David Metcalfe

A brief introduction to Johnathan Legaria Vargas, a 26 year old leader of Santa Muerte Internacional, murdered in 2008 that has since become sanctified among Santa Muertistas through the efforts of his mother, Madrina Vargas, who has taken the reins on both SMI and the Templo de Santa Muerte en Tultitlan.  Appendices include images from the temple, an exorcism account from Madrina Vargas, and a letter from Jeronimo Santiago reporting a miracle he attributes to Padrino Endoque and Santa Muerte.

Co-author - Dr. R. Andrew Chesnut, Chair of Catholic Studies at Virginia Commonwealth University

Craigslist spiritual services ads give a digital view of transitioning patterns in popular metaphysical spirituality and practical occultism. With supplemental appendices for comparison sourced from FATE Magazine and assorted Spanish language sources.

Edited by Matt Cardin, this fascinating work provides a complete overview of paranormal phenomena, including the beliefs, attitudes, and notable figures who have attempted to explain, defend, or debunk the mysteries behind the unknown.

Recent interest in the paranormal as pop culture fodder belies its historical status as an important subject of cultural, philosophical, and scientific significance. This book traces the trajectory of paranormal studies from its early role as a serious academic and scientific topic studied by mainstream scientists and eminent scholars to its current popularity in books, film, and TV.

This compelling reference work details the experiences, encounters, and ideas that make up this controversial field of study. The contributed entries examine the broad phenomena of the paranormal, addressing the history of scientific investigations along with its contemporary media depictions to illustrate the evolution of cultural attitudes about the paranormal. A selection of primary documents provides real-life accounts and contributions from noted experts that explore the full scope of themes from spiritualism to poltergeists to astrology. Accompanying images, timelines, quotations, and sidebars make the content come to life and encourage alternative explanations of these events.

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Contains more than 120 factual entries as well as extensive excerpts from several primary documents in the area of the paranormal
Features contributions from noted experts in its field from across viewpoints—including believers and skeptics
Profiles a number of important individuals who have contributed to the history and study of the field
Includes such topics as near-death experiences, paranormal dreams, the supernatural, magic, and the occult

Edited by Gabriel D. Roberts, The Quest For Gnosis features interviews on contemporary spirituality and consciousness studies with Graham Hancock, Dr. Rupert Sheldrake, Dr. Rick Strassman, Aaron Cheak, David Metcalfe, Peter J. Carroll and many more.

A diverse group of authors journey into the fringes of human consciousness, tackling psychic and paranormal phenomena, lucid dreaming, synchronistic encounters, and more. Collected from the online magazine Reality Sandwich, these essays explore regions of the mind often traversed by shamans, mystics, and visionary artists; adjacent and contiguous to our normal waking state, these realms may be encountered in dreams or out-of-body experiences, accessed through meditation or plant medicines, and marked by psychic phenomena and uncanny synchronicities. From demons encountered in sleep paralysis visions to psychic research conducted by the CIA, the seemingly disparate topics covered here congeal to form a larger picture of what these extraordinary states of consciousness might have to tell us about the nature of reality itself.

The relationship between music and art has become so intertwined that it can be hard to imagine one outside the context of the other. And of their countless unions, we often are drawn to both the most colorful and the most dreadful—the most radiant and luminous as well as the darkest and most fear inspiring.

This vivid collection of contemporary, underground musicians and artists documents those who explore the dynamic relationship between music and color. Over more than 350 pages, Chromatic presents powerful album art, over-saturated stage shows, symbolic album themes, composers who experience synesthesia, an introduction to audible color, bands photographed in their favorite colors, and much more.

At nearly 400 pages of full-color artwork and editorial, Chromatic: The Crossroads of Color and Music is a dynamic, highly saturated print presentation of independent musicians and artists who are using or exploring color in unorthodox ways.

Myth's central importance does not end with our art or religions. It is not solely a dusty world of broken clay pots and tablets written in dead languages. Our myths determine how we engage with the world, how we enter into it. How we treat ourselves and one another. Far from being archaic relics of the past, myths will determine our future. Even if we are unaware of them, they will continue to affect us. This book explores the subject of immanent myth from many angles, through articles, essays, and interviews from a variety of people actively engaged in mythic work and research. We must invent our myths-or re-invent them-ourselves. If you haven't already, take this as a wake-up call to join in and become a myth-maker of the 21st century.

Contributors include: James Curcio, Stephane Griswold, Tony Thomas, Mr. VI, Rowan Tepper, MA, Yakov Rabinovich, Brian Corra, Stephen Hershey, Catherine Svehla, Ph.D, Brian George, Michael Anthony Ricciardi, Damien Williams, Jason Kephas, Mica Gries, Tons May.

And conversations with David Mack, Rudy Rauben, S Jenx, David Aronson, (with writing from Leslie Powell), John Harrigan (FoolishPeople), and Laurie Lipton.
Editor James Curcio Copy Editors Jazmin Idakaar Lucy Harrigan Reference and Bibliographic Assistance Jazmin Idakaar.

For this illuminating course, Scott Olsen, author of The Golden Section: Nature’s Greatest Secret, and Professor of Philosophy & Religion at the College of Central Florida, has gathered together some of the leading thinkers in the field of sacred mathematics. He will be joined by co-host David Metcalfe, editor of Reality Sandwich’s “Limitless Mind.” As anyone who participated in last year’s Evolver course, “Sacred Geometry Explained,” already knows, Scott and David are wonderful teachers who translate the complex concepts of sacred geometry into clear language with concrete examples, to help you understand and integrate the astonishing potential of this too-little-known field.

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Featured guests included:

● C. Lance Harding, Ph.D.: international authority on canons of human proportion, ancient systems of measurement, temple construction, and sacred geometry; mentored by John Michell and trained by Keith Critchlow at the Prince’s School of Traditional Arts.

● V. Garth Norman: a world authority on ancient calendar systems, archaeoastronomy, Director of Archaeological Research Consultants (ARCON) and author of Izapa Sacred Space: Sculpture Calendar Codex, and The Parowan Gap: Nature’s Perfect Observatory, and an expert on cross-cultural Middle Eastern and Mesoamerican measurement systems.

● Tom Bree: accomplished geometer, musician, musical instrument maker and author, he teaches Christian and Islamic geometric design at the Prince’s School of Traditional Art, is presently working on his Ph.D. on English Gothic cathedral design under Keith Critchlow, and is an expert on the geometry of Wells Cathedral.

● Frank Vedegys: expert mathematician, statistician, and actuarial accountant, who also teaches a variety of esoteric subjects, including the Tree of Life, tarot and astrology; unrivaled expertise in expressing the underlying mathematical principles of Sacred Geometry.

Craig Weiler, of the Weiler Psi Blog, and David Metcalfe, Reality Sandwich contributing editor and “Psi in the News” columnist, have gathered together some of the leading thinkers in the field of of Parapsychology and Anomalistic Science to illuminate the most recent research on the frontier of psi. They include:

James Carpenter, President of the Parapsychological Association and author of the groundbreaking theory of psi, "First Sight"

Julie Beischel, PhD. Co-Founder and Director of Research at the Windbridge Institute, whose work investigates the therapeutic value of mediumship and the mysteries of discarnate communication

Dan Booth Cohen and Emily Volden, pioneers of Systemic Constellations, a new form of therapy that assumes that consciousness is nonlocal

Chris Carter, author of the authoritative book, "Science and Psychic Phenomena: The Fall of the House of Skeptics"

William Bengston, author of “Energy Cure,” his memoir of researching hands-on healing in a rigorous, scientific environment

"This is a live, 5-part, interactive video course covering the full range of "Sacred Geometry," and it's applications in contemporary society. Each session features a discussion on a central aspect of sacred geometry with one or two leading experts, including:

Randall Carlson, of Sacred Geometry International
Robert Schoch, author of Voyages of the Pyramid Builders
Paul Devereux, author of Sacred Geography
Richard Merrick, author of The Venus Blueprint: Uncovering the Ancient Science of Sacred Spaces
Dr. Scott Olsen, author of The Golden Section: Nature's Greatest Secret
John Martineau, author of A Little Book of Coincidence in the Solar System, publisher of Wooden Books "

"Musicians, philosophers, and artists have sought, for centuries, the ultimate translation of sound and vision, the ability to translate one sensual experience into another, from hearing to seeing and back again. This search for “audible color” has taken many forms, from early Pythagorean theories on the harmony of the celestial spheres to contemporary experiments with electronic music, rituals, and coordinated visual effects. Running through it all is a fascination with how existence is interwoven with relationships that often defy our understanding.

As music became the inspiration for the movement towards abstraction in early 20th century European painting, artists searched for ever more meaningful ways to incorporate the language and gestures of music into their work. Similarly, the use of the color spectrum to illustrate musical tonality and timbre became common, not only among synaesthetic composers like Scriabin and Messiaen but also in the forms of light displays, color organs, and abstract animation. As we delve deeper into the mixed media possibilities of the digital age: how do color and light inform our experience of sound textures and vice versa?

I will be present my research into various theories and practices regarding the relationship between color and sound ranging from Pythagoras to David Lynch, providing specific audio and visual examples as well as methods useful for active artists and musicians.

This talk expands on some of the themes I explored in an article called ‘As We See Sound: Explorations of Audible Color‘ written for Alarm Magazine‘s 2011 anthology – Chromatic: The Crossroads of Color and Music .
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