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Jonathan Zap is a photographer, author, teacher, paranormal researcher and philosopher who has written extensively on psychology and contemporary mythology. Jonathan has worked as a staff gemologist and instructor for the Gemological Institute of America. He has taught English in High School and College and worked with troubled youth as the Dean of a South Bronx High School. As a wilderness guide,

Jonathan has led inner city kids and other young people on expeditions to remote desert canyons and to the summit of Mount Rainier. He is the author of numerous published articles, essays, experimental works of fiction and the Zap Oracle. His most recent work is Crossing the Event Horizon—The Singularity Archetype which should be available late in the summer of 2011. Jonathan has an extensive background in Jungian psychology, paranormal research and dream interpretation. For over thirty years he has been using the tools of Jungian psychology to study popular culture, contemporary mythology, and dreams for evidence that we are getting signals from the collective unconscious about the nature of a quantum evolutionary event approaching the human species.

Kevin Cann in conversation with Jonathan Zap on Kevin's philosophy of Platonic Surrealism and his successful experiment ...
11/02/2025

Kevin Cann in conversation with Jonathan Zap on Kevin's philosophy of Platonic Surrealism and his successful experiment in summoning a black triangle UFO. Talk about the summoning starts ninety minutes in, but the whole of this epic podcast is a step-through-the-looking-glass exploration of the ultimate nature of reality.

Kevin Cann in conversation with Jonathan Zap on Kevin's philosophy of Platonic Surrealism and his successful experiment in summoning a black triangle UFO. Ta...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QI_vCmISyy4  One of my better podcasts, delves into ZapChat-- the large-language model v...
05/24/2025

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QI_vCmISyy4 One of my better podcasts, delves into ZapChat-- the large-language model version of Zap Oracle, currently in a testing and fine-tuning phase--I need to do some audio recordings of me doing Zap Oracle readings for people--PM if interested. I discuss the causal or synchronistic basis of all oracles before ZapChat, a causally based oracle. I also discuss the nature of chaos magick and a simple ritual you could adopt that almost immediately produced a book deal, a hardcore physical anomaly, and other improbable effects such as being asked to do this podcast with Chaos Magick News, though I had not posted anything about my renewed interest in chaos magick anywhere. We also delve into Trump as chaos magician and the collective psychosis on both the left and the right. A new edition of my singularity book is being published by Inner Traditions under Richard Grossinger's Sacred Planet imprint. I'm looking for research leads for those familiar with my work on the Signularity Archetype. I am in a final line editing phase of the sequel to Parallel Journeys entitled Parallel Portal. Anyone who wants to read the manuscript and give feedback should PM me. I'm just back from a 20-day working road trip, but am otherwise planning on reducing summer travel to focus on all these projects

Interviews are back with a vengeance, This Week CoHost sits down with Jonathan Zap, Author, Philosopher, Creator of the expansive and ever expanding Zap Orac...

Election/ Halloween SpecialNOTE: This will also be relevant post-Halloween and Election in case you read late. At the bo...
10/31/2024

Election/ Halloween Special

NOTE: This will also be relevant post-Halloween and Election in case you read late. At the bottom of this page, you will find a Halloween treat (contains many tricks as well) a link to listen to the audiobook version of my sci-fi epic, Parallel Journeys, for free.

I just created four YouTubes massively relevant to the upcoming election, and links to those videos, plus much more, can all be found on this page:

MASS PSYCHOSIS ON THE LEFT AND RIGHT

https://zaporacle.com/mass-psychosis-on-the-left-and-right/

Note: I realize that some of you are Trump supporters and that I am against Trump will quickly be obvious, But before you send a trolling comment without exploring the content, try to have an open mind. I am voting for Harris not because I enthusiastically support her but because she is the only viable alternative to the man who posted this “Truth” on Truth Social:

"Do you throw the PresidentialElection Results of 2020 OUT and declare the RIGHTFUL WINNER, or do you have a NEW ELECTION? A Massive Fraud of this type and magnitude allows for the termination of all rules, regulations, and articles, even those found in the Constitution."

That alone is a deal breaker for me. I realize that some of you have been polarized by the massive stupidities of Wokism, and video three is about mass psychosis on the left. In recent days, Trump has said several times he would use the military to deal with the “enemy within,” which he specifically defines as political opponents (he specifically names Pelosi and Schiff), but he doesn’t limit it to politicians. He is explicitly telling us that he plans to be a military dictator. Ask yourself the question, do you know Trump as well as the two four-star military generals Trump personally hired as Defense Secretary and Chief of Staff (Generals Mattis and Milley), his Director of National Intelligence, Dan Coates, his last Defense Secretary Mark Esper, his Chief of Staff, 4-star Marine General, John Kelly, his Secretary of State, Rex Tillerson, his National Security Advisor John Bolton, his Vice-President Mike Pence? These men, all of whom were hired by Trump, observed him closely in the Oval Office and the Situation Room, and they all said that he was too dangerous to be president. Some of the generals have specifically labeled him a fascist. If you are not caught up in a mass psychosis, you don’t have to agree with me, but you should be open to an alternative point of view. I am. I blame the Biden administration for disastrous mistakes with the southern border, Afghanistan and Iran. However, as a well-informed and highly conservative Republican said in 2016 on why he was voting against Trump: “I disagree with Hillary on almost everything, but she’s within the normal range of being wrong.” Trump is far, far outside the normal range of being wrong. He tried a coup to hold onto power and is still lying about the last election he lost. Feel free to disagree and fact-check me AFTER you have explored my case against Trump.

Here are the four videos and a quick description of what they’re about:

Take the Orange Pill--Trumpocalypse Proves You Live in a Simulated Matrix

An exploration of the improbability and surreality of the Trump phenomenon.

The Cult of the Orange Goblin

A thorough exploration of the mass psychosis derangement syndrome of those who have drunk the orange Koolaide and fallen under the psychic scarecrow’s spell from the perspective of Jungian psychology, including Jung’s warning about psychic epidemics and mass movements.

Mass Psychosis on the Left

The woke appear like church ladies in drag with crosses burning in their eyes, seeking to cancel their betters by tweets and complaints that they have been micro-aggressed by word choices and pronouns. Their knowledge of history stretches back to almost the birth of TikTok, and that apparently entitles them to judge people of the past, present, and future with adamant self-righteousness.

The Mutant Versus Mass Psychosis

This video explores what the"mutant" (the evolving conscious person) can do when surrounded by my mass psychosis on the left and right.

The best way to access those videos is to go to the page:

MASS PSYCHOSIS ON THE LEFT AND RIGHT

https://zaporacle.com/mass-psychosis-on-the-left-and-right/

Where you will also find a special Halloween/Election/Post Halloween/Post Election Treat—Access to the free Audiobook versions of Parallel Journeys and Crossing the Event Horizon—Human Metamorphosis and the Singularity Archetype

On a lighter note, here are some thoughts on Halloween:

The essential idea of Halloween is that it is liminal (between and betwixt), an opening between the world of the living and the world of the dead---the spirit world. Halloween is the temporal zone on the calendar that is closest to what legendary paranormal researcher Charles Fort called “window zones.” Window zones are places like haunted houses and certain power spots where the veil between the realms is thinner and entities from other dimensions can crossover into our reality.

Halloween can be considered a liminal window zone in other ways. On Halloween, you have a zone of time in which the maximum number of people will blur their identities and assume different personas through costuming. Often, these costumes are not chosen randomly but reflect aspects of the psyche that are not usually given expression. Costumed people can experiment with being a different gender, delve into violence and death without the usual consequences, and portray themselves as superheroes or other beings that possess potent magical powers.

Surrealized zones like Halloween, Burning Man, or Comic Con, where people shape-shift into novel forms that reflect the unconscious more than conventionalized values and aesthetics, are liminal window zones where the boundary between the imaginal and what gamers call the “RW” (real world) blurs. Just as the liminal zones of dawn and dusk are seen by many spiritual and magical traditions as powerful times to express intentions and seek visions, you may also find that synchronicity, vision, and inspiration are heightened in surreal zones. They can be temporary autonomous zones where one can shape-shift and deviate from conventional expectations. These surrealized zones heighten my imagination, make visions more accessible, and allow me to feel I am walking along edges where various realms impinge.

If you want to explore the idea of liminal window zones a bit more, here are some of my thoughts on liminality and magical doorways:

See the Zap Oracle cards: Liminal Space https://zaporacle.com/card/liminal-space/

Opening the Magical Doorway
https://zaporacle.com/card/magical-doorway/also see:

Enchantment Post-Halloween
https://zaporacle.com/enchantment-post-halloween/

Halloween is traditionally seen as an ideal zone to consult oracles. You can consult the 720-card Zap Oracle for free. A free membership saves your readings indefinitely.
https://consult.zaporacle.com/oracle/v3.2.13/

PARALLEL JOURNEYS AUDIO BOOK PLEASE DON’T SHARE THIS LINK ON SOCIAL MEDIA OR OTHER PUBLIC FORUMS. YOU CAN SHARE WITH A FRIEND IF THEY AGREE TO KEEP IT PRIVATE.

https://zaporacle.com/pjaudio/

password: Tommy

Note: If you can afford to get the book on Audible/Amazon please do. My creative career has operated a six-figure lifetime loss which hurts my feelings as well as my finances!

Opening

Mass Psychosis on the Left and Right Election/Halloween Special -
10/31/2024

Mass Psychosis on the Left and Right Election/Halloween Special -

NOTE: This will also be relevant post Halloween and Election in case you read late. At the bottom of this page you will find a Halloween treat (contains many tricks as well) a link to listen to the audiobook version of my sci-fi epic, Parallel Journeys, for free.

Vote Baphomet in 2024--a steady hand in troubled times.
10/18/2024

Vote Baphomet in 2024--a steady hand in troubled times.

Over a few decades, every single person I've heard tell me, or others, that they need to "wake up "or that they are livi...
10/17/2024

Over a few decades, every single person I've heard tell me, or others, that they need to "wake up "or that they are living in a "fantasy world." EVERY SINGLE ONE OF THEM, has been someone fully asleep in a world of paranoid fantasies.

For example, when I pointed out that crime is not an out-of-control carnage sweeping the country as Trump claims, and that there is no out-of-control inflation, etc. said I was living in a "fantasy world." Here's my response:

Right, and you live in the real world of online conspiracies. Let me tell you about the fantasy world I've lived in. When I was 11, on a Bronx street corner,I was mauled by a German Shepard, hundreds of stitches, my head was actually in the dog's mouth. All the muscles in my left arm were severed. I was zoned into a junior high school in the South Bronx, where I took beatings for two years. In my early twenties, I was the building security coordinator of an all-boypublic high school in the South Bronx during the crack epidemic. Ronald Reagan was president, and there were 2000 murders a year in NYC as compared to 3-400 today. I've survived numerous attempts on my life. A South Bronx kid was sent to Rikker's for attempted manslaughter of me. My dad had severe PTSD from D-Day into his 90s, and I grew up with holocaust survivors. That's the fantasy world I'm from. So, in my numerous recent trips to NYC and Portland this summer, I observed carefully to see the "carnage" Trump keeps raving about. I can feel the potential for violence in a situation in my whole body, and I can tell you that it was 20% of what I felt during the 70s and 80s. People like you who aren't old enough to remember real inflation keep raving about it when we have some of the lowest inflation rates post-pandemic of any major country. You want to know what inflation is? When I was growing up, a slice of pizza cost fifteen cents. A full-size candy bar was a nickel. The inflation we've had in recent years is nothing compared to what we used to have. So, I'll let you go back to your real world of online conspiracies, but don't tell me I'm living in a fantasy world.

WATCH THIS CARD AS A VIDEO.

The following was a comment left for a substack author who said they abhorred Islamic fanaticism but found Israeli atroc...
10/15/2024

The following was a comment left for a substack author who said they abhorred Islamic fanaticism but found Israeli atrocities and expansion a "more clear" issue. For me, Israeli actions, some of which are certainly brutal, are not "more clear" than the horrors of the mainstream of historic Islam (not merely fanatics as if that were a small minority) EG, by 70 years from the death of the prophet Islam had conquered a land mass seven time that of the USA and 3X that of the Roman Empire at the point of the sword, perhaps the most clear expansionism in human history. Similarly, many anti-Zionists are ignorant of the fact that Muslim slave traders had 10X the volume of slave sales as white Europeans and are today the largest source of slavery. The present Israeli government does have expansionist designs on the West Bank certainly (but let's remember they relinquished Gaza around 20 years ago and quickly received many missile and other attacks after). My sister married a Palestinian, so I have Christian Palestinian relatives in the West Bank, and my closest living blood relatives are half-Palestinian. The Israelis are not colonists or invaders of the West Bank but actually the indigenous people of that area, having lived there continuously for several thousand years. For example, most people are familiar with the holiday of Christmas which celebrates the birth of a Jewish baby who was part of a large Jewish community in Bethlehem, which is in the West Bank. I think, as in most wars, individual soldiers and commanders commit atrocities on their own initiative that may not coincide with policy, but I am certainly opposed to Netanyahu and many of the fanatics in his government, and some of them are clearly racists. People are understandably horrified by the civilian casualties, but maybe they can remind me of which were the humane wars that wars didn't have those? That's why the saying is "War is hell." And not, "War is hell, but, of course, not for civilians, that would be barbaric!" and any evaluation of civilian casualties has to reflect that Hamas leaders have called them "necessary sacrifices" and have intentionally used civilians as both shields and to intentionally maximize civilian casualties of Palestinians to turn world opinion against Israel (very effectively). Few on the left express any similar horror about civilian casualties in other contemporaneous wars, such as Assad causing half a million of those in recent years in Syria. I am also not familiar with other wars where one side (as the Israelis in Gaza did, however imperfectly) sacrificed military surprise by informing civilians via texts, robocalls, etc. that they should evacuate due to an upcoming attack. Not you, but many anti-Zionists, are naive about how ancestral psychology works. They presume that they emerged, without ancestral conditioning, freshly incarnated with the birth of Tik-Tok. They never stop to consider that most of them come from ancestral lines that were rabidly Semitic for a couple of millennia or so, and never reflect on their obsession with Jews/Israel and their ignorance or total disinterest in other contemporary wars that have far, far higher body counts. https://zaporacle.com/projection-the-enemy-of-peace-and-justice-part-i/
BTW, I am no expert on Middle Eastern conflict and my view has changed enormously over the years. and no doubt, if I knew more of all the vast complexities, it might change right now. But here are some of my perspectives from my limited vantage: https://zaporacle.com/projection-the-enemy-of-peace-and-justice-part-i/
Note, if you read all parts of the above series and want to disagree, I'm open to it. If you want to leave some quick, trolling polt shot instead, I don't have time or inclination to respond to that sort of thing.

This essay covers, among many topics, projection as the key to understanding conflict in the Middle East and violence generally, the problem with fundamentalism and particularly Islamic fundamentalism, some thoughts and personal experiences related to anti-Semitism and it concludes with one of the m...

Here's my comprehensive summary of the 2024 election: Collective psychosis is rampant on both sides-- wokism vs. Trumpis...
10/12/2024

Here's my comprehensive summary of the 2024 election: Collective psychosis is rampant on both sides-- wokism vs. Trumpism. The psychosis is more obnoxious on the left but far more dangerous on the right. The presidential election pits within-the-normal-range-of-being-wrong blue mediocrity vs. deteriorating, rabid orange-goblin psychopathy. The choice is unambiguously clear-- I have contributed to the Harris campaign and will mail in my ballot with her named checked very soon. I urge everyone else to do the same. I don’t eat the standard American diet, but I would easily choose a McDonald’s Happy Meal of food-like substances over a giant bowl of orange rat poison. This one “Truth” posted by Donald Trump on his social network Truth Social should clarify your choice:

“Do you throw the Presidential Election Results of 2020 OUT and declare the RIGHTFUL WINNER, or do you have a NEW ELECTION? A Massive Fraud of this type and magnitude allows for the termination of all rules, regulations, and articles, even those found in the Constitution . . . ”

09/27/2024

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