Host Michael Taft speaks with creator and journalist Erik Davis in regards to the power of partaking within the forbidden and the loss when formerly forbidden things change into normalized, particularly within the case of psychedelics; Tantric and Christian modes of transgression, power relationships and the guru, hedonism, rule-breaking, the need for having secure spiritual practice environments, and the role of risk in spiritual development.
Erik Davis is an creator, podcaster, award-winning journalist, and popular speaker based in San Francisco. He might be best known for his book a cult classic of visionary media studies that investigates how our fascination with technology intersects with the religious imagination. Erik’s most up-to-date book is Erik can be a long-term practitioner of meditation, particularly within the Zen tradition.
Erik Davis’ Substack: The Burning Shore
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