A recent documentary followed Dr. Gabor Mate's explorations of ayahuasca as a therapeutic tool, and featured research on the neurochemistry involved.

They're closer than you might think.

People who work in offices are usually pretty rational. But magical thinking can slip in. 

Some works of art lay everything out for you. Some acknowledge the audience, and pull them out of their chairs, into the arena.

This brief bit of dialogue from HBO's drama Big Love showcases the mythic/membership stage beliefs of its main characters. 

Why does the hero need to be pushed to the point of near defeat for the victory to mean so much?

A short piece addressed to men: do you ask women questions? If not, why not? What is there to be gained from doing so? 

These three forms of entertainment all hit you at the mythic level of development.

Ever heard of the comedic stylings of Larry Griswold? Me either. Unfamiliarity is part of what made this clip of him performing in the 50s so incredible. Well, what's he's doing is incredible, whether you've heard of him or not.

Kahlil Ashanti is a writer and performer. In this interview he talks about who would be on his Mt. Rushmore: Richard Pryor, Don Knotts, Eminem, and various formative experiences and friendships.

A brilliant bit of... satire? Scholarship? Hard to categorize. But a couple of very clever writers wrote this piece, as if the HBO show The Wire were actually an unjustly obscure Victorian novel.

Television shows and comic books have long been considered fluff and little else, even by their fans. But in the past decade both media have evolved, offering more challenging and richer stuff to anyone willing to go along for the ride. And what spurred this evolution? Us.

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