Erik DavisErik Davis is a San-Francisco based writer, culture critic and independent scholar.

He is the author of Tech-Gnosis: Myth, Magic and Mysticism in the Age of Information, as well as Visionary States and Nomad Codes: Adventure in Modern Esoterica. Davis contributes to scores of magazines, and his essays have been included in over a dozen books. Hew won a Maggie Award for his San Francisco Magazine profile of the Internet entrepeneur and UFO contactee Joe Firmage, while The New Yorker has recognized his expertise in the works of science fiction writer Philip K. Dick.