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Expanding Mind

Progressiveradionetwork.com presents Expanding Mind with Erik Davis. He explores the culture of consciousness: magic, spirituality, psychology, technology.

society & culture

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58:34

Expanding Mind - The Practice of Skepticism - 07.26.18

Expanding Mind ·

2018/07/26

A conversation with philosopher and religious studies professor Dustin Atlas about ancient skepticism, Madhyamaka Buddhism, the taste of honey, Montaigne, Robert Anton Wilson, and the path of doubt.

en

57:38

Expanding Mind - The Archons Are Back - 07.19.18

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2018/07/19

A talk with gnostic scholar Matthew Dillon about religious mourning, the Nag Hammadi library, sex magick Jesus, the gnostic Eden, David Icke’s lizards, and the power of the archons as an allegory of contemporary technological and political power.

en

58:43

Expanding Mind - Silicon Valley Fever - 07.12.18

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2018/07/12

A talk with journalist Adam Fisher about virtual reality, the cyberculture underground, libertarianism, and his Silicon Valley oral history Valley Of Genius.

en

58:27

Expanding Mind - Mind Change - 07.05.18

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2018/07/05

A conversation with author Michael Pollan about psychedelic awe, trip reports, the mental health crisis, underground therapists and his book How to Change your Mind (Penguin).

en

57:57

Expanding Mind - Drone Metal Mysticism - 06.28.18

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2018/06/28

A talk with music scholar and ethnographer Owen Coggins about amplifier worship, sonic pilgrimage, “as if” listening, metal humor, and his new book Mysticism, Ritual and Religion in Drone Metal.

en

59:01

Expanding Mind - None of This is Real - 06.21.18

Expanding Mind ·

2018/06/20

A wide-ranging conversation with writer and teacher Miranda Mellis about uncanny climates, thinking with fables, empathic fictions, “don’t know” politics, Buddhist meditation, and the entanglement with the nonhuman.

en

58:12

Expanding Mind - Fungal Alliance - 06.14.18

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2018/06/14

A discussion with anthropologist Joanna Steinhardt about her study of DIY mycology, psilocybe politics, PF Tek, and psychedelic naturalism.

en

58:29

Expanding Mind - Trump and Magick - 06.07.18

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2018/06/07

A conversation with esoteric writer Gary Lachman about postmodernism, Positive Thinking, chaos magic, Putin's esoteric tricksters, and Gary's hot new book Dark Star Rising: Magick and Power in the Age of Trump (Tarcher).

en

58:39

Expanding Mind - Guru’s Child - 05.31.18

Expanding Mind ·

2018/05/31

Guru’s ChildA conversation with artist and man-about-town Naropa Sabine about Shakti, self-formation, rural ashrams, and growing up with a Tantric guru for a dad.

en

57:36

Expanding Mind - The Great Larry Norman - 05.24.18

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2018/05/24

A conversation with author Gregory Alan Thornbury about 70s Jesus Music, apocalyptic politics, and his biography of the Christian rock star Larry Norman: Why Should the Devil Have All the Good Music?

en

58:13

Expanding Mind - On Beyond - 05.21.18

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2018/05/21

A conversation with designer and snowboarder Sijay James about archaic revivals, neotribal design, mystic powder, flow, and falling with style.

en

58:37

Expanding Mind - Being Anarchist - 05.10.18

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2018/05/10

A conversation with Scottish poet and novelist John Burnside about Henry Miller, the flight from society, sexual braggadocio, folk ballads, Taoism, and his arresting book On Henry Miller: or How to Be an Anarchist (Princeton).

en

58:26

Expanding Mind - Tao Lin Trips - 05.03.18

Expanding Mind ·

2018/05/03

A conversation with alt-lit novelist, poet, and artist Tao Lin, about Terence McKenna, feeling happy (or not), degenerate humans, writing trip reports, and his refreshing new non-fiction book Trip: Psychedelics, Alienation, and Change (Vintage).

en

57:27

Expanding Mind - Desert Oracle - 04.26.18

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2018/04/26

A conversation with Ken Layne, the maestro of the Desert Oracle podcast and field guide, about Joshua trees, desert Christianity, Edward Abbey, military secrecy, and the mysterious (and smelly) Yucca Man of local legend.

en

56:20

Expanding Mind - Practice - 04.19.18

Expanding Mind ·

2018/04/19

A three-way idea fest with Marcus Boon and Gabriel Levine about art, discipline, self-care, crafting community, tikkun, and their rich and stimulating edited collection Practice (MIT Press).

en

59:14

Expanding Mind - Psychedelic Bridges - 04.12.18

Expanding Mind ·

2018/04/12

A conversation with Brazilian anthropologist, conference programmer, and chacruna.net editor Bia Labate: peyote politics, the bureaucratization of psychedelics, and working with indigenous leaders. www.bialabate.net

en

57:04

Expanding Mind - The Revery of the Ordinary - 04.05.18

Expanding Mind ·

2018/04/05

A sprawling conversation with my interlocutor and old pal Ed Phillips (aka Faustroll on Twitter) about revery, misery, irony, and the ethics of being real. https://congruenz.wordpress.com/

en

57:30

Expanding Mind - Chaos Magic Flashbacks - 03.29.18

Expanding Mind ·

2018/03/28

A juicy chat with occultist Joe Max about punk-rock sorcery, Cthulhu invocations, intensity and fear, and the power of chaos magic in rave-era San Francisco.

en

58:02

Expanding Mind - They Shimmer Within - 03.22.18

Expanding Mind ·

2018/03/23

A conversation with artist and independent scholar Bruce Rimell about psychedelic entities, evolution, and his new book They Shimmer Within: Cognitive-Evolutionary Perspectives on Visionary Beings.

en

54:49

Expanding Mind - How to Die - 03.16.18

Expanding Mind ·

2018/03/16

A conversation with classics professor James Romm about mortality, Stoicism, the ambivalent freedom offered by suicide, and his new book of Seneca translations, How to Die: An Ancient Guide to the End of Life (Princeton).

en

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