An Exploration of Competitive Improvisational Poetry and the Spirit of the Global Flyte      There are moments in teaching when a pattern that has been circling quietly for years suddenly steps forward, clears its throat, and says, “...

Live Trance and Prosper! Rev. Dr. Brian David Phillips here, and we're going to dive deep, and I mean incredibly deep, into a concept that might entirely rewrite your understanding of human pleasure. Did you know you can actually fold an orgasm and ...

Well, hello there! Live Trance and Prosper!  Grab a delicious Coca-Cola, or Pepsi, or perhaps a nice hot cup of local Yilan oolong, and let's get right into it, shall we?   We are living in an absolutely wild time. It feels like every...

Grab your favorite beverage. I am currently sipping a ridiculously strong green tea, looking out at the evening rain here outside Loudong, Taiwan, and getting ready to dive into something deeply human with you. We’re going to crack open an absolute ...

So — you’re dead. First of all, well done. Not because dying is hard, exactly. People manage it all the time. Very popular pastime, death. No, the achievement here is that you have died in a context that lets us talk about the Norse afterlife, which...

University students who study through English often discover, sooner rather than later, that reading is where the real strain begins. Speaking can feel alive because it happens between people. Listening can be difficult, certainly, but it comes with...

The manosphere stands as one of the more visible, and frankly more unsettling, developments in contemporary online culture. Now, it is often waved away as some fringe curiosity, a noisy but ultimately insignificant cluster of internet personalities ...

Unlocking Your Mind Through Solo Ecstatic Trance Practical Techniques for Achieving Ecstatic States   Well, hello there! It is absolutely wonderful to have you here. We’re going to embark on a bit of a journey together, aren't we? Pull up a cha...

Please note, while some of the results of using The Garbage Can Process discusses in this essay may seem magickal or even miraculous, they should be taken with a grain of salt as every single case is different and while some folks have amazing resul...

Star Trek’s Vision: Embracing Infinite Diversity Brian David Phillips       Star Trek’s Vision: Embracing Infinite Diversity Few science fiction franchises have left as indelible a mark on both popular culture and ethical discourse a...

Tolkien’s Middle-earth and Modern DEI: A Journey Through Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Brian David Phillips     J.R.R. Tolkien’s writings, often seen as the epitome of high fantasy, have captivated generations with their rich mythology ...