In the twelfth episode of Visionary Artists Podcast we interview the world's most prominent visionary artist, Alex Grey. The conversation peels back layers of reality to reach the core of what visionary art is and what it means to be a visionary artist. Alex discusses his work and his perspective on reality, art and spirituality in depth.

The trust placed by consumers in scientific studies and Federal oversight committees has been violated in service to profit so that products are allowed to enter the marketplace with reduced safety standards.

We live in a matrix that goes to unspeakable expense to nurture us from the teat to be good consumers. You are issued a tax collection number at birth (SS#), another artificial number for your credit worthiness (FICO), and then you’re extended a certain amount of tokens to play “life” based on those numbers.

More than 800,000 people are arrested on marijuana charges each year in the United States, many on the basis of an error-prone test.

Some people balk at restrictions on selling unprocessed milk and other foods. 'How can we not have the freedom to choose what we eat?' one says. Regulators say the rules exist for safety and fairness.

Thus the one intelligent infinity invested itself in an exploration of many-ness. Due to the infinite possibilities of intelligent infinity there is no ending to many-ness. The exploration, thus, is free to continue infinitely in an eternal present.

As a practice, prayer is the setting of an intention; it is not a plea, but a resolution, and that resolution takes many forms. Whatever that form, the psychology that underlies prayer issues forth from two fairly distinct perspectives. On the one hand, God, or the object of prayer, may be represented as an external construct of the ego, or something "out there".

Probably not going to be in the same category as the Deepwater horizon catastrophe and this probably would never have made the news if the media weren't hypersensitive to the Gulf right now, but this makes me wonder how often spills occur and we just don't know about them.

BP's plan seem to be pretty simple. Chronically disable and kill Gulf of Mexico fishermen so they are easier to fight later when the legal battle over the damages start. Exxon did the exact same thing in Alaska.

When engaged in any task all the human brain really has is attention, our ability to focus and respond. And our attention only functions inside the shell of what cognitive psychologists call working memory.

The President’s Cancer Panel (PCP) recently released its yearly report to the President outlining the status of cancer in America. This year’s report focuses primarily on environmental factors that contribute to cancer risk.