Cosmic Glue

LINK: https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O1153347/illustrations-to-apuleius-print-maitre-au-de/illustrations-to-apuleius-print-ma%C3%AEtre-au-d%C3%A9/illustrations-to-apuleius-print-ma%C3%AEtre-au-d%C3%A9/   Livia Gershon  VIA: https://daily.jstor.org/foreign-magic-in-imperial-rome/ Americans and Europeans interested in magic have long drawn on “exotic” foreign traditions. As historian Elizabeth Ann Pollard writes, this also happened in Imperial Rome.   Roman concepts of witchcraft were often associated with foreign places , including India and the Kush kingdom in northeast Africa. Pollard notes that travel between Rome and India or Kush was difficult enough that Romans couldn’t maintain regular diplomatic ties or trade bulk commodities with those societies.  The goods that were worth shipping across such distances were highly valuable items like spices, gems, silk, gold, and exotic animals . Trade between Rome and both India ...

  The Oligarchy Wants Us To Know! The legendary G. Edward Griffin on why "the oligarchy" that runs the world is shoving the corruption in our faces—the plan is to demoralize us so we don't fight back This is a video essay I made based on a clip of Griffin from a recent interview - Sense Receptor Read on Substack

  I want you to listen to this and what he's not saying... and in my opinion, it is the story of Minoans, as it felt to me, everything I could read...  he's talking about the Minoans.  

  What unfolded in this world long before us is almost impossible to wrap our heads around. Layers of time, lost stories, entire civilizations we'll never fully know. - History & Culture Read on Substack

Someone insisted how polio has been nearly eradicated by vaccines. Here's what really happened. - Max Wang Read on Substack  

  I Put On the "God Helmet" and Broke Through the Simulation. Here's What I Saw. A geometric lion rose out of the earth, the veil tore, and what looked like Arabic script collapsed into equations: My trip report from inside the machine. Dr. Heather Lynn Aug 02, 2026   The H Files It is. It is! It’s fucking answering me. I’m going bonkers. I’m officially batshit crazy. Oh my god. What the fuck? Oh my god. I asked it whether I was on the right path, what does any of this mean, and it answered in Arabic mathematics. That is the short version. The long version is a twenty-five-minute recording made on a folding chair in a rented event space, wearing a piece of experimental equipment called The God Helmet . Perhaps better known as a Koren Helmet, after Stanley Koren built the original at Laurentian University for the neuroscientist Michael Persinger, who ran experiments with it for three decades. The device has four coils, positioned over the tempor...

"The higher your cholesterol, the longer you live.”  https://drwojakmd.substack.com/p/statins-are-an-insidious-scam?r=5dxsrn&utm_campaign=post-expanded-share&utm_medium=web - Dr. Wojak, M.D. Read on Substack

Around 1200BCE a highly sophisticated, interconnected world suddenly went dark.   Key items that typified this period: Bronze tools : Axes, daggers, and spearheads were among the most common tools made from bronze, showcasing the durability and efficiency of the metal. Bronze weapons : Weapons such as swords, shields, and bows were also made from bronze, indicating the importance of weaponry in warfare. Bronze ornaments : Personal ornaments like earrings, necklaces, and bracelets were crafted from bronze, often featuring intricate designs and symbols. Bronze objects : Items such as cauldrons, buckets, and horns were used in various domestic and agricultural tasks. Bronze artifacts : Artifacts like the Bronze Age shield from Wittenham and early Bronze Age gold earrings from Radley are examples of the diverse range of objects made from bronze. These artifacts not only served practical purposes but also held significant cultural and symbolic value, contributing to the rich t...

Excerpt: In 1200 BCE, the Great Powers (Egypt, the Hittites, Mycenaean Greeks, and Babylonians) were part of a “Globalized” economy. They didn’t just trade; they were mutually dependent . The Bronze Age: Bronze requires copper (plentiful) and tin (extremely rare). Tin often travelled thousands of miles from places like modern-day Afghanistan or Cornwall to reach the Mediterranean. If one trade route was cut, the entire military-industrial complex of the era stopped. (Interestingly, some of Cornwall’s old tin mines are now being reopened as lithium and tungsten/Wolfram mines.) The Modern Parallel: Think of our reliance on semiconductors , lithium and oil . A “hiccup” in the Taiwan Strait or a blockage in the Suez Canal or Strait of Hormuz for oil and energy creates a “bullwhip effect” that disrupts everything from car manufacturing to smartphone availability to delivery drivers and fertilisers and food supply.  KEEP READING: https://open.substack.com/pub/klaus/p/patte...

  I was watching TV and saw an ad for a river cruise in Europe and the scenery looked so beautiful! I guess that's why the cruise boat industry is booming in Europe.  There was a castle in the distance, so huge... probably ancient! I have heard that Italy is so sick of tourists  clogging their sidewalks that some locals spit on the visitors... Yuck. READ: https://www.travelandtourworld.com/news/article/italys-overtourism-crisis-and-how-the-crowds-congestion-and-new-controls-are-reshaping-travel-in-2026-all-you-need-to-know/   Then it reminded me of a train trip I took from Connecticut to New York City.  The scenery from the train window was dirty, dismal and dire, and really looked horrible.  Are we in a Third World country?  This was Connecticut's train tracks?  No beauty at all. Some parts of New York City are gorgeous, well-kept, and some areas are a hell-scape.  You'd think they'd spend some money fixing it up, right? I know they get tons...

 If you take a stroll through Old Stratfield Cemetery in Bridgeport, Connecticut, you’ll see historic graves, some dating back to the 1690s, back to when this boneyard was known as Pequonnock Cemetery. There are Revolutionary War heroes buried in this small park, town-founding fathers and mothers, but also a curious grave of a man who was struck down by lightning while attending church. We know from a glance at the headstone, adorned at the top with a traditional New England death head, that David Sherman was born c. 1736. But the epitaph is the most show-stopping among a field of old headstones. The grave of David Sherman. Photo courtesy of Bette Jenneman Blackwell. Here lyes Buried the Body of Mr. David Sherman Who was killed by Lightning in the House of God at public worship on the 28 th of July 1771 in the 35 th Year of His Age. What?! When asked why I don’t go to church regularly, I’ve answered more than once: “If I went into church, I’d be struck down by light...

  The Odyssey's Sirens Aren't Greek Myth. They're In a Book Rome Deleted. by Rocka Read on Substack ** Homer Turned It Into Myth. A Deleted Scripture Filed the Report First. Nobody watching Christopher Nolan’s Odyssey walks out confused about why the sirens scene works. Reviewers called it the hardest scene in the whole poem to put on screen, and most agree Nolan solved it by making you watch a disciplined man come apart instead of asking you to believe an actress can out-sing seduction itself. What nobody explained is why it feels older than the direction. Why it plays like memory, not performance. That’s strange, for a myth. Myths are supposed to feel invented. This one feels remembered. Homer wrote it down in the eighth century BC. He gives you the meadow, the bones, the promise. He never tells you what she is, where she came from, or why the sound of her would already feel like something you’d heard before. So what is a siren, exactly? Ask a professor and the answers st...