“Burning Giraffes and Telephones.” Salvador Dali

Sc-Fi, Magic, Boomers, and Jung.

Why fantasy is exactly what we need.

Joshua Burkhart
Nov 7 · 14 min read

This article caught me by surprise. I’m no literary critique and I don’t know much about the history of sci-fi nor will I pretend to. Rather, I’m an avid reader trying to get by in this world as it falls apart.

To give some context to how this article arose, a friend just texted “tell me one thing: why do you like the…

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Joshua Burkhart

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Exploring the crossroads of life, science, and spirituality; invoking transformation. I open up dialogues at www.pathsoftransformation.com/the-conversation

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