Now administering third-eyed drops.

Hello friends, Michael Philip here and no, we are not skipping a week.

Actually, I just returned from a mirthful, caloricly dense,

jaunt in Austin during which I had a chance to hang out with our wonder brother,

Corey Allen, eat some of my favorite things, spend time with some of my favorite people,

and take part in that cliche, yet unavoidable emotional phenomenon of feeling like the trip was

just too brief, feeling like there were people I wish I could have seen, places I wish I could

have gone, but anyway, hence the day late on the publishing. However, the weight is well,

well worth it in my humble opinion. So I shan't dawdle with too many pedantic mouth noises

because we have one of the most insightful, fascinating wise authors on the planet in this

very mind-meled, the great Stephen Kotler. If you don't know, Stephen is a multi-time,

best-selling author of books like Stealing Fire and Art of the Impossible,

books that riff on human performance, flow, positive psychology, peak states,

which as you may well know is some of the fair I love the most. It's been really influential

on the way that I approach, I guess I would say, wellness to use an admittedly problematic

term, but on top of that, which is pretty remarkable in and of itself, Stephen is an incredible

fiction author as well. In fact, he has a futuristic sci-fi thriller that is about to drop

that without spoiling anything, I'll say that I am greatly enjoying and given the technodelic

trappings of it and Stephen's vision of the future, I think you will too, dear wonder divers,

it is called The Devil's Dictionary. Do be sure to get it at the link in the description.

And what I love about this episode in particular is that it is pretty multifaceted,

pretty free-wheeling. Stephen unleashes some quality riffs on topics that I never would have

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