From New Dawn 154 (Jan-Feb 2016) If Brion Gysin had not existed, it probably would have been necessary to invent him, as the saying goes. Pre-eminent multimedia psychedelic shaman of the latter-half of the twentieth century, Gysin was something of […]
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American Gurus & the Search for Enlightenment: An Interview with Arthur Versluis
From New Dawn 154 (Jan-Feb 2016) Until recently the academic world paid almost no attention to the Western mystical and esoteric traditions. If any scholars strayed into these areas, they did so gingerly and apologetically, often feeling the need to […]
The Magical Universe of William S. Burroughs
From New Dawn 142 (Jan-Feb 2014) When the American writer William S. Burroughs passed away at the ripe old age of 83 back in August 1997, the media coverage was definitely more in keeping with his status as a counter-cultural […]