Erik Davis - Selected Articles

Selected Articles

•"TechGnosis: Magic, Memory, and the Angels of Information," in Flame Wars, ed. Mark Dery, Duke University Press, 1994.

•"Here is Postmodern Space," Burning Man, ed. Brad Wieners, Hardwired, 1997.

• “Technomancer: Philip K. Dick’s Signal Achievements,” War of the Words: The VLS Anthology on Contemporary Literature, ed. Joy Press, Three Rivers Press, 2001.

• “Synthetic Meditations: Descartes in the Matrix, ” in Prefiguring Cyberculture, eds. A. Cavallaro, A. Johnson, D. Tofts, MIT Press, 2002.

• “The Paisley Gate,” Zig Zag Zen, ed. Alan Hunt-Badiner, Chronicle Books, 2002.

• “Hedonic Tantra: Golden Goa’s Trance Transmission,” in Rave Ascension, ed. Graham St. John, Routledge, 2003.

• “Calling Cthulhu” Book of Lies, ed. Richard Metzger, Disinformation, 2003.

• “Beyond Belief: The Cults of Burning Man,” in AfterBurn: Reflections on Burning Man, ed. Lee Gilmore and Mark Van Proyen, University of New Mexico Press, 2005.

• “Joanna Newsom: Always Coming Home,” Best Music Writing 2007, ed. Robert Christgau, Da Capo, 2007.

• Introduction, Mushroom Magick: A Visionary Field Guide, Arik Roper, Abrams, 2008.

• “Roots and Wires: Polyrhythmic Tricks and the Black Electronic,” in Sound Unbound: Writings on Contemporary Multimedia and Music Culture, ed. Paul Miller, MIT Press, 2008.

• Introduction, Tribal Revival, with photographs by Kyer Wiltshire, 2009.

• “Kosmiche,” in Krautrock, ed. Nikolaos Kotsopoulos, Black Dog, 2009.