Nomad Codes: Adventures in Modern Esoterica

by Erik Davis

Book Overview

In these wide-ranging essays, Erik Davis explores the codes -- spiritual, cultural, and embodied -- that people use to escape the limitations of their lives and enrich their experience of the world. These include Asian religious traditions and West African trickster gods, Western occult and esoteric lore, postmodern theory and psychedelic science, as well as festival scenes such as Burning Man. Whether his subject is collage art or the "magickal realism"...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1891241540
• ISBN13: 9781891241543
• Release Date: November 2010
• Publisher: Yeti Publishing
• Length: 352 Pages
• Weight: 1.20 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.2" x 9.0"
• Age Range: 18 years and up
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher