I think were exteneded from the creator, and teleologically, all the good and evil in us is reflected in it. God, like the self devouring ouroboros, is waging death, destruction, and suffering through its own being. Basically, God's mentally insane, and were His psychotic episode.
Charles Platt the interviewer I think, he did an anthology of sci-fi author interviews, forget the name but great interviews all. He displays the great art of interviewing: shut the fu** up and let the interviewee speak. Great to hear the old tape cassette being used, and the lighting up of cigarettes throughout. I seem to remember from the book that PKD was also recording Mr. Platt interviewing him - paranoid indeed!
This is the best PKD interview I have yet seen, read or heard, very moving and revealing and it illuminates the themes of his work brilliantly. Thank you!
@Lion117 Based on PKD's statement that Valis was about to be published, and finding the publication date of the book to be 1981, I surmise the date of the recording to be late 1980.
Kafka's surrealist grandson. "The Metamorphosis" is the grandaddy of Philip K. Dick's Mobius striptease of consciousness. With some O. Henry on peyote for fun.
@JNathanK2011 RFA: That's the book that introduced me to the VALIS episode. I read it in 1986. When I was younger I actually kind of believed his story, now I can see that he had a history of delusions etc. Still a great author.
@JNathanK2011 I've found that stories like these always fall apart when you examine them closely. We have only his & his wife's testimony (she was pretty young at the time, and was living in his "world") but none of these programs have ever produced any evidence. It's more likely that he said, "I have a bad feeling, let's take him to the hospital," the diagnosis came back, and the myth took form after. It's far more likely! And it happens often in life.
@amaxamon Yah, the problem with religious experiences is they're often subjective and fleeting, which doesn't work well for scientific inquiery. Even if he recorded it all on tape and documented it well, it would just be passed off as rare coincidence or anomaly. There'd really be no way of explaining it through a rationalistic frame work, since that has to do with objectivem repeatable models, so it would just be shelved and ignored.
Amazing! And for those who say philip wasnt a good writer- try to do it better yourself and show to the world! We could accept opinion then, as its not as easy as it seems. Easy reading full of meaning that just a genius as Mr.DIck could do it under such conditions he lived. Thanks for uploading
I perceive this mysterious, mystical woman figure he assimilates to Diana, playing games with him, as really being Dick playing games with us, whether fully aware of this or not, tasking us to play along, fight it, question it, wonder where it could possibly come from...
the section about suffering and apathy makes me think of that recent video from China of a baby being run over by a truck and dozens of people walking past and over her until her mother realized what had happened.
After listening to this I came to the realization that it is entirely plausible that Jung got his idea of introvert and extrovert from Heraclitus' idea of idios kosmos and koinos kosmos. I know Jung was heavily influenced my Heraclitus but these similarities never occurred to me.
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jimmietfreeway 3 days ago
this is a gem, definitely worth sharing. Thank you for the upload.
coldfusion12 5 days ago
I think were exteneded from the creator, and teleologically, all the good and evil in us is reflected in it. God, like the self devouring ouroboros, is waging death, destruction, and suffering through its own being. Basically, God's mentally insane, and were His psychotic episode.
JNathanK2011 1 week ago
All I can say is: WOW! beautiful honesty from one of my/the tragic heroes of the last century and the coming age.
Humbling indeed. All artists should read and know PKD
Blessed.
TheMornnon 3 weeks ago
This is a great interview. What a brilliant mind. Thank you for posting this.
sydbarrett5 3 weeks ago
Charles Platt the interviewer I think, he did an anthology of sci-fi author interviews, forget the name but great interviews all. He displays the great art of interviewing: shut the fu** up and let the interviewee speak. Great to hear the old tape cassette being used, and the lighting up of cigarettes throughout. I seem to remember from the book that PKD was also recording Mr. Platt interviewing him - paranoid indeed!
nicktheato 1 month ago
@nicktheato Yes, that is noted on pp. 229-230 of Sutin's book.
peribenset 2 weeks ago
This is the best PKD interview I have yet seen, read or heard, very moving and revealing and it illuminates the themes of his work brilliantly. Thank you!
astrophonix 1 month ago
...face that which the buddha faced..
TRANC3JUNKY 1 month ago
what year is this from, who is the interviewer?
thanks.
Lion117 1 month ago
@Lion117 Based on PKD's statement that Valis was about to be published, and finding the publication date of the book to be 1981, I surmise the date of the recording to be late 1980.
MsKestrela1 1 week ago
Kafka's surrealist grandson. "The Metamorphosis" is the grandaddy of Philip K. Dick's Mobius striptease of consciousness. With some O. Henry on peyote for fun.
voidforpurpose 1 month ago 2
Manichaeism anybody...anybody?
LiarfromCrete 1 month ago
@LiarfromCrete 1:10:15
JNathanK2011 1 week ago
Very personal discussion with PKD. Absolutely valuable for any PKD fan/scholar.
AnaiBendai 1 month ago
I think I read about a lot of this already in Radio Free Albemuth.
JNathanK2011 2 months ago
@JNathanK2011 RFA: That's the book that introduced me to the VALIS episode. I read it in 1986. When I was younger I actually kind of believed his story, now I can see that he had a history of delusions etc. Still a great author.
amaxamon 1 week ago
@amaxamon That might be the case, but the way he knew the birth defect in his son through that whole gnostic episode makes me wonder.
JNathanK2011 1 week ago
@JNathanK2011 I've found that stories like these always fall apart when you examine them closely. We have only his & his wife's testimony (she was pretty young at the time, and was living in his "world") but none of these programs have ever produced any evidence. It's more likely that he said, "I have a bad feeling, let's take him to the hospital," the diagnosis came back, and the myth took form after. It's far more likely! And it happens often in life.
amaxamon 1 week ago
@amaxamon Yah, the problem with religious experiences is they're often subjective and fleeting, which doesn't work well for scientific inquiery. Even if he recorded it all on tape and documented it well, it would just be passed off as rare coincidence or anomaly. There'd really be no way of explaining it through a rationalistic frame work, since that has to do with objectivem repeatable models, so it would just be shelved and ignored.
JNathanK2011 1 week ago
a question. was he a heavy smoker, perhaps weed, or did he just had lsd and amphetamines, I ask this, because he is so amazing!
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Amazing! And for those who say philip wasnt a good writer- try to do it better yourself and show to the world! We could accept opinion then, as its not as easy as it seems. Easy reading full of meaning that just a genius as Mr.DIck could do it under such conditions he lived. Thanks for uploading
sergius666 2 months ago
One of the most intelligent guy i ever listened
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jmaynardg 3 months ago
I perceive this mysterious, mystical woman figure he assimilates to Diana, playing games with him, as really being Dick playing games with us, whether fully aware of this or not, tasking us to play along, fight it, question it, wonder where it could possibly come from...
almagenes 3 months ago 6
the section about suffering and apathy makes me think of that recent video from China of a baby being run over by a truck and dozens of people walking past and over her until her mother realized what had happened.
ValisX 3 months ago 7
wonder-ful.
Lion117 4 months ago 4
After listening to this I came to the realization that it is entirely plausible that Jung got his idea of introvert and extrovert from Heraclitus' idea of idios kosmos and koinos kosmos. I know Jung was heavily influenced my Heraclitus but these similarities never occurred to me.
QuantumLeap365 4 months ago 12
great post! thank you!
theduderinok2 4 months ago 10