What do street art, symbolism, secret societies, futurism, spirituality, and memetic warfare have in common?

Apparently…a lot.

In this episode, I sit down with artist, author, philosopher and friend, James Mathers for a free-wheeling conversation that moves from art to power pyramids, cultural decay, occult symbolism, belief systems, non-duality, propaganda, and what it feels like to live inside an exponentially accelerating world that feels like it’s lost the plot.

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Show notes:

• James Mathers on his background as an artist and his current focus on street art and architectural ornament

• Why working in physical, three-dimensional space matters more than digital platforms

• Street art as “memetic warfare” and public space as a site of communication

• Conversations around secret societies, symbolism, and esoteric traditions

• Acceleration, time, and the sense that cultural inflection points are speeding up

• Questioning imposed metrics of success, wealth, and value

• Art, culture, and the effects of money, marketing, and self-promotion

• The collapse and capture of music, journalism, film, and fine art

• Skepticism toward certainty, belief systems, and moral authority

• Non-duality, consciousness, and rejecting karmic accounting

• Spirituality, occultism, and ritual culture in Los Angeles

• Vulnerability, sensitivity, and the psychic cost of being an artist

• Host manipulation, power pyramids, and speculative models of control

• Cultural exhaustion, decadence, and the possibility of renewal after collapse

• Defining success as presence, simplicity, and fully arriving in the moment