The academic journal PLOS recently published a study that suggests that the extinction of human species commonly known as Neanderthals may have been hastened by a blood disorder in children conceived via Neanderthal/Homo Sapiens interbreeding. The abstract reads: Blood group… Continue Reading
In 2019 Federation University supported the Australia Magic Research Project, funded by the University of Hertfordshire and the Society for Vernacular Architecture. The project conducted a survey on the remains of folk magic practices in colonial Australia and was a… Continue Reading
Initiation into the Mysteries of the Ancient World by Jan N. Bremmer is currently available for free from Kindle: https://read.amazon.com/kp/kshare?asin=B0138MXGRA&id=hg5cvemzgbc73fivln6sglzmra&ref_=r_sa_glf_b_0_hdrw_ss_AAu4AAA&fbclid=IwAR2RtaKAFRELWxBriWtFZx9eN0rq-_81FQKl6xFhZWpOl441jAM5_TeFHl0&reshareId=HSYT49N0KQG878GP9G0T&reshareChannel=system. amazon sez: “This book explores ancient mystery cults and their influence on emerging Christianity. The author discusses the famous Eleusian… Continue Reading
GENESIS P-ORRIDGE “NONBINARY: A MEMOIR” A DISCUSSION FEATURING GENESSE P-ORRIDGE DOUGLAS RUSHKOFF & RYAN MARTIN is being held July 9, 7pm at NEW DISCRETIONS 76 Bowery, 4th floor New York NY 10013 This is a free event being held at the… Continue Reading
Anathema Publishing Ltd. opened pre-orders for Samuel David’s book, “Rod & Ring: An Initiation Into A Mesopotamian Mystery Tradition” today! The publisher’s site staes “In Mesopotamian art, the rod and ring, like the horned helm or crown, are indicators of the… Continue Reading
“All exterior surfaces of the [jar] were originally covered with text; it once carried over 55 inscribed names, dozens of which now survive only as scattered, floating letters or faint stylus strokes” Lamont wrote, noting that the Greek writing contains… Continue Reading
Earlier this month, the prestigious scientific journal Nature published a paper on what appears to be the first ever human burial, dating back some 80,0000 years. Besides the physical details of this internment, what’s most intriguing is the insight into… Continue Reading
I was reading the New York Times Book Review, a discussion of Paul Farmer’s Fevers, Feuds and Diamonds about the 2014 Ebola outbreak, which depicts that tragedy being primarily due to the lack of adequate medical care, and not the… Continue Reading
Late last year, the New York Times Book Review ran a review of Rebecca Wragg Skyes’ Kindred: Neanderthal Life, Love, Death and Art. This is a synthesis of over 170 years worth of study of this highly intelligent hominid species… Continue Reading
A trove of early Christian apocrypha have been translated and compiled by Tony Burke with the second volume New Testament Apocrypha More Noncanonical Scriptures having been recently published. LiveScience ran a story about this book and discusses some of the more interesting… Continue Reading