Author: Gary Lachman

I am the author of many books on consciousness, culture, and the western esoteric tradition; a list of my publications can be found at amazon.com. I write for several journals in the UK and US and lecture regularly in the US, UK, and Europe. My books have been translated into many languages and I appear in many television and radio documentaries. I am a professor in the evolution of consciousness in the Transformative Studies department of the California Institutie of Integreal Studies. In a former life I was a founding member of the rock group Blondie and in 2006 was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.

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Hi, I’m Gary Lachman (also known as Gary Valentine), the writer, journalist, and musician who, at least according to one critic, is “an increasingly prolific engine of literate, well-written, and clearheaded books about esoteric history and ‘occulture’.” (Erik Davis at Techgnosis.com, bless him) Here you can find out about my books and music, discover links to some of my writings, and read comments people have made about my work. You can also find notices for my forthcoming books, and updates on my talks, lectures, interviews, and broadcasts. You can also leave your own comments, ask questions, provide answers, or simply say hello. As the cultural historian Jacques Barzun - currently defying entropy at 102 - remarked “The finest achievement of human society and its rarest pleasure is Conversation.” Who are we to contradict him? So please, join in.