In this episode of the Ultraculture podcast, I’m sharing a bit of shamanic weirdness from the archives: The recording of the launch event for my first book, Generation Hex, in which about half of the book’s contributors appeared on stage together to share their insights and discuss the role of ma... [Read more...]
Scientists Find Great Works of Literature are ‘Fractals’
Researchers studied over 100 works of literature, including Finnegan’s Wake, was well as texts by Dickens, Shakespeare, Dumas, Thomas Mann, Umberto Eco, Samuel Beckett, Henry James and many more. What they discovered was shocking: mathematical consistency, even that they were structured like frac... [Read more...]
This is What Going to a Donald Trump Rally on Acid is Like
Mixing psychedelics and politics worked great for Hunter S. Thompson. For everybody else, it can be a one-way ticket to hell. That’s what Redditor /u/flipper8088 discovered when he and his friends decided to drop LSD before attending a Donald Trump rally as a joke. The trip report from the Donald... [Read more...]
5 Wearable Tech Devices You Can Use for Magick
The use of modern technology for magick has been a long-standing interest of mine—William S. Burroughs, one of the 20th Century’s pre-eminent magicians, was particularly keen on applying fringe technology like orgone generators and Dream Machines to the magical and creative process. It seems only... [Read more...]
The Greek Gods and Goddesses Come to Life in this Magnificent Cartoon Family Tree
The below image, created by Korwin Briggs at Veritable Hokum, depicts a cartoon family tree of the Greek gods. (Check out his other images in this series—including maps for the Egyptian gods, for the Norse gods and even for the Hindu gods!) [Read more...]
Caleigh Fisher on Magick, TOPY, Wilhelm Reich and Evolution
In the latest episode of the Ultraculture podcast, I’m talking to Caleigh Fisher, one of my oldest friends and a compatriot in the exploration not just of magick but in every area of consciousness expansion. Caleigh and I met back in 2000 or so on the Barbelith message board, a community of count... [Read more...]
The 5 Best Books for Truly Understanding Magick and the Occult
My house is almost completely filled with books, a good portion of which are related to magick. That’s because I spent most of my twenties delving into hard occult theory, to make sure I “got it right.” [Read more...]