#172 Patrick Dunn / Zen Monasteries / UFOs & Religion / Technology and Consciousness

Patrick Dunn is a researacher, writer, and teacher – now a Ph.D student in Comparative Studies and a teaching associate at Ohio State University.

He investigates religion and its complex channels of influence in the modern world. His current projects focus on UFO/UAP and contact modalities, secrecy, and anomalous spiritualities.

From 2013 to 2023, he lived and practiced as a full-time monastic at Great Vow Zen Monastery and was ordained as a Zen Buddhist priest in 2018.

He holds an M.A. in Philosophy from the University of Chicago and a B.Phil in Philosophy, Religious Studies, and Asian Studies from the University of Pittsburgh Honors College.