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Preorder Strange Attractor: The Hallucinatory Life of Terence McKenna
I'm happy to announce the coming arrival of my new book Strange Attractor: The Hallucinatory Life of Terence McKenna , to be published by...
gstjohn
Apr 153 min read


Terence McKenna’s Alien Dreamtime
A little known story about Terence McKenna's raveolutionary career, drawing on material from my forthcoming biography of Terence,...
gstjohn
Nov 15, 20241 min read


New issue of Dancecult "Psychedelica and Electronica"
Psychedelica and Electronica. Guest Edited by Trace Reddell and Graham St John https://dj.dancecult.net/index.php/dancecult/issue/view/10...
gstjohn
Nov 24, 20231 min read

Event Horizons: Transformational Festivals, Movements, and Cultures
Special issue of the Journal of Festive Studies (edited by Graham St John and Sarah Pike) Nov 2023. https://journals.h-net.org/jfs/issue/...
gstjohn
Nov 14, 20231 min read

Terence McKenna: Psychedelic Psychopomp and Meta Trip-Sitter (thorough edit)
I was honoured to be #23 on EGA's webcast on EntheoTV. This recording was made on 6 Sep 2023 and has been superbly edited by Ronny -...
gstjohn
Sep 23, 20231 min read

Terence McKenna: Psychedelic Psychopomp and Meta Trip-Sitter
I am presenting a free live webcast for Entheogenesis Australis (at this link on the YouTube channel EntheoTV, hosted by Nick Wallis) on...
gstjohn
Aug 14, 20231 min read


The Anti-Guru Guru
“Terence McKenna's Mysterium Tremendum,” Abrupt, 2002. The following is a draft excerpt from Terence McKenna: The Strange Attractor...
gstjohn
Apr 15, 202311 min read


Terence McKenna’s Psychedelic Compressionism
This excerpt forms the draft introductory section of the chapter “Timewave” from Terence McKenna: The Strange Attractor (a biography by...
gstjohn
Mar 17, 202316 min read


Meta-Liminal
The Vibe in World Electronica If you're in Vienna this Sunday, I've got a "theory" jaunt at TQW Studios, Museumsplatz 1, A-1070 Wien @...
gstjohn
Mar 7, 20231 min read

Contemplations Review
Review of Contemplations: On the Psychedelic Experience. 2023. Produced and Directed by Julian Palmer | Edited by Tim Parish. This...
gstjohn
Mar 3, 20232 min read
Richie Hawtin Scholarship
This is an exciting development. The announcement of a PhD program that is centered on electronic music and dance cultures. See below...
gstjohn
Jan 6, 20234 min read

Apocalypse Raver: Terence McKenna as Medium (Amsterdance lecture, 21 June 2022)
From organiser Oliver Seibt: "We are happy to announce a new instalment in the Amsterdance lecture series. On Tuesday 21 June, Graham St...
gstjohn
Jun 15, 20222 min read


Terence McKenna biography - Stay updated.
As my intellectual biography Terence McKenna: The Strange Attractor - out with MIT Press in 2023 - is nearing completion, I want to share...
gstjohn
May 19, 20222 min read

The five best books on psychedelics and culture
My recent review over on Shepherd, where I listed my five favourite books on psychedelics and culture, with a justification for each. ...
gstjohn
May 14, 20222 min read
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