Was the divine ever truly visible? This episode journeys from Mesopotamian seals to mystical visions, exploring how gods—Anunnaki, Orishas, Devas—have been seen, felt, and hidden across cultures and consciousness.

The gods have been remembered through names, myths, symbols, and visions across cultures. This episode explores how ancient civilizations described and represented divine beings, focusing on the Anunnaki of Mesopotamia, who were recorded in Sumerian and Akkadian texts as powerful deities. While mainstream scholars view them as mythological, alternative theories—especially those of Zecharia Sitchin—propose the Anunnaki were advanced extraterrestrial beings from a planet called Nibiru who influenced early human civilization.

Artifacts such as the Adda Seal and VA 243 reveal detailed iconography—winged figures, horned crowns, rods, and what appear to be tools or devices. These recurring motifs, seen in the Apkallu and their pinecones and handbags, suggest either deep symbolic meaning or encoded knowledge of advanced technology. Similar divine imagery appears in Egypt, Greece, India, and West Africa. From falcon-headed gods in Egypt to the blue-skinned Vishnu in India, and the masked Orishas of the Yoruba, divinity is shown through symbolic color, animal-human hybrids, and ritual concealment.

In Hebrew tradition, Yahweh’s face cannot be seen; the divine is revealed only through light, fire, or voice. Across traditions, colors such as red, silver, blue, and radiant white are linked to divine presence, suggesting cosmic or metaphysical origins rather than human traits. These colors are interpreted as expressions of vibration or frequency rather than literal skin tones.

Form is explored not just as physical structure but through sacred geometry and symbolic features. In Kabbalah, Hermeticism, and Gnostic teachings, the divine form is light-based, encoded in the Tree of Life, Adam Kadmon, or Platonic solids. The gods are not merely imagined—they are remembered through consistent representations in form, attire, and tools.

Sound is another medium of divine communication. In Vedic tradition, the syllable "OM" is the sound of creation. Hebrew texts reference trumpets and thunder. Drumming and chanting in indigenous traditions invoke divine presence, create altered states, and allow humans to access spiritual realms.

The episode also addresses divine messengers—Hermes, Thoth, Metatron, Gabriel—beings who transmit knowledge across realms. These figures often serve as bridges between the human and divine, carrying wisdom, geometry, or sacred law.

Visionary experiences—dreams, rituals, trance, and entheogens—are shown as ancient techniques for perceiving divine beings. Through altered states, many cultures report contact with radiant, non-human entities. The consistency of these experiences raises questions about the reality of gods as multidimensional intelligences or preserved memories from humanity’s deep past.

The Anunnaki are portrayed as more than myth—as beings who once walked the Earth, shaped humanity, and may have been remembered in stone, symbol, and sound. Whether gods are archetypes, extraterrestrials, or metaphysical forces, they remain central to human consciousness.

This episode invites listeners to examine how divine presence has been visualized, felt, and recorded across time—and what it reveals about our shared search for origin, meaning, and connection beyond the visible world.

Script and editing: Lucas Martins Kern

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