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

There are scores of amazing cities on this planet, but Rome is the one European urb I had yet to visit that really called me, and it called me, most of all, because of one building. The Pantheon is often called the most solidly preserved remnant of ancient pagan Roman architecture, and moreover a temple to a principal -- eclectic or synthetic depending on your leaning -- that has long attracted me: all gods. Everyone into the pool. Though the...

There is a difference between psychedelic experiences and psychedelic people

There are scores of amazing cities on this planet, but Rome is the one European urb I had yet to visit that really called me, and it called me, most of all, because of one building. The Pantheon is often called the most solidly preserved remnant of ancient pagan Roman architecture, and moreover a temple to a principal -- eclectic or synthetic depending on your leaning -- that has long attracted me: all gods. Everyone into the pool. Though the...

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

There are scores of amazing cities on this planet, but Rome is the one European urb I had yet to visit that really called me, and it called me, most of all, because of one building. The Pantheon is often called the most solidly preserved remnant of ancient pagan Roman architecture, and moreover a temple to a principal -- eclectic or synthetic depending on your leaning -- that has long attracted me: all gods. Everyone into the pool. Though the...

But what if the medium is the message?

There are scores of amazing cities on this planet, but Rome is the one European urb I had yet to visit that really called me, and it called me, most of all, because of one building. The Pantheon is often called the most solidly preserved remnant of ancient pagan Roman architecture, and moreover a temple to a principal -- eclectic or synthetic depending on your leaning -- that has long attracted me: all gods. Everyone into the pool. Though the...

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

There are scores of amazing cities on this planet, but Rome is the one European urb I had yet to visit that really called me, and it called me, most of all, because of one building. The Pantheon is often called the most solidly preserved remnant of ancient pagan Roman architecture, and moreover a temple to a principal -- eclectic or synthetic depending on your leaning -- that has long attracted me: all gods. Everyone into the pool. Though the...