Alex is in touch with what Aleister Crowley called "True Will." He recognized his mission early on. Alex fulfills the foundational core of most True Will: commitment to consciousness and service to others. (more)

2012 was a year of All-things-Burroughs. We had the On the Road film and a two-volume set showcasing The Lost Art of Ah Pook and currently The October Gallery in London is exhibiting his paintings, drawings, and "talismanic objects."  (more)

"Within You With You" by The Beatles, "Echoes" by Pink Floyd, "Thursday Afternoon" by Brian Eno, and "The Art Teacher" by Rufus Wainwright. The are just some of the musical recommendations from Reality Sandwich contributors for those who want to be transported to a higher plane.  (more)

Killing Joke has seen three decades of critical engagement with contemporary culture, bringing ancient traditions forward and embracing a reality unbounded by arbitrary laws. With this interview, I wanted to understand how the death of bassist Paul Raven and extending friendship beyond temporal limitations affected Coleman's life.
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For hosts David Silver and Raghu Markus, the Mindrolling podcast is about becoming unstuck. It's a rock and rolling conversation remembering the 60s, digesting the 70s, paralleling then and now, right now, in the growing 10s of the 21st century. Including a talk by Ram Dass from 1979 and David's recounting of his encounter with Richard Nixon. (more)

Be Brave is the true story of Daniel Northcott, a young filmmaker whose dying wish was to spread his message of unity. Support this community-funded project here.  (more)

Scott Draves is the brains behind the crowdsourced iterative screensaver known as the Electric Sheep, a continually evolving abstract animation with over 450,000 participants. Individual Sheep animations are voted on by participants; the more popular sheep live longer and reproduce according to a genetic algorithm with mutation and cross-over. (more)

John Sheldon was Van Morrison's lead guitarist at age 17. He has an uncanny gift for conjuring the wild spirit, so when he told me he'd written a song for the famous alpha female Wolf 06 shot and killed just out of Yellowstone, I wanted to share it with others who, like me, are mourning for all of the hundreds of wolves who are murdered for sport.  (more)

December 21st 2012 came and we're all still alive to rap about it on the second episode of the Reality Sandwich podcast! Now available: "Episode 2: Still Not the End of the World, with Graham Hancock, Joseph Chilton Pearce, and Davd Jay Brown."  (more)

The Matrix, Waking Life, Spirited Away, Stalker, Au Hasard Balthazar – some of the films famous for evoking the evasive nature of the mystical encounter. We polled Reality Sandwich contributors to find out their favorites. Here is the first installment of their recommendations.  (more)

Ever since On the Road was published, sporadic attempts to bring it to the screen have come to nothing. Hollywood producers evidently saw the book's lack of a storyline with a limiting three-act structure as a drawback. By the time Jack wrote On the Road in 1951, after five years of false starts, he was already in rebellion against conventional storytelling. (more)

Rock Wilk channels his personal story through storytelling and music, two mediums which can be incredibly open and communal for an audience. The "Broke Wide Open" experience is an intense and entertaining body of work. It is ultimately about a survivor who is not letting anything, fate nor past mistakes, keep him from soaring. (more)

The Reality Sandwich crew will be taking a post-apocalyptic vacation from Dec. 24 to Jan. 4. In the meantime, enjoy a selection of noteworthy articles from the past year. Happy holidays, and a happy new year!  (more)

Hollywood has taken a cue from the cosmic weather. The newly released films and upcoming offerings have been shifting consciousness and reflecting the archetypal evolution unfolding at this critical turn of the ages. Here are some thoughts on why film is such an important and magical experience at this time. (more)