Music:
My favorite master acoustic guitarists: Tommy Emmanuel, Stephen Bennett. Progressive rock/Psychedelic bands: Porcupine Tree, Flower Kings, The Tangent, Gentle Giant, YES, Camel, VDGG, GonG, Ozric Tentacles, and hundreds of other great bands.
Books:
Mostly stuff by Aldous Huxley Terrance McKenna etc..
Heroes:
Bill Sours