Gesamtlänge aller Episoden: 13 days 11 hours 59 minutes
Transpersonal psychologist Jorge Ferrer talks about participatory spirituality, the problems with perennialism,and his new book Participation and the Mystery.
Performer, director and playwright Daisy Campbell talks about Robert Anton Wilson, the dangers of synchronicity, and her recent staging of Cosmic Trigger: the Play.
Futurist, science journalist, and Boing Boing co-editor David Pescovitz discusses space exploration, Carl Sagan the stoner, and the recent release of the Voyager Golden Record.
A conversation with historian of religion April DeConick about altered states, religious conspiracy theory, and her new book The Gnostic New Age.
A conversation with artist and independent scholar Bruce Rimell about psychedelic entities, evolution, and his new book They Shimmer Within: Cognitive-Evolutionary Perspectives on Visionary Beings.
A conversation with Brazilian anthropologist, conference programmer, and chacruna.net editor Bia Labate: peyote politics, the bureaucratization of psychedelics, and working with indigenous leaders. www.bialabate.net
A conversation with author Gregory Alan Thornbury about 70s Jesus Music, apocalyptic politics, and his biography of the Christian rock star Larry Norman: Why Should the Devil Have All the Good Music?
A conversation with author Michael Pollan about psychedelic awe, trip reports, the mental health crisis, underground therapists and his book How to Change your Mind (Penguin).
A talk with journalist Adam Fisher about virtual reality, the cyberculture underground, libertarianism, and his Silicon Valley oral history Valley Of Genius.
A conversation with devotees Usha Harding and Swami Bhajanananda about the unique Kali temple they help run in Laguna Beach: the perfume of practice, religious diversity, and the challenge of commercial yoga.