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.

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Stuart Davis Official Website Stuart Davis, Man Meets Mantis Stuart Davis, “Something from Nothing” course Jasmine Karimova, singer-songwriter Ramsey Dukes, The Good, The Bad, and the Funny John Mack, psychiatrist and abduction phenomenon researcherJacques Vallee, ufologist John Keel, paranormal researcher Weird Studies episode 2, “Garmonbozia” Norman McLaren, Spheres Remedios Varo, artist Leonora Carrington, artist JF Martel, Reclaiming Art in the Age of Artifice Special Guest: Stuart Evan Davis.

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