The relationship between spirituality, science, language, the political, the transference and production of culture presents a rich terrain to understanding the relationship between liberation, humanity & justice. At this point in human history, no matter how hard those who seek to dominate, distort historical record to marginalize the deep-rooted African genesis of human existence, the facts, the realities come through. They are ingrained within the fabric of the African unconscious. Writing in African Unconsciousness: Roots of Ancient Mysticism and Modern Psychology, Dr. Edward Bruce Bynum suggest that: (Page 155) Today, we expand and explore the ideas Dr. Edward Bruce Bynum presents in his work. Dr. Edward Bruce Bynum is a clinical psychologist, a practitioner of kundalini yoga, and author of several books of poetry, psychology, and has published numerous clinical articles for scientific journals. Dr. Bynum was the former director of the Behavioral Medicine & Anxieties Disorders clinic at the University of Massachusetts Health Services in Amherst and the winner of the national Naomi Long Madgett Poetry Prize for Chronicles of the Pig & Other Delusions, Dr. Bynum is also a recipient of the Abraham H. Maslow award of the Division of Humanistic Psychology from the American Psychological Association for "outstanding and lasting contributions to the exploration of the farthest reaches of human spirit". His corpus of work, thus far, includes: Dark Light Consciousness: Melanin, Serpent, Power, and the Luminous Matrix of Reality; The Roots of Transcendence; The African Unconscious: Roots of Ancient Mysticism and Modern Psychology; The Dreamlife of Families: The Psychospiritual Connection; Families and the Interpretation of Dreams; Transcending Psychoneurotic Disturbances: New Approaches in Psychospirituality and Personality Development; The Family Unconscious: An Invisible Bond; The Luminous Heretic; Gospel of the Dark Orisha; The First Bird: Songs of the Dark Body in Flight; The Magdalene Poems; The Dreaming Skull; Godzillananda: His Life and Visions, a Prophecy Compiled and Translated from the Ancient Meroitic Texts by an Unknown Scholar of the 14th Century; Chronicles of the Pig & Other Delusions; and the edited volume, Why Darkness Matters: The Power of Melanin in the Brain. He is the producer of a ten-part audio lecture series on science, psychology, spirituality and African psycho-historical and philosophical systems. He is a frequent speaker at national and international conferences and has appeared on radio, television and in documentaries. His research interests include depth psychology as it pertains to neuroscience, neuromelanin, consciousness research, as well as the analysis of dreams, family dynamics, the philosophy of science, ancient history, anthropology-archaeology, and yoga. Dr. Bynum’s books can be purchased directly from the publisher at Cosimo Books, www.cosimobooks.com or from Amazon.com. To find out more about his work, please visit his website: www.obeliskfoundation.com Our show was produced today in solidarity with the Native/Indigenous, African, and Afro Descendant communities at Standing Rock; Venezuela; Cooperation Jackson in Jackson, Mississippi; Brazil; the Avalon Village in Detroit; Colombia; Kenya; Palestine; South Africa; and Ghana and other places who are fighting for the protection of our land for the benefit of all peoples! Enjoy the program!