#1854 - Rick Strassman

“The War of Art is about inviting the muse into your life, being disciplined, and treating creativity like an entity that can be summoned.”

“Philip K. Dick has written a short novel called The Three Stigmata of Palmer Eldridge, which is about the competition between two psychedelics from Earth and another star system.”

“The podcast discusses Brian Murarrescu's book, which explores the connection between early Christianity and psychedelics, mentioning physical evidence found in wine vessels.”

“Just released today. It includes a practical guide to various psychedelics.”

“The speaker mentions reading a book by Joseph Levy while recuperating, which relates to concentration camp stories and literature.”

“It's about Manson and his group, going into details of Manson's growing up and his connection with LSD.”

“Alex Berenson wrote a book making a connection between people smoking too much pot and having these psychotic breaks and these schizophrenic breaks.”

“The discussion revolves around Julian Jaynes and his theory in 'The Bicameral Mind', which suggests that people used to hear a spoken voice as a common phenomenon.”

“The mention refers to a story that is the basis for the movie Total Recall, discussing themes of memory and implant states.”

“Scanner Darkly is mentioned as a book by Philip K. Dick that was turned into a film, noted for its wild and semi-animated style.”

“It is all about MK Ultra and Charles Manson. A guy who studied this case for 20 years, diving deep into the case and uncovering many layers.”

“this is the novel that you wrote, Joseph Levy Escapes Death.”

“The excerpt mentions 'The Lost City of Z', which is a book and a feature film based on a real explorer searching for a lost golden city.”

“The speaker mentions Rupert Sheldrick and questions if there was a specific passage in his book that seemed like he was stoned when he wrote it.”