A comprehensive global survey of flood myths and their heroic survivors, from Noah and Utnapishtim to lesser-known deluge heroes across cultures worldwide.
Flood Myths
How Did a Self-Aware Mind Evolve?
Meditations on mind, myth, and evolution. Cast the scales from your eyes!
TL;DR
- Symbolic thought emerged ~50,000 years ago, yet the universal human symbol, “I,” or the ego appears globally entrenched only in the Holocene ~10 kya.
- According to Eve Theory of Consciousness, women invented serpent-venom initiation rituals that reliably taught subject-object separation, producing powerful gene-culture evolution towards understanding “I am’” at a young age.
- The memory of this awakening is preserved worldwide in creation myths (cf. Lucifer, Nüwa, Quetzalcoatl) and was transmitted globally via bullroarer mystery cults (cf. the rites of Dionysus or Australian Dreamtime).
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I’m Andrew Cutler, a Machine Learning engineer researching human origins. My work connects psychology, comparative mythology, and AI to trace how recursive self-awareness evolved. Snakecult.net is a place for me to put lightly-edited AI-generated essays that explore niche questions (usually produced with OpenAI’s Deep Research or latest reasoning model).
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New World Serpent Myths
Explores ancient serpent myths across the Americas, their deep antiquity, and links to the evolution of human consciousness.
Nuwa Fuxi Etoc
An exploration of Chinese serpent deities Nüwa and Fuxi through the lens of the Eve Theory of Consciousness, revealing parallels between Eastern and Western creation myths.
Russian Serpent Myths
An exploration of ancient Russian and Slavic serpent myths, connecting them to the global archetype of the ‘Snake Cult of Consciousness’ and the Eve Theory of Consciousness.
Jesus In Egypt: Apocryphal Tales Of The Holy Family’s Sojourn
An exhaustive survey of every known apocryphal narrative that places Jesus in Egypt, the texts that transmit them, and the theological motifs they serve.
Christopher Columbus’s Esoteric Ties and New World Rumors
An exploration of Christopher Columbus’s possible esoteric influences, including Renaissance Hermeticism and Medici patronage, and the pre-1492 rumors of lands across the Atlantic.
Esoteric Myths and the New World
Exploring how European colonizers folded the Americas into Biblical and mystical lore, from Lost Tribes theories to Atlantis legends and the role of secret societies in New World exploration.
Francis Bacon’s New Atlantis and the New World Vision
Exploring Francis Bacon’s vision of the Americas in his New Atlantis, the prophetic and religious underpinnings of his utopia, and its influence on esoteric movements from Rosicrucians to Freemasons.
In the Shadow of Atlas: Why the Atlantic Ocean and Atlantis Share a Name
Atlantic Ocean and the island of Atlantis both take their name from the Titan Atlas. Discover how mythology and language converge in their shared etymology.
Origins of the Olmec Civilization: Theories Over Time
Tracing the evolution of theories about Olmec civilization origins, from 19th-century diffusionist ideas to modern archaeological evidence for indigenous development.