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For centuries, musicians have been inspired by metaphysical traditions like meditation, dreamwork, divination, and trance mediumship. Metaphysical practices and spirituality have contributed to all genres of American music, and by looking at the artists who apply these teachings, we can learn more about the relationship between metaphysics, music, and creative practices.
Matt Marble, director of the American Museum of Musicology, explores how American musicians have creatively sought communion with the numinous, from ancient Native American dream song to the occult foundations of hip-hop. Matt will discuss the basic principles underlying the three most prominent American metaphysical traditions, the Spiritualist movement, New Thought philosophy, and the teachings of the Theosophical Society.
In this multimedia presentation including images and audio, Matt will present some artists who creatively engaged these teachings as well as some of the methods they've employed. This diverse exploration will include the psychic life of the first American pop band, the séances of the National Opera Club of America, the female metaphysicians who pioneered modern music therapy, the Luso-American pioneer of cosmic jazz, Theosophy’s radical influence on avant-garde composition, popular music, and guitar culture—and so much more.
Join us for this unique and inspired evening of music and the metaphysical philosophies that have contributed to our arts for centuries.
Biography: Matt Marble is an artist, author, media 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), published by Coolgrove Press (2020).
As an audio producer he hosts Secret Sound, exploring the metaphysical history of American music, and The Hidden Present, an interview series exploring intuitive discipline and spiritual imagination from diverse perspectives. His writing, research, media production, and personal archive constitute the American Museum of Paramusicology (AMP), through which he also publishes the monthly AMP Journal.
His work has recently been featured by Warp Records, Aquarium Drunkard, the California Festival/L.A. Philharmonic, and the Philosophical Research Society. Matt holds a B.A. in Speech & Hearing Sciences (Portland State University), a Ph.D. in Music Composition (Princeton University), and a black rattlesnake from his dreams.
To learn more about Matt, please visit: www.mattmarble.net. - PEG (Psychic Experience(r)s Group: Open Discussion (ONLINE ONLY)Link visible for attendees
PEG meetings (first Tuesday of the month) are dedicated to the discussion of personal experiences involving psi (psychic) and consciousness. We maintain a policy of honesty, privacy, and sharing without judgment. Shared experiences touch on telepathy, healing, precognition, extended senses, psychokinesis, remote viewing, dreams, haunting, reincarnation, near-death experiences, out-of-body experiences, and other anomalous experiences.
As personal stories flow, ideas and inspiration begin to flow for developing our extended psi and for finding creative ways to be of greater service in the larger community.
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The price of admission ($10) applies to all regular events (Dreams, Remote Viewing, PEG, and Science Team discussions) for the next 30 days - a real bargain!
Sustaining members & Scientific Supporters ($10/month) enter Free! - Weekly Science Discussion MeetingLink visible for attendees
Every Wednesday afternoon, some of the best minds in parapsychology gather here to catch up on what they've been researching, reading, and to hear about recent developments of importance to parapsychology. Topics may be open, or guest speakers may be sharing their work and findings.
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Free. (Donations gratefully accepted!) - Weekly Science Discussion MeetingLink visible for attendees
Every Wednesday afternoon, some of the best minds in parapsychology gather here to catch up on what they've been researching, reading, and to hear about recent developments of importance to parapsychology. Topics may be open, or guest speakers may be sharing their work and findings.
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Free. (Donations gratefully accepted!) - Dreams Study Group (Monthly)Link visible for attendees
Join us online through the Rhine Research Center's website.
Share a dream with us and we will help you to understand it, and eventually learn how to interpret your own dreams.
Before you share your dream by reading it aloud:
- Have it entirely written out in present tense.
- Include only the content of the dream itself, relating the dream exactly as it unfolded, without afterthoughts, comments, or impressions, unless they occurred during the dream.
- Include any emotion you had upon awakening, typically some version of mad, sad, glad, angry, or confused.
- Give your dream a title.
Why and How this works: Dreams are a gift from the subconscious mind conveying important messages to the dreamer through symbols and emotions. As you slowly read your dream aloud, we will experience is as if it were our own. Our experiences almost always provide deeper insights into both what the dream wants and, most importantly, guidance on how the dreamer can honor by responding to the dream.
$10 covers admission to all The Rhine's monthly online events for 30 days: Psychic Experiences Group (1st Tuesdays), Remote Viewing class (3rd Wednesdays), the Dreams Study Group (3rd Mondays), and The Rhine Research Team science discussions (Every Wednesday). But wait! There's more!! If a monthly group happens to meet twice within 30 days, the second admission is free. What a bargain!
As a typical dream takes about 20 minutes to work, we typically cover five dreams per meeting. Dreams are selected according to their titles' appeal to the group. We cannot guarantee that every dream will be worked at any given meeting.
- Weekly Science Discussion MeetingLink visible for attendees
Every Wednesday afternoon, some of the best minds in parapsychology gather here to catch up on what they've been researching, reading, and to hear about recent developments of importance to parapsychology. Topics may be open, or guest speakers may be sharing their work and findings.
Click here to register at The Rhine's website
Free. (Donations gratefully accepted!) - Weekly Science Discussion MeetingLink visible for attendees
Every Wednesday afternoon, some of the best minds in parapsychology gather here to catch up on what they've been researching, reading, and to hear about recent developments of importance to parapsychology. Topics may be open, or guest speakers may be sharing their work and findings.
Click here to register at The Rhine's website
Free. (Donations gratefully accepted!) - PEG (Psychic Experience(r)s Group: Open Discussion (ONLINE ONLY)Link visible for attendees
PEG meetings (first Tuesday of the month) are dedicated to the discussion of personal experiences involving psi (psychic) and consciousness. We maintain a policy of honesty, privacy, and sharing without judgment. Shared experiences touch on telepathy, healing, precognition, extended senses, psychokinesis, remote viewing, dreams, haunting, reincarnation, near-death experiences, out-of-body experiences, and other anomalous experiences.
As personal stories flow, ideas and inspiration begin to flow for developing our extended psi and for finding creative ways to be of greater service in the larger community.
Click here for the Rhine Website to join Rhine Events.
The price of admission ($10) applies to all regular events (Dreams, Remote Viewing, PEG, and Science Team discussions) for the next 30 days - a real bargain!
Sustaining members & Scientific Supporters ($10/month) enter Free! - Weekly Science Discussion MeetingLink visible for attendees
Every Wednesday afternoon, some of the best minds in parapsychology gather here to catch up on what they've been researching, reading, and to hear about recent developments of importance to parapsychology. Topics may be open, or guest speakers may be sharing their work and findings.
Click here to register at The Rhine's website
Free. (Donations gratefully accepted!)