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A deeper look at the origins of evil in early psychology.

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So who's in charge here and why do we want an answer. Howe does nature show who’s in charge. What does it mean to have power?

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James True examines the strange intersection of war rhetoric, religion, and the human imagination.Beginning with the idea of modern war as theater—where leaders send anonymous soldiers to fight battles they would never personally lead—James explores how narratives of “holy war” are constructed through political and religious fervor.Using a recent Christian nationalist sermon as a case study, the discussion unpacks how biblical language is often repurposed to justify modern geopolitical conflict. What happens when religious prophecy, abortion politics, and foreign policy collide?From there the conversation moves deeper into psychology and cosmology:Why humans pretend they are not animalsThe real meaning of blaspheming the Holy SpiritHow belief systems function as the “rigging” of the mindThe thalamus as the inner chamber of consciousnessWhy the concept of “selling your soul” still has power—even for atheistsHow ancient societies understood sexuality, gender, and spiritual identity very differently than modern narratives suggestAlong the way, James connects ancient Rome, eunuchs in imperial China, pagan fertility cults, and modern political movements to show that humanity continually cycles between liberation and control.At the center of it all is a deeper question:Who actually owns your inner world?Because if you don’t own your own soul, someone else will try to manage it for you.Welcome to the show.00:00 Opening Thoughts – “Probably Going to Get in Trouble”00:11 Biblical War & The Idea of “Eye for an Eye”00:38 Why Leaders Don’t Fight Their Own Wars01:05 The Honor of “First to Touch the Enemy”02:10 Modern Warfare vs Ancient Warfare03:30 War as Political Theater04:00 Welcome to the Show05:10 Humans vs Animals – Why We Deny Our Nature06:20 Media Narratives and War Messaging07:10 The Corey Rich Poisoning Story09:30 Media Spin and Narrative Framing11:00 COVID Death Statistics and Interpretation13:10 Why Statistics Become Belief Systems14:30 Understanding Religious Fervor15:50 Christian Nationalism Sermon Breakdown17:20 When Religion Becomes Political Weaponry18:40 Biblical Interpretation vs Modern Politics20:00 Revelation Symbolism and Cultural Mythmaking22:00 Audio Mishap & Commentary23:00 What “Blaspheming the Holy Spirit” Actually Means24:40 Why Christians Can’t Commit That Sin25:50 The Human Body as a Spiritual Ecosystem27:00 The Thalamus as the Inner Temple28:20 The Holy Spirit as Internal Authority29:30 The Real Meaning of “Selling Your Soul”30:50 Cosmological Weakness and Spiritual Vulnerability32:00 Why Atheism Protects the Inner World33:00 The Mind as Private Territory34:00 The Bedroom as the True Sanctuary35:00 Ancient Rome and Sexual Archetypes36:10 Pagan Fertility Cults vs Christianity37:00 Hermaphroditus and Mythic Biology38:00 Eunuchs in Imperial China39:30 Biological Development and Sexual Identity41:00 Power Structures and Control of the Body43:00 Why Institutions Regulate Sexuality45:00 Cycles of Liberation and Moral Panic47:00 The Politics of Identity49:00 Individual Power vs Institutional Power51:00 Fear of the Autonomous Individual53:00 How Belief Systems Control Minds55:00 Owning Your Soul vs Renting Your Mind57:00 The Danger of External Authority🔑 Join the Community https://www.patreon.com/JamesTrue

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In this Friday livestream, James True explores the long arc of history behind modern geopolitics, tracing today’s conflicts back through ancient myth, Bronze Age collapses, and the psychological machinery of civilization itself. What appears on the surface as politics or war may actually be the re-emergence of ancient archetypes—tribes, myths, and power structures that have shaped human memory for thousands of years.

James examines the idea that history is less a linear story and more a repeating pattern of cultural resets, collapses, and myth-making. From the Bronze Age collapse to modern conflicts in the Middle East, he explores how civilizations rewrite their past, adopt identities, and use belief systems to consolidate power.

At the center of the discussion is the provocative concept of the “wolf tribe”—a symbolic framework James uses to examine how rebellion, survival, deception, and myth intertwine throughout history. The conversation moves fluidly through ancient Israel, Egyptian cosmology, Josephus and Roman history, and modern American geopolitics, asking whether humanity repeatedly recreates the same patterns of power and collapse.

Rather than offering simple political commentary, the livestream invites viewers to examine deeper forces: myth, identity, belief systems, and the ways civilizations reshape their own histories.

Topics Discussed

The Bronze Age collapse and its lasting influence on world history

Ancient Israel, tribal identities, and mythic narratives

The role of Josephus in shaping early historical memory

Archetypes of rebellion, survival, and the “wolf tribe”

Egypt, Osiris cosmology, and cultural memory

Why civilizations repeatedly rewrite history

The psychology of power, belief, and collective myth

Modern geopolitics and the echoes of ancient patterns

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Are you wondering which regime to root for? Let's review both sides and rate them.

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The Pentagon is setup like the mafia. The American Military are paid mercenaries pretending to have a normal job. They lack the courage or fortitude to truly defend a homeland or its Constitution. The Department of Defense is America's largest employer. There will never be a moment when the military is strong enough or big enough.

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Recently published research on near-death experiences (NDEs) offers a striking scientific provocation: the self is less a “ghost in the machine” and more a needle on a compass. In the paper “Towards a Neuro-scientific Explanation of Near-death Experiences?”, researchers describe how disrupting a specific cortical hub—the temporo-parietal junction (TPJ)—can trigger out-of-body experiences and the uncanny sensation of relocating outside one’s own flesh.The implication is profound: when the brain loses track of where the body is, the “self” goes missing too. This suggests that the bedrock of identity is not memory, personality, or even thought. Identity is orientation.

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This presentation examines the ancient prophetic traditions of the Americas through the lens of the Sibyl and the werewolf — figures who embodied trance, possession, and the breakdown of ordinary identity. Drawing on Indigenous accounts of nagualism, skin-turning, and animal doubles alongside classical sources on lycanthropy and ecstatic prophecy, the talk explores a world in which spiritual authority came from entering a “feral” state rather than delivering calm doctrine. The corn-throwing ritual appears as one small survival of this older system, where truth was read from patterns cast into the world instead of spoken as law. Far from superstition, these practices point to a radically different model of consciousness — one in which the human self could split, transform, or be overtaken by something older than civilization.

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The President's Day is inside you. What makes you decide where you are from?

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It's not theater. It's Ritual. America speaks through archetypes. Are we listening?

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