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Techgnosis uncovers the hidden mystical and religious impulses that animate our contemporary obsessions with media and technology. It is a wild ride, chock full of curious characters, esoteric information and visionary insights. The book tells the story of the alchemical origins of electricity, the occult dimension of computer games, and the Zen of cybernetics. It reminds us of the irrational, even dreamlike underside of our supposedly rational machines. Techgnosis was first published in 1998, and it is now a cult classic, one of the key texts of the media underground. It has been translated into five languages. This updated edition features a new afterword, placing the book in our moment.

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'Stimulating and original, learned and readable. Erik Davis offers a wide-ranging and consistently thought-provoking guide to the hidden circultry of the technological unconscious. Invaluable' Geoff Dyer; 'Beautifully written, carefully conceived and absolutely accessible' Observer

?Stimulating and original, learned and readable. Erik Davis offers a wide-ranging and consistently thought-provoking guide to the hidden circuitry of the technological unconscious. Invaluable? Geoff Dyer ?Beautifully written, carefully conceived and absolutely accessible? Observer ?TechGnosis is a masterpiece of informed polemic, welding seemingly disparate blocs of knowledge and thought into a coherent, challenging whole with passion, erudition and wit? Independent ?TechGnosis is a mind-expanding trip to the esoteric side of the ?information self?. Go on, take the red pill and follow Davis down the Gnostic rabbit hole? Guardian ?Davis has analysed the inspirations and animating ideas behind the current techno-culture and disclosed them as mythical and religious. There is a ghost in the machine and it dreams utopian fantasies and is fired by apocalyptic visions? The Times

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Erik Davis s work has appeared in Wired, The Village Voice andGnosis, and he has lectured internationally on techno-culture and the fringes of religion.

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