In your book, you see the sixties as this sort of last decade of a magic and mystery. I came to see more and more that, well, there is this kind of darker, soro side to it. You don't for that, charles manson. He remains a infinitely fascinating, unomythic figure now. And i took a lot of these six tes icons to task because some people didn't like it. But they were all leading figures in the new psychodelic revival.
Gary Lachman is a writer and philosopher, whose work focuses on human imagination and the history of occult ideas. In this episode we discuss:
- Moving between the rational and the imaginative modes of consciousness - The rise of meme magic in politics and how Trump, Putin others have used it - How to make sense of a world dominated by philosophies of nihilism
We also discuss Gary’s experience in the rock band Blondie in the mid 70s, how the internet shapes reality and the history of some of the most important ideas about consciousness.