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  <title>Episode 37: Entities, with Stuart Davis</title>
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  <itunes:subtitle>JF and Phil discuss nonhuman beings in an aesthetic universe with filmmaker, musician and mystic Stuart Evan Davis. </itunes:subtitle>
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  <description>Several years ago, on New Year’s Eve, a tall, purple-robed praying mantis appeared to multidisciplinary artist Stuart Evan Davis as he meditated while running a fever. “Remember who you work for,” the entity said after beaming a zettabyte of information into Stuart’s febrile mind. Though it lasted less than a minute, the encounter sparked a series of life-changing -- and hair-raising -- events worthy of a Philip K. Dick novel. 
JF and Phil talk to Stuart Davis to get his thoughts on nonhuman intelligences, the artistic cosmos, a movie trilogy the Mantis commissioned, and Stuart’s brilliant audio documentary, [Man Meets Mantis](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zi8W0qCUH0)_.
Header image by OLJA, Wikimedia Commons 
Stuart Davis Official Website (http://www.stuartdavis.com/) 
Stuart Davis, [Man Meets Mantis](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zi8W0qCUH0)_ 
Stuart Davis, “Something from Nothing (https://www.consciouslife.com/something-from-nothing-6-month-course/)” course 
Jasmine Karimova (https://www.jasminekarimova.com/), singer-songwriter 
Ramsey Dukes, [The Good, The Bad, and the Funny](https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/2064416.TheGoodtheBadtheFunny)_ 
John Mack (http://johnemackinstitute.org/), psychiatrist and abduction phenomenon researcher
Jacques Vallee (http://www.jacquesvallee.net/research.html), ufologist 
John Keel (https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/18452.John_A_Keel), paranormal researcher 
Weird Studies episode 2, “Garmonbozia (https://www.weirdstudies.com/2)” 
Norman McLaren, Spheres (https://www.nfb.ca/film/spheres/) 
Remedios Varo (https://www.artsy.net/article/artsy-editorial-surrealists-paintings-inspire-witches-academics-alike), artist 
Leonora Carrington (https://www.artsy.net/artist/leonora-carrington), artist 
JF Martel, Reclaiming Art in the Age of Artifice (http://www.reclaimingart.com/) 
 Special Guest: Stuart Evan Davis.
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    <![CDATA[<p>Several years ago, on New Year’s Eve, a tall, purple-robed praying mantis appeared to multidisciplinary artist Stuart Evan Davis as he meditated while running a fever. “Remember who you work for,” the entity said after beaming a zettabyte of information into Stuart’s febrile mind. Though it lasted less than a minute, the encounter sparked a series of life-changing -- and hair-raising -- events worthy of a Philip K. Dick novel. </p>

<p>JF and Phil talk to Stuart Davis to get his thoughts on nonhuman intelligences, the artistic cosmos, a movie trilogy the Mantis commissioned, and Stuart’s brilliant audio documentary, <em><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zi_8W0qCUH0" rel="nofollow">Man Meets Mantis</a></em>.</p>

<p>Header image by OLJA, Wikimedia Commons </p>

<p>Stuart Davis Official <a href="http://www.stuartdavis.com/" rel="nofollow">Website</a> <br>
Stuart Davis, <em><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zi_8W0qCUH0" rel="nofollow">Man Meets Mantis</a></em> <br>
Stuart Davis, “<a href="https://www.consciouslife.com/something-from-nothing-6-month-course/" rel="nofollow">Something from Nothing</a>” course <br>
<a href="https://www.jasminekarimova.com/" rel="nofollow">Jasmine Karimova</a>, singer-songwriter <br>
Ramsey Dukes, <em><a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/2064416.The_Good_the_Bad_the_Funny" rel="nofollow">The Good, The Bad, and the Funny</a></em> <br>
<a href="http://johnemackinstitute.org/" rel="nofollow">John Mack</a>, psychiatrist and abduction phenomenon researcher<br>
<a href="http://www.jacquesvallee.net/research.html" rel="nofollow">Jacques Vallee</a>, ufologist <br>
<a href="https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/18452.John_A_Keel" rel="nofollow">John Keel</a>, paranormal researcher <br>
Weird Studies episode 2, “<a href="https://www.weirdstudies.com/2" rel="nofollow">Garmonbozia</a>” <br>
Norman McLaren, <em><a href="https://www.nfb.ca/film/spheres/" rel="nofollow">Spheres</a></em> <br>
<a href="https://www.artsy.net/article/artsy-editorial-surrealists-paintings-inspire-witches-academics-alike" rel="nofollow">Remedios Varo</a>, artist <br>
<a href="https://www.artsy.net/artist/leonora-carrington" rel="nofollow">Leonora Carrington</a>, artist <br>
JF Martel, <em><a href="http://www.reclaimingart.com/" rel="nofollow">Reclaiming Art in the Age of Artifice</a></em> </p><p>Special Guest: Stuart Evan Davis.</p>]]>
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<p>JF and Phil talk to Stuart Davis to get his thoughts on nonhuman intelligences, the artistic cosmos, a movie trilogy the Mantis commissioned, and Stuart’s brilliant audio documentary, <em><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zi_8W0qCUH0" rel="nofollow">Man Meets Mantis</a></em>.</p>

<p>Header image by OLJA, Wikimedia Commons </p>

<p>Stuart Davis Official <a href="http://www.stuartdavis.com/" rel="nofollow">Website</a> <br>
Stuart Davis, <em><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zi_8W0qCUH0" rel="nofollow">Man Meets Mantis</a></em> <br>
Stuart Davis, “<a href="https://www.consciouslife.com/something-from-nothing-6-month-course/" rel="nofollow">Something from Nothing</a>” course <br>
<a href="https://www.jasminekarimova.com/" rel="nofollow">Jasmine Karimova</a>, singer-songwriter <br>
Ramsey Dukes, <em><a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/2064416.The_Good_the_Bad_the_Funny" rel="nofollow">The Good, The Bad, and the Funny</a></em> <br>
<a href="http://johnemackinstitute.org/" rel="nofollow">John Mack</a>, psychiatrist and abduction phenomenon researcher<br>
<a href="http://www.jacquesvallee.net/research.html" rel="nofollow">Jacques Vallee</a>, ufologist <br>
<a href="https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/18452.John_A_Keel" rel="nofollow">John Keel</a>, paranormal researcher <br>
Weird Studies episode 2, “<a href="https://www.weirdstudies.com/2" rel="nofollow">Garmonbozia</a>” <br>
Norman McLaren, <em><a href="https://www.nfb.ca/film/spheres/" rel="nofollow">Spheres</a></em> <br>
<a href="https://www.artsy.net/article/artsy-editorial-surrealists-paintings-inspire-witches-academics-alike" rel="nofollow">Remedios Varo</a>, artist <br>
<a href="https://www.artsy.net/artist/leonora-carrington" rel="nofollow">Leonora Carrington</a>, artist <br>
JF Martel, <em><a href="http://www.reclaimingart.com/" rel="nofollow">Reclaiming Art in the Age of Artifice</a></em> </p><p>Special Guest: Stuart Evan Davis.</p>]]>
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