JGeropoulas
The Living Force
This past year, I’ve really enjoyed listening to the Expanding Mind podcasts, which feature interviews of a wide variety of people concerning consciousness and the mind. The hosts, Erik and Maja maintain a good balance between openness and cautiousness (and between the interviewees comments and their own) as they respectfully proceed with their insightful, well-crafted questions.
Here’s the official blurb:
(I’ll probably write them soon and tell them about Laura and the C’s, which I’m sure they’ll find that quite fascinating. Hopefully that information will lead them to some missing pieces of the puzzle, which they seem to have largely pieced together from their many years of study and personal experiences.)
Most recently, as a testament to the hosts, when a scheduled guest had to cancel unexpectedly recently, they proceeded in a fascinating discussion about the relationship between synchronicity and divination or magical thinking. About 7 minutes into the podcast, Maja tells of a strange series of events that followed the “Congressional exorcism” she conducted privately as her contribution to stemming the tide of darkness engulfing America.
But rather than falling into magical thinking or egoism about being the causal agent (a topic discussed later), she prefers saying only that certain things occurred in close proximity in time -- including, within an hour of the exorcism, that stenographer’s “outburst” in Congress.(discussed here: http://www.sott.net/article/267775-House-stenographer-yanked-from-chamber-ranting-about-God-freemasons and http://www.sott.net/article/267676-You-cannot-serve-two-masters-House-stenographer-goes-crazy-during-House-vote-escorted-out )
Maja went on the say, that amazingly, this stenographer's outburst contained the verbatim mantra phrase she’d used with the exorcism, as well as all the basic elements of an exorcism! A discussion then ensued about the possible non-linear, energetic aspects of such things as premonitions, etc..
One thing that impressed me about the Maja is, that when people come to her for readings/divination, she said that, rather than tell them what to do (give them a psychic “pill”) she makes them work for insights related to solving the issues she may see.
Below is the link to the podcast and some background on the hosts:
Congressional exorcism, magical thinking, and the technology of serendipity
_http://prn.fm/2013/10/expanding-mind-politics-synchronicity-102713/
Erik Davis is an award-winning author, teacher, and lecturer who splits his time between Houston and San Francisco. He is the author, most recently, of
· Nomad Codes: Adventures in Modern Esoterica (Yeti)
· The Visionary State: A Journey Through California’s Spiritual Landscape (Chronicle),
with photographs by Michael Rauner.
· Led Zeppelin IV, a contribution to Continuum’s 33 1/3 series.
· TechGnosis: Myth, Magic, and Mysticism in the Age of Information (Harmony), a cult classic of visionary
media studies that has been translated into five languages.
His essays on music, media, technoculture, and spirituality have appeared in over a dozen books, including
· Sound Unbound: Sampling Digital Music and Culture (MIT Press)
· AfterBurn: Reflections on Burning Μan (University of New Mexico Press)
· Zig Zag Zen (Chronicle)
· The Disinformation Book of Lies (Disinfo)
Davis has contributed to scores of publications, including Bookforum, ArtForum, Wired, Salon, the LA Weekly, and the Village Voice. He has taught courses at numerous universities and retreat centers. Many of his articles and essays can be found at _www.techgnosis.com.
Here’s the official blurb:
(I’ll probably write them soon and tell them about Laura and the C’s, which I’m sure they’ll find that quite fascinating. Hopefully that information will lead them to some missing pieces of the puzzle, which they seem to have largely pieced together from their many years of study and personal experiences.)
Most recently, as a testament to the hosts, when a scheduled guest had to cancel unexpectedly recently, they proceeded in a fascinating discussion about the relationship between synchronicity and divination or magical thinking. About 7 minutes into the podcast, Maja tells of a strange series of events that followed the “Congressional exorcism” she conducted privately as her contribution to stemming the tide of darkness engulfing America.
But rather than falling into magical thinking or egoism about being the causal agent (a topic discussed later), she prefers saying only that certain things occurred in close proximity in time -- including, within an hour of the exorcism, that stenographer’s “outburst” in Congress.(discussed here: http://www.sott.net/article/267775-House-stenographer-yanked-from-chamber-ranting-about-God-freemasons and http://www.sott.net/article/267676-You-cannot-serve-two-masters-House-stenographer-goes-crazy-during-House-vote-escorted-out )
Maja went on the say, that amazingly, this stenographer's outburst contained the verbatim mantra phrase she’d used with the exorcism, as well as all the basic elements of an exorcism! A discussion then ensued about the possible non-linear, energetic aspects of such things as premonitions, etc..
One thing that impressed me about the Maja is, that when people come to her for readings/divination, she said that, rather than tell them what to do (give them a psychic “pill”) she makes them work for insights related to solving the issues she may see.
Below is the link to the podcast and some background on the hosts:
Congressional exorcism, magical thinking, and the technology of serendipity
_http://prn.fm/2013/10/expanding-mind-politics-synchronicity-102713/
Erik Davis is an award-winning author, teacher, and lecturer who splits his time between Houston and San Francisco. He is the author, most recently, of
· Nomad Codes: Adventures in Modern Esoterica (Yeti)
· The Visionary State: A Journey Through California’s Spiritual Landscape (Chronicle),
with photographs by Michael Rauner.
· Led Zeppelin IV, a contribution to Continuum’s 33 1/3 series.
· TechGnosis: Myth, Magic, and Mysticism in the Age of Information (Harmony), a cult classic of visionary
media studies that has been translated into five languages.
His essays on music, media, technoculture, and spirituality have appeared in over a dozen books, including
· Sound Unbound: Sampling Digital Music and Culture (MIT Press)
· AfterBurn: Reflections on Burning Μan (University of New Mexico Press)
· Zig Zag Zen (Chronicle)
· The Disinformation Book of Lies (Disinfo)
Davis has contributed to scores of publications, including Bookforum, ArtForum, Wired, Salon, the LA Weekly, and the Village Voice. He has taught courses at numerous universities and retreat centers. Many of his articles and essays can be found at _www.techgnosis.com.