Episode 36

The third of several episodes in which Juliet and I ramble conversationally around a mind map I made. The six topics we randomly selected (not all covered in this episode) were "'solar' versus 'lunar' consciousness", "animal communication", "the Mayan calendar", "singularitarianism", "faster-than-light communication", "the Uncertainty Principle". A seventh, "rogue", topic was "'scientism' and materialism".

A bit more discussion of DMT experiences and their meaning, then moving on to the dichotomy between "lunar" and "solar" consciousness, as loosely, collectively, formulated by Rudolf Steiner, Robert Graves and others. Karl Jaspers' "Axial age", Julian Jaynes' ideas about the origins of consciousness and Leonard Shlain's ideas about alphabets causing patriarchy are also touched upon.

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Some relevant links:

• DMT (N,N-Dimethyltryptamine)
• Terence McKenna
• reincarnation
• René Descartes
• the pineal gland
• David Luke (Greenwich University homepage)
• David Luke, "So long as youve got your elf: Death, DMT and discarnate entities" (lecture audio, part 1)
• extraordinary psychedelic paintings by artist Shawn Thornton, created after contracting cancer in his pineal gland
• Gary Lachman
• Rudolf Steiner
• Robert Graves
• Karl Jaspers
• Jaspers' idea of the "Axial age"
• Julian Jaynes
• J. Jaynes, The Origin of Consciousness in the Breakdown of the Bicameral Mind (1976)
• Homer's, Odyssey
• Leonard Shlain
• L. Shlain, The Alphabet Versus The Goddess (1998)
• Cuneiform
• Paleo-Hebrew alphabet
• chameleons