by Miguel Conner | Oct 5, 2017 | Blog posts
Tessa Dick is the fifth and last wife of Philip K. Dick, living with him during the 2/3/74 “VALIS” experiences. Her recent writings include a memoir of PKD, Remembering Firebright, the novel, The Owl in the Daylight, and Conversations with Philip K. Dick....
by Miguel Conner | May 30, 2017 | Blog posts
Most of us have read Moby Dick, or are at least familiar with Herman Melville’s classic. Many of us know the metaphors and symbols and pathos of this great American novel. We heard it all in high school and perhaps found insights once we got older — as the whales of...
by Guest Author | Nov 7, 2016 | Blog posts
Based on “Cosmogony and Cosmology” by Philip K. Dick Long before the Matrix Trilogy was produced, a lone man’s imagination and/or contact with the Cosmic posited that we live in an artificial construct; this man’s name is Phillip K. Dick, who brought us...
by Miguel Conner | Sep 13, 2016 | Blog posts
A considerable amount has been written on Philip K. Dick’s interest in Gnosticism, including its influence on his groundbreaking fiction. Much of the interest was written by Philip K. Dick himself, as I reveal in Philip K. Dick’s Own Definition of Gnosticism. In fact,...
by Miguel Conner | Jun 27, 2016 | Blog posts
It’s no secret knowledge that one of this site’s inspirations in all its heresy is Philip K. Dick. More than a decade ago, while plowing through my first copy of the Nag Hammadi library, I was affected but puzzled by the contraband message of the ancient Gnostics....