Carl Abrahamsson is both a filmmaker and author. His most recent film is titled Anton LaVey: Into the Devil’s Den. Other films include Poems Are Living Things and Cinemagician: Conversations with Kenneth Anger. His most recent book is titled Occulture: The Hidden Forces That Drive Culture Forward. He also edits The Fenris Wolf, an annual anthology of occulture. His website is http://highbrow-lowlife.com/
This far-ranging, open-ended conversation explores the role of intuitive consciousness as a cultural force. The discussion focuses on Sir Isaac Newton as a spiritual alchemist and archetypal materialist. Other topics include the role of psychic functioning as well the fear of psi, the Nietzschean emphasis on the “superman”, and even the possibility of psychedelic mushroom spores from outer space.
New Thinking Allowed host, Jeffrey Mishlove, PhD, is author of The Roots of Consciousness, Psi Development Systems, and The PK Man. Between 1986 and 2002 he hosted and co-produced the original Thinking Allowed public television series. He is the recipient of the only doctoral diploma in “parapsychology” ever awarded by an accredited university (University of California, Berkeley, 1980).
(Recorded on July 12, 2020)
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