Gary Lachman
@garylachman.bsky.social
Writer, lecturer, philosopher: "Lachman writes about philosophical and mystical ideas with exceptional grace, forcefulness and clarity."—The Washington Post
My conversation with Jason Woodbury at Aquarium Drunkard about my new book, Touched By The Presence, released on Nov. 18. www.talkhouse.com/transmission...
November 12, 2025 at 10:53 AM
My conversation with Jason Woodbury at Aquarium Drunkard about my new book, Touched By The Presence, released on Nov. 18. www.talkhouse.com/transmission...
My account of a dreamy excursion among ancient Greek healing sites is in the latest Fortean Times #464.
October 29, 2025 at 2:34 PM
My account of a dreamy excursion among ancient Greek healing sites is in the latest Fortean Times #464.
“I’ve known Gary since he was nineteen. I'm not sure what I thought he might become later in life, but his being an expert on spirituality and the occult makes perfect sense.”
Chris Stein, cofounder and guitarist of Blondie amazon.com/Touched-Pres...
Chris Stein, cofounder and guitarist of Blondie amazon.com/Touched-Pres...
October 4, 2025 at 10:09 AM
“I’ve known Gary since he was nineteen. I'm not sure what I thought he might become later in life, but his being an expert on spirituality and the occult makes perfect sense.”
Chris Stein, cofounder and guitarist of Blondie amazon.com/Touched-Pres...
Chris Stein, cofounder and guitarist of Blondie amazon.com/Touched-Pres...
My talk about Gurdjieff, Ouspensky and the Fourth Way for the Theosophical Society in England and Wales: www.youtube.com/watch?v=6XLq...
September 26, 2025 at 9:59 AM
My talk about Gurdjieff, Ouspensky and the Fourth Way for the Theosophical Society in England and Wales: www.youtube.com/watch?v=6XLq...
Captain Antifa strikes again!
September 23, 2025 at 2:55 PM
Captain Antifa strikes again!
I had argued with David Bowie, gotten drunk with Iggy Pop, and Debbie Harry had ironed my skinny ties, but if I was ever starstruck it was then, getting through a bottle or two with the man whose work had changed my life. - www.amazon.com/Touched-Pres...
September 22, 2025 at 12:46 PM
I had argued with David Bowie, gotten drunk with Iggy Pop, and Debbie Harry had ironed my skinny ties, but if I was ever starstruck it was then, getting through a bottle or two with the man whose work had changed my life. - www.amazon.com/Touched-Pres...
Waking up is hard to do. That's why I'll be talking about Gurdjieff, Ouspensky and the 4th Way to the London Theosophical Society 21/9 at 6:00 PM GMT: theosophicalsociety.org.uk/Lecture/gary...
September 15, 2025 at 11:05 AM
Waking up is hard to do. That's why I'll be talking about Gurdjieff, Ouspensky and the 4th Way to the London Theosophical Society 21/9 at 6:00 PM GMT: theosophicalsociety.org.uk/Lecture/gary...
Think we're there folks?
September 5, 2025 at 11:22 AM
Think we're there folks?
Pascal's new wager: If you're an alarmist and wrong, your friends can make fun of you. If you're right, maybe you can do something about it. If you're complacent and right, you get to make fun of the alarmists. But if you're complacent and wrong, you're something I can't print.
August 29, 2025 at 10:51 PM
Pascal's new wager: If you're an alarmist and wrong, your friends can make fun of you. If you're right, maybe you can do something about it. If you're complacent and right, you get to make fun of the alarmists. But if you're complacent and wrong, you're something I can't print.
The problem of fascism is that it endowed nonentities with authority and allowed them to indulge their self-conceit. - Colin Wilson, A Criminal History of Mankind (1984) p. 598.
August 24, 2025 at 11:08 AM
The problem of fascism is that it endowed nonentities with authority and allowed them to indulge their self-conceit. - Colin Wilson, A Criminal History of Mankind (1984) p. 598.
I'll be on BBC4 Artworks this Thursday, 21/8 @ 9:00 AM talking about the attempt to levitate the Pentagon during the 1967 anti-Viet Nam War march. Maybe they should try again.
August 18, 2025 at 10:06 AM
I'll be on BBC4 Artworks this Thursday, 21/8 @ 9:00 AM talking about the attempt to levitate the Pentagon during the 1967 anti-Viet Nam War march. Maybe they should try again.
Father and son down the pub. Thanks to Bootleg Blondie and the Boogaloo for a great night remembering a friend and fellow bandmate.
August 1, 2025 at 10:15 AM
Father and son down the pub. Thanks to Bootleg Blondie and the Boogaloo for a great night remembering a friend and fellow bandmate.
Jean Gebser believed we were living through the "breakdown of the mental rational consciousness structure." Are there any signs of that, you think? Join us as we discuss Gebser's, Spengler's, and Toynbee's outlook for the future: scientificandmedical.net/events/gary-...
July 25, 2025 at 10:10 AM
Jean Gebser believed we were living through the "breakdown of the mental rational consciousness structure." Are there any signs of that, you think? Join us as we discuss Gebser's, Spengler's, and Toynbee's outlook for the future: scientificandmedical.net/events/gary-...
Was Jung a mystic? And did he not want anyone to know? Join us in the last of my four part series on the Golden Age of Western Esotericism 7/27 at 7:00 GMT. www.eventbrite.com/e/secret-tea...
July 23, 2025 at 10:00 AM
Was Jung a mystic? And did he not want anyone to know? Join us in the last of my four part series on the Golden Age of Western Esotericism 7/27 at 7:00 GMT. www.eventbrite.com/e/secret-tea...
A century ago, in The Decline of the West, Oswald Spengler said that democracy was on its way out and the age of Caesars was on its way in. Was he right? Find out 30/7 at 7:00 PM GMT at my talk on the Goldilocks theory of history. scientificandmedical.net/events/gary-...
July 21, 2025 at 10:46 AM
A century ago, in The Decline of the West, Oswald Spengler said that democracy was on its way out and the age of Caesars was on its way in. Was he right? Find out 30/7 at 7:00 PM GMT at my talk on the Goldilocks theory of history. scientificandmedical.net/events/gary-...
On 20 July at 7:00 GMT I'll be giving the third of my four part course in the Golden Age of Western Esotericism. Next up Gurdjieff, Ouspensky, and the Fourth Way. www.eventbrite.com/e/secret-tea...
July 18, 2025 at 9:30 AM
On 20 July at 7:00 GMT I'll be giving the third of my four part course in the Golden Age of Western Esotericism. Next up Gurdjieff, Ouspensky, and the Fourth Way. www.eventbrite.com/e/secret-tea...
Want to take a hike with the Blank Generation? RSVP essential. (P.S. I'm the one who looks twelve years old.) Cover photo by Lisa Jane Persky.
June 2, 2025 at 4:51 PM
Want to take a hike with the Blank Generation? RSVP essential. (P.S. I'm the one who looks twelve years old.) Cover photo by Lisa Jane Persky.
I'm looking forward to my week of dreaming at the Dream Oracle retreat at Epidaurus next month. My own private oracle tells me it will be quite the adventure. themysteries.org/retreats
April 29, 2025 at 9:56 AM
I'm looking forward to my week of dreaming at the Dream Oracle retreat at Epidaurus next month. My own private oracle tells me it will be quite the adventure. themysteries.org/retreats
We were all touched by his presence. And the hits just kept on comin'.
April 7, 2025 at 1:54 PM
We were all touched by his presence. And the hits just kept on comin'.
And lest I forget:
April 5, 2025 at 1:38 PM
And lest I forget:
Are the challenges we face too great, not great enough, or just right? And what does Goldilocks have to do with it? An article from last year that seems more timely than ever: logon.media/logon_articl...
March 28, 2025 at 1:06 PM
Are the challenges we face too great, not great enough, or just right? And what does Goldilocks have to do with it? An article from last year that seems more timely than ever: logon.media/logon_articl...
Many thanks to the London Buddhist Centre for a lively conversation about dreams, consciousness, and how playing in a rock band has some unsuspected benefits.
March 3, 2025 at 11:09 AM
Many thanks to the London Buddhist Centre for a lively conversation about dreams, consciousness, and how playing in a rock band has some unsuspected benefits.
Do you dream the future? Are you subject to strange coincidences? Me too. Come join the conversation on these and other curious phenomena at the London Buddhist Centre, 1 March 7:30 - 9:45. www.londonbuddhistcentre.com/whats-on/phi...
February 17, 2025 at 11:15 AM
Do you dream the future? Are you subject to strange coincidences? Me too. Come join the conversation on these and other curious phenomena at the London Buddhist Centre, 1 March 7:30 - 9:45. www.londonbuddhistcentre.com/whats-on/phi...
In his monumental Study of History, Arnold Toynbee argued that a sure sign of a civilization's decline is its attempt to regain past glories. He also argued that they never do.
January 20, 2025 at 7:28 PM
In his monumental Study of History, Arnold Toynbee argued that a sure sign of a civilization's decline is its attempt to regain past glories. He also argued that they never do.
Get your elan vital in gear: here's my review of a new Henri Bergson biography for the Society of Psychical Research. www.spr.ac.uk/node/19561
December 16, 2024 at 3:35 PM
Get your elan vital in gear: here's my review of a new Henri Bergson biography for the Society of Psychical Research. www.spr.ac.uk/node/19561