The sacred dance, in Maya cosmology, was represented in the sinuous curves of the Vision Serpent - a symbolic representation of the axis of communication between the human world and…

Machinic phylumis a term coined by French post-structuralist philosophers Deleuze and Guattari to describe the universe’s reservoir of self-organising principles. They reason that whenever a crystal grows, a foetus begins…

The scientists working on the world’s first nuclear weapon are said to have betted on the apocalypse. Half of them believed that their bomb, when detonated,…

Swarming insects are the defining symbols of our newly emergent global culture. Assailed by a raging sea of pictures, icons and branded coding, the humanity of the new millennium is…

Contemporary technologically advanced societies appear to have actualized magic. Humans living in these cultures harness energies that were once the providence of sorcerers: they can fly, communicate instantly, cure ailments…

November 2008's Mandala Project was a massive success, with official numbers well exceeding the 2000 mark. On the main floor, under specially commissioned Mandala-themed banners, guest-stars Logic Bomb and Tranan…

Trance parties, festivals, squat-parties and ‘alternative’ cultural events’ are highly contested spaces. Aside from the invariable troubles they pick up with authorities, they are often prone to internal conflicts over…

In Engines of Creation: The Coming Era of Nanotechnology, Eric Drexler outlines what promises to be the technology of the 21st century. In a nutshell, Drexler describes how the genetic…

Whether natural or artificial, psychedelics can be strong and hard-hitting psychological tools provided they are used correctly. Psychedelics raise noise levels in the nervous system, and thereby in consciousness itself.…

Welcome to the postmodern present where reality is remixed ‘live’ to CNN theme-muzak. In a world where the real is no longer hip enough, there can be no talk of…