Ultraculture

All mythological stories and traditions address the creation of the world in some way. In fact, creation myths are the most common form of narrative across all civilizations—humans have always struggled with the question of how everything came to be as it is. [Read more...]

I used to refer to myself not as a Gnostic, but as an agnostic—someone who neither believes nor disbelieves in the existence of God. I used this as a safe haven to avoid the ridiculous debates between modern militant atheists and the radical religious right, both blindly believing in their own pa... [Read more...]

William Blake (1757-1827) was a poet and artist from England. He was also one of the truest geniuses Western civilization ever produced. [Read more...]

Nicholas Roerich was truly an international man of mystery and magic. Born in 1874 in St. Petersburg, Roerich rose to become one of the world’s most versatile intellectuals, lending his expertise to three different sectors: art, politics and spirituality. [Read more...]

If you’re like me, you’re likely fascinated by how much diversity there is in what people believe. How can there be so many gods and goddesses in the world? How can there be so much variance in mythology? Where did all these mythological creatures come from? How can belief be so different dependi... [Read more...]

Alchemy is tradition spanning millennia that influenced the development of modern chemistry, medicine, philosophy and psychology. Western alchemy blends Greek, Egyptian, Islamic and Jewish traditions, and is a branch of Hermetic philosophy, which is based on the works of Hermes Trismegistus, mean... [Read more...]

In this episode of the podcast, I hang out with global resilience guru Vinay Gupta in his penthouse in London and talk meditation, magic, blockchain technology and saving the world. We get into some great territory on the far reaches of what’s possible with magic, and the bad mythologies and appr... [Read more...]