BY YEV KRAVT At this moment in history, science and the spiritual world are intertwined more closely than ever before. Science, like...

I sat down with Armenian visual artist Aleksey Manukyan in the village of Hatsik, not far from Gyumri in Armenia, near the sacred stone Tsakqar, (arm. Ծակքար) a sacred stone with a narrow cleft, worn smooth by generations of bodies passing through it. It is said that to pass through it is to experience rebirth, a ritual of healing, of becoming, and of realizing one’s dreams. We’ve been speaking for more than six months now. Over these months, I’ve gathered notes and fragments, reflections.

We live in a time of endless reflection. One body, many selves, physical and digital, authentic and fabricated, curated and corrupted,...