Updates

Listed in reverse order of posting,
most recent to least recent:

2008

January 30: More from John's unpublished book on entheogenic religion, The Oldest Taboo in the World decodes the myth of the Fall from Paradise in terms of the prohibition of visionary plants.

January 28: The Dawn of the Entheogenic Revolution presents a chapter from John's unpublished book on the Wasson thesis, and proposes what may be a startling challenge for those who are looking to be involved in the coming planetary shift.

January 18, 2008: Prologue to THEN & NOW, new writings from Joanna Harcourt-Smith, in her section, Precious Mind.

Previous Forum Entries:

Entry 15, on how to share wisdom in a disconnected world.
Entry 14, further exchanges on how to revive Gnosis or even it it's worth trying.
Entry 13 from Sweden proposes alternative approaches to reviving Gnosis.
Entry 12 continues the dialogue on Mysteries in the modern world and Gnosis today.
Entry 11 on the difficulty of recovering the Mysteries and the practice of Gnosis today.
Entry 10 on the problem of evaluating the writings of Carlos Castaneda, given certain facts or alleged facts of his life.

Entry 9 with more discussion of the gnostic afterdeath scenario, the Archons as tollkeepers, and a glimpse at Sophia's sexual life.
Entry 8 on the Organic Light described in Chinese poetry.
Entry 7 on the afterdeath experience, and John's response to the write-in on termas.

September 8: Another commentary in the Reading Plan: The Second Apocalypse of James. It exhibits links between the Dead Sea Scrolls and the Nag Hammadi Codices that have not been noted or explored by any scholars other than John.

September 4: Fabulating Jesus is a strong blast of Gnostic dissent, written partially in response to questions raised about John's scholarship on palmtreeforum, a locus of Gnostic discussions.

Also, the commentary on The Apocalypse of Adam, kicking off level Three of the Reading Plan for the Nag Hammadi Library.

August 30: Those of you who are pondering Gnostic matters will be pleased to know that John has resumed the Reading Plan for the Nag Hammadi Library with commmentaries on The Tripartite Tractate, a long cosmological treatise, and A Valentinian Exposition, a brief, damaged text that offers a rare clue on Sophia's correction.

August 3: The Cipher of Ollin, John's Afterword to the series of eight 2012 articles considers want may be the single most important theme of the endtime.

July 24: Our new interactive page Feedback Forum will inventory general responses to the site and comments and questions on specific articles as well as talks on futureprimitive.org relating to site material.

July 18: Beneath the Gaze of the Goatfish, the eighth and concluding essay on the 2012 Endtime.

June 23: The 7th essay in John's series on 2012, The Tablet of Destiny, takes an unusual look at the fate of the Aztecs and how it reflects on our current opportunities in Kali Yuga, the Age of Darkness. This essay contains more first-time material on the revelations of the Dendera Zodiac.

June 13: Don't miss the brief, vivid retelling of the Gnostic myth of the fallen goddess, "Or Ever the Earth Was," submitted to Parabola journal, but declined.

June 5: In the sixth article in the 2012 Endtime series, Sophia Unveiled, John shows how the skywriting of precession in the Zodiac signals a return to the Mysteries of Gaia-Sophia.

April 10: The fifth article in the series on the Maya Endtime and 2012, Aquarian Waves, offers a rare overview of the complete cycle of Zodiacan Ages and assigns a novel meaning to the futuristic Age of Aquarius.

March 5: More reflections on 2012 with a look at the real-sky orientation to the cosmic center, and some tentative thoughts on Sophia's correction: Stars on the Endtime Horizon.

February 28: Timed to the Discovery Channel documentary, "The Lost Tomb of Jesus," by James Cameron (director of "The Terminator" and "Titanic"), John offers some comments on the ongoing Jesus Scandal and its implications.

February 8: Does anyone out there remember "Mythbusting 101," an alternative history of the Grail? Originally planned for 13 lessons, it stalled out at ten. Well, John has decided to pick up the thread. See the brief preview.

February 6: The third installment in John's metahistorical view of the Maya endtime, The Party of Xolotl, considers magic and initiation among the endtime tribes. Second installment: The Discovery of the Next World. Get ready to find your tribe! First installment: Countdown to 2012. A fresh look at a much-discussed topic.

Also, among on-site articles cited in John's book is Greek Buddhas, illustrated with gorgeous images from Gandharan art. This article suggests some important parallels between Gnosticism and Buddhism.

See The Gnostic Avenger, on Jesus and Magdalene viewed in Gnostic terms, one of several articles relating closely to John's book, Not in His Image, due out this month. Also, the essay on Gnostic Origins cited in that book. All on-site material cited in John's book can now be found HERE.

Finally, don't miss the preview of what's developing in the Gnostic Gallery TWO: The Splendor of the Mysteries.

Mythbusting 101, lesson 10, The Bleeding Lance, considers the consummate image of evil in Parzival, and its actual operations in society and human imagination.

Also, take a look at CURRENT WORK, a new feature designed to help both frequent and first-time visitors of the site to stay current with what's done and what's developing

August-Sept 2006: Next installment in Mythbusting 101, Lesson 9, The Wounding of the Grail King. This lesson contrasts the Paternal Lie with the entheogenic wisdom encoded in the legend of the Holy Grail. (Lesson renamed: The Tale of the Magic Garland)
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Continuing with Mythbusting 101, see Lesson 8, Faith Incarnate, with further reflections on romantic love and the culture of the troubadours, including a look at the greatest love poem ever written.

July 4: Shaman in the Sky considers the astronomical and mythological image of Hercules, a figure deeply connected with the long-term evolution of humanity.

June 22: The Last Taboo raises the question, Have we really met the challenge posed by The Da Vinci Code? John argues that scholars have failed the public by not presenting the key Gnostic views that might best illuminate the issue of the sexual life of Jesus.

June 11:More Gnostic insight on the Gospel of Judas in The Message of Judas.

June 6: Lesson 7 in Mythbusting 101, Sacred Love, Sacred Light, explores the connections between the Grail Quest and romantic love.

Stay current with Mythbusting 101: The Alternative History of the Grail, 13 lessons in how to defy and defeat the Paternal Lie

May 26: Lesson 6 in Mythbusting 101, Spiritual Warriors of the Grail, describes the diaspora of the ancient seers after the Mysteries were destroyed by Christianity.

May 17: Gnostic Gallery One presents a selection of images relating the development of Gnosticism from Prehistoric times down to Delphi.

April 30: Lesson 5 in Mythbusting 101, The Most Enigmatic of All Enigmas, on Magdalene and the Holy Grail, reflected in the misty mirror of Arthurian Romance.

April 22: In continution of Mythbusting 101 on defeating the Paternal Lie, lesson 4, The Radiant Wisdom Stone, explains how the Mysteries survived in the "Great Work" of alchemy, albeit in an incoherent and garbled form.

April 19: The first installment in a three-part essay that will present John's final argument on this side for correlating Gnostic teachings to Gaia theory: The Unspelling of the Earth.

April 18: In Invited Views, Ecospirituality - An Imaginal Approach by Owen Couch addresses key questions about neo-shamanic and Pagan practices in our time. This essay resonates closely with our concern for Gaia-oriented mysticism and the revival of Gnosis.

April 17: Lest we forget, there is an open invitation to share beliefs on metahistory.org. Over time we receive a wide variety of responses, such as the thirteen examples recently posted. Read what people have to say about the five basic issues, and respond with your own beliefs! Anything goes.

Easter Sunday, 2006: For more reflections on the escalating debate over the Gospel of Judas, see The Resurrection Scam.

April 12: The completion of Honeycomb Light of the Christos, originally posted in November, now describing John's second encounter with the mysterious phantom, the Mesotes. Read the article from the start or go directly to the new material.

April 8:With news circulating of the sensational discovery of a Coptic Gnostic text, The Gospel of Judas, this is a good moment to reflect once again on the Gnostic warning about the ultimate act of betrayal.

March 28: For a complete version of the Gaia Mythos (still incomplete), see the nine-part synopsis, The Myth of Sophia.

March 18: Great news! Our sister site, futureprimitive.org, is now up and running. It is a listening site, dedicated to oral tradition and emergent communities. Please tune in.

Lesson Three in Mythbusting 101, Three Currents from the Grail, introduced parallel history and traces the underground and cultic movements that protected and preserved the Grail Magic.

February 19: Do you think you know who God is? Well, then, do you know who is not God? On these tricky questions, see The ET Deception.

February 12: For those who don´t know the story, or find it onerous reading, here is a short synopsis of the Grail Legend: Wolfram von Eschenbach´s Parzival.

COMING SOON: Our sister site, futureprimitive.org, dedicated to oral traditions and emergent communities. See the preview.

February 17: Lesson Two in Mythbusting 101, The Destiny of the Swan Knight, continues our exploration of the relevance of the Grail Quest to our world today.

February 17: For listeners to John´s interview with George Noory on "Coast to coast AM," here is a synopsis of Nine Theories of Alien Contact, discussed in the interview.

December 27: Tree Nymphs and Tree-Hung Shamans, first installment of a three-part essay on myth, memory, and DNA.

December 8:Another installment in the Reading Plan for the Nag Hammadi Library, text 15, The Testimony of Truth.

November 26: Consistent with the return to the Gaia Mythos and ongoing reflections on Gaia theory: An eccentric calculation of Gaia's Age, sure to fascinate some and exasperate others. How old do you think She is?

November 22:
After a considerable lapse, we return to the sacred story of the Earth with a Summary of the Gaia-Sophia narrative, and a Synopsis in Nine Episodes.
Also, the Reading Plan for the Nag Hammadi Library resumes with a key cosmological work, On the Origin of the World, text 14 in the sequence of the Plan.

Also, please note the new look of the Bibliography, reformatted for improved appearance and ease of use.

November 17: A John's review of a stunning new book on interspecies communication: Mystery of the White Lions by Linda Tucker

Access to all texts in the Reading Plan.
Alphabetic list of all material by title.

NEW as of October 31:
"Gaia or God" - a brief reflection on the issues raised by John's talk at Bioneers by the Bay.
See also the Table of Contents, a complete alphabetic guide to texts and portals in the site.

August 16 - August 23:
Text 14 in the Reading Plan for the Nag Hammadi Library, The Reality of the Archons, is now fully revised and complete.
Closely related to it is an essay, The Madness of the Ego, presenting a rare Buddhist account of the creation of the earth.

"Occult investigator" Tim Boucher, whose blog discusses some of the key Gnostic issues found on Metahistory.org, interviews
Joanna Harcourt-Smith and John Lash

August 9:
To complete our three-part French-English collaboration with Belgian site Karmapolis.be, we offer two new articles:
In Invited Views: Possession and Predation by Alain Gossens.
In John's Views: The Topic of Topics: Gnostic Parallels in Carlos Castaneda.
The third feature, previously posted, is John's revealing Interview with Karmapolis.be.

July 29:

More on the Mysteries, by way of a short critique of hologram theory: A Cut Sheaf of Wheat describes the epiphany of the Light, never previously disclosed to the world at large due to the ages-old initiatory vow of secrecy.

July 17:
Don't miss the revision of Mesotes, a key term in Mystery teachings, which offers a startling explanation of the mystical phenomenon of the Etheric Christ, called "the living Jesus" in the Nag Hammadi writings.

July 12:
Check out the revised and expanded material on Mystery teachings about the Reptilian Agenda, Extraterrestrial Religion, and psychic immunity to alien intrusion, according to Gnostic texts.

Also, don't miss The Reality of the Archons, the first cosmological text to be considered in the Reading Plan.

In the BeautyWay
Heartful thanks to all those who spoke on the first Metahistory Webcast, "Our Future Beyond History," and to those of you who logged on. The broadcast will be available on this site soon.

NEW, as of July 9:
Another entry, text 12, in the Reading Plan for the Nag Hammadi Library: The Gospel of Philip offers radical Gnostic teachings on sexual mysticism, mental deviation, the Divine Light, resurrection, reconciliation of the sexes, and more.

NEW, as of July 4: The Reading Plan for the Nag Hammadi Codices continues with texts 9, 10, and 11 on level two, Ritual and Revelation. This takes us one third of the way through the sequence of 32 texts. See also the Access Page for NHC texts in the Plan, with guardian Dakini.

NEW, as of June 30:
Alain Gossens of Karmapolis.be interviews John Lash on the ET phenomenon, Archons, mental parasites, Castaneda's flyers, and the Sophianic vision of the Gnostics.

ALIEN ALERT: Since the publication of John´s signal essay on The Gnostic Theory of Alien Intrusion on January 10, the Gnostic Archon theory unique to this site has been spreading on the Net. For a lucid summary and extrapolation, see the Gnostic page on openseti.org

NAVIGATOR: ET/Archon Theory

Resume: Have you seen the complete series of essays on Gnostic Archon theory, copublished with phenomenamagazine.com? They are, in order:

The Gnostic Theory of Alien Intrusion
Christianity - Extraterrestrial Religion
Kundalini - Our Force Against Aliens?
Who Wrote the Reptilian Agenda?

NEW, as of June 20:
The Reading Plan for the Nag Hammadi Library, Stage One, is now complete. See the Introduction and explore the eight texts explained in The Mysteries and the Master, books 1 - 4, books 5 - 8.

These obscure texts present many insights on human potential and the problem of evil. Are you ready to open the Trickster Pack?

Since March 9

As debate over The Da Vinci Code rages on, let's not forget that Mary Magdalene has a special role in metahistory. Look again at Why She Matters So.

See the feature article by John Lash on "Kundalini - Our Force Against Aliens?" currently posted on phenomenamagazine.com. This article is related to the longer essay of March 4, below.

Since March 4:
Kundalini and the Alien Force explores the issue of sacred sexuality and describes practices used by Gnostics to repel the Archons, especially the reptilian kind.

A new orientation essay, When the Mysteries Died, looks into the origin of the Nag Hammadi texts and what happened to Pagan spirituality in the era when they were hidden in a cave.

Since February 9:

A new feature article by John Lash, "Abraham and the Doctrine of the Aliens," posted in phenomenamagazine.com

See also new vectors in the ET/Archon Navigator, including Redeemer Complex, a long entry in the Lexicon, essential to understanding the Gnostic protest against Christianity.

Since January 26: In the context of Armageddon Politics (more relevant than ever since the re-election of GWB) consider the mysterious issue of the Zaddikim, the obscure Jewish sect that gave birth to Christianity.

New entries in the Lexicon discuss the forces manifesting as apparitions or demons, in order to protect and guide seekers of hidden, healing knowledge.

See egodeath and visionary trance.

New since January 10:

See the feature article by John Lash, The Gnostic Theory of Alien Intrusion, here on site, or phenomenamagazine.com.

For the year 2005, reflections on Metahistory.org as a teaching site: In the Knowledge That Frees

The Trilogy on Gaian cosmology and ecognostic initiatives, The Promise is a Lonely Planet, is now complete:

ONE: Star Birth and Simulation - on the Gnostic myth of the Insane God, Lord of the Archons, Jehovah.
TWO: The Passion of Sophia - on how we feel the Earth and how the Earth feels back.
THREE: The Shishta: Call to Coemergence - on the true vision of the Anthropos, Atu Kadmon, contrasted to the male model of the Creator God.

January One

SPECIAL DEDICATION:
The Shishta - Call to Coemergence. The third part of the trilogy, The Promise of a Lonely Planet, dedicated to the celebrants of the acoustic recitation of the Gaia Mythos
New Year's Eve, 2005.

New for the Winter Solstice:

Part Two, The Promise of a Lonely Planet: The Passion of Sophia on how we feel the Earth and how the Earth feels back.

Also, a response to Bill Moyer's talk on the role of religious fundamentalism in American government: Armageddon Politics.

• Preview of Gnostic teachings on the Afterlife in The Secret of the Receivers
• An intimate glimpse of Mystery teachings on the Archons in A Gnostic Catechism
• Preview of Spiritual Zombies (Recognize anyone you know?)
• And check out the Placebo Effect.
• Part One, The Promise of a Lonely Planet: Star Birth and Simulation, on the Gnostic myth of the Insane God, Lord of the Archons, Jehovah.

New since December 13:

• Preview of Gnostic teachings on the Afterlife in The Secret of the Receivers
• Joanna's Review of the Cosmos and Consciousness Conference, presented by the Mindshift Institute in Farmington, Maine, 11 Sept 2004.
• Guns That Beep in "Believe It or Not" considers the link between technological progress and violence
• Companion piece to Joanna's Review: Reich, Noetics and Metahistory
• Preview of this mysterious business on the Archons, in How We re Deviated

New since December 5:

Do you resonate to Precious Mind? Ongoing reflections from our link-liaison, Joanna.

• A complete restructuring of "John's Views"— now presented as a portal to five evolving locales in the site. The peace eye invites you to question what you believe.

  New since November 25:

• Alien Dreaming continues the exploration of our role in Gaia's life-process, with an ever-deeper view of Her cosmic background.
• New and revised entries in the Lexicon: see Letters A, B, G, F, and I. For instance, ceck out George and Jesus under faith.
• A new feature in Commentaries on the Gaia Mythos: Orientation to issues and essays relating directly to the Fallen Goddess Scenario.
• Find out if you are "Erotically Disabled".
• Take a preview of How We Are Deviated.

New since November 7:

• User-friendly orientation to a recondite subject in Approaching Gnosticism
• The new feature, QUICK FIND, for instant access to highlights and hot issues of the site.
• Another feature that allows direct access to the deep content of the site: Lexicon Leap in the right margin.

New since October 13:

• Long supported in her wonderful work by the Marion Institute, Wangari Maathai has now been awarded the Nobel Prize for Peace.
• Three new Episodes in the Gaia Mythos, 9 - 11.
• A new Introduction to the Commentaries on the Gaia Mythos: the Gnosis-Dzogchen connection featuring Garab Dorje, the mascot of the Mythos.

New since October 3:

• More reflections of our empathy with Gaia in Coco de Mer, Part One, "The Human Role in Gaia's Dreaming" and Part Two, "The Shock of the Beautiful."
• Special section in Bibliography on Gnostic Materials.
• New entries in Lexicon on Earth Goddess and the Fallen Goddess Scenario.

Since August 17: "Metahistory: A Woman's View"
by Joanna Harcourt-Smith

New Material since August 5:

• A new feature, Current Reading, presenting books we have recently discovered and inviting your reviews and recommendations.
• Another lucid installment from Christian de Quincey on paradigm shift and belief change.
• The Scent of Datura, still expanding on the mystique of Magdalene.
• Inspirational words from Julia Butterfly Hill.

  New material since July 15:

• An three-part essay on Magdalene and a whole new feature to celebrate our connection with her.
• Fresh Responses to Sharing Belief.
• Two new contributions in Invited Views: Christian de Quincey and Bill Plotkin.
• Special article by Colin Wilson on the beautiful mind of Stan Gooch.
• In Metacritique: new essays on Reflex Belief and Phantom Belief.
• Bibliography revised and updated.
• 32 new entries in the Lexicon
• Links added, including Julia Bufferfly Hill, IONS and more...


New material since June 10:


• More on the mysterious figure of Mary Magdalene in a review of Karen King's book, Mary of Magdala.
• Astonishing news from Joseph Chilton Pearce on the head-heart connection.
• Our interactive forum, Womb Dialogues, is now up and running..
• Our selective Reading List in one-page summary, with invitation for reader's recommendations.
  
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