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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
- War & the Noble Savage eBook (31 Aug)
I’m very pleased to announce that the first print run of my book War & the Noble Savage has sold... - The insects triumph (11 Jun)
Well, they dominate anyway in ecological terms… But there’s been a meagre addition to this wider accolade within the insignificant... - Pendell on the coming recession (9 Jun)
We need to mature into a post-growth adulthood, in which we can find comfort and grace in a long slow... - Meme tune (2 Apr)
Damn. Tagged with an irresistable meme. The idea in a nutshell: pick a tune that you imagine suiting your blog... - Light raining down (10 Mar)
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Recent comments
- Cat Vincent: Wonderful! I just put that on instant Twitter pimp mode.
- Merrick: Thanks for this, Gyrus. The article’s superb and Dale’s let me repost it as the new monthly Feature article at U-Know http://www.headheritage.co...
- mahalia: They were a fine series of books & they deserve to be more widely known. I’ve always felt fate to be an as yet undiscovered natural law, actually...
- Juliano: Wonder-falls
- Ryan: I’m hoping to go too! one correction: in 2008, the IASD conference was in Montreal. Still in the new world, but it was robustly international in attendance.
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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)
