Jeremy D Johnson

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Electric Lyre Podcast Evolves (Slightly)

March 21, 2015 by Jeremy Johnson in Podcasts

We're nearly there. Sort of. Next is a real logo design, which will take some scouting out for talent and clever usage of the letters "E" and "L." You can check out the rest of the podcast description on its home page:

The “Electric Lyre” – or ELcast – is a podcast I host with monthly episodes. I explore the fringes of culture for what Erik Davis calls “high weirdness,” and what friend and colleague David B. Metcalfe describes the “experimental counter-culture.” Think of the anomalous oddness that wafts up through a good Philip K. Dick book; recall Rudy Rucker’s Transrealist manifesto; the otherworld is creeping about at the peripheral edges of “normal.” I’m interested in those openings into mystery.

Through conversations, I hope to explore, be inspired by, and co-inspire other individuals who are also interested topics like altered states of consciousness, meditation and contemplative practices, weird literature, experimental storytelling, and the emergent spiritual counter-culture.

Interested in joining me for a show? Ping me at jeremy (at) evolver (dot) net.

Now I must make a halfway decent recording setup. Time to listen to The Joe Rogan Experience and watch Maron for inspiration.

March 21, 2015 /Jeremy Johnson
consciousness, counterculture, electric lyre, Podcasts, spirituality
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Meet the New Monastics: Kingsley L. Dennis and The Phoenix Generation

February 22, 2015 by Jeremy Johnson in Podcasts

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Electric Lyre podcast #2

The revolution will be distributed.

40 years ago, new, experimental spaces like Esalen Institute, Findhorn, and the Lindisfarne Association were the face of the new spiritual counter-culture.

Today, with the exponential rise of internet communication, our situation is different. New institutions find their home in hybrid zones. Online and offline. Local and planetary. These new breeds of transformative cultures are creating what I dubbed "distributed Esalens," and they're what Kingsley L. Dennis calls the "New Monastics" in his latest book, The Phoenix Generation: A New Era of Connection, Compassion and Consciousness.

For episode two of Electric Lyre, I speak with Kingsley L. Dennis about what the Phoenix Generation, how it might just address our planetary crisis.

Session notes:

Buy The Phoenix Generation on Amazon: http://amzn.to/1vIPZF5

See an excerpt here: The Rise of the New Monastics, on Reality Sandwich: http://realitysandwich.com/220394/the-rise-of-the-new-monastics/

My response article: A Note on the New Monastics: http://realitysandwich.com/231972/a-note-on-the-new-monastics-distributed-networks-and-transformational-communities/

Featured Music: Gregorian Selfie via Papi & Creative Commons License: https://soundcloud.com/papi-daydream/gregorian-selfie

February 22, 2015 /Jeremy Johnson
empathic consciousness, kingsley l dennis, phoenix generation, Podcasts
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