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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
- Crash art (6 Feb)
Explosion II by Roy Lichtenstein Just heard via V. Vale’s RE/Search mailing list of an exciting upcoming exhibition in London, Crash:... - Enfolding (19 Jan)
Just a quickie to direct your attention, if it’s not found it already, to enfolding.org. Billed as covering “tantra, history,... - Pat Robertson voodoo doll (18 Jan)
Does your bile rise when you see fevered egos like Pat Robertson claim the earthquake disaster in Haiti was the... - The crass realities of Avatar (15 Jan)
This piece by Josh Schrei over at the Huffington Post is one of the best takes on Avatar I’ve read.... - Steve Beyer (13 Jan)
Erik Davis just posted a glowing review of a new book on ayahuasca: Singing to the Plants by Steve Beyer....
Recent comments
- Juliano: don’t waste energy on ridiculous fools.
- Merrick: Thanks for that, Gyrus. Personally i loved those one-liners about the only thing worse than looking bad for killing the indigenous is having a bad quarterly...
- Phil: You’re spot on there Gyrus, Beyer’s blog is awesome! It’s really refreshing to see someone who moves beyond the seemingly endless recycling of...
- Juliano: O listened to the interview with Steve Beyer which I very much enjoyed, and because it didn’t talk about ’shamanism’ with the common...
- Juliano: :))) Lovely to hear your feelings Gyrus. It is So lovely when you get that warm , loving feeling. I had such a moment: I have been stressed before Christmas...
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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)
