Podcasts about Valis

On February 20, 1974, while recovering from the effects of sodium pentothal administered for the extraction of an impacted wisdom tooth, Dick received a home delivery of Darvon from a young woman. When he opened the door, he was struck by the dark-haired girl's beauty, and was especially drawn to her golden necklace. He asked her about its curious fish-shaped design. As she was leaving, she replied: "This is a sign used by the early Christians." Dick called the symbol the "vesicle pisces". This name seems to have been based on his conflation of two related symbols, the Christian ichthys symbol (two intersecting arcs delineating a fish in profile), which the woman was wearing, and the vesica piscis.[39] Dick recounted that as the sun glinted off the gold pendant, the reflection caused the generation of a "pink beam" of light that mesmerized him. He came to believe the beam imparted wisdom and clairvoyance, and also believed it to be intelligent. On one occasion, he was startled by a separate recurrence of the pink beam, which imparted the information that his infant son was ill. The Dicks rushed the child to the hospital, where the illness was confirmed by professional diagnosis.[40][verification needed] After the woman's departure, Dick began experiencing strange hallucinations. Although initially attributing them to side effects from medication, he considered this explanation implausible after weeks of continued hallucination. He told Charles Platt: "I experienced an invasion of my mind by a transcendentally rational mind, as if I had been insane all my life and suddenly I had become sane."[41] Throughout February and March 1974, Dick experienced a series of hallucinations which he referred to as "2-3-74",[26][42] shorthand for February–March 1974. Aside from the "pink beam", he described the initial hallucinations as geometric patterns, and, occasionally, brief pictures of Jesus and ancient Rome. As the hallucinations increased in duration and frequency, Dick claimed he began to live two parallel lives—one as himself, "Philip K. Dick", and one as "Thomas",[43] a Christian persecuted by Romans in the first century AD. He referred to the "transcendentally rational mind" as "Zebra", "God" and "VALIS" (an acronym for Vast Active Living Intelligence System). He wrote about the experiences, first in the semi-autobiographical novel Radio Free Albemuth, then in VALIS, The Divine Invasion, The Transmigration of Timothy Archer and the unfinished The Owl in Daylight (the VALIS trilogy).[citation needed] In 1974, Dick wrote a letter to the FBI, accusing various people, including University of California, San Diego professor Fredric Jameson, of being foreign agents of Warsaw Pact powers.[44] He also wrote that Stanisław Lem was probably a false name used by a composite committee operating on orders of the Communist party to gain control over public opinion.[45] At one point, Dick felt he had been taken over by the spirit of the prophet Elijah. He believed that an episode in his novel Flow My Tears, the Policeman Said was a detailed retelling of a biblical story from the Book of Acts, which he had never read.[46] He documented and discussed his experiences and faith in a private journal he called his "exegesis", portions of which were later published as The Exegesis of Philip K. Dick. The last novel he wrote was The Transmigration of Timothy Archer; it was published shortly after his death in 1982.[47]https://amzn.to/3ITbWCTBecome a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/the-opperman-report--1198501/support.

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Dimitri, Khalid, and Jay the Neuroscientist (@the_hague_icc) continue their dive into the origins of the Fundamental Fysiks Group and Jack Sarfatti's long strange trip, including: Sarfatti's uncle and grandfather, the gifted children programs, Courtney Love's father Hank Harrison attending a West Coast version, Philip K. Dick and VALIS, Jeffrey Kripal's “Esalen and the Religion of No Religion”, Joseph Kuhn's “The Structure of Scientific Revolutions”, helicopter inventor Arthur Young's Institute for the Study of Consciousness in Berkeley, Werner Erhard, and more… For access to premium SJ episodes, upcoming installments of DEMON FORCES, and the Grotto of Truth Discord, become a subscriber at patreon.com/subliminaljihad.

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Daniel Abella is the organizer of the Philip K. Dick Film Festival which has run for over 12 years, and has screened in New York, Los Angeles, France, Germany, Amsterdam and Poland.He is also the co-developer and host of the new sci-fi anthology series THE UNSEEN REALM. The first episode of THE UNSEEN REALM features Edward James Olmos, Keir Dullea, Margot Kidder, Clancy Brown and Matt Modine.THE UNSEEN REALM will be hitting the streaming platforms this Summer. In the meantime people can catch it online at The Philip K. Dick Film Festival.Visit the Philip K. Dick Film Festival here:https://www.thephilipkdickfilmfestival.com/The fest runs in New York City, at various venues from April 2-6, 2025, and includes screenings, events, and cosplay!Dan visits with Talking Weird to talk about the fascinating life, paranormal experiences, and work of Philip K. Dick.PKD revolutionized science fiction, with his potent tales that questioned the nature of reality and what it meant to be human. Several of his novels and stories were the basis of films and television series, including BLADE RUNNER, TOTAL RECALL, MINORITY REPORT and THE MAN IN THE HIGH CASTLE. His later, semi-autobiographical, novels, such as VALIS, covered some of Dick's own paranormal experiences.This is a fascinating episode, filled with insights about one of the most important literary figures of the 20th century. You do not want to miss it!

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VYS0048 | Chinese Sex Balloons - Vayse to Face with Edwina Quatermass-Palmer - Show Notes Making her podcasting debut, Hine and Buckley welcome the weird, wonderful and wonderfully weird Edwina Quatermass-Palmer to Vayse. Worker of a job so secret that Hine and Buckley actually know what she does, possessor of the coolest name available to the English speaking world and wearer of a genuinely gravity defying hairstyle, EQP is an original and brilliant thinker, a valuable and treasured member of the Vayse discord community, a musician and rambler on the path less travelled. The conversation moves from early paranormal experiences in the, frankly incredibly named, Christmas Room of the Jacobean house that she grew up in, to her discovery of Crowley, root work and her dabbling in Chaos Magick. One of the most fascinating and unusual facets of EQP is her life-long relationship with the Great God Pan, and she talks in detail about how he appears to her, how he communicates with her and what this has meant to her over the years. The free ranging discussion also touches on the nature of creativity, retro-causality, the art and influence of the late, great David Lynch, and the question on everyone's lips... is EQP CIA?... (Recorded 3 February 2025) Thanks to EQP for being so candid and open with us on her first podcast and thanks, as always goes to the great Keith, working to make sure that these podcasts make some semblance of sense, one show note at a time. 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On Thursday the 7th of October, 2010, the Hermetic Hour, hosted by Poke Runyon, will present a lively review of magical fiction and films. We will go from "The Saragossa Manuscript"(1841) through Dion Fortune's "Moon Magic", Somerset Maugham's "The Magician" (novel and film), Chambers "The King in Yellow", Lovecraft's dream cycle, Merritt's lost worlds (that influenced Shaver), Jack Williamson's "Darker than You Think" (Jack Parson's favorite), Clark Ashton Smith dream-maker extraordinary, his imitator Jack Vance (from which we got Dungeons & Dragons), "Valis" by Philip K. Dick -- just to name a few. Then the films: Orson Welles' "Black Magic" on Cagliostro, Jean Cocteau's "Orpheus", Merrian Cooper's "She", "Simon King of the Witches," "What Dreams May Come," "Crowley," and Jodorowsky's "The Holy Mountain." A smorgasbord of mind-benders. Tune in and feast on it!  

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Rey and Glenn discuss the PlayStation 5 Pro, Empire of the Ants, PDP Afterglow Wave controller, “Console Wars” DLC for Atari 50,Horizon Zero Dawn Remastered,Farming Simulator 25 and MUCH more! 4:38 - Socom 14:10 - LEGO Horizon Adventures 18:00 PlayStation 5 Pro 19:20 - No Man's Sky 29:39 - Empire of the Ants 35:04 - Passageway of the Ancients 39:29 - PDP Afterglow Wave with Motion for Switch 45:07 - Valis: The Fantasm Soldier Collection 46:34 - ‘Console Wars' DLC for Atari 50 47:21 - Starship Troopers 48:12 - FartMania 49:32 - Yakuza: Kiwami (Switch) 50:45 - RetroRealms 52:45 - Kong: Survivor Instinct 54:58 - Blazing Strike 56:32 - Horizon Zero Dawn Remastered 57:53 - Farming Simulator 25 59:56 - The Crew: Motorfest 1:02:17 - Call of Duty: Black Ops 6 1:17:05 - Metaphor Refantazio 1:19:40 - Batman: Arkham Shadows 1:26:12 - Zelda: Echoes of Wisdom