Darwin’s views on the rapid pace of human evolution, driven by gene-culture interaction, reputation, language, and social institutions.
Darwin on Human Evolution: Short Timelines and Gene-Culture Interaction
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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Global Archaeological Appearances and Theoretical Explanations of the Swastika
Survey of the swastika’s ancient global presence and theories (diffusion vs. independent invention) explaining its origins and spread.
Echoes of a Holocene Eden: Proto-Myths of Fall and Creation across Eurasia
Comparative analysis of Eurasian ‘fall from grace’ myths suggesting a common proto-myth originating in the Paleolithic or early Holocene.
The Sapient Paradox: A Deep Dive into the Archaeological and Genetic Evidence
A comprehensive analysis of the Sapient Paradox, synthesizing archaeological findings (tools, art, burials) with paleogenetics (brain-related gene sweeps, population bottlenecks) to evaluate theories for the delayed emergence of behavioral modernity.
Cosmic Herakles — Serpent of Time, Hero of Eden
From Göbekli Tepe initiation lore to Orphic world-egg cosmology, tracing Herakles’ twin careers as Adamic hero and winged time-serpent.
Zeus Drakôn — Serpent, Swallower, World-Renewer
Snake-shaped Zeus in chthonic cults, Orphic theogony, and Stoic ekpyrosis, mapped onto the Herakles–Dionysus macro-/micro-myth.
Origin Myths of African Peoples: Founders and Progenitors in Mythology
A comprehensive exploration of African origin myths from West, Central, Southern, and North Africa, detailing the roles of supreme deities, mystical ancestors, and cultural heroes in creation stories.
Esoteric Mormonism
Explore the hermetic-alchemical roots of early Mormon cosmology in John L. Brooke’s Bancroft Prize-winning book, The Refiner’s Fire.
Mormon Succession Crisis and Magic
An in-depth analysis of Mormonism’s esoteric roots under Joseph Smith and the doctrinal shifts produced by the 1844 succession crisis that elevated Brigham Young.
Eve Theory of Consciousness: The Evolutionary Emergence of Recursive Attention Loops
A reframing of the Eve Theory of Consciousness (EToC) as the evolutionary emergence of recursive attention loops, driven by gene-culture coevolution.