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

These days, when everything breaks down and comes together, spiritual explorers find themselves in a vast, tangled forest. Myths and metaphors, practices and words of wisdom, criss-crossing paths multiply in all directions. In many ways, this eclectic and fragmentary zone itself defines our moment of religious experience. Perhaps the question is less which path you find yourself on--what religious philosophy or spiritual technology you're remaking yourself with--but on how you move through the space itself. How do you engage its...

But what if the medium is the message?

These days, when everything breaks down and comes together, spiritual explorers find themselves in a vast, tangled forest. Myths and metaphors, practices and words of wisdom, criss-crossing paths multiply in all directions. In many ways, this eclectic and fragmentary zone itself defines our moment of religious experience. Perhaps the question is less which path you find yourself on--what religious philosophy or spiritual technology you're remaking yourself with--but on how you move through the space itself. How do you engage its...

There is a difference between psychedelic experiences and psychedelic people

These days, when everything breaks down and comes together, spiritual explorers find themselves in a vast, tangled forest. Myths and metaphors, practices and words of wisdom, criss-crossing paths multiply in all directions. In many ways, this eclectic and fragmentary zone itself defines our moment of religious experience. Perhaps the question is less which path you find yourself on--what religious philosophy or spiritual technology you're remaking yourself with--but on how you move through the space itself. How do you engage its...

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

These days, when everything breaks down and comes together, spiritual explorers find themselves in a vast, tangled forest. Myths and metaphors, practices and words of wisdom, criss-crossing paths multiply in all directions. In many ways, this eclectic and fragmentary zone itself defines our moment of religious experience. Perhaps the question is less which path you find yourself on--what religious philosophy or spiritual technology you're remaking yourself with--but on how you move through the space itself. How do you engage its...

Terminal. What other journey, you might ask, begins at the end?

These days, when everything breaks down and comes together, spiritual explorers find themselves in a vast, tangled forest. Myths and metaphors, practices and words of wisdom, criss-crossing paths multiply in all directions. In many ways, this eclectic and fragmentary zone itself defines our moment of religious experience. Perhaps the question is less which path you find yourself on--what religious philosophy or spiritual technology you're remaking yourself with--but on how you move through the space itself. How do you engage its...