{"id":14027,"date":"2018-11-14T16:19:48","date_gmt":"2018-11-14T21:19:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/themagicalbuffet.com\/blog1\/?p=14027"},"modified":"2018-11-14T16:19:48","modified_gmt":"2018-11-14T21:19:48","slug":"strange-frequencies","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/themagicalbuffet.com\/blog1\/?p=14027","title":{"rendered":"Strange Frequencies"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Can you build a golem such as the ones found in Jewish folklore? That\u2019s the question that launches Peter Bebergal\u2019s new book \u201cStrange Frequencies: The Extraordinary Story of the Technological Quest for the Supernatural\u201d.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/themagicalbuffet.com\/blog1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/strange-frequencies-cover-198x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"198\" height=\"300\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-14029\" srcset=\"https:\/\/themagicalbuffet.com\/blog1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/strange-frequencies-cover-198x300.jpg 198w, https:\/\/themagicalbuffet.com\/blog1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/strange-frequencies-cover.jpg 297w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 198px) 100vw, 198px\" \/>\u201cStrange Frequencies\u201d follows Bebergal as he travels to Seattle to learn about and build automatons. He spends time in Cambridge to discuss stage magic with actor\/magician Nate Dendy who plays Ariel in the American Repertory Theater\u2019s production of \u201cThe Tempest\u201d. He attends a traditional Spiritualist s\u00e9ance in Lily Dale, NY with photographer Shannon Taggart. Bebergal explores EVP (electronic voice phenomena) and experiences machines designed to facilitate enlightenment. Throughout these adventures Bebergal explores the origins of the DIY\/Maker movement and the effect it has had on the exploration of the spiritual.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cStrange Frequencies\u201d is an amazing exploration of the technological influencing the spiritual and the spiritual inspiring the technological. This is a must read.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.penguinrandomhouse.com\/books\/539767\/strange-frequencies-by-peter-bebergal\/9780143111825\/\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">You can learn more here.<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Click in to hear about an amazing exploration of the technological influencing the spiritual and vice versa. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[4,35,22,27,34],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/themagicalbuffet.com\/blog1\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14027"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/themagicalbuffet.com\/blog1\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/themagicalbuffet.com\/blog1\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/themagicalbuffet.com\/blog1\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/themagicalbuffet.com\/blog1\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=14027"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/themagicalbuffet.com\/blog1\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14027\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/themagicalbuffet.com\/blog1\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=14027"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/themagicalbuffet.com\/blog1\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=14027"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/themagicalbuffet.com\/blog1\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=14027"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}