Assembling Terrania Cycle

A man in his forties wakes in a park in San Diego with no memory of his name, his past, or how he got there. He finds a cowboy hat, black boots, an e-bike, and a gold medallion that talks. Who is he? Where did he come from?Ride north, the medallion tells him. Visit the old missions one by one. At each, carry out a mysterious ritual. When you reach Sonoma, your memories will be restored, including those of a mysterious past. You will know who took them and why. Refuse, and I will stop your heart.As he journeys, encountering a persistent assassin, meeting reanimated gods in his dreams, resisting being cast as a hero, and building new relationships across overheating California, he bears along the potent biochemistries needed for collective survival. But his strongest medicine is hope. Craig Chalquist, PhD, PhD is a writer, speaker, educator, and philosopher at the intersection of fiction, dream, mythology, imagination, and place. Visit his website at Chalquist.com.

Despite living in a time of escalating chaos, Professor Simeon Mackenzie leads a quiet life, if a lonely one. He teaches his graduate students, writes an occasional book, reads a lot, and dwells in a former beach town in California.When a mysterious woman enters his life and gives him a mind-altering device to experiment with, everything changes. Characters in ancient lore, in American history, and in Simeon's dreams spring vividly to life. What he had taken for the typical past of an adoptee unravels into a pattern of perilous secrets.The real experiment involves a race between dangerous human enhancement and discovery of the primal religion of humanity, with violent death an increasingly likely outcome. In his quest for answers and safety, Simeon is forced to realize that salvation may lurk where vision and relationship meet. Craig Chalquist, PhD, PhD is a writer, speaker, educator, and philosopher at the intersection of fiction, dream, mythology, imagination, and place. Visit his website at Chalquist.com.

Mariam Najjar had a dream, but it turned into a nightmare.As the world descended further into climate chaos and political polarization, Mariam and her Lamplighters struggled to preserve their faith as the oppressive agency SMOKE teamed up with a doomsday cult to destroy everything Mariam had worked for. Could a body of inspiring stories, practices, and imaginal insights truly provide a cultural foundation for deep renewal and regeneration? Or was it all for naught? And what about the traitor Mariam senses but cannot identify?In this climactic novel of the Lamplighter Trilogy, narrator Kay Bormanus tells the story of Lamplight's fight to preserve itself in the face of attacks from several quarters and the threat of a hidden superweapon. As Kay documents these events, he is forced to rely on a series of relationships to teach him about himself--and about the true nature of the Dreamvale and its imaginal allies, including the Powers. Craig Chalquist, PhD, PhD is a writer, speaker, educator, and philosopher at the intersection of fiction, dream, mythology, imagination, and place. Visit his website at Chalquist.com.

The longest human adventure unfolds....These speculative tales chart the ancient human struggle to come of age as a benevolent, wise, and mature species living on an animate planet. It's a long and perilous journey.Along the way, meet Mitochondrial Eve, various ancient poets and storytellers, the first Gnostics, Shakespeare at a major transition, Samuel Clemens, and other creatives in many times and lands, each bearing a precious piece to fill in the human puzzle.In the Dreamvale, the souls of past visionaries, artists, and historically influential souls dwell among the characters and landscapes dreamed up in fantasy, fiction, and lore, including a magic lighthouse, the Diogenes Club, a virtual boxing arena, and, waiting in the future, Terrania, the just Earth-honoring community of our dreams.NOTE: Although this is Book 4 of the Assembling Terrania Cycle, this one can also be read first, before Soulmapper (Book 1). Craig Chalquist, PhD, PhD is a writer, speaker, educator, and philosopher at the intersection of fiction, dream, mythology, imagination, and place. Visit his website at Chalquist.com.

In this collection of near-future tales of struggle, awakening, and hope, a young woman goes a healthcare-denying AI one better, a smart cat teaches her kindred how to train human beings, a nihilistic professor receives an unexpected Christmas visit, a group of rowdy psychologists attempt to influence a dangerous tech bro, an old soldier finds new purpose in life, and a college student uses the ancient tales of his people to grasp their destiny.These and other tales appear in this fifth book of the future-spanning Assembling Terrania Cycle charting the long human adventure toward consciousness, maturity, and liberty. Craig Chalquist, PhD, PhD is a writer, speaker, educator, and philosopher at the intersection of fiction, dream, mythology, imagination, and place. Visit his website at Chalquist.com.

The rogue AIs known as Shikigami were supposed to have been turned off...but instead, they infiltrated corporate and governmental institutions so thoroughly that leading public figures are trapped in a digital bubble they can't see. The Shikigami want more than supremacy, though: they mean to exterminate any threat to their existence.In a Dreamvale response, characters from Asimov's Foundation tales, Frank Herbert's Dune stories, Ursula K. Le Guin's Earthsea, Roger Zelazny's Chronicles of Amber, and other denizens of unfinished series write the endings of their stories - with Haros and Diane bearing witness - in order to suggest creative solutions to the growing threat to humanity.This book is a loving tribute to the inspiring authors whose stories continue to enliven us. Craig Chalquist, PhD, PhD is a writer, speaker, educator, and philosopher at the intersection of fiction, dream, mythology, imagination, and place. Visit his website at Chalquist.com.