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A new study by Gyrus analyzing afresh the age-old debate about the nature of primitive war and the ecological credentials of traditional societies. Recent attacks on the "Noble Savage" by Steven Pinker and Lawrence Keeley are considered alongside less popular scholarship on the anthropology of war, and other issues such as chimpanzee violence are also reviewed. Always at stake is the inevitable drama of Progress: has the modern world degraded human freedom and the environment, or does it represent an emancipation from millennia of conflict and ignorance?
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Archaeologies of Consciousness
Spanning ten years of independent research into prehistoric art and monuments, altered states, folklore, mythology and occult practice, this is the first collection of writings by Gyrus, creator of Towards 2012 and Dreamflesh Journal. More info »
Dreamflesh Journal Vol. 1
The first installment of Dreamflesh Journal is a florid and protean collection of ideas, investigations and experiments weaving together altered states, ecology, healing, mythology, magic and prehistory. More info »
Recent blog posts
- MOP radiation (18 Jan)
Strange Attractor maestro and weird culture & science magpie Mark Pilkington has started a new blog, The M.O.P. Radionic Workshop.... - Capital crimes (30 Nov)
I’m writing about a lot of celestial stuff at the moment—mostly circumpolar stars, but occasionally a planet, and maybe some... - Hiding (1 Nov)
My last post drew a comment that said I hide away too much. I should do more videos and talks. My... - James Hillman R.I.P. (28 Oct)
Psychologist James Hillman died yesterday, from complications of bone cancer. He was aged 85. The New York Times obituary ends with... - The Last Winter (18 Oct)
An essential film. Thanks to Mark Pilkington for switching me on to it! AKPC_IDS += "273,";...
Recent comments
- Gyrus: Hi Garrett, the “argument” here is admittedly trivial in the scheme of things, but the issues are pretty clearly laid out. What was it you...
- Garrett: Just read your old article about Doc Hyatt’s undoing book. The I read the current article, under which I’m posting this comment. Funny argument,...
- Joel: I might add that those words in British English that have to be -ise and can’t be -ize are also -ise in American English, such as ‘advertise’...
- Joel: I think I mentioned before that apart from the single exception of ‘capsize’ the ending -ise is never wrong in British English, whereas -ize...
- Gyrus: when you start arbitrarily capping up I think we’re agreeing that the “rules” are partly arbitrary anyway, so it’s tough to internalize...
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Latest content
- The Animated World An Interview with Patrick Harpur (2008)
- Magical practice A discussion with Dale Pendell (2008)
- World Psychedelic Forum by Basel, Switzerland, 21-24/3/08 (Reviewed)
- Archaeologies of Consciousness: launch event introduction
- Archaeologies of Consciousness: Libra-Aries talk
- Attending to Dreams by Gyrus (2008)
- Is Suffering Necessary? A collective interview (2004)
- Exploring Consciousness by Bath, 24-26/6/04 (Reviewed)
- Megalithomania! by Conway Hall, 12/10/02 (Reviewed)
- Peaches by Heaven, 18/9/03 (Reviewed)
