Conversation with M.C. Caplan, on the Horsley connection, family resonance, everybody’s future, saying the unsayable, how the truth sets you free, the plumber’s transmission vs. empty knowledge, the discomfort of confronting people when they lie, avoiding disagreements about movies, repeating our own lies long enough to believe them, the program not to see, not giving ... Read moreThe Liminalist # 58: The Fog of Trauma (with M.C. Caplan)

Part two of a return conversation with author Louis Proud, on the end of books, writing with an audience, crucial fictions and the slow build of Prisoner of Infinity, a new form of nonfiction, demonstrating the reality of the paranormal, finding the emotional component in writing, comparing novel-writing experiences, trusting one’s own estimation, Jasun’s past ... Read moreThe Liminalist # 57.5: Stealing Enchantment (with Louis Proud)

Part one of a return conversation with author Louis Proud, on fending off unconstructive criticism, writing a novel, John Michael Greer’s writing career, failing to read Dune, the mechanics of trauma and psychism, was Frank Herbert an insider?, NASA & Scenario Planning, seeding new generations with techno-fantasies, a biography of L. Ron Hubbard, Battlefield Earth, ... Read moreThe Liminalist # 57: The Abuse of Woo, or “A Saucer Is Not a Hat” (with Louis Proud)

Talking with listener Mike B, on Jasun on Red Ice, what’s happening in Europe, the Conspindustry, the rape of Europe, an alternative to conspiracy theory, Lloyd de Mause & how the psyche responds to trauma, Whitley Strieber’s voice, reading Communion, the collective wound, culturally conditioned crucial fictions, individuating as entering into the world by becoming ... Read moreThe Liminalist # 56.5: Pied Pipers of Trauma (with Mike B)

Conversation with Monc, from Sweden, on the force of Swedish reserve, being repelled by The Liminalist, enjoying the areas between, electric cigarettes, the chans, the anonymity of the internet, the contrarian spirit, a continuous counter-movement, the parts we deny, a bunch of monkeys throwing shit, the highpoints of 4chan, identifying voices, semantics and identity, the ... Read moreThe Liminalist # 56: Loving the Abomination (with Monc)

A second conversation with Mari H, on original sodomy, differentiating visions from reality, a psychic response to trauma, a prosthetic childhood, a lack of a core self, rejecting the social implant, how do people enjoy life, buffered against misfortune, the advantages of a cohesive family, a successful fragment, lacking the spirit of spontaneity, looking beyond ... Read moreLiminalist # 55.5: Unpacking the Shadow (with Mari H)

In-depth esoteric explorations (part one) with Mari H, on Whitley Strieber, UFOs, projections of the unconscious, meeting entities in hats, a creature without a face, a weed-induced psychosis, visitations, becoming radioactive, a trip to the primordium, demonic incarnation through sodomy, visions of being Jimmy Savile, gaps in memory, the flyers and the mechanical mind, Morgellons ... Read moreThe Liminalist # 55: The Afterlife of the Constructed Identity; or, God’s Problem (with Mari H)

Second part of a conversation with David Costanza of Art of Flying, on death and rock and roll, the space in between, songs as vehicles or doorways, conversations as triggers, being the amateur, finding one’s voice, excavating a song from the soul, David Lynch’s fishing, words as anchors, creativity, going inward, & depression, disidentifying with ... Read moreThe Liminalist # 54.5: Strange Currency (with David Costanza)

First of a two-part conversation with David Costanza of Art of Flying, on cosmic clowns, baking and art-packing, pondering the mystery of art, the beginnings of Art of Flying, the parallels with Big Blood, keeping a low profile, creating music outside the industry, avoiding the label-BS, music & community, Free Music Archive, how the world ... Read moreThe Liminalist # 54: What’s In It for the Fish? (with David Costanza/Art of Flying)

Part two of conversation with Samuel Corwin, on Girard’s mimesis & Jesus’ ultimate innocence, martyrs as copycats, Christ as a way of being, imitating God, experience without understanding, a lifetime’s defenses, Strieber and the Sisters of Mercy, Catholicism, the traumatic secret, MKULTRA, & rejecting the body, addressing attachments to pleasure, the idea of purity, the ... Read moreLiminalist 53.5: A Tribe without a Scapegoat (with Samuel Corwin)