Comprehensive investigation into the provenance, authenticity, and contested origins of Doctrine and Covenants Section 132 across LDS traditions.
Authenticity Of Doctrine And Covenants Section 132
Enoch, Hermes Trismegistus, and Joseph Smith’s Book of Moses
Comparative analysis of Joseph Smith’s Enoch revelations and the Hermetic Poimandres vision, exploring the Enoch-Hermes tradition.
How The Self Went Viral: Eve Theory, Snake Cults, And The Late-Pleistocene Explosion Of Consciousness
A long-form exploration of how the discovery of reflective selfhood radiated through late-Ice-Age cultures, with the Eve Theory of Consciousness and the Snake Cult hypothesis as the most coherent narrative frame.
Knower Self And The Gn Erosion Hypotheses
A deep dive into two speculative etymologies linking the global N-pronoun to ‘knowing’—either semantically (knower = self) or phonetically (ǵn- > n-).
Mormonism as the Perennial and Original Religion
An exploration of how Latter-day Saints view their faith as the restoration of God’s original gospel across all dispensations.
Shared Etymology of Jñāna, Know, and Gnosis
Tracing the Proto‑Indo‑European root *ǵneh₃‑ that links Sanskrit jñā‑, English know, and Greek gnō‑/gnosis.
The Square and Compass: A Global Symbol of Creation and Order
Comparative survey of the square-and-compass symbol from Han-dynasty Fuxi & Nüwa to modern Freemasonry and Latter-day Saints.
Andreas Lommel On The Diffusion Of
The previous post highlighted the tension between archeologists and what I call ancient aliens researchers. The latter camp argues similarities between far-flung cultures imply a lost global civilizat…
Archeologists Vs Ancient Aliens
I’m no credientialist, but still, most of my research on human origins draws from official sources: linguists, comparative mythologists, geneticists, and archeologists. (And, of course, the ultimate a…
Archeologists Vs The Bible
The FAQ page on Tepe Telegrams, the official blog of Gobekli Tepe (GT), includes this gem: