Writing

An Interview with Francisco Varela
Mind and Philosophy
12 min
An Interview with Francisco Varela
Gentle bridges between Buddhism and science

Tribal Revival
Subcultures
7 min
Tribal Revival
West Coast Festival Culture

The Tantra of Psychedelia
Psychedelics
The Tantra of Psychedelia
The Paisley Gate, from Zig Zag Zen

Trickster and Tricked
Moving Pictures
Trickster and Tricked
The trickster documentary Kumaré

Sampling Paradise
Music
23 min
Sampling Paradise
The Technofreak Legacy of Golden Goa

Jordan de la Sierra
Music
Jordan de la Sierra
Gymnosphere: Song of the Rose

Toon In, Turn On, Drop Out
Moving Pictures
Toon In, Turn On, Drop Out
The Sacred Wisdom of Bugs the Elder

Voices Carry: Jack Spicer
Esoterica
Voices Carry: Jack Spicer
My vocabulary did this to me: The Collected Poetry of Jack Spicer

James Burke’s Connections
Moving Pictures
6 min
James Burke’s Connections
The delightful British maestro of science TV

Creativity, Data, and Limits
Mind and Philosophy
Creativity, Data, and Limits
To infinity — or maybe not quite

Secret Earths
Art and Design, Religions and Spirits, Technoculture
10 min
Secret Earths
Re-animism

Alasdair Roberts
Music
Alasdair Roberts
Reveling in the Spoils

Love and Anarchy
Subcultures
10 min
Love and Anarchy
Hippies, Faeries, and Hoboes at the 20th Rainbow Gathering

Manooghi Hi
Music
Manooghi Hi
East meets West and swap clothes

Babalon Launching
Esoterica, Scholarship, Technoculture
Babalon Launching
Jack Parsons, Rocketry, and the "Method of Science"

Foreword: HFT The Gardener
Art and Design
Foreword: HFT The Gardener
Suzanne Treister's latest art project

Hedonic Tantra of Goa
Subcultures
26 min
Hedonic Tantra of Goa
Golden Goa's Trance Dance Transmission

Terminal Dreams: Voivod
Music
10 min
Terminal Dreams: Voivod
Voivod's Schizometal

Bluetech
Music
Bluetech
The Divine Invasion

Hippie Modernism
Art and Design
Hippie Modernism
The Struggle for Utopia

Northern Songs
Music
Northern Songs
Sequentia's Eddic Music

Dome Sweet Dome
Art and Design
4 min
Dome Sweet Dome
R. Buckminster Fuller and the Art of Design Science

Ecce Robo
Mind and Philosophy
Ecce Robo
Adding "subjectivity" to robots

Psychonauts
Psychedelics
9 min
Psychonauts
Explorers of inner space

The Weird Naturalism of the Brothers McKenna
Psychedelics, Scholarship
The Weird Naturalism of the Brothers McKenna
Esoteric Media and the Experiment at La Chorrera

Phase IV
Moving Pictures
Phase IV
You are looking at the hive mind

FLicKeR
Moving Pictures
FLicKeR
Dreaming the Machine

Boom Festival 2008
Subcultures
Boom Festival 2008
Dancing on liminal ground

The Oracle Complex
Art and Design
The Oracle Complex
Delvin Solkinson's Oracle Deck

Tolkien Fandom and LoTR
Articles and Essays, Moving Pictures
30 min
Tolkien Fandom and LoTR
Tolkien Fandom and Peter Jackson's LOTR

Slow Down
Mind and Philosophy
Slow Down
Unfasttracking the future

RAW Rah Rah!
Esoterica
8 min
RAW Rah Rah!
Robert Anton Wilson

Burning Men, Part 2
Subcultures
Burning Men, Part 2
Part Two: THE ORDER OF THINGS

Now Let Us Praise Dopesmoker
Music
Now Let Us Praise Dopesmoker
A Hilobrow review

Lachman on Ouspensky
Esoterica
Lachman on Ouspensky
In Search of P.D. Ouspensky

Prestigious Demons 3
Esoterica, Scholarship
Prestigious Demons 3
Presto!

Chasing the Tengu
Art and Design
5 min
Chasing the Tengu
The Mystic Undertow of Vinyl Toys

Klingon Like Me
Subcultures
16 min
Klingon Like Me
Travels into the Dark Side of Trekkerdom

Managing Superstition
Art and Design, Esoterica
Managing Superstition
The Shroud versus the Code

Lutz Dammbeck’s The Net
Moving Pictures
3 min
Lutz Dammbeck’s The Net
A Unabomber documentary

Psychedelic Culture(s) of the New Millennium
Psychedelics
Psychedelic Culture(s) of the New Millennium
One or Many?

The Thing is Alive
Art and Design
The Thing is Alive
Artist Mark Leckey's Wunderkammer

Meddling with Wizards
Esoterica
Meddling with Wizards
Occult LA

Pop Stars Search for the Spirit
Music
5 min
Pop Stars Search for the Spirit
In the Material World

Daydream Nation
Music
Daydream Nation
My 1989 Sonic Youth Feature

The Matrix Way of Knowledge
Moving Pictures
9 min
The Matrix Way of Knowledge
The Philosophy of the Matrix

Vibes, Beats, and the Mystic Mix
Music
Vibes, Beats, and the Mystic Mix
A musical meditation

Damanhur
Art and Design
Damanhur
Underground esoteric temples

Astral Organics
Esoterica
Astral Organics
A Cow Jumped Over the Moon

Mock Up on Mu
Moving Pictures
Mock Up on Mu
Craig Baldwin's latest

Halflife iPod
Music
Halflife iPod
Zombie radio

Prestigious Demons 2
Esoterica, Scholarship
Prestigious Demons 2
Hail the Simulacrum

Return Trip
Psychedelics
12 min
Return Trip
Psychedelic Research Resurgence

The Magick of H.P. Lovecraft
Esoterica, Scholarship
The Magick of H.P. Lovecraft
from The Occult World (Routledge, 2014)

Burning Man 2008
Subcultures
Burning Man 2008
Temples and Portals and Bloody Maries

Phantasy Island
Articles and Essays, Esoterica
Phantasy Island
Stanzas by Giorgio Agamben

The Alchemical Dream
Moving Pictures
The Alchemical Dream
Esoteric Politics

AH!
Music
AH!
The amazing freak bhajans of Bhagavan Das

The Matrix and Pharmacology
Mind and Philosophy
The Matrix and Pharmacology
Take the Red Pill

Cameo Demons
Esoterica
19 min
Cameo Demons
Profile of the Sun City Girls

N. Katherine Hayles’ Posthumanism
Mind and Philosophy
3 min
N. Katherine Hayles’ Posthumanism
How We Became Posthuman

The West Coast Art of Spiritual Collage
Art and Design
19 min
The West Coast Art of Spiritual Collage
The Alchemy of Trash

Jodorowsky’s Spiritual Memoir
Articles and Essays, Esoterica
Jodorowsky’s Spiritual Memoir
On koans and rotting dogs

Yuri’s Night
Psychedelics
3 min
Yuri’s Night
NASA meets Burning Man

Ligeti’s Requiem Mass
Music
Ligeti’s Requiem Mass
Cosmic choral chaos

The Comic Book of Thoth
Esoterica
The Comic Book of Thoth
One hundred (and maybe one) years of the Rider Waite Smith Tarot

Electromagnetic Voice Phenomena
Music
2 min
Electromagnetic Voice Phenomena
A review of The Ghost Orchid

Profane Illuminations
Esoterica, Scholarship
29 min
Profane Illuminations
Robert Anton Wilson's Hedonic Ascesis

Escape into Real Life
Art and Design
Escape into Real Life
How To Travel Back Home

Take Me to the Water
Art and Design
Take Me to the Water
Another Dust-to-Digital triumph

Capitalism on Psychedelics
Psychedelics
Capitalism on Psychedelics
The Mainstreaming of an Underground

Parsing Gilles Deleuze
Mind and Philosophy, Scholarship
8 min
Parsing Gilles Deleuze
Professor Desire

Ronin on the Prowl
Music
Ronin on the Prowl
Funk and Architecture

The Psychedelic Book of the Dead (Paper)
Psychedelics, Scholarship
33 min
The Psychedelic Book of the Dead (Paper)
Timothy Leary and the Bardo

Mushroom Magick
Psychedelics
Mushroom Magick
A Visionary Field Guide

Pauline Anna Strom: Profile
Music
Pauline Anna Strom: Profile
Pauline Anna Strom

Endtimes Metal, take two
Music
Endtimes Metal, take two
Bardo blast beats

Eco-Metal
Music
Eco-Metal
Wolves in the Throne Room

The Mighty Morphin Power Rangers
Moving Pictures
10 min
The Mighty Morphin Power Rangers
The hottest media meme/kiddie-toy infection of the mid-1990s

Don’t Mind if I Do
Music
Don’t Mind if I Do
Joanna Newsom's Have One on Me

Nina Nastasia and Jim White
Music
Nina Nastasia and Jim White
Listening to musicians listening

Prestigious Demons 1
Esoterica, Scholarship
Prestigious Demons 1
The Disappearing Member

Kosmiche Krautrock
Esoterica
Kosmiche Krautrock
Krautrock and the Sublime

Experience Design
Art and Design
8 min
Experience Design
And the Design of Experience

Sir Richard Bishop
Music
Sir Richard Bishop
The Arthur magazine interview

The Blithe Sons
Music
The Blithe Sons
A Memory in a Dark Room

Terence McKenna’s Butterflies
Art and Design
Terence McKenna’s Butterflies
Klea McKenna's The Butterfly Hunter

Dennis Wilson
Music
Dennis Wilson
Pacific Ocean Blue and Bambu

Gothic Guns
Art and Design
Gothic Guns
Al Farrow's masterpiece

Listening in on Christian rock
Music
5 min
Listening in on Christian rock
From the Danielson Famile to Relient K

Baudrillard and the Information Age
Mind and Philosophy
4 min
Baudrillard and the Information Age
Remembering rhizomes

Polyrhythmic Cyberspace and the Black Electronic
Mind and Philosophy
21 min
Polyrhythmic Cyberspace and the Black Electronic
Roots and Wires

Descartes and the Matrix
Mind and Philosophy
Descartes and the Matrix
Cogito in the Matrix

The Big Playback: Filmi Music
Music
6 min
The Big Playback: Filmi Music
Indian Film Music

Tube Toss
Moving Pictures
Tube Toss
Digital vs Analog TV

Where it Starts Getting Sweepy
Music
Where it Starts Getting Sweepy
Talking with Pat Gubler about improv and cherry trees

Black Moth Super Rainbow
Music
3 min
Black Moth Super Rainbow
Fellini, analog, and the new Dandelion Gum

Only a Northern Song
Music
5 min
Only a Northern Song
Blessed By the Night: The Dark Metal Compilation and Opeth's Blackwater Park

Heathen Metal
Music
Heathen Metal
Celestiial and Blood of the Black Owl

Joanna Newsom and Ys
Music
Joanna Newsom and Ys
Always Coming Home

My Favorite Martians
Esoterica
My Favorite Martians
A UFO Epistemology

FernGully
Moving Pictures
11 min
FernGully
The jungle in film

Arena of the Gods
Music
Arena of the Gods
The Overlords Return

Cthulhu is not Cute!
Esoterica
Cthulhu is not Cute!

Plushies, tentacle porn, the terrifying obscenity of Cute.

Dub, Scratch, and the Black Star
Esoterica
19 min
Dub, Scratch, and the Black Star
Lee Perry on the Mix

Bicameral Now!
Mind and Philosophy
Bicameral Now!
The return of Julian Jaynes

This is Your Brain on Buddha
Mind and Philosophy
7 min
This is Your Brain on Buddha
Buddhism and neuroscience

Occult LA
Moving Pictures
Occult LA
Watching SoCal's Mind Expand

Paracelsus in the World
Esoterica
Paracelsus in the World
Renaissance Magic and Science

Joe Boyd, Superproducer
Articles and Essays, Music
5 min
Joe Boyd, Superproducer
White Bicycles: Making Music in the 1960s

Burning Men
Subcultures
Burning Men
Part One: CHAOSMOS

Hoodoo You Know
Esoterica
Hoodoo You Know
Goofer dust and teacup lore

Whale Song
Music
Whale Song
Whale Recordings by and with Humans

Out Come the Freaks
Music, Religions and Spirits
Out Come the Freaks
Listening to the Jesus Music of the Seventies

Whispers of the Demon
Art and Design
Whispers of the Demon
Richard Grayson's "Possessions_Inc."

The Psychedelic Reader
Psychedelics
The Psychedelic Reader
A new introduction (2007)

Visionary Art
Art and Design, Psychedelics
6 min
Visionary Art
Visionary Art and Tradition

Au revoir La Contessa
Subcultures
4 min
Au revoir La Contessa
Burning Man's Spanish Galleon on a Bus

Saharan Guitars
Music
2 min
Saharan Guitars
Dune rock and other gritty dreams

Burning Man 1995
Subcultures
10 min
Burning Man 1995
Terminal Beach Party

Frisbee. The Man
Moving Pictures
4 min
Frisbee. The Man
The Life and Death of a Hippie Preacher

Espers II
Music
1 min
Espers II
Elven sublimities, dark undertows

Look! Listen! Vibrate! SMILE!: The Beach Boys
Featured, Music
9 min
Look! Listen! Vibrate! SMILE!: The Beach Boys
The Apollonian Shimmer of the Beach Boys

Semper Dowland
Music
Semper Dowland
The Mopey Pleasures of John Dowland

Rick Griffin, Superstar, Pt. 2
Art and Design
Rick Griffin, Superstar, Pt. 2

Rick Griffin finds the Lord.

Ethnic Music Classics: 1925 – 48
Music
5 min
Ethnic Music Classics: 1925 – 48
The Secret Museum Of Mankind

The Gaahl!
Moving Pictures
The Gaahl!
A black metal moment

Led Zep’s Mofoship
Music
Led Zep’s Mofoship
Levee me stairways!

PixelVisionary
Moving Pictures
PixelVisionary
Kyle Silfer's expanded machinima

An Interview with Richard Linklater
Moving Pictures
25 min
An Interview with Richard Linklater
Waking Dreams

Babalon Rising
Esoterica
Babalon Rising
Jack Parsons' Witchcraft Prophecy

Remote Control
Mind and Philosophy
Remote Control
The car speaks

Masaki Batoh and Helena Espvall
Music
Masaki Batoh and Helena Espvall

Neofolk improv from two psych innovators

Deleuze & Guattari’s What is Philosophy?
Mind and Philosophy
7 min
Deleuze & Guattari’s What is Philosophy?
D&G's "virtual philosophy"

Guilty Viking Pleasures
Music
Guilty Viking Pleasures
Pumping Iron Maiden

Gurdjieff’s Music
Music
3 min
Gurdjieff’s Music
Gurdjieff and de Hartmann's Orchestral Music

The Omega Network
Mind and Philosophy
The Omega Network
A Teilhard Techgnosis remix

The Psychedelic Book of the Dead
Media, Psychedelics
The Psychedelic Book of the Dead
Bardo-Tripping with Timothy Leary

Gnostic Psychedelia
Esoterica, Psychedelics, Scholarship
30 min
Gnostic Psychedelia
And the Archetype of the Archons

The Psychospiritual Legacy of the Beatles
Media, Music
1 min
The Psychospiritual Legacy of the Beatles
A Rebel Wisdom Digital Campfire Gathering

De Landa Destratified
Mind and Philosophy
De Landa Destratified
The Liquefaction of Manuel De Landa

The Cults of Burning Man
Subcultures
The Cults of Burning Man
IYKYK

Druid Heights
Subcultures
12 min
Druid Heights
Zen, Drugs, and Hot Tubs

Hare Krishna Hardcore
Music
5 min
Hare Krishna Hardcore
The cross-over of Krishna consciousness and the American hardcore scene

Endtimes Metal, pt 1
Music
Endtimes Metal, pt 1
Thor's hammer is made of metal

Future Schlock: Antiques Roadshow
Moving Pictures
6 min
Future Schlock: Antiques Roadshow
The value of things

The Sacred Art of Star Wars
Moving Pictures
8 min
The Sacred Art of Star Wars
Toys and Idols

Cocksucker Blues
Moving Pictures
Cocksucker Blues
Robert Frank's Rolling Stones slop-doc

Acoustic Cyberspace
Mind and Philosophy
10 min
Acoustic Cyberspace
Marshall McLuhan and the "space" in cyber-

TechnoPagans
Esoterica
TechnoPagans
May the Astral Plane be Reborn in Cyberspace

Jeremy Narby Interview
Psychedelics
2 min
Jeremy Narby Interview
The ayahausca anthropologist

The Freaky Origins of Christian Rock
Music
The Freaky Origins of Christian Rock
70s Christian rock

Multidisciplinary Psychedelics
Psychedelics
Multidisciplinary Psychedelics
Psychedelic Discourse

Futurism and Its Discontents
Mind and Philosophy
5 min
Futurism and Its Discontents
The business of envisioning the future should not be a business but a calling

Rick Griffin, Superstar
Art and Design
Rick Griffin, Superstar

A look at the art and spiritual struggle of the great psychedelic poster artist.

The Dreamspell Calendar
Subcultures
The Dreamspell Calendar
Jose Argüelles' Telektonon

The Counterculture and the Occult
Esoterica
The Counterculture and the Occult
Counter(o)cculture

The X-Files
Moving Pictures
5 min
The X-Files
I want to believe

Lost Shadows: In Defense of the Soul
Music
Lost Shadows: In Defense of the Soul
Yanomami Shamanism, Songs, Ritual, 1978

Days of the Dead
Articles and Essays, Music
3 min
Days of the Dead
Sweet Chaos: The Grateful Dead's American Adventure, by Carol Brightman

Modern Neopaganism
Moving Pictures, Technoculture
12 min
Modern Neopaganism
Reading the return of paganism

Visionary Art
Art and Design
Visionary Art
The Vanguard of Tradition

H.P. Lovecraft’s Magick Realism
Articles and Essays, Esoterica
H.P. Lovecraft’s Magick Realism
A profile of Lovecraft's life and work

Trance Planet
Subcultures
Trance Planet
The Analog Life, Arthur issue 31

Amon Amarth Live
Music
Amon Amarth Live
Viking Metal's Rules

The Source Family
Esoterica
7 min
The Source Family
My introduction to a new book on the most colorful of Cali cults