Paul R. Boudreau's Blog, page 14
December 13, 2015
Blog #11 - Six facts you may have missed about early civilization. Hunter-gatherers accomplish a lot!
1) The first great megalithic stone circles were built by hunter-gatherers at Göbekli Tepe. They deliberately buried their construction 7,000 years before we see any evidence of city-states in Sumer, the constructions of Old Kingdom Egypt or the structures of Stonehenge (http://www.andrewcollins.com/page/articles/Gobekli.htm).
2) The great Egyptian pyramids never contained mummies. Like us, the Ancient Egyptians buried their dead in tombs: https://awhico.com.com/blog/egyptianpyramidmysticism. We are still trying to figure out the real purposes of the pyramids.
3) Modern civilized components such as literature, libraries and codified laws were well established in Sumer millennium before the Babylonians or Greeks: https://awhico.com.com/blog/egyptianpyramidmysticism.
4) In North and South America humans were happy and productively “farming” long before Europeans arrived. The area was densely populated with healthy and civilized people http://planet1051.com/ancient-louisiana-city-poverty-point-is-as-old-as-the-pyramids-in-egypt/ or https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1491:_New_Revelations_of_the_Americas_Before_Columbus.
5) Much of sub-Saharan Africa was densely populated before Europeans “arrived”. We are still trying to understand the many, many, many stone circles in southern Africa: http://www.thesouthafrican.com/200-000-year-old-city-found-in-southern-africa-set-to-re-write-history/.
6) Hunter-gatherers continue to persist in highly evolved cultures around the world today. They may be the most resilient form of human cultures. See what Graham Hancock says about them: https://youtu.be/aDejwCGdUV8?t=2h23m4s.
December 10, 2015
Great Christmas Book Present: http://awhico.com
Awakening Higher Consciousness, Guidance from Ancient Egypt and Sumer
Are you interested in Ancient Egypt but are tired of reading about stones and dead people? Check out the higher thoughts of the culture and how it applies to you today.
The ancient storytellers used myths as a vehicle for esoteric teachings because story has a seed-like capacity to implant itself in the unconscious. Thus, many classic myths are not merely morality tales but actual delineations of how a higher order can arise within each of us. This book reveals the guidance for awakening higher consciousness embedded in these ancient tales.
December 3, 2015
Interview on Frontiers Beyond Borders
Wow - what a great conversation yesterday with Susan Danz on myth and spirituality.
Podcast online here: http://www.blogtalkradio.com/susan-larison-danz/2015/12/02/paul-r-boudreau-awakening-higher-consciousness
November 30, 2015
Blog #10 – Five facts you may have missed about early humans - they were impressive!
So you think you know where we’ve come from. So you think that modern humans in their civilized worlds are the top of the heap. Here are five things that you missed about early humans and how impressive they were!
1) There have been a many species that walked on two legs, made tools and buried their dead. Neanderthals even had larger brains than ours.
Figure 1. Comparison of a Neanderthal skull (left) with that of a Homo sapiens (Credit: Nathan Holton). https://www.newscientist.com/article/...
2) Not all life before agriculture was short and hard. Blombos Cave in South Africa has provided evidence of the beginning of our cultural evolution around 100,000 years ago. They enjoyed cushy lives with lots of food and free time for artistic expression.
Figure 2. Blombos Cave ochre processing toolkit included this shell of Haliotis midae with pigment in it. (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blombos...)
3) Thinking that evolution placed modern humans on the fast track to success? Try this fact on for size. Modern humans, Homo sapiens sapiens, have resulted from the interbreeding of Homo sapiens, Neanderthals (Homo neanderthalensis) and Denisovans (Homo sapiens ssp. Denisova) around 40,000 years ago. This interbreeding has been critical to our survival.
Figure 3. The Evolution and geographic spread of Denisovans as compared with other groups. (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Denisovan)
4) About 12,000 years ago something happened to the earth that changed everything. The last Ice Age glaciers receded, large mammals like the sabre tooth tiger in the Americas and the wooly rhinoceros in Eurasia went extinct. At least one other human-like species, Homo floresiensis, were strong enough to survive until this time. The World-wide damage could have resulted from a solar plasma ejection or an impact event - and it is likely to occur again.
Figure 4. Species that went extinct 12,000 years ago. From left to right, sabre tooth tiger, wooly rhinoceros image from cave paintings and Homo florenciensis on the right compared to modern human size.
5) And do you think that farms and cities are necessary for humans to excel? Hunter-gatherers created the oldest dated megalithic structure around 12,000 years ago in modern day Turkey at Göbekli Tepe – 7,000 years before Old Kingdom Egypt or Stonehenge.
Figure 5. Göbekli Tepe archaeological site in Turkey showing megalithic stones place in circular arrangements. Note the size of the pillars in the middle of the photo compared to the people on the edge of the site to the left of center (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Göbekli...).
November 27, 2015
Hello Black Friday
Welcome to Black Friday. We are on the shelves on 5th Ave., NY. Check out your local bookstore or order from Inner Traditions at http://www.innertraditions.com/awakening-higher-consciousness.html
November 26, 2015
Happy Thanksgiving!
It is a great day to remember where we have come from, who we are and where we are going.
Interested in the real story of the pre-Columbian state in the Americas - check out the book
1491: New Revelations of the Americas Before Columbus
Remember - Be Thankful!
November 25, 2015
Quote: "Wisdom in myths is the need for wholeness"
Quote: “The essential wisdom expressed in these myths is that the need for wholeness, or oneness, is the most basic, innermost longing of humans as individuals. Without any sensitivity to or awareness of our individual natures, and the consequent superseding of self-interest, we are condemned to a state of disregard and entropy, which leads to an eventual destruction of society. Our present-day lack of perception of this basic need can only lead to disaster. Without the intervention of an higher influence that can fill the place left by our current ignorance of ancient wisdom, it is difficult to see how Western civilization can survive on the basis of technical sophistication alone.”
Page 148 - Awakening Higher Consciousness, Guidance from Ancient Egypt and Sumer
http://www.innertraditions.com/awakening-higher-consciousness.html
November 24, 2015
A link to a good article distinguishing being present from self-remembering
Being Present and Self-Remembering - http://go.shr.lc/1P5GHks
November 19, 2015
Magicians of the Gods is out!
Proud to share shelf space with Graham Hancock's first book. Now its time to dig into Magicians of the Gods.
November 17, 2015
In the stack
In the middle of the stack of Inner Traditions books on spirituality, esotericism, alternative health & healing.
http://www.innertraditions.com/awakening-higher-consciousness.html
