387 Articles
An exploration of two theories on the origins of human consciousness: the Snake Cult/[Eve Theory](https://www.vectorsofmind.com/p/eve-theory-of-consciousness-v3) (snake venom) versus the Stoned Ape Theory (psilocybin mushrooms).
Analyzing Max Müller's 19th-century work on serpent worship, focusing on his identification of serpent symbolism in Vedic and Indo-European traditions and comparing his findings with global serpent myths relevant to the Snake Cult …
Examines the evolutionary hypothesis that female-led selection pressures for social intelligence and self-domestication placed women at the vanguard of human evolution.
Examining the archaeological record of Australia (Sahul) – early colonization, persistent simple technologies, late emergence of complex art – as a key case study supporting the Sapient Paradox and the late development of behavioral …
Snake-shaped Zeus in chthonic cults, Orphic theogony, and Stoic ekpyrosis, mapped onto the Herakles–Dionysus macro-/micro-myth.
Deep synthesis of Tom Froese's Ritualised-Mind Hypothesis and Andrew Cutler's Eve/Snake-Cult Theory, resolving the Sapient Paradox through ritual-mediated recursion, female agency, and gene–culture sweeps.
Why the blank-slate claim that cognition hasn't evolved since the Upper Palaeolithic fails basic population genetics—and what ancient DNA now shows.
How Cosmic-Herakles sets the wheel of time while Dionysus turns it toward liberation in Orphic-Bacchic cults.
Integrating Thomas Froese's insights on intersubjectivity and enactivism with the Eve Theory of Consciousness to provide a novel perspective on the Hard Problem of consciousness and the evolution of subjective experience.
A comprehensive, evidence-driven defence of the [Eve Theory](https://www.vectorsofmind.com/p/eve-theory-of-consciousness-v3) as the only evolutionary route to recursive self-awareness and language (i.e. the Wallace Problem).
A detailed exploration of the complementary roles of Cosmic Herakles (Chronos) and Dionysus Zagreus in Orphic theogony, myth, ritual praxis, and Neoplatonic interpretation.
From Göbekli Tepe initiation lore to Orphic world-egg cosmology, tracing Herakles' twin careers as Adamic hero and winged time-serpent.
Discussing Bernardo Katrup's Analytic Idealism
An exploration of the serpentine creator deities Nüwa and Fuxi in Chinese mythology and their parallels in world mythologies.
Simplifying my Biblical commentary to a few images
A comprehensive review exploring the concept of the 'narrative self' across philosophy, psychology, neuroscience, and literary theory.
How identity politics erased Australia's archaeological record
A comprehensive analysis of evidence and scholarly debate surrounding pre-Columbian trans-oceanic contact between the Americas and Old World civilizations.
Analytic idealism, Australia buries the past, and Stone Age Mormons
Was "I" the first recursive thought? Could venom uplift other mammals? Was the patriarchal coup complete?
