Episode 11: John Higgs
Ep.11 John Higgs - The Bardo Podcast
Reality Tunnels, David Lynch and the Cosmic Joke
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How do you stay open to mystery without becoming trapped by your own beliefs?
In this episode of The Bardo Podcast, Marc Salmon is joined by author John Higgs for a conversation about David Lynch, Robert Anton Wilson, reality tunnels, synchronicity, creativity and the challenge of making sense of reality in confusing times.
John's books explore many of the strange thinkers, artists and movements that sit at the edges of culture, from William Blake and Timothy Leary to Discordianism and the KLF. Together we explore subjective experience, meditation, humour, certainty and why some of the most interesting ideas begin by questioning the stories we tell ourselves about the world.
We discuss David Lynch and transcendental meditation, Robert Anton Wilson's reality tunnels, synchronicity, the internet, the KLF, and why humour might be one of the best protections against dogma.
A thoughtful, funny and wide-ranging conversation about uncertainty, imagination and how not to fall for your own bullshit.
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Topics include:
David Lynch and meditation
Reality tunnels
Robert Anton Wilson
The KLF
Counterculture and the internet
Creativity and subjective experience
Humour and dogma
How not to fall for your own bullshit
Guest:
John Higgs is the author of The KLF: Chaos, Magic and the Band Who Burned a Million Pounds, William Blake vs The World, Stranger Than We Can Imagine, The Future Starts Here, Watling Street, Love and Let Die and Lynchian.
John's website
John's Substack
Mentioned in this episode:
• Lynchian: The Spell of David Lynch - John Higgs
• The KLF: Chaos, Magic and the Band Who Burned a Million Pounds - John Higgs
• Catching the Big Fish: Meditation, Consciousness, and Creativity - David Lynch
• Cosmic Trigger I: Final Secret of the Illuminati - Robert Anton Wilson
• The Bumper Book of Magic - Alan Moore & Steve Moore
Suggested documentary
• Who Killed The KLF? (2021)
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