Episode 332: punk metaphysics

Episode 332: punk metaphysics

Author: Natural Born Alchemist June 4, 2023 Duration: 52:47

In this episode we my guest is Tamra Lucid. She is a founding member of the experimental rock band Lucid Nation and an author and documentary film producer. She lives in Los Angeles with her husband, Ronnie Pontiac (who appeared in Episode 330).

In the early 1980s she discovered the book The Secret Teachings of All Ages by metaphysical scholar Manly Palmer Hall which led to an improbable 7-year friendship with him. She wrote about these experiences in the book Making the Ordinary Extraordinary - My Seven Years in Occult Los Angeles with Manly Palmer Hall.

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