Archaeological Haecceities

What can I say? I love your site. I’m a scientist myself, although in a different branch, so that must be why. Keep up the good work!

Mav

your travel stories are fascinating, found it while looking for sacbe info

Hi John,

Great blog, but give us an rss feed, please!

Thanks,
Kathryn

Hi Johan,

I have one simple question which I hope, you would be so kind to answer.
It may seem off topic, but it is important for me to know what type of mind set you have.

Do you believe that there is a shadow government, made up by CFR, Trilateral Commission, Club of Rome and Bilderberger members that have on single objective in mind and that is the new world order.

If you don’t believe this, then I know you are not worth studying.
Thanks

To gaddad:

As for the sun “acting oddly”. You refer to a report that is outdated. The newer report states that this solar cycle (of ~11 years) will peak in 2013 and will more mild than normal.

The warnings you state from Nasa is simply not true. I’ve seen every report from Nasa as of late regarding the sun’s solar output. They simply want to make sure we take it seriously, as it could damage sattelites in outer space. Or harm humans beyond Earth orbit.

Our sun is not becoming “very active” as you claim. It is simply doing what it normally does ever 11 years while it’s activity ramps up to a peak, and declines. It will happen again in another 11 years, and people like you will probably say its acting strange again. Happens everytime. Nothing about our cosmos is changing. If it were, then the billions of non-government funded astronomers would know about it.

You can keep saying that we are close-minded individuals, but is yours open enough to realize you may be wrong?

So, have you finally decided do astound yourself with the works of Terence? It would only be a proper thing to do so!
I’m joking. I know you probably haven’t. I returned, however, to uncover some facts about our disagreement. Based on the following, I would also like to ask for forgiveness.
While you may have compelled me to try to elucidate to you the many ideas of Terence McKenna, I have done a shameful job of doing so and actually managed to discourage you from gaining this profound knowledge, which was the complete opposite of my intentions. I have taken time to go through some of your theses – only thoroughly (I will come back to it later), but having done that, I feel the need to say it is highly unlikely that you wouldn’t find some of his work undoubtedly interesting – since it actually resembles that of yours.
I have no means of trying to drag anyone away from reality (as you might have understood it before), and since psychedelic experiences tend to be associated with the devil’s influence, the gullibility of the young (since “the devil finds work for idle hands too”), and violation of law that carries the moral weight with the majority of our boundary defined society, it is very unfortunate but ordinary that you are prejudiced about these marvelous experiences and see my actions as such an attempt at corruption. I am not the devil here, however, and neither was Terence. On top of that, a “trip” on dimethyltryptamine is as real, and perhaps as common experience as any of the human experiences, though perhaps of the more sophisticated nature – widely spread in arts, spirituality, philosophy, alchemy and even anthropology (“Stoned Ape” theory). DMT, being linked to various religious experiences, every-night dream states, birth and death experiences – located in our pineal gland, analogous in structure to the neurotransmitter serotonin, (which is also a tryptamine, among others – like psylocybin, present in psylocybin mushrooms, LSD, the wonder drug of the 60’s, ibogaine, a hallucinogen used in ritual traditions of the tribes of Africa), is one of the most mysterious, visually stunning and metaphysically astounding things in the known universe. IT IS the Philosopher’s stone, the God within, our unconscious being. Ayahuasca itself is a brew containing DMT used in shamanistic rituals. What is most peculiar about it is that it allows the DMT to be orally active, which normally is metabolized by MAO enzymes, by including MAO inhibiting properties found in the plants used for this brew – and they grow a distance away from each other, which makes it difficult to determine how exactly the tribes of the Amazon Basin came up with this recipe (they insist that the plants simply “told them” – which, believe it or not, is an understandable point of view for somebody having participated in a Ayahuasca session – I haven’t had the chance yet). While all this may not be noteworthy to you – Terence was the voice of many that were afraid to speak out. He introduced to me a type of cyber-shamanism that greatly signified the meaning of the traditional methods – that of curing and guiding. You do not have to necessarily try any of these drugs to understand that our society is repressed and violated by the people who are in charge of the law. Terence once said a thing that has been widely misunderstood ever since – that nobody is in charge of what’s going on. When realized in it’s proper context, it is meant to indicate that in spite of the corporate states, the government influence and stray ideologies, the people who possess free will and desire of change (which I cannot even express how much of a necessity it is becoming), can always achieve it through collaboration, questioning the established authorities and spreading the message of truth. If you do not think that any of this is significantly important – please, at least change your mind about some of us, the responsible and grown-up bunch who take their time to educate themselves and preserve historical and anthropological knowledge of sacred plant medicines. It is cannabis that might provide the long-awaited cure for cancer and it’s already being used for it’s medicinal values. While that remains as important as entheogenic properties of these plants, you should always remember that this knowledge is being continuously passed on and the independent-minded people will someday have a chance to rebel against the authorities. The drug users are only a part of this. I’m sure you can see what various problems we must face in the near future. I hope we can all work together, no matter what our differences are.
At the end of the day, it’s really just about Peace & Love. Let me know if you feel confused.

You can’t really be judgemental of something you did not care to examine. You cannot say you’re not interested either. This is just you being opposed to the unknown of which you have only heard ill things. The topic is fascinating and capable of working wonders. It’s been swept under the rug in the 20th century, while it should hold position of an open debate, if not daily involvement in everyone’s lives. But why should I do the work for you? How can you not hold interest in scientific explanations of the phenomenon of human soul, the evolutionary causes for development of language and culture, the cause of rapid growth in parts of our brain and quite possibly anything and everything that has ever been related to the lives of sentient beings? For God’s sake, are you not an anthropologist? Are you not human? Is this not what you’re supposed to do, having been fortunate enough to be granted access to the Internet? And what of many other modern philosophers? Have you ever heard of Timothy Leary? Alan Watts? Ram Dass? Robert Anton Wilson? What about McLuhan or Carl Jung? Have you ever read Huxley’s or Dick’s books? Would you also reject them all? Some were close friends with Terence, or a great influence to his style of thinking.
I feel I could do better and actually justify all things necessary, but you have to commit yourself to the cause. I can only provide you with guidelines. There are many great books you should read. If you have no time, there’s one in particular that would brief you on the matter of history of psychedelic research and it’s impact on our society. It would also explain the many extraordinary facts about DMT – the drug I mentioned before – since it’s actually it’s main topic. DMT is in your body. There’s simply no excuse for not educating yourself. The book’s title is DMT: The Spirit Molecule. There’s also a documentary you can watch, although I wouldn’t really recommend it. I enjoyed this one, however: http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-820206505264515422

That’s really all I have to say. It’s up to you to decide whether it’s worth your time. If you decide it’s not then it will most likely be true. Me, I like to keep an open mind.

Archaeologist is what I meant. Terence dealt in origins of human evolution. But if caves and water is what you want to study and you cannot force yourself to also perceive what is exceptionally human and what actually lets you make those decisions, then you truly are opposed not just to the unknown, but to the whole of humanity. Chemicals is what your brain runs on. I am not asking you to learn about synthesis or to study chemistry. I only want you to read a simple book, even if it’s boring. Do you also reject biology, history, physics and other sciences? The only reason you don’t care about consciousness is because they don’t approve such studies in schools and universities. This is how you have been programmed to live and think according to the rest of your society and it’s owners who control you. I’m trying to let you decide when in fact you’re not trying to make any decisions YOURSELF. I will not accept answers such as “I am not interested” or “this is not what I study”. You’re fooling yourself and you’ll have to live with that. As I said, do what YOU want, even if it means living a lie. You’re not anti-human but I say that only because I have faith in everyone.

I was reading one of your articles about “Mayans in Georgia”, which I found doing a web search while watching the idiotic U.S. show “History Unearthed” on the History Channel. You wrote a very good article, and believe your statement about keeping an open mind but only if material evidence can be provided. Why do you think people want to believe Mayans came to Georgia and Florida (US) and (now proved false) the prophecy of the 2012 being the end of the world with the end of the Mayan (one of them) calendar?

This is one of these “rationalism vs fanaticism” and “science vs pseudoscience” blogs I see. All out tribal warfare. Funny how like each other both parties are in the end.