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Mutants and Mystics
Jeffrey Kripal ISBN 9781283242295
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Jeffrey Kripal ISBN 9781283242295
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This book by Jeffrey Kripal came up once on Lex Fridman in the episodes we index. That mention was a genuine on-air recommendation, not just a passing reference. The people who brought it up: guest. Every occurrence below links to the episode page and to the exact second it was said on YouTube.
"Account of how comic book heroes have helped their creators and fans alike explore and express a wealth of paranormal experiences ignored by mainstream science. Delving deeply into the work of major figures in the field--from Jack Kirby's cosmic superhero sagas and Philip K. Dick's futuristic head-trips to Alan Moore's sex magic and Whitley Strieber's communion with visitors--Kripal shows how creators turned to science fiction to convey the reality of the inexplicable and the paranormal they experienced in their lives.
“there's a great one he's written called mutants and mystics where he talks about the comic strips”— guest
The guest here is Diana Walsh Pasulka: Professor of philosophy and religion at UNC Wilmington and author of American Cosmic: UFOs, Religion, and Technology. She studies belief, Catholic history, and how the UFO phenomenon functions as an emerging religion. A religion scholar argues UFOs are becoming a new religion, and that belief itself, in tech and aliens alike, manifests reality.
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