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23 Aug 2026 H. P. Lovecraft The Dreams in the Witch House mathematics of witchcraft occult literature cosmic horror weird fiction Lovecraftian materialism science and magic

The Mathematics of Witchcraft

Lovecraft’s “The Dreams in the Witch House” does not use mathematics to explain witchcraft away. It imagines science discovering that occult tradition had already mapped the hidden structure of reality—and that the witch arrived first.

17 Aug 2026 LSD history psychedelic culture clandestine chemistry Hamilton Morris psychedelic medicine LSD therapy psychedelic pharmaceuticals American Southwest

Acid Country

From clandestine desert labs and missile silos to FDA trials, veterans’ therapy and billion-dollar biotech, LSD’s American story is no longer just counterculture history—it is becoming a battle over science, medicine, legitimacy and ownership.

16 Aug 2026 Destiny Finn Christian deconstruction Bible esotericism comparative mysticism religious trauma recovery consciousness spirituality esoteric Christianity spiritual awakening

Ruffling Religious Feathers: Destiny Finn and the Recovery of Spiritual Imagination

Destiny Finn is helping spiritually curious people move beyond fear-based religion toward a wider world of consciousness, symbolism, comparative wisdom and divine possibility—without abandoning the Bible, but by learning to read it with new eyes.

11 Aug 2026 AI epistemology Free Money Zone theory Alisa Esage Vedic pramāṇa pratyakṣa anumāna śabda Vaiṣṇava siddhānta scientific materialism artificial intelligence philosophy

Reaching for a More Complete Model of Reality

Alisa Esage’s “Free Money Zone” offers a striking model of AI, knowledge and innovation. Viewed through Vedic pramāṇa, its strengths become clearer—and so does the missing epistemic dimension that may ultimately complete it.

08 Aug 2026 Alfred L. Kroeber shamanism cultural anthropology cultural relativism psychosis and culture Native Californian ethnography anthropology of mental illness

Psychosis or Social Sanction

In this 1940 essay, anthropologist Alfred L. Kroeber examines how experiences labeled psychotic in Western society may be culturally sanctioned elsewhere, using shamanism, sexuality, and Native Californian traditions to challenge fixed ideas of normality.