There is a difference between psychedelic experiences and psychedelic people

On April 12, 1961, the apple-cheeked cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin hurtled into orbit and became the first human being to gaze down at the misty blue ball of earth. Tucked into a cute little sphere called Vostok 1, he whipped around the planet only once before tumbling back to earth; in the transcripts of his VHF and short-wave communications with ground control he frequently notes that he's "in good spirits" and doing "very well." Twenty years later to the day, NASA...

But what if the medium is the message?

On April 12, 1961, the apple-cheeked cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin hurtled into orbit and became the first human being to gaze down at the misty blue ball of earth. Tucked into a cute little sphere called Vostok 1, he whipped around the planet only once before tumbling back to earth; in the transcripts of his VHF and short-wave communications with ground control he frequently notes that he's "in good spirits" and doing "very well." Twenty years later to the day, NASA...

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

On April 12, 1961, the apple-cheeked cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin hurtled into orbit and became the first human being to gaze down at the misty blue ball of earth. Tucked into a cute little sphere called Vostok 1, he whipped around the planet only once before tumbling back to earth; in the transcripts of his VHF and short-wave communications with ground control he frequently notes that he's "in good spirits" and doing "very well." Twenty years later to the day, NASA...

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

On April 12, 1961, the apple-cheeked cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin hurtled into orbit and became the first human being to gaze down at the misty blue ball of earth. Tucked into a cute little sphere called Vostok 1, he whipped around the planet only once before tumbling back to earth; in the transcripts of his VHF and short-wave communications with ground control he frequently notes that he's "in good spirits" and doing "very well." Twenty years later to the day, NASA...

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

On April 12, 1961, the apple-cheeked cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin hurtled into orbit and became the first human being to gaze down at the misty blue ball of earth. Tucked into a cute little sphere called Vostok 1, he whipped around the planet only once before tumbling back to earth; in the transcripts of his VHF and short-wave communications with ground control he frequently notes that he's "in good spirits" and doing "very well." Twenty years later to the day, NASA...