The fifth element

The Great Pyramid is a gigantic lodestone. A lodestone is a magnetised piece of magnetite (Fe3O4). These are naturally occurring minerals that attract iron just like a magnet. In fact, this property of magnetism was first discovered by...

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Hieroglyphics

Once upon a time, sound was interpreted as symbol: When picture writing first began, the icons represented the actual object they depicted. These were called pictograms. Later, pictures came to represent ideas and were known as ideograms....

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The beast below

Anubis holds a mirror to your soul. For Anubis is the beast below, the subwoofer who stalks the frequencies beneath our audible range. Anubis creates feelings of awe and terror that must be mastered before we can pass into deeper realms of...

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Puretone

To KNOW the universe, you must first BE the universe. If this phrase seems ambitious, it merely hints at the awesome wisdom of the ancient Egyptians. They planned and built on a scale never seen before and this was due to their profound...

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Thoth

Thoth was a Magician. Thoth is the phoenetic rendition of the sound that an ibis makes—a short, sharp, tympanic rumble that resembled the ancient Egyptian word for God. Usually described as a silent bird, the ibis makes the sound...

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Are you Sirius?

The image below features Thoth—the god of communication: Thoth sits upon the left eye of Horus, hinting at the connection between the left eye and the pineal gland. He receives divine insights from the light of the star and then writes them...

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Seshat

Seshat was known as the "mistress of measure". Initially, she gifted time to humanity which was governed by the menstrual cycle. Here we are reminded that a woman's period makes its presence felt every 28 days just like the lunar month. So...

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Entheogens

Some drugs are toxic. It's no accident that the etymological origin of the word toxic stems directly from the Greek toxicon that refers to the  "bow" used in poison arrows. The difference between a poison, a medicine and a narcotic is only...

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Stargates

A cave is a womb in the Earth. Since antiquity caves like Melissani (above) have been viewed as sacred places of retreat and renewal often associated with music. While a cave can be any enclosed space within Mother Earth, it actually implies...

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The winged disc

Once upon a time we worshipped beneath this symbol of unconditional love: The origins of this pattern are discussed here, however it remains one of the most popular designs in history. Today the caduceus inspires logos around the...

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