eco-Metal
Wolves in the Throne Room

Dennis Wilson
Music
Dennis Wilson
Pacific Ocean Blue and Bambu

Gnostic Psychedelia
Esoterica, Psychedelics, Scholarship
30 min
Gnostic Psychedelia
And the Archetype of the Archons

The Psychedelic Book of the Dead
Media, Psychedelics
The Psychedelic Book of the Dead
Bardo-Tripping with Timothy Leary

Hippie Modernism
Art and Design
Hippie Modernism
The Struggle for Utopia

Lachman on Ouspensky
Esoterica
Lachman on Ouspensky
In Search of P.D. Ouspensky

The Blithe Sons
Music
The Blithe Sons
A Memory in a Dark Room

Now Let Us Praise Dopesmoker
Music
Now Let Us Praise Dopesmoker
A Hilobrow review

Dome Sweet Dome
Art and Design
4 min
Dome Sweet Dome
R. Buckminster Fuller and the Art of Design Science

The Big Playback: Filmi Music
Music
6 min
The Big Playback: Filmi Music
Indian Film Music