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Tripping on Reads and Reels
Dive into a kaleidoscope of books and movies, psychedelically spun for your ultimate enjoyment. Perfect for a cozy evening or an unforgettable movie night date.
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Mirror Lives and Hidden Truths: Reflecting on Tafrigh
It’s said that every one of us has at least five people in the world who look exactly like us. Once, I saw a woman on the highway driving...
Dec 14, 20242 min read
For a Hookah Date Where History Smokes Itself
Fairytale, 2022 Dir. Aleksandr Sokurov So, Stalin, Hitler, Mussolini, and Churchill walk into a purgatory. They’re stuck in limbo,...
Dec 13, 20243 min read
When Jesus Got the Promotion: A Theological Smackdown
When did Jesus become God by Bart Ehrman, Michael Bird, and Robert Stewart. A christological debate (Audible) A title that boldly...
Dec 2, 20243 min read
A Psychedelic Bathwater Fever Dream for Your Messiest Date
Saltburn, 2023 dir. Emerald Fennell This movie takes your hand, waltzes you through opulent halls dripping in marble and silk and then...
Nov 24, 20242 min read
Mushrooms Over Mantras: A Healing Shortcut
review of Louise Hay "Heal your body" If you’ve ever wanted to blame your migraines on unresolved guilt about eating your sister’s...
Nov 19, 20242 min read
We Are Such Stuff as Memes Are Made On: The Movie for a Trippy, Meta-Date Night
Dream Scenario (2023) Dir. Kristoffer Borgli "Dream Scenario" is like someone took a sociology lecture, spiked it with absinthe, and...
Nov 16, 20243 min read
Sorrow Overload: Burn It Already!
A review of Francis Weller’s "The Wild Edge of Sorrow" (audible) This book is like the Temple at Burning Man : a space designed to...
Nov 1, 20242 min read
For a Boardroom-Date Fever Dream: A Game of Corporate Overkill
Tetris (2023) Dir. Jon S. Baird Imagine gearing up for a movie night only to realize you’re about to watch a two-hour LinkedIn...
Oct 15, 20242 min read
For a Spy Date: Secrets, Betrayal, and a Walkman
Movie : L'affaire/ Farewell "Farewell" is your classic Cold War spy thriller, but with a twist: it’s more about midlife crises, awkward...
Oct 7, 20243 min read
Heaven and Hell: Bart Ehrman's Journey through Early Christian Texts
Did you know Jesus had a twin? His name was Judas, but sometimes also Thomas. Judas Thomas was the first missionary in India—though he...
Aug 21, 20242 min read
I Heart Huckabees: A Screwball Comedy for the Existentially Curious
Tough sell, this one. So tough that co-writer and director David O.Russell struggled to get it off the ground—his fevered pitch likely...
Aug 14, 20243 min read
Drunken Masquerade: Polanski’s Boozy Trainwreck at The Palace
Welcome to a palace where the absurd and the ridiculous join forces in a masquerade of vanity and lunacy, and you’ve got Roman Polanski's...
Aug 7, 20243 min read
Delving into the Mystical: Alan Watts' "Cloud-hidden, Whereabouts Unknown" Reviewed
Embark on a mesmerizing journey through the wisdom-laced pages of Alan Watts' Audible collection, "Cloud-hidden, Whereabouts Unknown."...
Aug 5, 20244 min read
How to Spot a Messiah on Mars: Divine Encounters and Toad Companions: 📚 Long After Midnight by Ray Bradbury (Audible) 📚
🌟 A Door to Magical Terrain🌟 This anthology of short stories is a door leading to a magical terrain. Behind it may lie the story of a...
Aug 2, 20242 min read
Dancing with Death: The Macabre Magic and Tequila Dreams of Ray Bradbury's "The October Country"
Reading this collection of mystical stories by a celebrated sci-fi author is like stumbling upon a cavalry painting by Norman Rockwell ...
Jul 31, 20242 min read
🔮✨🍄 "Secret Drugs of Buddhism: Psychedelic Sacraments and the Origins of the Vajrayāna" by Mike Crowley - A Trip Down Buddha Lane! 🍄✨🔮
Hey there, spiritual explorers and history buffs! Hold onto your meditation cushions because Mike Crowley's book is flipping the script...
Jul 23, 20243 min read
From Minnesota Nice to North Dakota Nonsense: Fargo Season 5's Unholy Mess
Fargo's fifth season is a spectacle that somehow manages to be both wildly unremarkable and excruciatingly painful to endure. It's as if...
Jul 21, 20244 min read
“Madness and Mysticism: The Untold Tales of Dervishes”
“Tales of the Dervishes,” compiled by Idries Shah In the 20th century, there were many events one would be curious to witness personally....
Jul 14, 20243 min read
"Unlock the Universe: Dive into Ray Bradbury's 'The Golden Apples of the Sun'"
Published in 1953, this anthology showcases Bradbury's extraordinary imagination and knack for spinning tales that dance on the edge of...
Jun 27, 20243 min read
Quakes, Frogs, and Existential Fun: A Dive into Murakami’s ‘After the Quake’
Murakami has a flair for the bizarre. Most of his novels feature quirky, fantastical storylines filled with strange imagery and...
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