Mythology vs. Politics I read a psychological paper recently that intended to determine the directional cause effect relationship between mythology and organized political structures. The idea is to understand whether mythological stories came first, and from them arose a political structure, or whether the political structure came first and from them arose the mythological […]
Self Replicating Cults
Secret Psychology There is this psychologist who has been studying cults for a long time. His angle is to compare their origin stories and their underlying mythological identity structure. For example, Heaven’s Gate had the idea that dying meant going to a higher plane, and that involved aliens. Famous Cultists https://loopvids.s3.amazonaws.com/Nov22Loop.mp4 Jim […]
Lunatic Planet
Full Moon Party One popular reason people go to Thailand is they have these wild full moon parties. It’s mostly for tourists, and they have it on this long stretch of beach. Basically a lot of alcohol, drugs and plenty of uninhibited sex. Humans vs. Nature https://loopvids.s3.amazonaws.com/Nov12Loop.mp4 The relationship between humans and […]