The God Behind the Rainbow: Pygmy Genesis, Mambela, and the Bullroarer
How Pygmy Genesis myths connect to Mungu, the ambelema rainbow serpent, Mambela initiation, and the maduali bullroarer.
Research Articles
The Death and Rebirth of Dionysus: Every Extant Ancient Version
Every extant ancient version of the Dionysus death and rebirth myth, translated and compared from Onomacritus to Nonnus.
The Dying Brain: Physiology, NDEs, and What Animals Can (and Can’t) Tell Us
A source-heavy deep dive into dying-brain physiology, terminal EEG phenomena, near-death experiences, and what animal models can and cannot imply.
When Consciousness Is Under Selection: How Recent Cognition Selection Would Warp Human History Models
A selection-aware re-read of human population trees and divergence times if cognition faced strong selection in the last 50,000 years.
When Trees Lie: Selection, Admixture, and the Myth of a Single Ancestry
How natural selection and admixture distort phylogenetic trees, why human genomes are mosaics, and what to use instead.
Hydra’s Venom and the Wolf: Herakles’ Madness and the Snake Cult of Consciousness
How Herakles’ Hydra-poisoned arrows, Euripides’ tragedy, and wolf-madness encode a deep serpent logic that resonates with the Snake Cult and Eve Theory of Consciousness.
Bullroarers, Initiation, and the End of the Sapient Paradox
An in-depth exploration of the bullroarer complex, Eliade’s initiation model, and whether a global mystery cult solved the sapient paradox in the Neolithic.
Narrative Selves in Deep Time
A deeper dive into the narrative self—its layers, neural basis, cultural variability, and possible deep-time origins via the Eve Theory of Consciousness.
Snake Cult of Consciousness: Venom, Vision, and the Global Reputation of the Wise Serpent
How snakebite's strange effects on the mind, primate snake detection, and myth turned a small-brained reptile into a global symbol of wisdom and awakening.
How Wrong Would We Have to Be About Old World Contact?
A systematic look at how archaeology, genetics, linguistics, and disease ecology would all have to fail for substantial Old World settlement in pre-Columbian America to be real.
