A generation of avant-garde writers are making conscious magazine headlines and electrifying the festival-speakers' circuit. Featuring a brutally honest look at the shadow self, and society at large, these books are not fluffy New Age reads. They are harder to define, hosting a multidimensional mix of spiritual awakening, new media activism, punk attitude, Burning Man aesthetic, and Occupy ideologies.  (more)

Tom Robbins is one of our unruly pioneers, and his frequently bestselling novels – including Even Cowgirls Get the Blues and Skinny Legs and All – are so saturated in an uncontainable joie de vivre that they have remained virtually required reading throughout the years and decades since their initial publication.  (more)

Jason Hahn, the visionary behind the production company Re:Evolution Media and member of the electronica band Nadis Warriors, is dedicated to uniting members of the spiritual community through the celebration of our creative capacity. In this interview, Hahn discusses the "psychedelic explosion" in electronica, performing alongside visionary artist Alex Grey, and Nadis Warriors' approach to healing through art. (more)

Killing Joke's song, "Eighties" was a standard at high-school dances for the latter half of that decade. The band wrote about the end of capitalism and the world as we know it, and the members were magicians who conferred with the spirits. Now they rock harder, heavier, and more beautifully than ever. (more)

Lucidity is an ongoing "web saga" that follows Jason and George -- alter-egos of creators Sean Oliver and Danny Torgersen -- on their exploration of lucid dreaming and alternate levels of consciousness. I recently talked with Sean and Danny about how this zero-budget, volunteer-based venture got off the ground, how it works, and where it’s headed next. (more)

Blissed-out, ecstatic union with our divine selves – we seek it at raves and rock concerts, and in the desert with the Burning Man. I try to get there when I'm jamming with my band – but I didn't realize how much this longing relates to Voodoo, and the concept of possession. (more)

In the fall of 2011, a visionary sub-group of OWS protesters lived in Zuccotti Park, connecting to each other through the language of poetry. Since their forced removal by Bloomberg, librarian Stephen J. Boyer has committed his efforts towards compiling and publishing The Occupy Wall Street Poetry Anthology, a "spiritual biography of the movement." (more)

With YouTube uploading more than two days' worth of video every minute, it's an ever growing moveable visual feast of delicacies from all over around the world. This inspired me to create a new short film series that leverages the creativity of individuals and organizations from across the globe. The series is titled Let it Ripple: Mobile Films for Global Change. (more)

Jack Kerouac called from a phone booth while his friends Allen Ginsberg and Peter Orlovsky anxiously paced outside. "Hello, I'd like to meet with Dr. Suzuki . . . Right NOW!" The scholar's secretary told him to be there in a half hour. Elated, the three friends skipped down First Avenue to hail a cab. (more)

Come to the opening party for Sigils & Signs, a gallery show for artists using occult symbols from various traditions and times, each artist exploring what it means to be a magician in the modern age. (more)

This Sunday night join A.C. Johner and Julian Reyes for a screening in Brooklyn of their film Electronic Awakening, with Q&A after. (more)

There are hundreds, if not thousands, of hobbyists and non-programmers who make digital games outside of the games industry's model. There are  lots of tools that allow people to make and distribute games without ever having written a line of code and without having to pass through publishers' gates. In years to come, there will be a lot more tools. (more)

Have you ever wondered what a planetary transformation of society based on the integration of esoteric philosophy, shamanic practice, design science, dance floor grooves, and cutting-edge communications technology might sound like? We hope so, because we devised our first E+SM mix, Evolution for Your Ears to satisfy this secret yearning. (more)

In the new romantic comedy Wanderlust, actress Jennifer Aniston drinks ayahuasca for the first time.  In just a few years, the once secret Amazonian brew has snaked its way into the entertainment industry. But the question lies: can Hollywood portray this medicinal, psychonautic elixir with the maturity and complexity necessary to address its multifaceted experiences? (more)