Join host Greg Carlwood of The Higherside Chats podcast as he talks Lucifer's Technology and the Donald Trump coup with returning guest, Chris Knowles.

We've all heard the Arthur C. Clark quote that "any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic", but maybe they're linked by more than just appearance.

It seems that most people who study the smattering of crumbs the deep state has dropped over the past few decades will find a few curious connections between occult practices and technological advances, strange phenomenon and secret experiments, and let's not forget the curious resurrection of ancient Babylonian names from companies on the bleeding edge of things we'll probably never see.

It's true that odd pieces that seem unrelated, often times come together when you dig deep enough to find the ties that bind. Although, what can be overwhelming and often glossed over, is the vast amount of knowledge a person need to put these odd pieces in the proper context. What good is a NASA investigator who knows nothing about ancient Egyptian mythology? How valuable is a Ufologist who's never studied the occult? And can a person really decode Hollywood symbolism accurately without opening up a book on Kabalah?

The point is that true "conspiracy" research is a vast and inner-disciplinary undertaking that few people are willing to follow through to it's deepest depths, but Chris Knowles is one of the respectable few who is. He's back and the saddle with an epic 2.5+ hour podcast,Chris is an author of several great books including "Our Gods Wear Spandex: The Secret History of Comic Book Heroes" and "The Secret History of Rock 'n' Roll: The Mysterious Roots of Modern Music". He's been decoding the esoteric themes of pop culture and para-politics for years culminating in the catalog of work is on his blog, The Secret Sun.

4:15 Greg and Chris begin by examining how Knowles' approach to his research has always been to take the path less traveled or studied, should we say? Diving down several rabbit holes the past few months on his blog from the likes of Bell Lab's dirty laundry to the lesser known MK-OFTEN project, it's easy to understand how his work is instrumental in helping people think different. Chris points out, this has been personally advantageous in this "all bets are off year"  where we've experienced so much high strangeness bubbling to the surface. With things feeling reminiscent of the past because of interchanging political scandals, a divided and polarized nation, the international war machine marching forward and the reemergence of the hacker culture onto the center stage of politics, it's clear to see this is a time where the machinations of the secret world emerge. Greg and Chris dive even deeper into this by discussing the recent Podesta email leaks involving Pizzagate,

Join host Greg Carlwood of The Higherside Chats podcast as he talks the Donald Trump win, initiation and the ecological crisis with today's guest, Daniel Pinchbeck.

It seems even the densest of observers can see we have serious problems. The economic game the elite have built is more one-sided and unsustainable than ever, The Earth seems to be going through serious stress while multinational companies continues to pick it's bones clean without regard, and the one-two punch of media and education has dumbed down the population and pacified our pineals so thoroughly that most of the mainstream wade through life in defeated apathy and exhausted indifference. It's a multi-faceted crisis of consciousness like we've never seen, and as the proverbial train comes closer and closer to derailment- the shadowy cabal of conductors seems to have little gameplan beyond "full steam ahead."

Today's guest has racked his brain, broken open the head, and ceremoniously sent his consciousness deep into the great beyond in his attempts to develop a system of solutions to the rickety runaway train we call modern society. He is the renowned author, philosopher, and psychonaut, Daniel Pinchbeck. After having gotten himself on the radar with his first two books, "Breaking Open the Head" and "2012: The Return of Quetzalcoatal", he's laying out the roadmap to right the ship and solve many of the previously mentioned problems in his latest work, "How Soon Is Now". Joining the Higherside Chats on the morning after the election, Greg and Daniel dive deep into the pool of weird.

6:09 With the country coming to terms with the election results, Greg and Daniel begin by discussing what this could mean. Like many of us on the Trump train, whether it be willingly or not, Daniel details the coaster of emotions and thoughts he's endured throughout his observations of the election cycle. And while people have claimed this result may be an indication of underlying racism or sexism throughout our culture, one can argue these outlandish statements don't translate to the policies and overt corruption we've seen with the Clintons. On the other hand, there is a fear rooted in past experience, where leaders with such demagogic tendencies have the power to erode and dismantle crucial democratic institutions. Listen as Greg and Daniel discuss the long history of disastrous policy that has brought us to our current point of complacency.

Join host Greg Carlwood of The Higherside Chats podcast as he talks the Donald Trump win, initiation and the ecological crisis with today's guest, Daniel Pinchbeck.

It seems even the densest of observers can see we have serious problems. The economic game the elite have built is more one-sided and unsustainable than ever, The Earth seems to be going through serious stress while multinational companies continues to pick it's bones clean without regard, and the one-two punch of media and education has dumbed down the population and pacified our pineals so thoroughly that most of the mainstream wade through life in defeated apathy and exhausted indifference. It's a multi-faceted crisis of consciousness like we've never seen, and as the proverbial train comes closer and closer to derailment- the shadowy cabal of conductors seems to have little gameplan beyond "full steam ahead."

Today's guest has racked his brain, broken open the head, and ceremoniously sent his consciousness deep into the great beyond in his attempts to develop a system of solutions to the rickety runaway train we call modern society. He is the renowned author, philosopher, and psychonaut, Daniel Pinchbeck. After having gotten himself on the radar with his first two books, "Breaking Open the Head" and "2012: The Return of Quetzalcoatal", he's laying out the roadmap to right the ship and solve many of the previously mentioned problems in his latest work, "How Soon Is Now". Joining the Higherside Chats on the morning after the election, Greg and Daniel dive deep into the pool of weird.

6:09 With the country coming to terms with the election results, Greg and Daniel begin by discussing what this could mean. Like many of us on the Trump train, whether it be willingly or not, Daniel details the coaster of emotions and thoughts he's endured throughout his observations of the election cycle. And while people have claimed this result may be an indication of underlying racism or sexism throughout our culture, one can argue these outlandish statements don't translate to the policies and overt corruption we've seen with the Clintons. On the other hand, there is a fear rooted in past experience, where leaders with such demagogic tendencies have the power to erode and dismantle crucial democratic institutions. Listen as Greg and Daniel discuss the long history of disastrous policy that has brought us to our current point of complacency.

Join host Greg Carlwood of The Higherside Chats podcast as he talks Lucifer's Tech and Trump coup with returning guest, Chris Knowles.

We've all heard the Arthur C. Clark quote that "any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic", but maybe they're linked by more than just appearance. It seems that most people who study the smattering of crumbs the deep state has dropped over the past few decades will find a few curious connections between: occult practices and technological advances, strange phenomenon and secret experiments, and let's not forget the curious resurrection of ancient Babylonian names from companies on the bleeding edge of things we'll probably never see.

It's true that odd pieces that seem unrelated, often times come together when you dig deep enough to find the ties that bind. Although, what can be overwhelming and often glossed over, is the vast amount of knowledge a person need to put these odd pieces in the proper context. What good is a NASA investigator who knows nothing about ancient Egyptian mythology? How valuable is a Ufologist who's never studied the occult? And can a person really decode Hollywood symbolism accurately without opening up a book on Kabalah?

The point is that true "conspiracy" research is a vast and inner-disciplinary undertaking that few people are willing to follow through to it's deepest depths; but Chris Knowles is one of the respectable few who is. He's back and the saddle with an epic 2.5+ hour podcast,Chris is an author of several great books including "Our Gods Wear Spandex: The Secret History of Comic Book Heroes" and "The Secret History of Rock 'n' Roll: The Mysterious Roots of Modern Music". He's been decoding the esoteric themes of pop culture and para-politics for years culminating in the catalog of work is on his blog, The Secret Sun.

4:15 Greg and Chris begin by examining how Knowles' approach to his research has always been to take the path less traveled or studied, should we say? Diving down several rabbit holes the past few months on his blog from the likes of Bell Labs dirty laundry, to the lesser known MK-OFTEN project it's easy to understand how his work is instrumental in helping people think different. Chris points out, this has been personally advantageous in this "all bets are off year"  where we've experienced so much high strangeness bubbling to the surface. With things feeling reminiscent of the past because of interchanging political scandals, a divided and polarized nation, the international war machine marching forward and the reemergence of the hacker culture onto the center stage of politics, it's clear to see this is a time where the machinations of the se...

Join host Greg Carlwood of The Higherside Chats podcast as he talks the Trump win, initiation and the ecological crisis with today's guest, Daniel Pinchbeck.

It seems even the most dense of observers can see we have serious problems. The economic game the elite have built is more one-sided and unsustainable than ever, The Earth seems to be going through serious stress while multinational companies continues to pick it's bones clean without regard, and the one-two punch of media and education has dumbed down the population and pacified our pineals so thoroughly that most of the mainstream wade through life in defeated apathy and exhausted indifference. It's a multi-faceted crisis of consciousness like we've never seen, and as the proverbial train comes closer and closer to derailment- the shadowy cabal of conductors seems to have little gameplan beyond "full steam ahead."

Today's guest has racked his brain, broken open the head, and ceremoniously sent his consciousness deep into the great beyond in his attempts to develop a system of solutions to the rickety runaway train we call modern society. He is the renowned author, philosopher, and psychonaut, Daniel Pinchbeck. After having gotten himself on the radar with his first two books, "Breaking Open the Head" and "2012: The Return of Quetzalcoatal", he's laying out the roadmap to right the ship and solve many of the previously mentioned problems in his latest work, "How Soon Is Now". Joining the Higherside Chats on the morning after the election, Greg and Daniel dive deep into the pool of weird.

6:09 With the country coming to terms with the election results, Greg and Daniel begin by discussing what this could mean. Like many of us on the Trump train, whether it be willingly or not, Daniel details the coaster of emotions and thoughts he's endured throughout his observations of the election cycle. And while people have claimed this result may be an indication of underlying racism or sexism throughout our culture, one can argue these outlandish statements don't translate to the policies and overt corruption we've seen with the Clintons. On the other hand, there is a fear rooted in past experience, where leaders with such demagogic tendencies have the power to er...

Join The Higherside Chats podcast as host, Greg Carlwood, discusses "The Cancer of Capitalism", with philosophy professor and author, John McMurtry.

We have watched the disease that is Private Fractional Reserve banking and the "profit or bust" mindset slowly erode and infect nearly every aspect of life- from the exhausted environment, to the march of the military industrial complex, to the lives spent in unfulfilling jobs just to pay off the debt that got them there. Our societal and personal motivations are so warped by this green monopoly money that people regularly debate what behaviors truly reflect human nature and what can be credited to the crack-like addiction we have to this cycle of greed, debt, and consumerism.

While it is a lot to unpack, and may of us recognize this destructive and sociopathic system cannot continue, we need the communal equivalent of a full medical evaluation, diagnosis, and treatment plan, before much can be done.

Today's guest, John McMurtry has authored several books including, "The Cancer Stage of Capitalism", is a retired professor of Philosophy, an expert in Value-theory, physician of finance and doctor of the debt based system of rule.

2:12 To kick things off, John begins by expanding on the metaphor of cancer he often uses to diagnosis the current conditions of our economy and society. As he explains, Fractional Reserve banking is likely the original disorder and very much a key part of the cancer system. According to McMurtry, the cancer system is the disease, and the disease is transnational money sequences, which have escalated to superseding all life needs.

12:01 With transnational money sequences acting as a cancer to society, and their ability to metastasize being aided through Fractional Reserve banking and trade treaties, Donald Trump's ability to capture the attention of disenfranchised victim's of this cancer is due in large part to the mainstream media's blackout of this topic. A dispossessed society, feeling unheard has witnessed the corporate media's refusal to acknowledge their fight against a cancer system that will ultimately, by its very nature kill them. Along with a defeated society, another tentacle on this cancerous octopus is the military industrial complex. Acting as a means to commit eco-genocide, this faction of the cancer equation, spearheaded by among others the hawkish Hillary Clinton, has been a constant blemish bankrupting society and negating all life needs, as cancer does.

20:01 John elaborates on the dichotomy that "The most suppressed issues of our epoch is the war between life capital on one hand and money capital on the other." After covering how the money system operates,

Join The Higherside Chats podcast as host, Greg Carlwood, discusses "The Cancer of Capitalism", with philosophy professor and author, John McMurtry.

We have watched the disease that is Private Fractional Reserve banking and the "profit or bust" mindset slowly erode and infect nearly every aspect of life- from the exhausted environment, to the march of the military industrial complex, to the lives spent in unfulfilling jobs just to pay off the debt that got them there. Our societal and personal motivations are so warped by this green monopoly money that people regularly debate what behaviors truly reflect human nature and what can be credited to the crack-like addiction we have to this cycle of greed, debt, and consumerism.

While it is a lot to unpack, and may of us recognize this destructive and sociopathic system cannot continue, we need the communal equivalent of a full medical evaluation, diagnosis, and treatment plan, before much can be done.

Today's guest, John McMurtry has authored several books including, "The Cancer Stage of Capitalism", is a retired professor of Philosophy, an expert in Value-theory, physician of finance and doctor of the debt based system of rule.

2:12 To kick things off, John begins by expanding on the metaphor of cancer he often uses to diagnosis the current conditions of our economy and society. As he explains, Fractional Reserve banking is likely the original disorder and very much a key part of the cancer system. According to McMurtry, the cancer system is the disease, and the disease is transnational money sequences, which have escalated to superseding all life needs.

12:01 With transnational money sequences acting as a cancer to society, and their ability to metastasize being aided through Fractional Reserve banking and trade treaties, Donald Trump's ability to capture the attention of disenfranchised victim's of this cancer is due in large part to the mainstream media's blackout of this topic. A dispossessed society, feeling unheard has witnessed the corporate media's refusal to acknowledge their fight against a cancer system that will ultimately, by its very nature kill them. Along with a defeated society, another tentacle on this cancerous octopus is the military industrial complex. Acting as a means to commit eco-genocide, this faction of the cancer equation, spearheaded by among others the hawkish Hillary Clinton, has been a constant blemish bankrupting society and negating all life needs, as cancer does.

20:01 John elaborates on the dichotomy that "The most suppressed issues of our epoch is the war between life capital on one hand and money capital on the other." After covering how the money system operates,

Join The Higherside Chats podcast as host, Greg Carlwood, discusses "The Cancer of Capitalism", with philosophy professor and author, John McMurtry.

We have watched the disease that is Private Fractional Reserve banking and the "profit or bust" mindset slowly erode and infect nearly every aspect of life- from the exhausted environment, to the march of the military industrial complex, to the lives spent in unfulfilling jobs just to pay off the debt that got them there. Our societal and personal motivations are so warped by this green monopoly money that people regularly debate what behaviors truly reflect human nature and what can be credited to the crack-like addiction we have to this cycle of greed, debt, and consumerism.

While it is a lot to unpack, and may of us recognize this destructive and sociopathic system cannot continue, we need the communal equivalent of a full medical evaluation, diagnosis, and treatment plan, before much can be done.

Today's guest, John McMurtry has authored several books including, "The Cancer Stage of Capitalism", is a retired professor of Philosophy, expert in Value-theory, physician of finance and doctor of the debt based system of rule.

2:12 To kick things off, John begins by expanding on the metaphor of cancer he often uses to diagnosis the current conditions of our economy and society. As he explains, Fractional Reserve banking is likely the original disorder and very much a key part of the cancer system. According to McMurtry, the cancer system is the disease, and the disease is: transnational money sequences, which have escalated to superseding all life needs.

12:01 With transnational money sequences acting as a cancer to society, and their ability to metastasize being aided through Fractional Reserve banking and trade treaties, Donald Trump's ability to capture the attention of disenfranchised victim's of this cancer is due in large part to the mainstream media's blackout of this topic. A dispossessed society, feeling unheard has witnessed the corporate media's refusal to acknowledge their fight against a cancer system that will ultimately, by it's very nature kill them. Along with a defeated society, another tentacle on this cancerous octopus is the military industrial complex. Acting as a means to commit eco-genocide, this faction of the cancer equation, spearheaded by among others the hawkish Hillary Clinton, has been a constant blemish bankrupting society and negating all life needs, as cancer does.

20:01 John elaborates on the dichotomy that "The most suppre...

Join host, Greg Carlwood, of The Higherside Chats podcast as he talks consciousness, altered states, the Pleroma with returning guest, Anthony Peake.

While we love talking about the various brands of high strangeness out there, a major unifying component to these mysterious encounters with aspects of the other side is us. This is because all of these experiences come through the lens of the human perception. And of course, the mainstream often uses that fact as an excuse to dismiss these strange occurrences entirely, which is wrong, but it's still a fact that shouldn't be ignored. What role does human consciousness and the brain play in these situations, or any situation for that matter?

Back in the THC saddle after four long years, today's guest Anthony Peake is one of the kings of consciousness research. He's written several books along the way, but most recently his decade-plus study of reality, the mind, and altered states have all come together in his latest masterpiece, "Opening the Doors of Perception: The Key to Cosmic Awareness".

2:11 With his latest work being a play on Aldous Huxley's famous "Doors of Perception" written back in the 1950's, Peake choose the title "Opening the Doors of Perception". He "believed the time has come to re-evaluate the model of perception suggested by Huxley and to view it through the lens of our modern science". Greg and Anthony discuss where they see the greatest need for updating and what some of the biggest insights have been since Huxley's time.

10:42 While a lot of people in the alternative realm approach these studies through the examination of out-of-body and near-death experiences or psychedelic and entheogen use, very few researchers have examined the connection with conditions such as migraines, epilepsy, and schizophrenia. With a cross-pollination between several areas of study, Peake's latest book addresses these neglected conditions and how they relate to our understanding  from an all-encompassing perspective using his vast scope of knowledge and research to connect to dots. Listen as he and Greg discuss the uphill battle academia faces to expand its worldview beyond materialism to include other possible paradigms in the study of the different levels and stages of consciousness.

18:10 Greg and Tony Peake discuss modern encounters with the Greys and how they appear to share similarities to old stories of fairy folk and little people. Oddly enough, these reports seem also to coincide with people suffering from Charles Bonnet Syndrome

Join host, Greg Carlwood, of The Higherside Chats podcast as he talks consciousness, altered states, the Pleroma with returning guest, Anthony Peake.

While we love talking about the various brands of high strangeness out there, a major unifying component to these mysterious encounters with aspects of the other side is us. This is because all of these experiences come through the lens of the human perception. And of course, the mainstream often uses that fact as an excuse to dismiss these strange occurrences entirely, which is wrong, but it's still a fact that shouldn't be ignored. What role does human consciousness and the brain play in these situations, or any situation for that matter?

Back in the THC saddle after four long years, today's guest Anthony Peake is one of the kings of consciousness research. He's written several books along the way, but most recently his decade-plus study of reality, the mind, and altered states have all come together in his latest masterpiece, "Opening the Doors of Perception: The Key to Cosmic Awareness".

2:11 With his latest work being a play on Aldous Huxley's famous "Doors of Perception" written back in the 1950's, Peake choose the title "Opening the Doors of Perception". He "believed the time has come to re-evaluate the model of perception suggested by Huxley and to view it through the lens of our modern science". Greg and Anthony discuss where they see the greatest need for updating and what some of the biggest insights have been since Huxley's time.

10:42 While a lot of people in the alternative realm approach these studies through the examination of out-of-body and near-death experiences or psychedelic and entheogen use, very few researchers have examined the connection with conditions such as migraines, epilepsy, and schizophrenia. With a cross-pollination between several areas of study, Peake's latest book addresses these neglected conditions and how they relate to our understanding  from an all-encompassing perspective using his vast scope of knowledge and research to connect to dots. Listen as he and Greg discuss the uphill battle academia faces to expand its worldview beyond materialism to include other possible paradigms in the study of the different levels and stages of consciousness.

18:10 Greg and Tony Peake discuss modern encounters with the Greys and how they appear to share similarities to old stories of fairy folk and little people. Oddly enough, these reports seem also to coincide with people suffering from Charles Bonnet Syndrome