Several years ago, on New Year’s Eve, a tall, purple-robed praying mantis appeared to multidisciplinary artist Stuart Evan Davis as he meditated while running a fever. “Remember who you work for,” the entity said after beaming a zettabyte of information into Stuart’s febrile mind. Though it lasted less than a minute, the encounter sparked a series of life-changing -- and hair-raising -- events worthy of a Philip K. Dick novel. JF and Phil talk to Stuart Davis to get his thoughts on nonhuman intelligences, the artistic cosmos, a movie trilogy the Mantis commissioned, and Stuart’s brilliant audio documentary, [Man Meets Mantis](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zi8W0qCUH0)_.Header image by OLJA, Wikimedia Commons Stuart Davis Official Website (http://www.stuartdavis.com/) Stuart Davis, [Man Meets Mantis](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zi8W0qCUH0)_ Stuart Davis, “Something from Nothing (https://www.consciouslife.com/something-from-nothing-6-month-course/)” course Jasmine Karimova (https://www.jasminekarimova.com/), singer-songwriter Ramsey Dukes, [The Good, The Bad, and the Funny](https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/2064416.TheGoodtheBadtheFunny)_ John Mack (http://johnemackinstitute.org/), psychiatrist and abduction phenomenon researcherJacques Vallee (http://www.jacquesvallee.net/research.html), ufologist John Keel (https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/18452.John_A_Keel), paranormal researcher Weird Studies episode 2, “Garmonbozia (https://www.weirdstudies.com/2)” Norman McLaren, Spheres (https://www.nfb.ca/film/spheres/) Remedios Varo (https://www.artsy.net/article/artsy-editorial-surrealists-paintings-inspire-witches-academics-alike), artist Leonora Carrington (https://www.artsy.net/artist/leonora-carrington), artist JF Martel, Reclaiming Art in the Age of Artifice (http://www.reclaimingart.com/) Special Guest: Stuart Evan Davis.