Fascinating stuff from the always excellent online magazine Psyche, with insights of value for both fiction writers (who often find their characters “coming to life” in strange ways) and psychonauts both natural and psychedelic (who often encounter autonomous-seeming intelligences and entities in inner space): My fascination with dream characters began while I was in college….
Tag: lucid dreaming
Lucid dreams, sleep paralysis, and altered states: Ryan Hurd interviewed
Teem member Ryan Hurd was interviewed yesterday on the Internet radio program Paranormal Review in connection with his new book, Dream Like a Boss (which will soon be available for pre-order): Have you ever wondered if you can control your dreams? Do you want to know how to take more control over them? Is there…
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This week’s recommended reading covers Morris Berman’s diagnosis of, and prognosis for, the waning of our modern age of capitalism; the end of economic growth due to peak oil; a call from Jaron Lanier to recognize the wizard’s trick of delusion that we’re all pulling on ourselves with technology; a reflection on the soul tragedy…
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This week’s recommended links and readings include: a mainstream university economist’s take on why America is economically (and societally) screwed; a classic article/essay about the Rolling Stones and the Altamont tragedy and its defining impact on a generation; a former television writer’s account of what happened when his meeting with Al Franken for a prospective…
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This week’s links and reading cover apocalyptic trends and their cultural, psychological, and artistic/literary aspects; economic collapse in America and Europe, with attendant venality on the part of politicians and the wealthy elite; the rise of an über-surveillance state in America; epic protests in Canada; the decline and fall (and continued decline after falling) of…