Dear readers, this is a check-in to get a sense of what you’d like to see more of, as well as an update about my plans for this blog. So please comment to let me know what you find compelling and woul…

Kathleen Lowrey is a professor of anthropology at the University of Alberta, where she researches gender and shamanism. We came into contact here while discussing the primordial matriarchy on the Note…

Christ is described as the “Word made flesh,” an avatar of Logos—the divine rationality and organizing principle from which all existence emanates. When John riffs on Genesis, proclaiming, “In the beg…

Captain Thomas Herbert Lewin wrote in 1869:

and Michael Smith riff off the Snake Cult of Consciousness. Michael has been super helpful in reading over EToC versions 2 and 3 before I sent those out (keep an eye out for v3). Malcolm has been thin…

Not one but two readers have asked me about the Turkish myth of Shahmaran, a mythic snake-woman who lives in a cave. Among other things, she teaches a young man the history of Mankind. She ends up bei…

I also appeared on the DemystifySci podcast:

Commenting on Archeologists vs. Ancient Aliens, writes:

If you haven’t taken it, please check out the Moments of Awakening survey. I’ll post it on Reddit and X shortly to get a larger sample (please share with friends), but for now it doubles as a way to l…

Richard Dawkins said there were two great evolutionary moments. The first was the emergence of DNA, which marked the beginning of biological evolution. The second was the emergence of memes. Just as g…