The Psyche of Music with Matt Marble
Monday, April 14 at 7:00 PM
$16 - $35
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Monday, April 14 at 7PM
The Psyche of Music with Matt Marble
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$16 - $35
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Psychedelic Sangha Speaker Series Presents,
Monday, April 14th
7:00-9:00 pm EST
(online only)
Suggested donation $16 - $35
No one turned away for lack of funds! Contact us if you need financial assistance.
Join artist, author, and director of the American Museum of Paramusicology Matt Marble Ph. D. for a very unique reflection on the psychic life of music.
Author of Buddhist Bubblegum: Esotericism in the Music of Arthur Russell and producer of the Secret Sound podcast, Marble has spent over a decade exploring the hidden history of American music and its metaphysical influences.
Musicians have long found creative agency through the intuitive disciplines of mediumship, psychedelia, divination, dreamwork, meditation, magick, and more. Drawing from parapsychology and comparative metaphysics, this talk surveys the musical psyche through some of the artists who’ve most actively explored it.
We’ll unpack some key concepts and listen to related musics of diverse stylistic and cultural origin. This special talk anticipates a four-week online course, “Intro to Psi Music,” to be offered by the Rhine Research Center in May of 2025.
Speaker Bio
Matt Marble is an artist, author, audio producer and director of the American Museum of Paramusicology ("brilliant and humbling," The Paris Review). Both creatively and through historical research, his work explores the inspired intersections of art and metaphysics and the intuitive disciplines they mutually employ. Matt is the author of Buddhist Bubblegum: Esotericism in the Creative Process of Arthur Russell ("groundbreaking work," New York Times), and the producer/host of Secret Sound, a podcast exploring the metaphysical biopics of American musicians, and The Hidden Present, an audio interview series exploring intuitive discipline and spiritual imagination. Additional works have been featured by the California Festival, Warp Records, and the Philosophical Research Society. His writing, research, media production, and personal archive constitute the American Museum of Paramusicology (AMP), through which he also publishes the monthly AMP Journal.
Matt's visual art and music are often rooted in his own dreamwork divination practice--the Astramira or "Wondering Stars." This work has been featured as a solo art exhibition at Greensboro Project Space, as well as through releases of instrumental guitar music and dream songs. His recent album of solo acoustic guitar music, The Living Mirror (2021), was released by UK label The Crystal Cabinet. Matt holds a BA in Speech & Hearing Science from Portland State University, a PhD in music composition from Princeton University, and a black rattlesnake from his dreams.
About Speaker Series
Join co-hosts Tomas Sander and Doc Kelley online in Zoom (and sometimes in person) for this monthly Speaker Series that explores the fascinating crossroads where Buddhism meets psychedelics. We aim to shed light on the intricate connections, myriad possibilities, and potential challenges and clashes where these two transformative paths meet.
We engage with pioneers and visionaries from Buddhism and psychedelic exploration, therapy, and practice. Their sparks can ignite our understanding of the spiritual and the psychedelic.
Previous speakers include: Lama Mike Crowley, D. E. Osto, Rev. Konrad Ryushin Marchaj, Phil Wolfson, MD, Spring Washam, Alex Belser, Ph. D., Lama Justin von Bujdoss, Robert Heffernan, Lama Elizabeth Monson, Ph. D., and others.
The Psyche of Music with Matt Marble
Monday, April 14th
7:00-9:00 pm EST
(online only)
Suggested donation $16 - $35
No one turned away for lack of funds! Contact us if you need financial assistance.
Join artist, author, and director of the American Museum of Paramusicology Matt Marble Ph. D. for a very unique reflection on the psychic life of music.
Author of Buddhist Bubblegum: Esotericism in the Music of Arthur Russell and producer of the Secret Sound podcast, Marble has spent over a decade exploring the hidden history of American music and its metaphysical influences.
Musicians have long found creative agency through the intuitive disciplines of mediumship, psychedelia, divination, dreamwork, meditation, magick, and more. Drawing from parapsychology and comparative metaphysics, this talk surveys the musical psyche through some of the artists who’ve most actively explored it.
We’ll unpack some key concepts and listen to related musics of diverse stylistic and cultural origin. This special talk anticipates a four-week online course, “Intro to Psi Music,” to be offered by the Rhine Research Center in May of 2025.
Speaker Bio
Matt Marble is an artist, author, audio producer and director of the American Museum of Paramusicology ("brilliant and humbling," The Paris Review). Both creatively and through historical research, his work explores the inspired intersections of art and metaphysics and the intuitive disciplines they mutually employ. Matt is the author of Buddhist Bubblegum: Esotericism in the Creative Process of Arthur Russell ("groundbreaking work," New York Times), and the producer/host of Secret Sound, a podcast exploring the metaphysical biopics of American musicians, and The Hidden Present, an audio interview series exploring intuitive discipline and spiritual imagination. Additional works have been featured by the California Festival, Warp Records, and the Philosophical Research Society. His writing, research, media production, and personal archive constitute the American Museum of Paramusicology (AMP), through which he also publishes the monthly AMP Journal.
Matt's visual art and music are often rooted in his own dreamwork divination practice--the Astramira or "Wondering Stars." This work has been featured as a solo art exhibition at Greensboro Project Space, as well as through releases of instrumental guitar music and dream songs. His recent album of solo acoustic guitar music, The Living Mirror (2021), was released by UK label The Crystal Cabinet. Matt holds a BA in Speech & Hearing Science from Portland State University, a PhD in music composition from Princeton University, and a black rattlesnake from his dreams.
About Speaker Series
Join co-hosts Tomas Sander and Doc Kelley online in Zoom (and sometimes in person) for this monthly Speaker Series that explores the fascinating crossroads where Buddhism meets psychedelics. We aim to shed light on the intricate connections, myriad possibilities, and potential challenges and clashes where these two transformative paths meet.
We engage with pioneers and visionaries from Buddhism and psychedelic exploration, therapy, and practice. Their sparks can ignite our understanding of the spiritual and the psychedelic.
Previous speakers include: Lama Mike Crowley, D. E. Osto, Rev. Konrad Ryushin Marchaj, Phil Wolfson, MD, Spring Washam, Alex Belser, Ph. D., Lama Justin von Bujdoss, Robert Heffernan, Lama Elizabeth Monson, Ph. D., and others.
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