- Original photograph by Elfriede Stegemeyer (1908—1988)
Almost five years after I released the first DOP mixtape, here’s the sequel. It’s a little gift in remembrance of an unsanitized rave culture, that is so much more than mere escapism.
Mati Klarwein
Images of a generation
No introduction needed. Here’s Abdul Mati Klarwein. Maybe I feel especially familiar with his style of painting because it was…
Peter Birkhäuser
Light from the Darkness
Few artists have so powerfully evoked the uncanny otherness of the unconscious like Swiss artist Peter Birkhäuser.
Thoughts on
Plasticity & Repetition
To me the main characteristics that constitute the human condition are plasticity and the tendency to repeat.
Ithell Colquhoun
Psychomorphologies
After decades of neglect, the British artist and writer Ithell Colquhoun is finally recognized as one of the most exciting and creative occult thinkers of the 20th century.
Frieder Grindler
Posters 1963 – 2005
Frieder Grindler is one of the big names of German poster design in the second half of the 20th century.
Marcelo Pinel
Cyber Mystic Garden
A laboratory in constant change, a small museum of desires and dreams that amuse the inner child.
Metamorphosis
Chaos, Creativity and Imagination
A trialogue on chaos and the world soul, featuring Terence McKenna, Rupert Sheldrake, Ralph Abraham – three brilliant minds sharing their views on life and the structure of reality.
DMT
The Spirit Molecule
I featured this documentary before but I feel it deserves to stand alone.
Ayahuasca Manifesto
The Spirit and its Planetary Mission
Many people ask me about Ayahuasca and I’m happy to share my experiences and the information I gathered.
Storm Thorgerson
Taken by Storm
Thorgerson’s metaphorical language to me feels like as if Magritte would have been into photography instead of painting.
Stepping into the fire
Part III
I will step into the fire. The fire of self-discovery. This fire will not burn me, it will only burn what I am not.
Robert Beatty
Keep it surreal
Robert Beatty’s artworks are exceptionally peculiar and seem impossible to pin down.
Sayat Nova
The Color of Pomegranates
The film does not attempt to tell the life story of a poet. Rather, the filmmaker had tried to recreate the poet’s inner world.
Karlfried Graf Dürckheim
Der Körper den ich habe, Der Leib der ich bin
Dürckheim’s legacy is psychotherapy in the spirit of Zen. His books are classics of transpersonal psychology.
Gabor Maté
In the Realm of Hungry Ghosts
Gabor Maté is a Canadian physician who specializes in the study and treatment of addiction. He radiates kindness and a deep understanding of the human condition.
Rebel Wisdom
Sensemaking in the Time of Chaos
Rebel Wisdom uncovers the most rebellious ideas in philosophy, human potential and transcendence to find direction through the chaos of the time.
Cymatics
Bringing matter to life with sound
Cymatics is the study of visible sound and vibration. The phenomenon is visualized with various materials…
DOP Mixtape 1
The Ideal is Unreal
This is the first DOP mixtape, my very personal selection of music that stood the test of time.
Johfra Bosschart
Unio Mystica
Surrealism based on studies of psychology, religion, the Bible, astrology, antiquity, magic, witchcraft, mythology and occultism.
Philip Kirkland
Energy Ecstasy and your Seven Vital Chakras
There is already another post about Philip Kirkland but these images I’ve just found deserve to stand alone.
