On Thursday August 30th, 2018 the Hermetic Hour with host Poke Runyon will review and explore the almost one thousand page introspective philosophical and spiritual journal of the late California science-fiction writer Philip K. Dick. (1928-1982) This remarkable documentation of a classic mystical experience and its ramifications in and beyond the author's literary works. The exegesis is also a chronicle of a genius battling for sanity and a true religious philosophy as he lives and works through what is obviously and admittedly mental illness. Dick is best known for his darkly paranoid  science-fiction novels and stories. The novel VALIS (vast active living intelligence system) is the fictionalized version of his 1974 vision and much of the exegesis ruminates on its impact and significance. As a Roman Catholic Dick's vision is Biblical, especially Christian, but he analyzes it as Gnostic and Neo-platonic (Hermetic) and defines Christ as essentially female. He later defines himself as a neo-Marxist philosopher and gives us insights into the spiritual aspects of the 1960s and 70s counter culture that continue to perpetuate the social and political divide in our society today. So, if you want to spend an hour in the mind of Philip K. Dick join us and we will inquire within. As Above so Below, As Within so Without.