HUMANS LOVE TO GET HIGH. Whether it’s ESCAPE from reality or into an inner world, or to conquer flight up in the heavens, or to find connection with the divine in an estastic supernatural realm–we keep giving it a go. You will enjoy this episode as Kester Brewin and I converse about his life and the topics in two of his books. His most recent book is called “Getting High: A Savage Journey to the Heart of the Dream of Flight.”

- Pirates/Mutiny (a most fascinating history)
- Peter Pan and pirates / symbolism
- The Prodigal Son (retold and juxtaposed with Homer’s Odyssey)
- Quest for Flight
- Hippies
- 1960s Apollo Mission and Space Program
- Cultural context for desiring flight
- Hell Angels
- Drugs
- LSD
- Pentecostal movement
- Lonnie Frisbee
- Christianity
- Vineyard Church
- Toronto Blessing / God as drug dealer
- Memoir
- A taste of Kester’s wild personal story in his book “Getting High”

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