Matthew J. Dillon, Center for the Study of World Religions
17 episodes
3 weeks ago
Pop Apocalypse explores gnostic, esoteric, and mystical currents in popular culture. The podcast features interviews with artists, musicians, and writers about the experiential and spiritual dimensions of their work.
Music by Secret Chiefs 3.
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Pop Apocalypse explores gnostic, esoteric, and mystical currents in popular culture. The podcast features interviews with artists, musicians, and writers about the experiential and spiritual dimensions of their work.
Music by Secret Chiefs 3.
Religion, Technology, and Extraterrestrial Intelligences – A Talk with Diana Pasulka
Pop Apocalypse
1 hour 10 minutes 22 seconds
1 year ago
Religion, Technology, and Extraterrestrial Intelligences – A Talk with Diana Pasulka
For episode nine, we welcome to the show Diana Pasulka, professor of Religious Studies at UNC – Wilmington. Her books American Cosmic: UFOs, Religion, Technology and Encounters: Experiences with Nonhuman Intelligences are both classics in the field of Religion and Technology studies. We discuss how Pasulka’s early work on Catholic purgatory led her to the study of UFOs, the spiritual practices of experiencers, and the role of government (dis)information and popular culture in the rise of UFO religion. On the way, we touch on A.I., revelations, St. Teresa of Avila, sleep paralysis, and the perils and possibilities of new technologies.
Pop Apocalypse
Pop Apocalypse explores gnostic, esoteric, and mystical currents in popular culture. The podcast features interviews with artists, musicians, and writers about the experiential and spiritual dimensions of their work.
Music by Secret Chiefs 3.
