Expanding Mind

Expanding Mind – Future Design Science – 03.24.16

A conversation with conceptual artist and experimental philosopher Jonathon Keats about Buckminster Fuller, biomimicry, and making pornography for God. Jonathon's new book is You Belong to the Universe.

Expanding Mind – Cognitive Occultism – 03.17.16

A conversation with the historian of esotericism Egil Asprim about re-enchantment, cognitive science and occult experience, and the magic of role-playing games. http://heterodoxology.com/

Expanding Mind – Neuropsychedelia – 03.10.16

A conversation with anthropologist and historian of science Nicolas Langlitz about mystic materialism, the revival of psychedelic research, and the return of perennialism in the age of the brain. http://www.nicolaslanglitz.de

Expanding Mind – Visionary Woman – 03.03.16

A conversation with human rights activist, artist, and psychedelic culture crafter Annie Harrison, aka Annie Oak, about her work with the Women's Visionary Congress, the Human Rights Data Analysis Group, and the Full Circle Tea House. visionarycongress.org

Expanding Mind – Transformative Teaching – 02.18.16

A talk with teacher Ronan Hallowell about electronic media, Native American ritual, and the challenges of transformative pedagogy.

Expanding Mind – The Philosophy of Science Fiction – 02.11.16

A talk with cultural theorist James Burton about liberating fictions, the Black Iron Prison, and his book The Philosophy of Science Fiction: Henri Bergson and the Fabulations of Philip K. Dick, out in paperback later this year.

Expanding Mind – DMT Culture – 02.04.16

A talk with anthropologist (and "vibe-ologist") Graham St. John about entities, horror films, and his new book Mystery School in Hyperspace: A Cultural History of DMT. http://www.edgecentral.net/

Expanding Mind – Cybernetic Ego-death – 01.28.16

A talk with renegade religious philosopher Michael Hoffman about entheogens, determinism, and religious experience from an engineering point of view.  http://egodeath.com/EntheogenTheoryOfReligion.htm

Expanding Mind – After Buddhism – 01.21.16

A talk with secular Buddhist author and teacher Stephen Batchelor about the problem with religion, the aesthetics of the dharma, and why worries about McMindfulness are overstated.  http://www.stephenbatchelor.org

Expanding Mind – The Sound of Now – 01.14.16

A talk with new age musician Laraaji about cosmic electronics, sacred New York, and the medicine of laughter meditation. http://laraaji.blogspot.com/