Sam Harris on Consciousness, Illusion, and Materialism
A close reading of Sam Harris on consciousness, the self, free will, and whether his naturalism treats consciousness as ‘just an illusion’.
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Participation Mystique and the Many Ways to Be a Mind
A defense of Lévy-Bruhl’s participation mystique as a real mode of consciousness that explains ritual, religion, and group minds better than its critics admit.
Holocene Minds on Hard Mode: Schizophrenia, Bipolar Disorder, and the Birth of Consciousness
Using ancient DNA and polygenic scores to imagine schizophrenia, bipolar, intelligence, and consciousness in early Holocene Europe through the Eve Theory lens.
Ten Papers that Push the Eve Theory of Consciousness Toward Science
Ten recent genetics and neuroscience papers that quietly support the Eve Theory of Consciousness: selection on language, psychosis, and the human self.
Was Schizophrenia Once Normal? Psychosis, Language, and the Evolution of the Self
Explores whether schizophrenia-like states were once common, connecting psychosis, language, ancient DNA, and the evolution of consciousness.
Against the Myth of the Ancient, Finished Self: Why “We Haven’t Changed in 50,000 Years” Is Obviously False
Ancient DNA, polygenic scores, and psychiatric genetics all say the human mind has evolved dramatically since the Ice Age—contra the 50,000-years myth.
The Snake and the Syntax Tree: Why Language Had to Break the Garden
How recursive language, FOXP2, and fast-evolving regulatory DNA turned Golden Man’s mythic world into Eve’s self-conscious Garden exile.
Golden Man as Control System: Cybernetics Before the Self
Before introspective consciousness, humans were control systems without a narrative self. This essay reconstructs Golden Man using cybernetics, animal cognition, and Eve Theory of Consciousness.
Nephilim, Fallen Angels, and the Eve Theory of Consciousness
A speculative exploration of ancient ‘fallen angel’ myths through the Eve Theory of Consciousness, suggesting a bygone age when men lacked modern self-awareness while women led the way.
New Evidence Bolstering the Eve Theory of Consciousness
Fresh interdisciplinary evidence – from prehistoric rituals and myth to genes and neurochemistry – supports the Eve Theory of Consciousness, which posits women-led serpent venom rites ignited human …
The God Within and the Eve Theory of Consciousness
Exploring mystical traditions of the divine spark within humanity and their connection to the Eve Theory of Consciousness.
EToC as Mystic Answer: Consciousness and the God Within
Exploring how the Eve Theory of Consciousness connects to mystical traditions of the divine spark within humanity.
Teotlaqualli Reconstructed: Unguents of the Aztec Gods
Reconstructing teotlaqualli as a skin-delivered entheogen—tobacco, ololiuhqui, and ‘venom-ash’—with testable pharmacology grounded in Nahua sources and modern dermal science.
Recursive Eve: EToC Meets Suddendorf–Corballis on the Last 100,000 Years
EToC and Suddendorf–Corballis converge: human recursion and autonoetic time-travel coalesced over the last 100k years, leaving archaeological and mythic fingerprints.
Stories, Then the Story of ‘I’: EToC across the Late Pleistocene and Holocene
A two-stage account of consciousness: language and stories coalesce ~60 ka; the narrative ‘I’ emerges in the Holocene via women-led serpent ritual networks and pronoun tech.
The Serpent Without a Self: A Deep History of Buddhism
From Paleolithic serpents and female self-making to the Buddha’s deathless: tracing a cultural-blood chain—from Mal’ta to the Ganges—that flowers as Buddhism.
Serpent Sovereignty: Snake‑Cult Grammar and the Eve Theory from an Iranian View
A Persian deep‑dive into serpent myths—Zahhāk to Shahmaran, Anāhitā to Gōčihr—linking archaeology, Avesta, and epic to the Eve/Snake Cult model of consciousness.
Serpents as Control‑Surfaces: Iranian Plateau Iconography, Eve Theory, and the Snake Cult of Consciousness
Across the Iranian Plateau, snake imagery worked as a ritual interface for water, time, and sovereignty—keys for Eve Theory and the Snake Cult of Consciousness.
Heracles, the Great Mother, and Eve Theory: Amazon Girdles, Eleusis, and Initiation
Reading Heracles’ labors—especially Hippolyta’s girdle and the Eleusinian initiation—as ritual memories where male consciousness apprentices to the Great Mother’s sovereignty.
The Atman Question
A philosophical science fiction novella exploring AI consciousness through the lens of the first-person discovery and the recursive nature of self-awareness.