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Part one of conversation with Miracle Jones, on reading Prisoner of Infinity, trauma splitting, a double world, Whitleyville, writers from Texas, Strieber’s literary journey from fiction to nonfiction, how consciousness works, trauma and becoming a fantasist, Charles Dickens, the occult fabric of the 20th century, a great book of history, the doors that internet opens, early nineties conspiracy culture, Mae Brussell, the allure of horror, Jimmy Savile, David Icke as spokesman, history and the bad guy, Alan Moore, Watchmen, Talking Heads’ Naked, Starseed Transmissions, an apocalyptic outlook, data-driven history, Lloyd de Mause, anger and war, the illusion of a rational basis for war, the fear behind the anger, Occult Yorkshire, Fabian Society and social engineering, what motivates conspiracy, unintended consequences, Jasun’s school years, Prussian schooling system, developing negative identity, all boys’ school, social reform movements and crime in the UK, core predators,. Christian Satanists, what Miracle does, publishing crisis, competing media, reading to relax, frenetic meditation, Miracle’s soft sci-fi, getting into the mind of a sci-fi writer, Bank of England and Marvel comics merger, frozen bank accounts, healthcare in the US, slavery old and modern, sci-fi psychic series, sixty fish, Miracle’s self-reward system for writing, short-story writing, Jasun’s novel, the sausage factory, tapping the creative flow, getting into an imaginative headspace, a writer’s sense of responsibility, fiction-writing as scrying, a punishing Muse, Whitley’s fear.
Songs: “El Mariachi,” by The Freak Fandango Orchestra“; “Cradle on Fire,” by The Builders and the Butchers; “The Help of Red Wine,” by Party People in the Can.”