One of the most compelling writers and public speakers on the subjects of media, esotericism, and visionary experiences, Erik Davis brings an appropriate sensibility to Jordan Belson’s remarkable films. Davis’ 1998 debut work TechGnosis: Myth, Magic, and Mysticism in the Age of Information, a groundbreaking study of the persistence of enchantment in the digital age, proved a defining work on twenty-first century consciousness. His essay “The Paisley Gate: The Tantra of Psychedelics” was included in Zig Zag Zen: Buddhism and Psychedelics—a favorite book of Belson’s. Davis approaches Belson’s films not just as art but as inner space probes, intimate artifacts of expanded consciousness that help us creatively know our own minds. Davis holds a PhD in religious studies from Rice University. His other books include High Weirdness: Drugs, Esoterica, and Visionary Experience in the Seventies, Nomad Codes, and Blotter: The Untold Story of an Acid Medium. He currently covers California culture on his Burning Shore newsletter, and also co-founded the Berkeley Alembic, a center for meditation, arts, and consciousness culture.