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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
- Magic P-Orridge (21 Feb)
My introduction to “magic” was—in my personal mythology at least, which is all you have in personal matters after a... - Dream conference in The Netherlands (20 Feb)
In 2005 I went to the International Association for the Study of Dreams conference in Berkeley. It was a good... - On nihilism and enthusiasm (11 Feb)
Nihilism and enthusiasm can manifest in association with both connectivity and freshness. There is the nihilism to be found in too... - 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,...
Recent comments
- 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.
- Cat: Ooh that’s nice. Not met that quote before. Am tweeting this post now.
- Juliano: Oh I don’t agree. When I hear the term ‘enthusiasm’ is straightaway tells me its connection with the very Greek term it is translation from...
- 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...
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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)
