Self Portraits As Other People

Eric Wargo, author of “Time Loops” and “Precognitive Dreamwork & the Long Self,” returns to Self Portraits As Other People to talk about his new book “From Nowhere: Artists, Writers, and the Precognitive Imagination.” We navigate the nebulous c-word and the various facets of its counterpart The Unconscious, the role the body plays in precognitive phenomena, themes of archetypal inversion, the need to strip away the time travel tropes that keep us from clear exploration, the implications of time travel trauma, and more. For those unfamiliar with Wargo's work I recommend first checking out his previous appearance in ep 16: The Preciousness of The Prescient Present, for an entry level to his ideas. Find/follow Eric: www.thenightshirt.com X: @thenightshirt Preparatory viewing/listening: YT

“My guest is the house that hosts me and I am the ghost that haunts it.” This bi-coastal episode is a meditation on the meaning of home as a locational vibration, from the nomadic vantage point of a perpetual “stranger passing through town.” The 1st half examines the subconscious sonic textures through which places speak to us. I recorded this segment while going through a deep emotional process, in Los Angeles, shortly after finishing my intense anti-leishmanial medicine cycle, and before leaving for New York. After a sonic interlude the 2nd half takes place in the insomniac city, where I quantum leap from sublet to sublet, and these temporary home-bodies I borrow from strangers—spaces “literally haunted by the absence of their presence”—become Self Portraits As Other People. In addition to my own compositions the episode features original musical contributions by Jeff Cravath and Brian Aspell. The Ungoogleable Michaelangelo www.theungoogleable.com IG: void_denizen YT, Twitter, TikTok, etc: https://Linktr.ee/void_denizen SUPPORT SPAOP: -Subscribe -Share -Rate (*****) -Review -patreonize us (http://www.patreon.com/voiddenizen) -donate: Venmo (@voiddenizen) / paypal (snailconvention@gmail.com)

In this improvised walk-and-talk monoloque I reflect on (and atone for) the time I met Werner Herzog at the premiere of lan Cheney's documentary film “Arc of Oblivion.” I use this anecdote as a jump off point to share thoughts about documentation, impersonation, Spiritualism as Proto-feminism, my time working as a photo double for the Riggs character in the Lethal Weapon TV show, the relative duration of objective vs subjective time, the parasocial reality of meeting celebrities, and the redemptive arc of self-esteem-punking oneself in order to give in to the humbling & the bumbling. Ft. music by @bohemiancristalinstrument, Live

(Headphones recommended for optimal immersion in and enjoyment of the show's intro and outro ) Jesse Jacobs is an imaginative comic book writer and illustrator from Canada. His books include Crawl Space, Safari Honeymoon, By This Shall You Know Him, and New Pets. His compelling, cartoon worlds and their inhabitants call to mind the pataphysical taxonomies of works like the Codex Seraphinianus, Hieronymous Bosch, Hayao Myazaki, and Adventure Time. His work often contains ecological elements that deal with characters moving through and adapting to places that are alive, and the mysterious forces (big and small) that lord over them. We explore the trippy tropes of place-as-character, nature's boundless beauty and dangers, and the sometimes-necessity of boarding-up-a-portal. Comparing notes on the creative process, psychedelic influences, and sharing recommendations of books, music, and films, we revel in a mutual admiration of each other's work. I created audio play adaptations of scenes from his books Crawl Space and Safari Honeymoon for the intro and outro of the episode, musically assisted by Bear Glass and the voice talents of Taylor Stillwell and Kat Lakey. You'll soon be able to find these, as well as extended shownotes, on my IG, TikTok, YouTube, and Patreon (linked below) so follow along! Find/follow Jesse: www.jessejacobsart.com IG: @jacobs_comics Extended shownotes, links, pics, etc: www.patreon.com/voiddenizen Behind the scenes stuff: https://www.patreon.com/posts/analog-dialogue-98512429 The Ungoogleable Michaelangelo www.theungoogleable.com IG: void_denizen YT, Twitter, TikTok, etc: https://Linktr.ee/void_denizen SUPPORT SPAOP: -Subscribe -Share -Rate (*****) -Review -patreonize us (http://www.patreon.com/voiddenizen) -donate: Venmo (@voiddenizen) / paypal (snailconvention@gmail.com)

I attended Sophia's psychedelic psundsay psermon recently, on an actual Sunday in an actual church, in Asheville, NC. She may be an anthropologist, but she is no anthro-apologist, for this talk regarded “inter-species dialogues & plant consciousness.” & so we met up later that week to talk tardigrades, Jericho roses & the death & resurrection of words. To ponder prayer, spin recursive meme-o-spheres, encounter scary English angels in the polyglot-o-sphere & stand in “Uhhh” before the “awefullsome” in the realm of the sphere-its. We exchanged notes about what she calls “stacked spirit science” & we honored the ANTcestors with fancy-antsy words like “stigmergy” & “formication”. Even though all things that look/sound similar are connected, we managed to tell Huni Kuin from Loony Toons & Shipibo-Conibo from Evil-Knievel. We traced the riverine roots of the milk-mustached Drunk Monkey People's circuitous designs back to the anaconda choirs of their creation myth (scales for days). We sat, as if in ceremony, w the riddle of sickness & the serpent's place in amazonian&Asclepius' lore. Snake oil or serpent medicine? We weighed the value of dream-tending vs. analysis & as we wondered how to concoct a cure for loneliness I remembered the psycho-magical Dream Theatre I used to facilitate, where we would often transcend Joseph Conrad's maxim “we live as we dream—alone.” &just as Sophia & I considered questions that refuse to be answered & answers that refuse to be questioned, our pod-cast spell was interrupted by a phone-call from our friend comedian Shane Mauss. Sophia co-wrote the book When Plants Dream w Daniel Pinchbeck & has a bouncing baby blog on substack called NUMA. Find/follow Sophia: www.sophiarokhlin.com IG: @sophiarokhlin The Ungoogleable Michaelangelo www.theungoogleable.com IG: void_denizen patreon.com/voiddenizen -donate: Venmo (@voiddenizen) / paypal (snailconvention@gmail.com)

This, the shortest solo pod to date, relays the frenetically inspiring energy of New York City, as a storied palimpsest of ever evolving Lore. I'm gonna leave it at that and let the piece speak for itself. Music: Miles Davis - Bitches' Brew The Ungoogleable Michaelangelo www.theungoogleable.com IG: void_denizen YT, X, TikTok, etc: https://Linktr.ee/void_denizen SUPPORT SPAOP: -Subscribe -Share -Rate (*****) -Review -patreon (http://www.patreon.com/voiddenizen) -donate: Venmo (@voiddenizen) / paypal (snailconvention@gmail.com)

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In this episode I host a parasite instead of a conventional guest. In the Mexican jungle, deforestation unleashed Leishmania, a parasite vectored by a sandfly, and I am infected. Marked by volcanic lesions on my left cheek and right hand I'm undergoing an impatient transformation(TM), and as I wait for medicine to arrive, I examine my experience through shamanic, ecological, and pragmatic lenses. Relaying the story in classic SPAOP-fashion, I investigate themes of inter-species diplomacy, the thin line between a parasite and a symbiot, between psychedelic ecology and ecodelic psychology, between parasitology and parapsychology, and contemplate the merits of redemption. The Ungoogleable Michaelangelo www.theungoogleable.com IG: void_denizen YT, Twitter, TikTok, etc: https://Linktr.ee/void_denizen Mentioned on the show: -Upstream Color, film by Shane Carruth -The Red Hand Files, newsletter/blog by Nick Cave -Paradise Has Parasites, SPAOP solo pod WAYS TO SUPPORT SPAOP: -get your copy of Impatient Transformations here: www.theungoogleable.com/books -Subscribe -Share -Rate (*****) -Review -patreonize us (http://www.patreon.com/voiddenizen) -donate: Venmo (@voiddenizen) / paypal (snailconvention@gmail.com) Ft. music by Soularflair (https://soularflair.bandcamp.com/) & me (incl. Void Denizen instrumental)

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(( headphones recommended for optimal immersion and enjoyment )) “Art is the only truly effective means we have of engaging, in a communal context, the psyche on its own terms,” writes jF Martel, the co-host of the Weird Studies podcast and the author of the brilliant book “Reclaiming Art in the Age of Artifice”, in which he distills a clear, working definition of art, in relation to its antithesis, artifice. Treating the episode as a book report, we use the philosophy put forth in its pages as a springboard to examine the implications of ai-generated images, and the potential consequences of outsourcing one's intuitive sensibilities to a dreaming machine. Correction: Titanic was 1911, not whatever year I proposed Find/follow JF: Twitter: @JF_Martel www.reclaimingart.com podcast: www.weirdstudies.com Extended shownotes (art, links, resources) NEWish From The Ungoogleable: My latest essay: Dreamtime Screentime: Pareidolic Deities & Dead Channels Buy my book The He & The She Of It The Ungoogleable Michaelangelo: www.theungoogleable.com IG: void_denizen YT, Twitter, TikTok, etc: https://Linktr.ee/void_denizen WAYS TO SUPPORT SELF PORTRAITS AS OTHER PEOPLE: -Subscribe -Share -Rate (*****) -Review -patreonize us (http://www.patreon.com/voiddenizen) -donate: Venmo (@voiddenizen) or paypal (snailconvention@gmail.com) All music by Ungoogleably Yours, except the Leonard Cohen karaoke backing track, ripped from YT. Outro "Eclipse (Halfway)" by Void Denizen (spotify)

(( headphones recommended for optimal immersion and enjoyment )) Proficient in both digital & traditional media, Jake is one of the few formally trained visionary artists. I was his guest on ep.10 of The Quarantine Sessions, a podcast he began hosting at the onset of the pandemic. Nowadays he sporadically casts pods as solo spells, wherein he discusses his study & practice of Magick. Alongside a curated pantheon of experts and professionals Jake also facilitates Online workshops & in-person retreats that focus on the intersection of art, mindfulness, & the western esoteric tradition. We talk about his recent ventures into co-creating w/ Midjourney, where text-prompted spells generate AI-art. We relate the process to divinatory practices, & consider that perhaps egregorial entities are the mind's own AI agencies. We also touch upon his rarely discussed experience w/ hook suspension. Though it's not his main avenue of expression, Jake also plays music, & I included one of his piano compositions in the intro to showcase the scope of his multivalent talent. Find/follow Jake: IG: @.kobrin. www.jakekobrin.com Extended shownotes (art, links, resources, etc) NEWish From The Ungoogleable: My latest essay: Dreamtime Screentime: Pareidolic Deities & Dead Channels Buy my book The He & The She Of It The Ungoogleable Michaelangelo: www.theungoogleable.com IG: void_denizen YT, Twitter, TikTok, etc: https://Linktr.ee/void_denizen WAYS TO SUPPORT SELF PORTRAITS AS OTHER PEOPLE: -Subscribe -Share -Rate (*****) -Review -patreonize us (http://www.patreon.com/voiddenizen) -donate: Venmo (@voiddenizen) or paypal (snailconvention@gmail.com) All music by Ungoogleably Yours, except the "Leibnitz" piano piece by J.Kobrin Outro "Tragic Magic" by Void Denizen (spotify)

(( headphones recommended for optimal immersion and enjoyment )) Dave Green's simple line drawings come across as iconographic glyphs. These drawings are recreations, upon waking, of drawings he created in a lucid dream state. Lately he has been experimenting with giving his pen & paper to other people in his dreams to see what they create. His art has been featured in BBC Science Focus and DreamTime magazine. He has lectured about his work at the Tate Modern & is the subject of an upcoming documentary by the World Science Festival. We talk about dream practices, artful means of building bridges between worlds, & creating one's own custom, divinatory lexicon through which to smuggle objects across the borders of waking & dream. Watch Dave's 20min illustrative demonstration of his lucid art practice: https://youtu.be/9SDXyn11Zcs Find/follow Dave: IG: @davegreen5000 www.dave-green.co.uk NEWish From The Ungoogleable: My latest essay: Dreamtime Screentime: Pareidolic Deities & Dead Channels My new film San Pedro Buy my book The He & The She Of It The Ungoogleable Michaelangelo: www.theungoogleable.com IG: void_denizen YT, Twitter, TikTok, etc: https://Linktr.ee/void_denizen WAYS TO SUPPORT SELF PORTRAITS AS OTHER PEOPLE: -Subscribe -Share -Rate (*****) -Review -patreonize us (http://www.patreon.com/voiddenizen) -donate: Venmo (@voiddenizen) or paypal (snailconvention@gmail.com) All music by Ungoogleably Yours

(( headphones recommended )) Time for a solo pod! In the spirit of modular storytelling this episode offers five written/spoken/sound-scaped vignettes. All the stories are based in the Ayahuasca experience, sourced from my private stash. Not unlike an audiobook, the dark, poetic prose intends to take the audience on an immersive listening experience, enchanting them into an altered state. The main tale takes place at the intersection of parapsychology and parasitology, and revolves around my visionary encounter with a parasite who, during a 2014 sojourn in the Peruvian amazon, held my body and mind hostage. The segments are tentatively titled as follows: Sharing Circle The Man In The Jungle The Secret Cannot Be Contained In The Beginning Was The Shhh... Colonel Carapace: in Cherished Memory of a Perished Parasite Extended shownotes (artwork/writings/resources): https://www.patreon.com/posts/64830146 a special thanks to Mike Brancatelli of Mike-a-delic (my guest in ep 10) for lending his voice talent in servive of this episode's intro, where he portrays Erik Davis (my guest in ep13) NEW: My latest essay: Dreamtime Screentime: Pareidolic Deities & Dead Channels My new film San Pedro Buy my book The He & The She Of It Support SPAOP: -Subscribe -Share -Rate (*****) -Review -patreonize us (http://www.patreon.com/voiddenizen) -donate: Venmo (@voiddenizen) or paypal (snailconvention@gmail.com) The Ungoogleable Michaelangelo: www.theungoogleable.com IG: void_denizen YT, Twitter, TikTok, etc: https://Linktr.ee/void_denizen All music by The Ungoogleable except Whim & Will, music byTravis Puntarelli (IG: @balladir)

(( headphones recommended )) Aside from facilitating plant medicine ceremonies & vending shamanic paraphernalia, Kent Osborn is also a painter & writer. He published a book of his Ayahuasca-inspired, visionary art called InKENTations, & wrote Shinan, which chronicles the different "kené"--the circuitous designs distinct to the Shipibo tribe of the Ucayali region of Peru. The patterns of the Kené are inspired by the shamans' icaros (healing songs). This episode consists of a conversation I recorded in 2014, in San Fancisco, when Kent returned from his first Shipibo-flavored Ayahuasca ceremony in Lima. He passionately and humorously shares an experience he had with a powerful shaman, wherein he crafted objects w/ his voice & ecountered ancestral spirits. I counter his wonder-filled account w/ a tale of one of my own early Aya experiences, in which the voice also played a central role in navigating & crafting space. Extended shownotes includes Kent's art & a piece of writing called "Icaro Casino", a case study, complimentary to ep 17, that dissects the assumptions behind our beliefs & the origins of chance, gambling, & divination. Find/follow Kent: IG: @inkentations / @shinan_visionary_art www.kentchimedicina.com NEW: My latest essay: Dreamtime Screentime: Pareidolic Deities & Dead Channels My new film San Pedro Buy my book The He & The She Of It Support SPAOP: -Subscribe -Share -Rate (*****) -Review -patreonize us (http://www.patreon.com/voiddenizen) -donate: Venmo (@voiddenizen) or paypal (snailconvention@gmail.com) The Ungoogleable Michaelangelo: www.theungoogleable.com IG: void_denizen YT, Twitter, TikTok, etc: https://Linktr.ee/void_denizen All music by The Ungoogleable except Canto De Flores by Heather Marie Freed (IG: @velvetspires)

((( headphones recommended for optimal immersion and enjoyment ))) I'd describe Eric Wargo as an oneiric archeologist. He's the author of “Time Loops: Retrocausation, Precognition, and The Unconscious” as well as a recent handbook for interpreting message from the future received in dreams called “Precognitive Dreamwork and the Long Self.” I resonate with the ideas he puts forth so much that I've purchased the book seven times! We talk about the physical locale of the collective unconscious, personification and encryption in dream states, time travel, the prophetic nature of creativity, and more. I also get a chance to relay a few pertinent instances of precognition and time loops from my own life. Zoom Room Video Recording & extended shownotes on Patreon Find/follow Eric: www.thenightshirt.com Twit: @thenightshirt Passion of the Space Jockey (essay) books: u-know-where Mentioned on the show: Reverse Writing by Esther Jacobs My new film San Pedro Buy my book The He & The She Of It Villa Precognito, pt 1 (writings) This Little Spine of Mine (writings) Support SPAOP: -Subscribe -Share -Rate (*****) -Review -patreonize us (http://www.patreon.com/voiddenizen) -donate: Venmo (@voiddenizen) or paypal (snailconvention@gmail.com) http://www.theungoogleable.com IG: void_denizen YT, Twitter, TikTok, etc: https://Linktr.ee/void_denizen All music composed by The Ungoogleable. "Premonitions" by TheaTerRa (Spotify, Bandcamp, etc)

((headphones recommended for an optimal listening experience)) Gib Strange is a writer of post-ironic, meta-modern fiction. His witty work is filled w/ carefully balanced, tessellated paradoxes & insightful observations. He released parts of his novel, Notes From The Uncanny Valley, as an audiobook-disguised-as-podcast. It's a "coming-of-information-age" kinda tale, permeated by a feeling of isolation & a sense of camaraderie w/ information itself. In it the narrator's voice drifts dreamily on a bed of ambient sound like a ghostly tour guide highlighting the remains of the real as they fade into shades of virtuality. For me Gib's writings condition a particular way of thinking, feeling, & seeing--aweaving, really--that may inspire the reader to want to write as well, to cast out their perceptual nets & take note of patterns in the world around them, in hopes of reeling in some detectable imprints of meaning. We struggled thru some techNickle diFickleties that forced us to try out all the different recording platforms in existence. Very fitting for the kind of technallergic topics we explored. As a result the conversation is divided into 3 parts & interspliced w/ segments from Gib's audiolized narrative. Unfortunately the first 1/2 hour of our conversation has some crippled, crackly audio bits, like gristle for the ears, but it's not too bad, so just spit em out, ok? Find/follow Gib: www.notesfromtheuncannyvalley.com pod: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/notes-from-the-uncanny-valley/id1301551310 IG: @gibstrangers Twit: @unclegib YT: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCVG_IK9ISQQoQVM9vroZHaA Support SPAOP: -Subscribe -Share -Rate (*****) -Review -patreonize us (http://www.patreon.com/voiddenizen) -donate: Venmo (@voiddenizen) or paypal (snailconvention@gmail.com) http://www.theungoogleable.com IG: void_denizen YT, Twitter, TikTok, etc: https://Linktr.ee/void_denizen NuV samples courtesy of Gib "Telepaphone" by TheaTerRa (Spotify, Bandcamp, etc)

((((headphones recommended for an optimal listening experience)))) Jennifer Sodini is the author of "the Amenti Oracle: Feather Heart Deck and Guidebook" and "Everyday Amenti". She's the host of the "Radio Amenti" podcast, and has recently contributed writings to Rolling Stone magazine. She's also the social media mogul who founded the platform Evolve & Ascend, which received an overhaul just before we recorded this conversation in early January 2021, in the wake of the "LARPers Take Congress" episode of American Politics. We discuss hippie-critical perspectives, meme-culture, Jewel's questionable lyrical choices, and more. Full video of our convo/extended shownotes: https://www.patreon.com/posts/49670887 Find/follow Jennifer: -Evolve & Ascend: The End of the Beginning -Amenti Oracle -Everyday Amenti -site: www.jennifersodini.com -E&A: www.evolveandascend.com -podcast: www.RadioAmenti.com -IG: @jennifersodini -Twitter: @JenniferSodini honorary mention: IG: @healingfromhealing Support SPAOP: -Subscribe -Share -Rate (*****) -Review -patreonize us (http://www.patreon.com/voiddenizen) -donate: Venmo (@voiddenizen) or paypal (snailconvention@gmail.com) http://www.theungoogleable.com IG: void_denizen YT, Twitter, TikTok, etc: https://Linktr.ee/void_denizen Soundscapes included city sounds and street musicians in La Condeza and Pollanco regions of Mexico City. Guitar, synth, vocals and production, as usual, by Ungoogleably Yours.

"Set in Amsterdam, a heroic dose of magic mushrooms sets the hero's journey of a young artist in motion, as he undergoes a perceptual apocalypse that dismantles the known world from the inside out." This is the audio version of this illustrated text: medium.com/@voiddenizen/the-tr…e-fall-e23e8e8be41e Outro music: Monkey Business by Void Denizen (available on Spotify & Bandcamp) Support SPAOP: -Subscribe -Share -Rate (*****) -Review -patreonize us (http://www.patreon.com/voiddenizen) -donate: Venmo (@voiddenizen) or paypal (snailconvention@gmail.com) http://www.theungoogleable.com IG: void_denizen YT, Twitter, TikTok, etc: https://Linktr.ee/void_denizen

(((Headphones recommended for optimal enjoyment))) Anthony Peake is the author of 11 books. Their names should clue you in to the kind of subject matter that saturates his research. His titles include Is There Life After Death: The Extraordinary Science of What Happens When We Die,The Daemon: A Guide To Your Extraordinary Secret Self, The Hidden Universe,The Out Of Body Experience, The Infinite Mindfield, Philip K. Dick: The Man Who Remembered The Future, Opening The Doors of Perception, The Labyrinth of Time, & others. He is currently working on his 12th volume, which bears the title of the investigative theory he’s been outlining in the aforementioned labyrinth of tomes: Cheating The Ferryman: Welcome to the Youniverse. We get the chance to dig deep & excavate the philosophical/practical applications of this theory, which proposes that death is a scientific impossibility, & that we relive & rewrite the same life over & over in a fully immersive, brain-generated, virtual-reality life review. Each cycle is, in effect, Your Life: the Daemonic Director’s Cut. Before we delve into the conversation I relay a detailed, soundscaped entheogenic experience, in which I experienced profound insights that exemplify many facets of what Anthony’s vision proposes. Find/follow Anthony: -www.anthonypeake.com (books, podcast, lectures) -www.facebook.com/anthony.peake -IG: @cheattheferryman54 -Twitter: @itladian01 Full video of our convo/extended shownotes: Patreon.com/voiddenizen Support SPAOP: -Subscribe -Share -Rate (*****) -Review -patreonize us (http://www.patreon.com/voiddenizen) -donate: Venmo (@voiddenizen) or paypal (snailconvention@gmail.com) http://www.theungoogleable.com IG: void_denizen YT, Twitter, TikTok, etc: https://Linktr.ee/void_denizen Guest appearances: Kerry "Kopi" Gulbranson (vox, tingsha, monochord), Joseph Turner (violin) Jeff & Taylor ("surprise!") exit music: "Home To You" by Kerry Gulbranson (available on spotify)

two wordsmiths discuss The Word's myth (((Headphones MANDATORY for optimal enjoyment))) After ep. 6 w/ Stuart Davis & his mantic antics, you probably thought you’d never encounter another esoteric Davis on this show. But you were wrong because the esoteric Erik Davis is in the (haunted) house! Erik is a prolific writer, speaker, cultural critic & social analyst, best known for his books TechGnosis, High Weirdness, Nomad Codes, and Led Zeppelin’s Led Zeppelin IV. He conducted Terence Mckenna’s final interview, and was featured in the documentary DMT: The Spirit Molecule as well the recent A Glitch In The Matrix. Equipped with an esemplastic scholastic mind, and a creative, psychedelic soul, he walks a tightrope between the academic and the daemonic. This episode will be especially interesting for our fellow word-workers, but even if you don’t identify as a writer, we all, inevitably, work with words, whether we want to or not. It’s too late in the game to turn back, go mute, or become illiterate (especially YOU, who are at this very moment reviving my phantom voice by scanning these marks with your eyes). This episode is a portrait of a writer at the crossroads, adapting to a changing media landscape, and the shifting mindfield that comes with it. Erik's Aya Monologue: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T1eZIcG6tzw My Aya Monologue: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SDQ3eUBDRKc&t=2s Expanding Mind Find/follow Erik: www.burningshore.com / www.techgnosis.com Full video/extended shownotes: Patreon.com/voiddenizen Support SPAOP: -Subscribe -Share -Rate (*****) -Review -patreonize us (http://www.patreon.com/voiddenizen) -donate: Venmo (@voiddenizen) or paypal (snailconvention@gmail.com) http://www.theungoogleable.com IG: void_denizen YT, Twitter, TikTok, etc: https://Linktr.ee/void_denizen "Spirit Machine" and "Eclipse (Halfway) by Void Denizen (available on bandcamp & spotify)

a conversation between two of Infinity's PR men, on the intersection of irreverence and revelation (((Headphones MANDATORY for optimal enjoyment))) Everybody loves Ramin. In my humble o’pineal, his creations deserve a Best Of The Web award. Why can’t YOU be more like Ramin? You’ve seen him tell an animated tale of timeline confusion on his way back from Dee EmTeeness on “Tales From The Trip” (DMTv). You’re already familiar with his podcast the Rainbow Brainskull Hour, and OF COURSE you know his colorful artworks, about which you‘ll hear me literally (literally) sing their praises during the intro. I remind him of Robin Williams, and I think he’s a real life Aladdin (probably just because he’s of Persian persuasion, and I like to genieralize). Whenever we, infinity’s mercurial PR men, rub our magic lamps together, our light-bulbed brain-noodles tend to whackadoodle all over the place, because neither of us are “straight men” (in the comedic sense--NO HOMO!) (except Sapiens). (not that there’s anything wrong with that!) In effect this is probably the least disciplined SPAOP conversation exploration to date. (not that there’s anything wrong with that!) We invite you to befriend what offends you, and to meet us at the TRIGGER WARNING sign on the intersection of irreverance and revelation, in the hope that this episode will make you “trigger happy”. I also appeared (for a 2nd time) on his pod, so be sure to check that out as well! Find Ramin: www.rainbowbrainskull.com / IG: @raminnazer Full video/extended shownotes/lyrics to "The Future Sounds Like Fun" & "BlackLights Matter": Patreon.com/voiddenizen Support SPAOP: -Subscribe -Share -Rate (*****) -Review -patreonize us (http://www.patreon.com/voiddenizen) -donate: Venmo (@voiddenizen) or paypal (snailconvention@gmail.com) http://www.theungoogleable.com IG: void_denizen YT, Twitter, TikTok, etc: https://Linktr.ee/void_denizen this ep ft. Taylor Stillwell as Jane "AllGood" Goodal "Creature Preacher" by Void Denizen (available on bandcamp & spotify)

the Enlightenment Transmission, scents of humor, and the spectacle of the spiritual (((Headphones recommended for optimal enjoyment))) In the year 2000 Dave became enlightened. Notice what comes up at the mention of the e-word. R u triggered? Curious? Eye-rolling? Set aside any preconceived notions U might have about enlightenment, or what an enlightened person might be like. The way Dave describes it is that he simply woke up one morning & no longer felt like Dave, like the Dave he had, up to that moment, identified as. He woke up from Dave, and found himself to be a Whole Host of Sensations (WHoS Dave?) just… like… an embodied being with lots of bodily sensations that communicated to "him" from the depths of that being. There was a light too, though he didn’t conceptualize it. Several months later he began using the term “transmission” to help explain the phenomena that occurred when others had contact w/ him. He now shares the “Enlightenment Transmission” w/ people around the world, inspiring them to be their authentic selves. U may have heard about Dave Oshana on ep 7. He's the guru-type guy Jasun Horsley works w/ & writes about. In one of his blogs, JaHo once warned: “If you value your identity, you will stay away from Dave Oshana.” Find/email Dave: https://www.daveoshana.com/contact Full video/extended shownotes: Patreon.com/voiddenizen Video replay of Nov29 DaveO event: https://www.daveoshana.com/events/929-the-final-conflict-genes-vs-memes-ancestors-vs-identities-always-living-vs-never-lived Related JaHo piece, endorsing the event: https://auticulture.com/ancestral-abduction/ EDIT: 'twas M.Phillip, not M.Garfield Support SPAOP: -Subscribe -Share -Rate (*****) -Review -patreonize us (http://www.patreon.com/voiddenizen) -donate: Venmo (@voiddenizen) or paypal (snailconvention@gmail.com) http://www.theungoogleable.com IG: void_denizen YT, Twitter, TikTok, etc: https://Linktr.ee/void_denizen this ep ft. Betsy Gunn on Ghuzeng & Shruti “Plant Teacher” by TheaTerRa (on Spotify/Bandcamp)

an exploration of the psychedelic experience, themes of transformation, and how to harness metaphors in motion (((Headphones recommended for optimal enjoyment))) Mike is the host of the MikeAdelic Podcast. He also does the best Alan Watts impression around, which I incorporated into this episode's intro! We talk about Mike’s recent venture into psilocyberspace, where he encountered an unspeakable transformational display, a "server farm", dazzling in its trickstery quality, and difficult to put one’s finger on. Confronting this innerspace—the life-force perceived beyond thought-forms—prompts one to find new ways to engage and relate with the world and Oneself. We talk about how to circumnavigate this ungraspable force in order to channel it into expression against all odds and oddness. Lots of compensatory hand gestures ensue where words fall short. Check out the Full 1.5hr Zoom Room Video Footage (Patreon only) and/or this 10 min Video clip (access for all!) Find Mike at www.mikebranc.com ...or pluck a YT or Patreon link from his Link Tree IG: @mikeadelic_podcast Support SPAOP: -Subscribe -Share -Rate (*****) -Review -patreonize us (http://www.patreon.com/voiddenizen) -donate: Venmo (@voiddenizen) or paypal (snailconvention@gmail.com) The Ungoogleable Michaelangelo http://www.theungoogleable.com IG: void_denizen YT, Twitter, TikTok, etc: https://Linktr.ee/void_denizen "Strange Communication" by TheaTerRa (available on Sportify & Bandcamp)

part 1: Digital Nomadism, Past-Life (sur)reality TV, Knightdom, Creatively Overcoming Obstacles, and more (((Headphones recommended for optimal enjoyment))) Esther Jacobs is an intrepid, location-independent entrepreneur. She's traveled to over 100 countries, speaks 7 languages, was "fired" from her country, and feels at home anywhere in the world. She writes books, and teaches others how to write books using her unique reverse writing technique. She was knighted in the Dutch order, and participated in the Dutch version of Survivor. She's also my big sister! Using her life story as our foundation, we talk about creatively overcoming obstacles, energy management, dream guidance, the wisdom & whispers of the body, groupthink vs individualism, control vs. surrender, the difference between travelers & tourists, surreality TV, past lives, and more. In Part 2 of our conversation--available exclusively on Patreon--we compare spiritual spider stories, recount our misadventures in the Amazon, where we imbibed strange potions with a Yagua shaman, and Esther shares how remote Peyote buttons serenaded her, without ever having ingested them. Part 2: "Esther Jacobs - Strange Brew" Find Esther at www.estherjacobs.info IG: @estherjacobsnl How to write a book: https://estherjacobs.info/en/write-your-book/ Free Checklist w 10 steps to write a successful book: www.estherjacobs.info/checklist TEDx talk about attitude: https://youtu.be/bUeSb6CzXnk Final ep. of Dutch Survivor (w subtitles): https://youtu.be/IMkM3ItuKtg MOVIE: The Sheltering Sky BOOKS: The Screenwriter's Workbook - Syd Field The Origins of Consciousness in the Breakdown of the Bicameral Mind - Julian Jaynes Support SPAOP: -Subscribe -Share -Rate (*****) -Review -patreonize us (www.patreon.com/voiddenizen) -donate: Venmo (@voiddenizen) or paypal (snailconvention@gmail.com) The Ungoogleable Michaelangelo www.theungoogleable.com

Jasun Horsley is a sharp but subtle thinker who describes himself as "an existential detective in chronic confession mode". A prolific writer, he has published countless books, blog posts, & articles. He also hosts The Liminalist podcast, where we did a follow-up conversation. Initially reluctant, a series of uncanny coincidences lured me deeper into his realm, where I discovered a treasure trove of parallel processes, insights, & reflections. In this episode we cast a sobering glance at the potentially dissociative perils of visionary experiences & the integrative appeal of trauma as the gateway to becoming fully incarnated. Find Jasun @ www.auticulture.com ZOOM VIDEO of conversation on Patreon.com/voiddenizen Links: -Liminalist podcast, follow-up -Icarus' Story: Chronicle of a False Awakening (audio) part1 -Do Organs Dream of Collective Sleep (blog) -Prisoner of Infinity (book) -The Trip B4 The Fall (essay/audio) -The Serpent's Promise (or Drugs as Ritual Self Sacrifice) -Shirts 4 sale: "11:11 is an inside Job" / "Your Conspiracy Theories are Parannoying" Support: -Subscribe -Share -Rate (*****) -Review -patreonize us (www.patreon.com/voiddenizen) -donate: Venmo (@voiddenizen) or paypal (snailconvention@gmail.com) The Ungoogleable Michaelangelo www.theungoogleable.com Mobius' Trip by Honey.Moon.Tree Thx 2 R.Nagelberg 4 the phrase "I've got a body & it's somewhere"

Stuart Davis is a multimedia artist w/ a brilliant madcap mind. 10 years ago, while meditating during a fever, he was visited by an 8ft tall mantis entity, opening up a sync-holy vortex & setting a series of synchronicities in motion. These uncanny occurances inspired a forthcoming film called "Mant1s". He's also the creator of a meditative language called IS, published the essay "ET Presence & The Forfeiture of Human Sovereignty", & just launched his podcast Aliens & Artists. We talk about the multiplicity of identity, the influence of non-human intelligences on art (& vice versa), & more. Loga, the oneironaut from ep1--the one w/ the pineal tumor & a choir of selves presided over by a tumultuous trickster--makes a brief cameo appearance. Learn more about him @ www.stuartdavis.com Links: -Paranormal Comedy: Come Comedy With Me-man meets mantis -Clones pilot -Mant1s Trailer/Teaser (PW: Persephone) -Creating the IS language -The Art of IS -ET Presence and Human Sovereignty -Aliens and Artists -SPAOP ep1: Loga and The Order of Multiple Personalities -Strange Familiars, ep 106: "Stay Away From Things You Don't Understand" Support the show: -Subscribe! -Share it! -give us a five star rating -share your pretty words in a review -patreonize us (www.patreon.com/voiddenizen) -donate via Venmo (@voiddenizen) or paypal (snailconvention@gmail.com) The Ungoogleable Michaelangelo www.voidandimagination.com

(Headphone recommended for optimal immersion in the intro) Morgan Sorne is a multi-dimensional storyteller, visual artist, and composer. We talk about self-mythologization, embodying archetypal charisma, and how taking fictional liberties invites critical thinking and imagination. We gab about the influence of dream, deep listening, and giving voice to forces both earthly and otherworldly. We riff on modular storytelling, world-building, song-drawings, and the "DIY-VR" quality of composing with picture perfect pitch. Oh, and the Florida Man archetype. Learn more about him at www.sorne.com Hyperlinked rabbitholes to SORNE's wonderlands: House of Stone story, videos, and music Corona-era Sorne concert III Video playlist from Sorne tour 2013 playlist 2 mentioned on the show: Jodorowsky's Dune (film) When Werner Herzog Rescued Joaquin Phoenix (Youtube) Robert Farris Thompson - Flash of the Spirit (book) Star Trek - The Inner Light (TV) Martin Praechtel - The Smell of Rain on Dust (book) Elizabeth Gilbert - Your Elusive Creative Genius (TED talk) Saul Williams - Martyr Loser King (music) Miwa Matreyek (animator) NEW WRITING: "My Psychedelic Bar Mitzvah: Perspectives on the Intersection of Judaism, Shamanism, and the Appropriate Origins of Culture" Support the show: Subscribe! Share it! give us a five star rating share your pretty words in a review patreonize us (www.patreon.com/voiddenizen) donate via Venmo (@voiddenizen) or paypal (snailconvention@gmail.com) The Ungoogleable Michaelangelo www.voidandimagination.com

(Headphones) I'm taking this opportunity to go solo to share some musings, perspectives, & reflections on the current situation by sending a trippy lil broadcast from my cozy little quarantine to yours. I hope it puts a smile on your face & thoughts in your mind, & that this blend of cosmic, comedic, & contemplative content is a welcome distraction into the heartland. At any rate, you’ll learn a few (bad) words in Dutch. Originally, I just wanted to share a short, sound-scaped story called “The Man in the Jungle” with you (previously only available on my Patreon page) in order to cross-reference my recent appearances on the Third Eye Drops podcast and The Cosmic Nod podcast—both of which were heavily Ayahuasca themed—just like the story. But then the apocalypse started, so I thought why not ponder & pander to the pandemic theme for a few bars, & tie it in to the tale by riffing on the shipibo-placebo model of healing through the imagination. So here’s all of that, & more. You'd be missing out, but if you wanna skip straight to the story—it starts about 21 minutes in. I’ll be back soon with episode 5, featuring multi-dimensional artist & musician Morgan Sorne. I suggest you start familiarizing yourself with his work before the next episode drops, starting here. Until then, stay safe & stay the hell away from each other! ;-) support the show: -Share it! -give us a five star rating -share your pretty words in a review -patreonize us (www.patreon.com/voiddenizen) -donate via Venmo (@voiddenizen) or paypal (snailconvention@gmail.com) Links: -3rd Eye Drops, episode 193 -Cosmic Nod -Talismanic Antibodies Synth/bass on QuaranTune: Travis Puntarelli

This episode is an exploration of song (aka "space-craft") as a tool with which to navigate landscapes and mindscapes, and as a means through which to gain entranced entrance into the mystic/mythic dimensions of the psyche. Travis is a true troubador, and together we explore the world of songcrafting, lyricism, the realms of fae, and the graceful race of ugly goblins that dance around in his mind. (Serving suggestion: try listening through headphones) Learn more about Travis at www.balladir.com and consider supporting him and his wee ones through his patreon! Support Self Portraits As Other People by visiting http://www.patreon.com/voiddenizen Links to songs mentioned in this episode: Get to know Travis & his tunes thru this YouTube playlist of 1-take takeaway shows I shot of my favorite Travis tunes, including "Witty World", "Gold Dust", & "Silence The Song" in its unbroken entirety. TheaTerRa - No Such Thing Stark Levity performing a Goblin Song at an event I produced in 2013 The Theme of the Sentimental Centipede, downloaded in an altered state, midwifed by Travis' instrumentality Travis' contributions to the Void Denizen record: Eclipse (Halfway) and Silent Sirens Literary references mentioned in this episode: The Spell of the Sensuous - David Abram The Cosmic Serpent - Jeremy Narby Good Faeries, Bad Faeries - Brian Froud The Ungoogleable Michaelangelo IG: @void_denizen For writings, art, films, music, and shop visit: www.voidandimagination.com for questions, comments, concerns, or comissions: snailconvention@gmail.com

I present you with a bonus feature to celebrate the launch of my brand new Patreon page and to tide you over while I finish up Episode 4 (coming sooooon). This little storytime transmission is only about twenty minutes long for a change! And though there's no guest, it is a self portrait as another person, because it's not my neutral voice narrating here, but an "altered ego", whose babble sounds like "the ranted banter you might overhear at a mixer of tricksters". His telling touches onto some of the recurring themes of the show--the limits of language, the fringes of reality, psychedelics, shamanism, literature as a metaphor for immortality, death and resurrection, etc-- as well as foreshadowing some of themes we'll discuss on the next episode, which will be titled "Current Channels and Rivers of Song". Aaaaaand there's an extra bonus segment that starts around the ten minute mark, a tale of enchantment laid to rest on a bed of sound. This segment reflects specifically on the sound and sorcery of an "adept witchdoctor", his soft whistling, and the manner in which his masterfully regulated breath effects the minds and bodies of the patients over whom he presides with this form of subtle, psychic surgery. (Oh, and there's a field recording that functions as an outro theme, sung by shipibo shaman Don Cesar aka Sui Metza) If you'd like to support me, steep deeper into the psychedelic storytelling stew, and get exposed to more exclusive material like this, please visit http://www.patreon.com/voiddenizen The Ungoogleable Michaelangelo IG: @void_denizen For writings, art, films, music, and shop visit: www.voidandimagination.com for questions, comments, concerns, or comissions: snailconvention@gmail.com This podcast is powered by ZenCast.fm

Desperation. Isolation. Desolation. Autonomy. Individuation. Imagination. These are some of the themes we cover in our conversation as we wade through both shadow and sunshine, casting our shades upon the Source and shielding our brow in salute of saucer and Self! Craig Deininger is a desert dwelling poet, a scholar of depth psychology and comparative mythology, a teacher, and a long time Transcendental Meditator. Join us as we talk the walk up to the precipice, beyond which you can only venture if you let your language off the leash and watch the words behave in wild and wily ways. Notes & links Bjork - The Gate (one of the greatest music videos ever) Biophotons (google it, not necesarily the source of light in visions, but "lit" nonetheless) Leaves from the World Tree: selected poems of Craig Deininger and Dennis Patrick Slattery (amazon) "Reclaiming Art in the Age of Artifice" by JF Martel (amazon) Void Denizen - "Monkey Business" (on bandcamp / on Spotify) 6."The Ascendence of Deininger", painting (original available) TheaTerRa - "Internity" (outro music) The Ungoogleable Michaelangelo IG: @void_denizen For writings, art, films, music, and shop visit: www.voidandimagination.com for questions, comments, concerns, or comissions: snailconvention@gmail.com if you wish to help support the podcast Venmo: @voiddenizen or PayPal (cabweasel@hotmail.com) This podcast is powered by ZenCast.fm

In this diffi-cultish episode we navigate the orchard of twisted beauty in which a shade-grown tree named Trius grew up, contorting his way into the light to produce the strange fruit we call art. Trius is a painter who was born into the infamous Moonie cult, and who has spent a great deal of his life trying to rid himself from the stains left by their indoctrinated worldview. We explore how the traumatic distortions of this origin story continue to play out in his psyche, and the role that art plays in the reclamation of freedom and mind. Also, he recently escaped from a Czech hospital that may or may not have been run by the mafia. I have prepared a page full of shownotes and related artworks by Trius that you can dive into here: https://medium.com/@voiddenizen/self-portraits-as-other-people-ep-2-198a3c911a36 Learn more about Trius' art at www.triusart.blogspot.com The Ungoogleable Michaelangelo IG: @void_denizen For writings, art, films, music, and shop visit: www.voidandimagination.com for questions, comments, concerns, or comissions: snailconvention@gmail.com if you wish to help support the podcast Venmo: @voiddenizen or PayPal (cabweasel@hotmail.com)

After a lifetime of chronicling her dreams and establishing connections with recurring characters who provide guidance and appear to correspond to different parts of her autonomic nervous system, Loga was diagnosed with a rare pineal tumor. But, in light of the supernatural allure that surrounds its emergence, should we consider it a tumor, or a "spiritual growth"? I have prepared a page full of shownotes and related artworks by Loga and myself that you can dive into here: https://medium.com/@voiddenizen/self-portraits-as-other-people-ep-1-7d61ca6df230 Learn more about Loga's art at www.hotherym.net or on IG: @eorhythm The Ungoogleable Michaelangelo IG: @void_denizen For writings, art, films, music, and shop visit: www.voidandimagination.com for questions, comments, concerns, or comissions: snailconvention@gmail.com if you wish to help support the podcast Venmo: @voiddenizen or PayPal (cabweasel@hotmail.com)