From H.P. Lovecraft to Philip Pullman, popular culture is rife with the mystique of the North. Why does it command such fascination? How far into the past do its roots extend? Ranging from the Stone Age to the Space Age, North’s bold vision of cosmology maps how the pole star became associated with political power, religious rapture, and social hierarchies. And when the Copernican Revolution unseated the idea of Earth as the centre of everything, shards of this polar cosmos fell down, seeding strange fantasies, haunting our modern world with remnants of celestial dreams...
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Archaeologies of Consciousness
Spanning ten years of independent research into prehistoric art and monuments, altered states, folklore, mythology and occult practice, this is the first collection of writings by Gyrus, creator of Towards 2012 and Dreamflesh Journal. More info »
Dreamflesh Journal Vol. 1
The first installment of Dreamflesh Journal is a florid and protean collection of ideas, investigations and experiments weaving together altered states, ecology, healing, mythology, magic and prehistory. More info »
Recent blog posts
- England’s Hidden Reverse (9 Jul)
Most people interested in the intersections between music, the occult, subversive psychedelia and English eccentricity represented by bands such as... - The Battle of the Beanfield (1 Jun)
Thirty years ago today. ... - Wilhelm Reich documentary Kickstarter appeal (17 Nov)
There’s a Kickstarter appeal to fund a documentary film on the life and work of Wilhelm Reich. It looks like... - Launch event for my book North (4 Nov)
I’m pleased to announce that my talk on November 25th, at the Ecology, Cosmos & Consciousness salon in the October... - North: The Rise & Fall of the Polar Cosmos (23 Oct)
So, this is why the Dreamflesh blog has been quiet for quite a while. This is the book I’ve been...
Recent comments
- Jim: I occasionally have time for Werner Herzog-style conscious misattribution of quotes… Pynchon made a career out of it. And very well it turned out too! :-)
- Gyrus: Thanks KMO!
- KMO: The SoundCloud link is kaput. Here is the permalink for the recording: http://c-realm.com/podcasts/cr ealm/c-realm-special-dennis-mc kenna-douglas-rushkoff/
- Gyrus: Thanks for that tidbit, Isabelle. I occasionally have time for Werner Herzog-style conscious misattribution of quotes (I think he made up a quote attributed to...
- Isabelle Champlin: I enjoy your posts. FYI The Random Pearl quote from Nietzsche is not from him at all. (“Those that were seen dancing were thought to be insane...
Latest content
- The Animated World An Interview with Patrick Harpur (2008)
- Magical practice A discussion with Dale Pendell (2008)
- World Psychedelic Forum by Basel, Switzerland, 21-24/3/08 (Reviewed)
- Archaeologies of Consciousness: launch event introduction
- Archaeologies of Consciousness: Libra-Aries talk
- Attending to Dreams by Gyrus (2008)
- Is Suffering Necessary? A collective interview (2004)
- Exploring Consciousness by Bath, 24-26/6/04 (Reviewed)
- Megalithomania! by Conway Hall, 12/10/02 (Reviewed)
- Peaches by Heaven, 18/9/03 (Reviewed)
