On Thursday August 30th, 2018 the Hermetic Hour with host Poke Runyon

will review and explore the almost one thousand page introspective

philosophical and spiritual journal of the late California

science-fiction writer Philip K. Dick. (1928-1982) This remarkable

documentation of a classic mystical experience and its ramifications in

and beyond the author's literary works. The exegesis is also a chronicle

of a genius battling for sanity and a true religious philosophy as he

lives and works through what is obviously and admittedly mental illness.

Dick is best known for his darkly paranoid  science-fiction novels and

stories. The novel VALIS (vast active living intelligence system) is the

fictionalized version of his 1974 vision and much of the exegesis

ruminates on its impact and significance. As a Roman Catholic Dick's

vision is Biblical, especially Christian, but he analyzes it as Gnostic

and Neo-platonic (Hermetic) and defines Christ as essentially female. He

later defines himself as a neo-Marxist philosopher and gives us insights

into the spiritual aspects of the 1960s and 70s counter culture that

continue to perpetuate the social and political divide in our society

today. So, if you want to spend an hour in the mind of Philip K. Dick

join us and we will inquire within. As Above so Below, As Within so Without.