Expanding Mind

Expanding Mind - Studying Esotericism - 09/29/13

History, gnosis, and the challenges and rewards of studying rejected knowledge: a fascinating talk with Dr. Wouter Hanegraaff, historian of Hermetic Philosophy and Related Currents at the University of Amsterdam. http://amsterdamhermetica.nl/ 

Expanding Mind - Erowid.org Today - 09/22/13

Wisdom cycles, drug information online, and developing a well-informed and rational culture around psychoactives: a talk with Earth and Fire, co-directors of Erowid Center. www.erowid.org

Expanding Mind - Occult Cybernetics - 09/15/13

Covert power, Tarot cards, and the esoteric art of conspiracy theories: a great talk with artist Suzanne Treister, whose latest book Hexen 2.0 is a must-own. http://www.suzannetreister.net

Expanding Mind - The Shaver Mystery - 09/08/13

Hearing voices, writing fiction, and the fantastic metaphysics of pulp SciFi: a talk with Richard Shaver scholar Richard Toronto, author of the new books War Over Lemuria and Shaverology. www.shavertron.com

 

Expanding Mind - The Fourth Dimension - 09/01/13

Abstract art, mysticism, and the fourth dimension of space (as opposed to time): a fascinating talk with art historian Linda Dalrymple Henderson, author of The Fourth Dimension and Non-Euclidian Geometry in Modern Art.

Expanding Mind - The Computational Brain - 08/25/13

Algorithms, drum circles, and the trouble with mirror neurons: a talk with software entrepreneur and computational neuroscientist Paul King, visiting scholar at UC Berkeley. http://www.pking.org/

Expanding Mind - Rightwing Paganism - 08/18/13

Sacred geometry, Earth Mysteries, and the New Right: a talk with Dr. Amy Hale, author of the controversial paper "John Michell, Radical Traditionalism, and the Emerging Politics of the Pagan New Right." 

Expanding Mind - Conscious in the Cloud - 08/11/13

Artificial life, doom porn, and the crucial shift from the Internet to the cloud: a fascinating talk with Tom Barbalet (founder of Noble Ape, an important a-life environment) and KMO (host of the C-Realm podcast). Their upcoming event: http://www.meetup.com/Conscious-in-the-Cloud/events/129166602/

Expanding Mind - Sex, Spirit, and Porn - 08/04/13

Objectification, enchanted science, and the tango of sex and spirit: a talk with Conner Habib, anthroposophist and gay porn star. Follow Conner on twitter: @ConnerHabib

Expanding Mind - Set and Setting - 07/28/13

Technomysticism, the magic of expectation, and the freaky path between religion and science: a talk with Ido Hartogsohn, an Israeli expert on psychedelic culture. http://psychedeliccultures.com/