In these wide-ranging essays, cult author Erik Davis explores the codes - spiritual, cultural and embodied - that people use to escape the limitations of their lives and enrich their experience of the world, from Asian religious traditions and West African trickster gods to Western occult and esoteric lore, media technology and psychedelic science. Covering subjects ranging from transvestite Burmese spirit mediums to Ufology, tripster kid Terence McKenna or dub maestro Lee Perry, Davis writes with keen yet sceptical sympathy, intellectual subtlety and wit.
By:
Erik Davis Illustrated by:
Susan Willmarth Imprint: VERSE CHORUS PRESS Country of Publication: United States Dimensions:
Height: 229mm,
Width: 152mm,
Spine: 20mm
Weight: 498g ISBN:9781891241543 ISBN 10: 1891241540 Pages: 352 Publication Date:01 December 2010 Recommended Age: From 18 years Audience:
General/trade
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ELT Advanced
Format:Paperback Publisher's Status: Active
Reviews for Nomad Codes: Adventures in Modern Esoterica
Erik Davis is an astute guide through the heavens and hells where cyber-reality, pop culture, and spiritual impulses arm wrestle each other for dominance. Jay Kinney, author of The Masonic Myth and the Inner West