Archive for April 2015
Syntheism Now! - 04.30.15
A lively talk with religious philosopher Alexander Bard about network metaphysics, psychedelic spirituality, digital narcissism, and his book (with Jan Söderqvist) Syntheism: Creating God in the Internet Age. http://syntheism.org/
Game Magic - 04.23.15
A talk with game designer Jeff Howard about spellcraft in digital games, the grammar of the occult, and his book Game Magic: A Designer's Guide to Magic Systems in Theory and Practice. http://designingquests.com/
We Are Amphibians - 04.16.15
A talk with professor R.S. Deese about Aldous and Julian Huxley, transhumanism, ecology, and the future of our species. http://www.ucpress.edu/blog/tag/we-are-amphibians/
A talk with professor Stephen Finley about hoodoo, metaphysical blackness, and his co-edited volume Esotericism in African American Religious Experience: "There is A Mystery…"