The dividing line between those who seriously study and practice hermetic science, conspiracy theorists and devotees of fabulist histories is often a murky one. All these groups believe there are occult truths unknown or unacknowledged by the masses and various authorities for any one of a dozen different reasons ranging from cluelessness to nefarious purposes. That’s why all these folks fascinate me offering insight and cautionary tales and sometimes a kernel of useless data waiting to have multiple layers of hysterical or smug delusion peeled away.
The Sunday New York Times recently ran a feature on an especially complicated matter of an obstensibly scientific theory about a 13,000 year old comet crash becoming enmeshed with conspiracy theory of that theory’s supposed suppression and then that theory’s use in supporting fanciful accounts of Paleolithic history – ATLANTIS OF COURSE! In an interesting turn of events, the core members of the team proposing this series had a book titled “The Cycle of Cosmic Catastrophes” published by an imprint of Inner Traditions before their scholarly study appeared in the Proceedings of of the National Academy of Sciences journal.
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/03/05/magazine/younger-dryas-impact-hypothesis-comet.html.
