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.

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/

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

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

A talk with teacher Ronan Hallowell about

electronic media, Native American ritual, and the challenges of

transformative pedagogy.

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.

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/

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

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

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