• Burning Shore

    Still Expanding Those Minds

    Plus News and Notes

    Plus News and Notes

    I started the Expanding Mind podcast in 2010 as an act of sublimation. At that time, I had been writing and publishing essays and reviews for about twenty years straight, with a month or two off for travel or recuperation here or there. I was pretty damn used to it. Even though I didn’t make a significant splash or much coin, I kept writing. It was less out of a sense of identity — I have always felt like a...
  • Burning Shore

    Existential

    Plus News and Notes

    Plus News and Notes

    I started the Expanding Mind podcast in 2010 as an act of sublimation. At that time, I had been writing and publishing essays and reviews for about twenty years straight, with a month or two off for travel or recuperation here or there. I was pretty damn used to it. Even though I didn’t make a significant splash or much coin, I kept writing. It was less out of a sense of identity — I have always felt like a...
  • Burning Shore

    No Apologies

    Plus News and Notes

    Plus News and Notes

    I started the Expanding Mind podcast in 2010 as an act of sublimation. At that time, I had been writing and publishing essays and reviews for about twenty years straight, with a month or two off for travel or recuperation here or there. I was pretty damn used to it. Even though I didn’t make a significant splash or much coin, I kept writing. It was less out of a sense of identity — I have always felt like a...
  • Burning Shore
    6 min

    Alembic Offerings

    Plus News and Notes

    Plus News and Notes

    I started the Expanding Mind podcast in 2010 as an act of sublimation. At that time, I had been writing and publishing essays and reviews for about twenty years straight, with a month or two off for travel or recuperation here or there. I was pretty damn used to it. Even though I didn’t make a significant splash or much coin, I kept writing. It was less out of a sense of identity — I have always felt like a...
  • Burning Shore
    11 min

    The View from the Mast-head

    Pantheism and its Discontents

    Pantheism and its Discontents

    I started the Expanding Mind podcast in 2010 as an act of sublimation. At that time, I had been writing and publishing essays and reviews for about twenty years straight, with a month or two off for travel or recuperation here or there. I was pretty damn used to it. Even though I didn’t make a significant splash or much coin, I kept writing. It was less out of a sense of identity — I have always felt like a...
  • Burning Shore
    5 min

    Thar She Blows

    News and Notes

    News and Notes

    I started the Expanding Mind podcast in 2010 as an act of sublimation. At that time, I had been writing and publishing essays and reviews for about twenty years straight, with a month or two off for travel or recuperation here or there. I was pretty damn used to it. Even though I didn’t make a significant splash or much coin, I kept writing. It was less out of a sense of identity — I have always felt like a...
  • Burning Shore
    12 min

    I Was a Teenage Jesus Freak

    Plus News and Notes

    Plus News and Notes

    I started the Expanding Mind podcast in 2010 as an act of sublimation. At that time, I had been writing and publishing essays and reviews for about twenty years straight, with a month or two off for travel or recuperation here or there. I was pretty damn used to it. Even though I didn’t make a significant splash or much coin, I kept writing. It was less out of a sense of identity — I have always felt like a...
  • Burning Shore
    13 min

    Empathy Boxed In

    Plus News and Notes

    Plus News and Notes

    I started the Expanding Mind podcast in 2010 as an act of sublimation. At that time, I had been writing and publishing essays and reviews for about twenty years straight, with a month or two off for travel or recuperation here or there. I was pretty damn used to it. Even though I didn’t make a significant splash or much coin, I kept writing. It was less out of a sense of identity — I have always felt like a...
  • Burning Shore
    15 min

    Demons and Christians

    Plus News and Notes

    Plus News and Notes

    I started the Expanding Mind podcast in 2010 as an act of sublimation. At that time, I had been writing and publishing essays and reviews for about twenty years straight, with a month or two off for travel or recuperation here or there. I was pretty damn used to it. Even though I didn’t make a significant splash or much coin, I kept writing. It was less out of a sense of identity — I have always felt like a...
  • Burning Shore
    11 min

    California Flickers

    Reviews, News, and Notes

    Reviews, News, and Notes

    I started the Expanding Mind podcast in 2010 as an act of sublimation. At that time, I had been writing and publishing essays and reviews for about twenty years straight, with a month or two off for travel or recuperation here or there. I was pretty damn used to it. Even though I didn’t make a significant splash or much coin, I kept writing. It was less out of a sense of identity — I have always felt like a...
  • Burning Shore
    9 min

    Myths and Matters

    Californica and More

    Californica and More

    I started the Expanding Mind podcast in 2010 as an act of sublimation. At that time, I had been writing and publishing essays and reviews for about twenty years straight, with a month or two off for travel or recuperation here or there. I was pretty damn used to it. Even though I didn’t make a significant splash or much coin, I kept writing. It was less out of a sense of identity — I have always felt like a...
  • Burning Shore
    3 min

    See You in Cali

    Upcoming events

    Upcoming events

    I started the Expanding Mind podcast in 2010 as an act of sublimation. At that time, I had been writing and publishing essays and reviews for about twenty years straight, with a month or two off for travel or recuperation here or there. I was pretty damn used to it. Even though I didn’t make a significant splash or much coin, I kept writing. It was less out of a sense of identity — I have always felt like a...
  • Burning Shore
    11 min

    Californica

    Plus News and Notes

    Plus News and Notes

    I started the Expanding Mind podcast in 2010 as an act of sublimation. At that time, I had been writing and publishing essays and reviews for about twenty years straight, with a month or two off for travel or recuperation here or there. I was pretty damn used to it. Even though I didn’t make a significant splash or much coin, I kept writing. It was less out of a sense of identity — I have always felt like a...
  • Burning Shore
    14 min

    The Wild Awake

    Animist Awareness in the Ventana Wilderness

    Animist Awareness in the Ventana Wilderness

    I started the Expanding Mind podcast in 2010 as an act of sublimation. At that time, I had been writing and publishing essays and reviews for about twenty years straight, with a month or two off for travel or recuperation here or there. I was pretty damn used to it. Even though I didn’t make a significant splash or much coin, I kept writing. It was less out of a sense of identity — I have always felt like a...
  • Burning Shore
    9 min

    Zone Ghosts and Mango Babas

    News, Reviews, and Notes

    News, Reviews, and Notes

    I started the Expanding Mind podcast in 2010 as an act of sublimation. At that time, I had been writing and publishing essays and reviews for about twenty years straight, with a month or two off for travel or recuperation here or there. I was pretty damn used to it. Even though I didn’t make a significant splash or much coin, I kept writing. It was less out of a sense of identity — I have always felt like a...
  • Burning Shore
    10 min

    Hard Rain Drops

    Navigating the Weirdness

    Navigating the Weirdness

    I started the Expanding Mind podcast in 2010 as an act of sublimation. At that time, I had been writing and publishing essays and reviews for about twenty years straight, with a month or two off for travel or recuperation here or there. I was pretty damn used to it. Even though I didn’t make a significant splash or much coin, I kept writing. It was less out of a sense of identity — I have always felt like a...
  • Burning Shore
    11 min

    God is a Fiery Accelerant

    Plus News and Notes

    Plus News and Notes

    I started the Expanding Mind podcast in 2010 as an act of sublimation. At that time, I had been writing and publishing essays and reviews for about twenty years straight, with a month or two off for travel or recuperation here or there. I was pretty damn used to it. Even though I didn’t make a significant splash or much coin, I kept writing. It was less out of a sense of identity — I have always felt like a...
  • Burning Shore
    13 min

    Ganga Burn

    Plus News and Notes

    Plus News and Notes

    I started the Expanding Mind podcast in 2010 as an act of sublimation. At that time, I had been writing and publishing essays and reviews for about twenty years straight, with a month or two off for travel or recuperation here or there. I was pretty damn used to it. Even though I didn’t make a significant splash or much coin, I kept writing. It was less out of a sense of identity — I have always felt like a...
  • Burning Shore
    14 min

    Invisibilities

    Plus News and Notes

    Plus News and Notes

    I started the Expanding Mind podcast in 2010 as an act of sublimation. At that time, I had been writing and publishing essays and reviews for about twenty years straight, with a month or two off for travel or recuperation here or there. I was pretty damn used to it. Even though I didn’t make a significant splash or much coin, I kept writing. It was less out of a sense of identity — I have always felt like a...
  • Burning Shore
    11 min

    Out of the Oven

    Plus News and Notes

    Plus News and Notes

    I started the Expanding Mind podcast in 2010 as an act of sublimation. At that time, I had been writing and publishing essays and reviews for about twenty years straight, with a month or two off for travel or recuperation here or there. I was pretty damn used to it. Even though I didn’t make a significant splash or much coin, I kept writing. It was less out of a sense of identity — I have always felt like a...
  • Burning Shore
    9 min

    Happy Anniversary

    Plus News and Notes

    Plus News and Notes

    I started the Expanding Mind podcast in 2010 as an act of sublimation. At that time, I had been writing and publishing essays and reviews for about twenty years straight, with a month or two off for travel or recuperation here or there. I was pretty damn used to it. Even though I didn’t make a significant splash or much coin, I kept writing. It was less out of a sense of identity — I have always felt like a...
  • Burning Shore
    13 min

    Into the Cantina

    Plus News and Notes

    Plus News and Notes

    I started the Expanding Mind podcast in 2010 as an act of sublimation. At that time, I had been writing and publishing essays and reviews for about twenty years straight, with a month or two off for travel or recuperation here or there. I was pretty damn used to it. Even though I didn’t make a significant splash or much coin, I kept writing. It was less out of a sense of identity — I have always felt like a...
  • Burning Shore
    12 min

    Dancing with the Dead

    Plus News and Notes

    Plus News and Notes

    I started the Expanding Mind podcast in 2010 as an act of sublimation. At that time, I had been writing and publishing essays and reviews for about twenty years straight, with a month or two off for travel or recuperation here or there. I was pretty damn used to it. Even though I didn’t make a significant splash or much coin, I kept writing. It was less out of a sense of identity — I have always felt like a...
  • Burning Shore
    13 min

    Big Little, Big

    Plus News and Notes

    Plus News and Notes

    I started the Expanding Mind podcast in 2010 as an act of sublimation. At that time, I had been writing and publishing essays and reviews for about twenty years straight, with a month or two off for travel or recuperation here or there. I was pretty damn used to it. Even though I didn’t make a significant splash or much coin, I kept writing. It was less out of a sense of identity — I have always felt like a...
  • Burning Shore
    11 min

    Political Weird

    Plus News and Notes

    Plus News and Notes

    I started the Expanding Mind podcast in 2010 as an act of sublimation. At that time, I had been writing and publishing essays and reviews for about twenty years straight, with a month or two off for travel or recuperation here or there. I was pretty damn used to it. Even though I didn’t make a significant splash or much coin, I kept writing. It was less out of a sense of identity — I have always felt like a...
  • Burning Shore
    12 min

    The Rise and Fall of Earthrise

    Plus News and Notes

    Plus News and Notes

    I started the Expanding Mind podcast in 2010 as an act of sublimation. At that time, I had been writing and publishing essays and reviews for about twenty years straight, with a month or two off for travel or recuperation here or there. I was pretty damn used to it. Even though I didn’t make a significant splash or much coin, I kept writing. It was less out of a sense of identity — I have always felt like a...
  • Burning Shore
    11 min

    Sad Ear Worm

    Plus News and Notes

    Plus News and Notes

    I started the Expanding Mind podcast in 2010 as an act of sublimation. At that time, I had been writing and publishing essays and reviews for about twenty years straight, with a month or two off for travel or recuperation here or there. I was pretty damn used to it. Even though I didn’t make a significant splash or much coin, I kept writing. It was less out of a sense of identity — I have always felt like a...
  • Burning Shore
    9 min

    War in the Age of Intelligent Machines

    The New Archive, plus News and Notes

    The New Archive, plus News and Notes

    I started the Expanding Mind podcast in 2010 as an act of sublimation. At that time, I had been writing and publishing essays and reviews for about twenty years straight, with a month or two off for travel or recuperation here or there. I was pretty damn used to it. Even though I didn’t make a significant splash or much coin, I kept writing. It was less out of a sense of identity — I have always felt like a...
  • Burning Shore
    13 min

    Toad Tunes

    Alan Bishop Psychs Out

    Alan Bishop Psychs Out

    I started the Expanding Mind podcast in 2010 as an act of sublimation. At that time, I had been writing and publishing essays and reviews for about twenty years straight, with a month or two off for travel or recuperation here or there. I was pretty damn used to it. Even though I didn’t make a significant splash or much coin, I kept writing. It was less out of a sense of identity — I have always felt like a...
  • Burning Shore
    15 min

    PKD’s Divine Interference

    One from the Archive

    One from the Archive

    I started the Expanding Mind podcast in 2010 as an act of sublimation. At that time, I had been writing and publishing essays and reviews for about twenty years straight, with a month or two off for travel or recuperation here or there. I was pretty damn used to it. Even though I didn’t make a significant splash or much coin, I kept writing. It was less out of a sense of identity — I have always felt like a...
  • Burning Shore
    5 min

    On the Road

    Upcoming Classes, Lectures, and Events

    Upcoming Classes, Lectures, and Events

    I started the Expanding Mind podcast in 2010 as an act of sublimation. At that time, I had been writing and publishing essays and reviews for about twenty years straight, with a month or two off for travel or recuperation here or there. I was pretty damn used to it. Even though I didn’t make a significant splash or much coin, I kept writing. It was less out of a sense of identity — I have always felt like a...
  • Burning Shore
    12 min

    A Little Monkey Told Me

    A Hanuman synchronicity, plus News and Notes

    A Hanuman synchronicity, plus News and Notes

    I started the Expanding Mind podcast in 2010 as an act of sublimation. At that time, I had been writing and publishing essays and reviews for about twenty years straight, with a month or two off for travel or recuperation here or there. I was pretty damn used to it. Even though I didn’t make a significant splash or much coin, I kept writing. It was less out of a sense of identity — I have always felt like a...
  • Burning Shore
    7 min

    Platform Shuffles

    The shifting marketplace(s) of ideas

    The shifting marketplace(s) of ideas

    I started the Expanding Mind podcast in 2010 as an act of sublimation. At that time, I had been writing and publishing essays and reviews for about twenty years straight, with a month or two off for travel or recuperation here or there. I was pretty damn used to it. Even though I didn’t make a significant splash or much coin, I kept writing. It was less out of a sense of identity — I have always felt like a...
  • Burning Shore
    13 min

    Monsters of Techno

    From the Archives

    From the Archives

    I started the Expanding Mind podcast in 2010 as an act of sublimation. At that time, I had been writing and publishing essays and reviews for about twenty years straight, with a month or two off for travel or recuperation here or there. I was pretty damn used to it. Even though I didn’t make a significant splash or much coin, I kept writing. It was less out of a sense of identity — I have always felt like a...
  • Burning Shore
    12 min

    You Are the Eyes of the World

    The Dzogchen and The Dead

    The Dzogchen and The Dead

    I started the Expanding Mind podcast in 2010 as an act of sublimation. At that time, I had been writing and publishing essays and reviews for about twenty years straight, with a month or two off for travel or recuperation here or there. I was pretty damn used to it. Even though I didn’t make a significant splash or much coin, I kept writing. It was less out of a sense of identity — I have always felt like a...
  • Burning Shore
    13 min

    AI and the Acid Western

    Plus News and Notes

    Plus News and Notes

    I started the Expanding Mind podcast in 2010 as an act of sublimation. At that time, I had been writing and publishing essays and reviews for about twenty years straight, with a month or two off for travel or recuperation here or there. I was pretty damn used to it. Even though I didn’t make a significant splash or much coin, I kept writing. It was less out of a sense of identity — I have always felt like a...
  • Burning Shore
    12 min

    Techgnostic Times

    Plus News and Notes

    Plus News and Notes

    I started the Expanding Mind podcast in 2010 as an act of sublimation. At that time, I had been writing and publishing essays and reviews for about twenty years straight, with a month or two off for travel or recuperation here or there. I was pretty damn used to it. Even though I didn’t make a significant splash or much coin, I kept writing. It was less out of a sense of identity — I have always felt like a...
  • Burning Shore
    7 min

    Spiritual Warfare

    From the archive: Televangelists during the first Gulf War

    From the archive: Televangelists during the first Gulf War

    I started the Expanding Mind podcast in 2010 as an act of sublimation. At that time, I had been writing and publishing essays and reviews for about twenty years straight, with a month or two off for travel or recuperation here or there. I was pretty damn used to it. Even though I didn’t make a significant splash or much coin, I kept writing. It was less out of a sense of identity — I have always felt like a...
  • Burning Shore
    14 min

    Doom Scroll

    Plus News and Notes

    Plus News and Notes

    I started the Expanding Mind podcast in 2010 as an act of sublimation. At that time, I had been writing and publishing essays and reviews for about twenty years straight, with a month or two off for travel or recuperation here or there. I was pretty damn used to it. Even though I didn’t make a significant splash or much coin, I kept writing. It was less out of a sense of identity — I have always felt like a...
  • Burning Shore
    13 min

    King of the Jinn

    Esoteric Tourism in Morocco

    Esoteric Tourism in Morocco

    I started the Expanding Mind podcast in 2010 as an act of sublimation. At that time, I had been writing and publishing essays and reviews for about twenty years straight, with a month or two off for travel or recuperation here or there. I was pretty damn used to it. Even though I didn’t make a significant splash or much coin, I kept writing. It was less out of a sense of identity — I have always felt like a...
  • Burning Shore
    13 min

    Pinky Pat Layouts

    Plus News and Notes

    Plus News and Notes

    I started the Expanding Mind podcast in 2010 as an act of sublimation. At that time, I had been writing and publishing essays and reviews for about twenty years straight, with a month or two off for travel or recuperation here or there. I was pretty damn used to it. Even though I didn’t make a significant splash or much coin, I kept writing. It was less out of a sense of identity — I have always felt like a...
  • Burning Shore
    11 min

    The Weird and the Banal

    Plus News and Notes

    Plus News and Notes

    I started the Expanding Mind podcast in 2010 as an act of sublimation. At that time, I had been writing and publishing essays and reviews for about twenty years straight, with a month or two off for travel or recuperation here or there. I was pretty damn used to it. Even though I didn’t make a significant splash or much coin, I kept writing. It was less out of a sense of identity — I have always felt like a...
  • Burning Shore
    17 min

    “AI EEEEEEE!!!”

    Grappling with global weirding

    Grappling with global weirding

    I started the Expanding Mind podcast in 2010 as an act of sublimation. At that time, I had been writing and publishing essays and reviews for about twenty years straight, with a month or two off for travel or recuperation here or there. I was pretty damn used to it. Even though I didn’t make a significant splash or much coin, I kept writing. It was less out of a sense of identity — I have always felt like a...
  • Burning Shore
    9 min

    Powerspotting

    Establishing the Alembic

    Establishing the Alembic

    I started the Expanding Mind podcast in 2010 as an act of sublimation. At that time, I had been writing and publishing essays and reviews for about twenty years straight, with a month or two off for travel or recuperation here or there. I was pretty damn used to it. Even though I didn’t make a significant splash or much coin, I kept writing. It was less out of a sense of identity — I have always felt like a...
  • Burning Shore
    10 min

    Sounding Off and On

    Plus News and Notes

    Plus News and Notes

    I started the Expanding Mind podcast in 2010 as an act of sublimation. At that time, I had been writing and publishing essays and reviews for about twenty years straight, with a month or two off for travel or recuperation here or there. I was pretty damn used to it. Even though I didn’t make a significant splash or much coin, I kept writing. It was less out of a sense of identity — I have always felt like a...
  • Burning Shore
    7 min

    The Smoldering Shore

    Back in Slack

    Back in Slack

    I started the Expanding Mind podcast in 2010 as an act of sublimation. At that time, I had been writing and publishing essays and reviews for about twenty years straight, with a month or two off for travel or recuperation here or there. I was pretty damn used to it. Even though I didn’t make a significant splash or much coin, I kept writing. It was less out of a sense of identity — I have always felt like a...
  • Burning Shore

    The Elephant LSD

    Thoughts on a Euro-American Ally

    Thoughts on a Euro-American Ally

    I started the Expanding Mind podcast in 2010 as an act of sublimation. At that time, I had been writing and publishing essays and reviews for about twenty years straight, with a month or two off for travel or recuperation here or there. I was pretty damn used to it. Even though I didn’t make a significant splash or much coin, I kept writing. It was less out of a sense of identity — I have always felt like a...
  • Burning Shore
    7 min

    Burning Shore Redux

    Plus News & Notes

    Plus News & Notes

    I started the Expanding Mind podcast in 2010 as an act of sublimation. At that time, I had been writing and publishing essays and reviews for about twenty years straight, with a month or two off for travel or recuperation here or there. I was pretty damn used to it. Even though I didn’t make a significant splash or much coin, I kept writing. It was less out of a sense of identity — I have always felt like a...
  • Burning Shore
    7 min

    A Nibble from the Dr.

    More on the Beatles

    More on the Beatles

    I started the Expanding Mind podcast in 2010 as an act of sublimation. At that time, I had been writing and publishing essays and reviews for about twenty years straight, with a month or two off for travel or recuperation here or there. I was pretty damn used to it. Even though I didn’t make a significant splash or much coin, I kept writing. It was less out of a sense of identity — I have always felt like a...
  • Burning Shore
    16 min

    Ask Dr. D. 11

    Schismogenesis, Subculture, and the Inevitable Discord Server

    Schismogenesis, Subculture, and the Inevitable Discord Server

    I started the Expanding Mind podcast in 2010 as an act of sublimation. At that time, I had been writing and publishing essays and reviews for about twenty years straight, with a month or two off for travel or recuperation here or there. I was pretty damn used to it. Even though I didn’t make a significant splash or much coin, I kept writing. It was less out of a sense of identity — I have always felt like a...
  • Burning Shore
    12 min

    Beatles and Blotters

    Plus News & Notes

    Plus News & Notes

    I started the Expanding Mind podcast in 2010 as an act of sublimation. At that time, I had been writing and publishing essays and reviews for about twenty years straight, with a month or two off for travel or recuperation here or there. I was pretty damn used to it. Even though I didn’t make a significant splash or much coin, I kept writing. It was less out of a sense of identity — I have always felt like a...