In two thousand 17, i guess i started pretty much right after the election. But it did seem to me then that the o of that occult stuff is there. It's kind of there. And if you in history, you'll see and ronald ragand evaso, know, he was interested in astrology,. The notion of a stable, objective, accessible, knowable reality is just gone. In popular culture, what was the most popular thing on television in recent decades was reality. So, you know, rea theder, the representation of reality has become more real than the reality itself. This is why i say, half tongue and cheek, half serious,
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.