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.
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.
Explore the hermetic-alchemical roots of early Mormon cosmology in John L. Brooke’s Bancroft Prize-winning book, The Refiner’s Fire.
2024 in Review, Gnosticism, and the geometry of the Fall of Adam
Blood, Milk, Venom, and one Jovial Dwarf
A friendly debate with a geneticist on when we became human, the nature of science on substack, and the recent Reich Lab paper
Death, rebirth, models of self, snakes, and the DSM
Finger removal, the Bayesian Conspiracy, and Vikings in Mexico
Snake Venom and the Ritualized Mind Alteration Hypothesis
AI, Dating Apps, and the Future of Relationships with Matthew Fisher
