Posts tagged with ‘sci-fi’

  • Psychedelics
    3 min

    Yuri’s Night

    NASA meets Burning Man

    NASA meets Burning Man

    Tantric meditation is a rainbow-hued affair, but arguably the most essential colors are red and white. Tibetan Vajrayana traditions speak of two essences or “drops” in the subtle body, one white and one red, the white drop associated with the crown center and the red with the navel. In many Vajrayana meditations, the red drop ignites and rises and “melts” the white drop above, allowing the two essences to combine at the heart. Making, if you think about it, pink....
  • Media

    Philip K. Dick and Religious Studies

    The Philip K. Dick Festival, SFSU, September 22, 2012

    The Philip K. Dick Festival, SFSU, September 22, 2012

    Tantric meditation is a rainbow-hued affair, but arguably the most essential colors are red and white. Tibetan Vajrayana traditions speak of two essences or “drops” in the subtle body, one white and one red, the white drop associated with the crown center and the red with the navel. In many Vajrayana meditations, the red drop ignites and rises and “melts” the white drop above, allowing the two essences to combine at the heart. Making, if you think about it, pink....
  • 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

    Tantric meditation is a rainbow-hued affair, but arguably the most essential colors are red and white. Tibetan Vajrayana traditions speak of two essences or “drops” in the subtle body, one white and one red, the white drop associated with the crown center and the red with the navel. In many Vajrayana meditations, the red drop ignites and rises and “melts” the white drop above, allowing the two essences to combine at the heart. Making, if you think about it, pink....
  • Media

    Talking PKD

    The Imaginary Worlds podcast

    The Imaginary Worlds podcast

    Tantric meditation is a rainbow-hued affair, but arguably the most essential colors are red and white. Tibetan Vajrayana traditions speak of two essences or “drops” in the subtle body, one white and one red, the white drop associated with the crown center and the red with the navel. In many Vajrayana meditations, the red drop ignites and rises and “melts” the white drop above, allowing the two essences to combine at the heart. Making, if you think about it, pink....
  • Quotes

    Quote 2

    There is a difference between psychedelic experiences and psychedelic people

    There is a difference between psychedelic experiences and psychedelic people

    Tantric meditation is a rainbow-hued affair, but arguably the most essential colors are red and white. Tibetan Vajrayana traditions speak of two essences or “drops” in the subtle body, one white and one red, the white drop associated with the crown center and the red with the navel. In many Vajrayana meditations, the red drop ignites and rises and “melts” the white drop above, allowing the two essences to combine at the heart. Making, if you think about it, pink....
  • Media

    PKD and High Weirdness

    Aeon Byte podcast appearance

    Aeon Byte podcast appearance

    Tantric meditation is a rainbow-hued affair, but arguably the most essential colors are red and white. Tibetan Vajrayana traditions speak of two essences or “drops” in the subtle body, one white and one red, the white drop associated with the crown center and the red with the navel. In many Vajrayana meditations, the red drop ignites and rises and “melts” the white drop above, allowing the two essences to combine at the heart. Making, if you think about it, pink....
  • Mind and Philosophy
    5 min

    Futurism and Its Discontents

    The business of envisioning the future should not be a business but a calling

    The business of envisioning the future should not be a business but a calling

    Tantric meditation is a rainbow-hued affair, but arguably the most essential colors are red and white. Tibetan Vajrayana traditions speak of two essences or “drops” in the subtle body, one white and one red, the white drop associated with the crown center and the red with the navel. In many Vajrayana meditations, the red drop ignites and rises and “melts” the white drop above, allowing the two essences to combine at the heart. Making, if you think about it, pink....
  • Offline Archive
    3 min

    George R. Stewart’s Earth Abides

    Post-Apocalypto 3

    Post-Apocalypto 3

    Tantric meditation is a rainbow-hued affair, but arguably the most essential colors are red and white. Tibetan Vajrayana traditions speak of two essences or “drops” in the subtle body, one white and one red, the white drop associated with the crown center and the red with the navel. In many Vajrayana meditations, the red drop ignites and rises and “melts” the white drop above, allowing the two essences to combine at the heart. Making, if you think about it, pink....
  • Media

    Talking with PKD Talks…

    A recorded livestream on Phil Dick

    A recorded livestream on Phil Dick

    Tantric meditation is a rainbow-hued affair, but arguably the most essential colors are red and white. Tibetan Vajrayana traditions speak of two essences or “drops” in the subtle body, one white and one red, the white drop associated with the crown center and the red with the navel. In many Vajrayana meditations, the red drop ignites and rises and “melts” the white drop above, allowing the two essences to combine at the heart. Making, if you think about it, pink....
  • Subcultures
    16 min

    Klingon Like Me

    Travels into the Dark Side of Trekkerdom

    Travels into the Dark Side of Trekkerdom

    Tantric meditation is a rainbow-hued affair, but arguably the most essential colors are red and white. Tibetan Vajrayana traditions speak of two essences or “drops” in the subtle body, one white and one red, the white drop associated with the crown center and the red with the navel. In many Vajrayana meditations, the red drop ignites and rises and “melts” the white drop above, allowing the two essences to combine at the heart. Making, if you think about it, pink....
  • Burning Shore
    13 min

    Pinky Pat Layouts

    Plus News and Notes

    Plus News and Notes

    Tantric meditation is a rainbow-hued affair, but arguably the most essential colors are red and white. Tibetan Vajrayana traditions speak of two essences or “drops” in the subtle body, one white and one red, the white drop associated with the crown center and the red with the navel. In many Vajrayana meditations, the red drop ignites and rises and “melts” the white drop above, allowing the two essences to combine at the heart. Making, if you think about it, pink....
  • Media

    Aeon Byte: The Exegesis of Philip K. Dick

    A conversation with Miguel Conner

    A conversation with Miguel Conner

    Tantric meditation is a rainbow-hued affair, but arguably the most essential colors are red and white. Tibetan Vajrayana traditions speak of two essences or “drops” in the subtle body, one white and one red, the white drop associated with the crown center and the red with the navel. In many Vajrayana meditations, the red drop ignites and rises and “melts” the white drop above, allowing the two essences to combine at the heart. Making, if you think about it, pink....
  • Expanding Mind Podcast

    Terraforming Earth

    Expanding Mind

    Expanding Mind

    Tantric meditation is a rainbow-hued affair, but arguably the most essential colors are red and white. Tibetan Vajrayana traditions speak of two essences or “drops” in the subtle body, one white and one red, the white drop associated with the crown center and the red with the navel. In many Vajrayana meditations, the red drop ignites and rises and “melts” the white drop above, allowing the two essences to combine at the heart. Making, if you think about it, pink....
  • Moving Pictures
    8 min

    The Sacred Art of Star Wars

    Toys and Idols

    Toys and Idols

    Tantric meditation is a rainbow-hued affair, but arguably the most essential colors are red and white. Tibetan Vajrayana traditions speak of two essences or “drops” in the subtle body, one white and one red, the white drop associated with the crown center and the red with the navel. In many Vajrayana meditations, the red drop ignites and rises and “melts” the white drop above, allowing the two essences to combine at the heart. Making, if you think about it, pink....
  • Moving Pictures
    9 min

    The Matrix Way of Knowledge

    The Philosophy of the Matrix

    The Philosophy of the Matrix

    Tantric meditation is a rainbow-hued affair, but arguably the most essential colors are red and white. Tibetan Vajrayana traditions speak of two essences or “drops” in the subtle body, one white and one red, the white drop associated with the crown center and the red with the navel. In many Vajrayana meditations, the red drop ignites and rises and “melts” the white drop above, allowing the two essences to combine at the heart. Making, if you think about it, pink....
  • Technoculture
    11 min

    A Computer, A Universe

    Mapping an Online Cosmology

    Mapping an Online Cosmology

    Tantric meditation is a rainbow-hued affair, but arguably the most essential colors are red and white. Tibetan Vajrayana traditions speak of two essences or “drops” in the subtle body, one white and one red, the white drop associated with the crown center and the red with the navel. In many Vajrayana meditations, the red drop ignites and rises and “melts” the white drop above, allowing the two essences to combine at the heart. Making, if you think about it, pink....
  • Expanding Mind Podcast

    Diamond Truths

    Expanding Mind

    Expanding Mind

    Tantric meditation is a rainbow-hued affair, but arguably the most essential colors are red and white. Tibetan Vajrayana traditions speak of two essences or “drops” in the subtle body, one white and one red, the white drop associated with the crown center and the red with the navel. In many Vajrayana meditations, the red drop ignites and rises and “melts” the white drop above, allowing the two essences to combine at the heart. Making, if you think about it, pink....
  • 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

    Tantric meditation is a rainbow-hued affair, but arguably the most essential colors are red and white. Tibetan Vajrayana traditions speak of two essences or “drops” in the subtle body, one white and one red, the white drop associated with the crown center and the red with the navel. In many Vajrayana meditations, the red drop ignites and rises and “melts” the white drop above, allowing the two essences to combine at the heart. Making, if you think about it, pink....
  • Expanding Mind Podcast

    The Philosophy of Science Fiction

    Expanding Mind

    Expanding Mind

    Tantric meditation is a rainbow-hued affair, but arguably the most essential colors are red and white. Tibetan Vajrayana traditions speak of two essences or “drops” in the subtle body, one white and one red, the white drop associated with the crown center and the red with the navel. In many Vajrayana meditations, the red drop ignites and rises and “melts” the white drop above, allowing the two essences to combine at the heart. Making, if you think about it, pink....
  • Quotes

    Quote 5

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

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

    Tantric meditation is a rainbow-hued affair, but arguably the most essential colors are red and white. Tibetan Vajrayana traditions speak of two essences or “drops” in the subtle body, one white and one red, the white drop associated with the crown center and the red with the navel. In many Vajrayana meditations, the red drop ignites and rises and “melts” the white drop above, allowing the two essences to combine at the heart. Making, if you think about it, pink....
  • Media

    The Revelation of Philip K. Dick

    Exegesis and Event

    Exegesis and Event

    Tantric meditation is a rainbow-hued affair, but arguably the most essential colors are red and white. Tibetan Vajrayana traditions speak of two essences or “drops” in the subtle body, one white and one red, the white drop associated with the crown center and the red with the navel. In many Vajrayana meditations, the red drop ignites and rises and “melts” the white drop above, allowing the two essences to combine at the heart. Making, if you think about it, pink....
  • Articles and Essays

    The Dying Earth

    Dungeons & Databases

    Dungeons & Databases

    Tantric meditation is a rainbow-hued affair, but arguably the most essential colors are red and white. Tibetan Vajrayana traditions speak of two essences or “drops” in the subtle body, one white and one red, the white drop associated with the crown center and the red with the navel. In many Vajrayana meditations, the red drop ignites and rises and “melts” the white drop above, allowing the two essences to combine at the heart. Making, if you think about it, pink....
  • Expanding Mind Podcast

    S-F Humans

    Expanding Mind

    Expanding Mind

    Tantric meditation is a rainbow-hued affair, but arguably the most essential colors are red and white. Tibetan Vajrayana traditions speak of two essences or “drops” in the subtle body, one white and one red, the white drop associated with the crown center and the red with the navel. In many Vajrayana meditations, the red drop ignites and rises and “melts” the white drop above, allowing the two essences to combine at the heart. Making, if you think about it, pink....
  • Articles and Essays, Technoculture
    6 min

    Technomancer: PKD

    Divine Discontent

    Divine Discontent

    Tantric meditation is a rainbow-hued affair, but arguably the most essential colors are red and white. Tibetan Vajrayana traditions speak of two essences or “drops” in the subtle body, one white and one red, the white drop associated with the crown center and the red with the navel. In many Vajrayana meditations, the red drop ignites and rises and “melts” the white drop above, allowing the two essences to combine at the heart. Making, if you think about it, pink....
  • Offline Archive
    5 min

    David Lynch’s Wild Palms

    VR on TV

    VR on TV

    Tantric meditation is a rainbow-hued affair, but arguably the most essential colors are red and white. Tibetan Vajrayana traditions speak of two essences or “drops” in the subtle body, one white and one red, the white drop associated with the crown center and the red with the navel. In many Vajrayana meditations, the red drop ignites and rises and “melts” the white drop above, allowing the two essences to combine at the heart. Making, if you think about it, pink....
  • Music

    Daydream Nation

    My 1989 Sonic Youth Feature

    My 1989 Sonic Youth Feature

    Tantric meditation is a rainbow-hued affair, but arguably the most essential colors are red and white. Tibetan Vajrayana traditions speak of two essences or “drops” in the subtle body, one white and one red, the white drop associated with the crown center and the red with the navel. In many Vajrayana meditations, the red drop ignites and rises and “melts” the white drop above, allowing the two essences to combine at the heart. Making, if you think about it, pink....
  • Technoculture
    5 min

    Into the Myst

    Myst: The Miller Brothers' Virtual Tale

    Myst: The Miller Brothers' Virtual Tale

    Tantric meditation is a rainbow-hued affair, but arguably the most essential colors are red and white. Tibetan Vajrayana traditions speak of two essences or “drops” in the subtle body, one white and one red, the white drop associated with the crown center and the red with the navel. In many Vajrayana meditations, the red drop ignites and rises and “melts” the white drop above, allowing the two essences to combine at the heart. Making, if you think about it, pink....
  • Quotes

    Quote 1

    But what if the medium is the message?

    But what if the medium is the message?

    Tantric meditation is a rainbow-hued affair, but arguably the most essential colors are red and white. Tibetan Vajrayana traditions speak of two essences or “drops” in the subtle body, one white and one red, the white drop associated with the crown center and the red with the navel. In many Vajrayana meditations, the red drop ignites and rises and “melts” the white drop above, allowing the two essences to combine at the heart. Making, if you think about it, pink....
  • Offline Archive

    You Are the Doll

    Dollhouse by Josh Whedon

    Dollhouse by Josh Whedon

    Tantric meditation is a rainbow-hued affair, but arguably the most essential colors are red and white. Tibetan Vajrayana traditions speak of two essences or “drops” in the subtle body, one white and one red, the white drop associated with the crown center and the red with the navel. In many Vajrayana meditations, the red drop ignites and rises and “melts” the white drop above, allowing the two essences to combine at the heart. Making, if you think about it, pink....
  • Moving Pictures

    Phase IV

    You are looking at the hive mind

    You are looking at the hive mind

    Tantric meditation is a rainbow-hued affair, but arguably the most essential colors are red and white. Tibetan Vajrayana traditions speak of two essences or “drops” in the subtle body, one white and one red, the white drop associated with the crown center and the red with the navel. In many Vajrayana meditations, the red drop ignites and rises and “melts” the white drop above, allowing the two essences to combine at the heart. Making, if you think about it, pink....
  • Moving Pictures

    Mock Up on Mu

    Craig Baldwin's latest

    Craig Baldwin's latest

    Tantric meditation is a rainbow-hued affair, but arguably the most essential colors are red and white. Tibetan Vajrayana traditions speak of two essences or “drops” in the subtle body, one white and one red, the white drop associated with the crown center and the red with the navel. In many Vajrayana meditations, the red drop ignites and rises and “melts” the white drop above, allowing the two essences to combine at the heart. Making, if you think about it, pink....
  • Technoculture
    36 min

    Techgnosis: Seed-Crystal

    Magic, Memory, and the Angels of Information

    Magic, Memory, and the Angels of Information

    Tantric meditation is a rainbow-hued affair, but arguably the most essential colors are red and white. Tibetan Vajrayana traditions speak of two essences or “drops” in the subtle body, one white and one red, the white drop associated with the crown center and the red with the navel. In many Vajrayana meditations, the red drop ignites and rises and “melts” the white drop above, allowing the two essences to combine at the heart. Making, if you think about it, pink....
  • Articles and Essays
    14 min

    Philip K. Dick’s Divine Interference

    VALIS, media, and 2-3-74

    VALIS, media, and 2-3-74

    Tantric meditation is a rainbow-hued affair, but arguably the most essential colors are red and white. Tibetan Vajrayana traditions speak of two essences or “drops” in the subtle body, one white and one red, the white drop associated with the crown center and the red with the navel. In many Vajrayana meditations, the red drop ignites and rises and “melts” the white drop above, allowing the two essences to combine at the heart. Making, if you think about it, pink....
  • Offline Archive

    PKD Cover art

    My guest post to David Gill's PKD blog

    My guest post to David Gill's PKD blog

    Tantric meditation is a rainbow-hued affair, but arguably the most essential colors are red and white. Tibetan Vajrayana traditions speak of two essences or “drops” in the subtle body, one white and one red, the white drop associated with the crown center and the red with the navel. In many Vajrayana meditations, the red drop ignites and rises and “melts” the white drop above, allowing the two essences to combine at the heart. Making, if you think about it, pink....
  • Articles and Essays
    5 min

    Physicists on Star Trek

    The Science of the Final Frontier

    The Science of the Final Frontier

    Tantric meditation is a rainbow-hued affair, but arguably the most essential colors are red and white. Tibetan Vajrayana traditions speak of two essences or “drops” in the subtle body, one white and one red, the white drop associated with the crown center and the red with the navel. In many Vajrayana meditations, the red drop ignites and rises and “melts” the white drop above, allowing the two essences to combine at the heart. Making, if you think about it, pink....
  • Expanding Mind Podcast

    The Mind of Rocks

    Expanding Mind

    Expanding Mind

    Tantric meditation is a rainbow-hued affair, but arguably the most essential colors are red and white. Tibetan Vajrayana traditions speak of two essences or “drops” in the subtle body, one white and one red, the white drop associated with the crown center and the red with the navel. In many Vajrayana meditations, the red drop ignites and rises and “melts” the white drop above, allowing the two essences to combine at the heart. Making, if you think about it, pink....
  • Moving Pictures
    5 min

    The X-Files

    I want to believe

    I want to believe

    Tantric meditation is a rainbow-hued affair, but arguably the most essential colors are red and white. Tibetan Vajrayana traditions speak of two essences or “drops” in the subtle body, one white and one red, the white drop associated with the crown center and the red with the navel. In many Vajrayana meditations, the red drop ignites and rises and “melts” the white drop above, allowing the two essences to combine at the heart. Making, if you think about it, pink....