Expanding Mind

The Polar Cosmos - 11.23.14

A talk with author Gyrus about his wonderful new book North: The Rise and Fall of the Polar Cosmos: ice monsters, the trauma of the agricultural revolution, and the social politics hidden in myth. http://polarcosmology.com/

Expanding Mind - The Yoga of Sound - 11/16/14

A talk with composer and author Baird Hersey about sound meditation, overtone singing, and the techniques of inner listening described in his book The Practice of Nada Yoga.http://www.pranasound.com

Expanding Mind - Cameron: Witch Woman - 11/09/14

A talk with journalist Tanja M. Laden about the visionary artist Cameron, esoteric Los Angeles, and the gender dynamics of the occult. http://tanjaladen.tumblr.com/

Expanding Mind - Symposium of the Sacred - 11/02/14

A talk with Isis Indriya and Eve Bradford, co-organizers of the upcoming Symposium of the Sacred, about local vibes, connecting with elders, and educating in a sacred context. http://symposiumofthesacred.com

Expanding Mind - Occult Rock - 10/26/14

A talk with author Peter Bebergal, author of Season of the Witch: How the Occult Saved Rock and Roll, about imagination, performance, and rock star delusions.

http://www.tarcherbooks.net/season-of-the-witch-how-the-occult-saved-rock-and-roll/

Expanding Mind - Cosplay Shamanism - 10/05/14

A talk with artist and performer Barron Scott Levkoff, organizer of Spookeasy SF, about Halloween, the cartoon underworld, and stepping into permission.

http://www.spookeasysf.com

Expanding Mind - The Singularity Archetype - 09/28/14

A talk with Jonathan Zap about Jung, science fiction, and harnessing the apocalypse within.

www.zaporacle.com

Expanding Mind - Modern Satanism - 09/21/14

Satanic panics, transgression, and the sociology of the left-hand path: a talk with Professor Jesper Aagaard Petersen, co-editor of the book The Devil's Party: Satanism in Modernity.   http://www.ntnu.edu/employees/jesper.petersen

Expanding Mind - Sex Culture - 09/14/14

Objectification, Miley Cyrus, and the next turn of the sexual revolution: a talk with Polly Whittaker, author of the new memoir Polly: Sex Culture Revolutionary. http://www.pollysuperstar.com/

Expanding Mind - The Underworld - 09/07/14

Horror films, Hiroshima, and the psychogeography of descent: a talk with Andy Sharp of the group English Heretic, whose latest release, The Underworld Service, is available at http://englishheretic.blogspot.co.uk/p/souvenir-shop.html.