'There are indeed multiple non-scientific ways in which we can probe consciousness. A comprehensive understanding may require fundamental changes in perspective. That which is obvious from one perspective may make no sense from another; whilst that which is nonsense suddenly becomes the obvious answer. As we make these shifts, even our sense of what it means to understand might change.'

This is the underpinning of the previously published poem 'Consciousness IS'

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David Icke’s work was a sledge hammer that cracked open the nut of my conditioned worldview. It was the red pill that took me down the rabbit hole into wonderland. A gnostic mythos for our age.

Associated text - 

https://deepstateconsciousness.medium.com/contemplating-conspiracy-part-two-madman-or-magician-encounters-with-david-icke-5927c6dc3b01

Track: Walk it Off - Jae Ren

Music provided by Verde Música Studio

Watch: https://youtu.be/S2l-97PH5R8

Welcome to the second instalment of the Essence of Anarchy series. In this episode we will examine the concept of property. What does it mean to say somebody owns something? How does ownership come about? And how can something that is owned change hands? 

Associated text -

https://deepstateconsciousness.medium.com/the-essence-of-anarchy-part-two-what-is-property-b5d4b39194d0

Track: Walk it Off - Jae Ren

Music provided by Verde Música Studio

Watch: https://youtu.be/S2l-97PH5R8

Adam Fitzgerald of The Darkened Hour Podcast joins me to make sense of the U.S. war in Afghanistan. Was it really about capturing Bin Laden and making the world safe from terrorism? Were oil and gas pipelines and narco-trafficing deeper reasons for the war? If so, has it been a colossal failure for the U.S. Empire? And what becomes of the Empire now? 

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Sources available here - https://medium.com/@deepstateconsciousness/when-the-towers-came-down-5d6b63434a65

Video version available - https://youtu.be/Gj5eSrSQ34g

Opening and closing music: Neutrin05 - Beneath the Ashes [Orchestral] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=is9lxO58Lr0 https://neutrin05.bandcamp.com/track/beneath-the-ashes

Middle music courtesy of Mobi

Video by James Cheney from Pexels (Golden Sun Above The Horizon)

Video by Charles Parker from Pexels (Empire State)

Video by Tima Miroshnichenko from Pexels (Handshake)

Video by Samphan Korwong from Pexels (Candle)

Video by Pavel Danilyuk from Pexels

Video by Joseph Redfield from Pexels (Earth)

I am therefore suggesting a kind of philosophising about conspiracy theory. Taking the ideas seriously—if not always literally—and respecting their proponents enough to not write them off with cheap psychological dismissals.

Associated text - 

https://deepstateconsciousness.medium.com/contemplating-conspiracy-part-one-to-entrench-or-engage-1a93f4343664

Track: Walk it Off - Jae Ren

Music provided by Verde Música Studio

Watch: https://youtu.be/S2l-97PH5R8

‘Introduce a little anarchy, upset the established order, and everything becomes chaos. I'm an agent of chaos.’ - The Joker

Welcome to this series of articles exploring the philosophy of anarchism; and, as the title suggests, boiling it down to its very essence. Does anarchy imply chaos and disorder? Or does it in fact lead to a far greater state of societal harmony than we currently experience? These are the questions we’ll be getting into.

Associated text - 

https://deepstateconsciousness.medium.com/the-essence-of-anarchy-part-one-introducing-anarchy-8701e1a8e7b0

Track: Walk it Off - Jae Ren

Music provided by Verde Música Studio

Watch: https://youtu.be/S2l-97PH5R8

A poem on Consciousness. Explanation and examination to follow.

Track: Beauty - AShamaluevMusic

Music provided by Verde Música Studio

Watch: https://youtu.be/93xSbuGIdMQ

Space and Bee video by Frank Cone from Pexels https://www.pexels.com/@frank-cone-140140

Art by Agsandrew: https://www.art.com/gallery/id--a846389/agsandrew-posters.htm

Marci Peterson has a fascinating story of overcoming trauma through a psycho-spiritual journey ultimately involving a near death experience. Throughout her life, Marci has had profound encounters with a non-human intelligence, presenting itself as alien beings, who have acted as teachers for her.

In this interview I ask Marci all sorts of questions in an attempt to understand better this strangest of human experiences. We consider everything from a very literal interpretation, to a symbolic/mythic one, as well as questioning the reliability of hypnosis and memory.

Marci has a book coming out next year titled: Believe - There's More

With gratitude to A Himitsu for music: Lost Within https://jonaserixon.github.io/ahimitsu/#/tracks/lost-within

'What the hell does 9/11 have to do with deep spirituality?' That's the question Alex Tsakiris posed at the end of our conversation on the Skeptiko podcast. Taking up the challenge is today's guest, Daniel Luxton, who contacted me with his answer. You wouldn't guess, but it has a lot to do with the Back to the Future films. In this interview Daniel talks about the myth and meaning of these wonderful films and whether they really predicted future events.

Intrigued...

The Back to the Future Predicts 9/11 video (be sure to check out the other videos on the channel too) 

The Making of Back to the Future Documentary

Interview with Alex Tsakiris

Wresting video, 'Demolish the Twin Towers'

Mike Myers says 'Yeah Baby'

(Sorry, turns out the final Saturday Night Live segment we referred to isn't on the web)