A philological dive into the Hebrew words for “fruit” and “knowledge” in Genesis, how they shift in Greek and Latin, and the later myths they spawned.
Peri & Daʿat — The Hebrew Roots Behind the “Fruit of Knowledge”


A philological dive into the Hebrew words for “fruit” and “knowledge” in Genesis, how they shift in Greek and Latin, and the later myths they spawned.

How the Middle‑Egyptian verb rḫ (“to know”) permeated temple liturgies, funerary spells, and the secret curriculum of the House of Life.

A philological safari that follows the Hebrew word for “knowledge” from a prehistoric Afroasiatic root through Akkadian, Aramaic, and Egyptian detours all the way to the Nag Hammadi codices.

A concise yet rigorous comparison of the Gnostic vision of the cosmos as a carceral construct and the Indian notion of samsara as an endless wheel of rebirth.

From late‑Vedic karma cycles to New‑Age past‑life therapy, a longue‑durée history of metempsychosis—plus the murky, pre‑literate hints that the doctrine may be Ice‑Age old.

Survey of the unique lexemes cultures coined for the Great Flood—and, rarer still, for the age before it—spanning Sumer to Māori, Hebrew to Quechua.

Why the celebrated ‘python’ carving in Botswana’s Tsodilo Hills is almost certainly a geological quirk mis-sold as the world’s first ritual.

Integrating Darwinian evolution with ancient creation myths to trace the physical and psychological origins of humanity.

How a simple whirled instrument traces the spread of male secret societies and ritual culture from the Late Paleolithic to the present.

Integrating Venus figurines, goddess myths, and X-chromosome sweeps to re-evaluate women’s possible leadership in early human culture.