Where Did the Road Go? Exploring the Fringe...

Seriah is joined by Christopher Ernst, Taylor Bell, Octavian Graves, and Ian Burton to discuss Graham Hancock’s Netflix series “Ancient Apocalypse”. Topics include talk radio, podcasting, Randall Carlson, Joe Rogan, racist tropes in alternative history/archeology, the Ethiopian Coptic Church, comet and meteor strikes, the last ice age, recently discovered ancient sites, Graham Hancock’s books, marijuana, Ayahuasca, Robert M. Schoch, geology vs archeology, a possible ancient civilization destroyed by cataclysm, the scablands, gradualism vs catastrophe, the Snake Brothers, research rejected by academia, the scientific method, anomalous evidence, plate tectonics, doing accurate research, problems with unsourced internet information, agendas in archeology and Egyptology, social scapegoating in human nature, Immanuel Velikovsky, respecting vs dismissing ancient stories, temples uncovered by a tsunami, David Hatcher Childress, Gobekli Tepe, parallels between artifacts from ancient Latin America and Ancient China, tunnel vision in academia, Jordan Peterson, far-right infiltration of alternative research, the dilemma of choosing media platforms, Terence McKenna, “News Radio”, Bob Lazar, Michael Shermer, the age of the Sphynx, John Keel and bitterness with the establishment, “type A and type B" scientists, the progression of advancement in science by generational change, Bigfoot hunting, Ivan T. Sanderson, vanishing evidence, ancient giants across cultures, Greg Little, Serpent Mound, giants and the Bible, Viracocha and Indigenous Latin American religion, folklore of white-skinned red-haired giants in ancient America, Moon-eyed people, colonialist reinterpretation of Indigenous beliefs, race as a cultural construct, the politics of Egyptology, remnants of an ancient culture distributing information to later peoples, the subjective nature of being a giant, pro wrestling, the societal rebellion against expertise, the “Bosnian Pyramids”, the psychologists who wrote “The Invisible Gorilla”, Egyptian Minister of Antiquities Zahi Hawass, colonialism and anti-colonialism in archaeological research, skeptics vs debunkers, resistance to innovation in science, the negative influence of billionaires, Jacques Vallee and internet search engines, cover-ups of astronomical anomalies, Dr. X, and much more! This is a fascinating round table discussion!

- Recap by Vincent Treewell of The Weird Part Podcast

Outro music by Vrangvendt with Turn to Glass

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Seriah welcomes Red Pill Junkie and Super Inframan for a wandering the road episode. Topics include favorite stories of high strangeness, people witnessing cartoon characters in real life, toys moving around on their own, a childhood memory of a muppet-like entity, the farmer gifted pancakes by UFO occupants, writers encountering their characters in physical reality, Alan Moore and John Constantine, Neil Gaiman and a powerful demon, Walter B. Gibson AKA Maxwell Grant and the Shadow, tulpas, Sam the Sandown Clown weird encounter, dead relatives showing up with aliens, assumptions about UFOs as spacecraft, an alien base in Lake Michigan, underwater alien base near a coastal city in Mexico, Alex Whitcomb’s strange bigfoot encounter featuring out-of-synch time experiences, a fascinating speculation about Bob Lazar and a crashed extraterrestrial ship, the nature of time, Whitley Strieber and Jeffrey Kripal sharing a room and an experience at Esalen, shadow people, a physical phenomenon producing an illusion of a strange shadow, Seriah’s experience of mistaken identity, the Aztecs encounter of the Spanish on horseback, ancient horses in North America, Graham Hancock, plasma bursts depicted in ancient art, Seriah relates a bizarre dream about the Devil, the TV series “Lucifer”, Satan and God in the Bible, the story of Job, the story of Adam and Eve and its implications, Gnosticism, the Demiurge, the nature of happiness, the pursuit of wealth, digital vs physical media, Christopher Ryan’s “Civilized to Death”, obsessive collecting, doing tasks yourself vs hiring a skilled person, Seriah’s adventure fixing his AC unit, Kenneth Grant, H.P. Lovecraft, Arthur Machen, UFOs in ancient Chinese and Southeast Asian beliefs, magical creatures that excrete precious metals, Jack Parsons, symbols and reality, how language affects perception, Terence McKenna, the movie “Arrival”, Inuit language and snow, ancient Egyptian language and the soul, Joshua Cutchin’s “Ecology of Souls”, language and perceptions of color, high strangeness breaking through pre-existing mindsets, terminology specific to certain professions, Kenneth Grant’s questionable numerology and drawing of connections, Marjorie Cameron, August Derleth, the Mauve Zone, Michael Bertiaux, the imaginal realm, the Necronomicon, the singularity, Aleister Crowley, a weird race of non-humans, Mayan beliefs, Cthulhu, Hekate, strange voices, magick and UFOs, elaborate hoaxes, the UMMO letters and an early 1990’s alien landing in the Soviet Union, Carlos Castaneda, fiction proceeding real-life encounters, “War of the Worlds”, and much more! This is a casual but riveting discussion, not to be missed!

- Recap by Vincent Treewell of The Weird Part Podcast

Outro Music is DramaScream with Sham

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Seriah is joined by Christopher Ernst, Octavian, and Taylor Bell to discuss stories from the 1982 Fortean classic “Reader’s Digest Mysteries of the Unexplained”. Topics include anomalies, strange footprints, White Sands NM, possible objects left by time travelers, ancient technology, catastrophe and the archeological record, bizarre skeletons, lost races of giants, horned skulls, the Smithsonian Institution, Greg Bishop, fanatical debunking and the disappearance of artifacts and evidence, Richard J. Dewhurst, Neanderthals, Denisovans, other “breeds” of humans, mutations, a very tiny mummified corpse, Buddhist monks voluntarily leaving their physical bodies, Steven Greer’s “alien” fetus fiasco, the 1996 version of “The Island of Doctor Moreau” starring Marlin Brando, strange things found by miners, Lovelock Cave, red-haired giant cannibals and Native American lore, “Weird America” and Jim Brandon, myths of little people, possible abilities of ancient peoples, hidden groups of people, Ferdinand Magellan and Indigenous giants, allegations of Egyptian artifacts in the Grand Canyon, a closed and guarded area of the canyon, lost records, Roswell, secrecy vs human error, rhino skeletons found by miners in Britain, a live horned lizard found in stone, frogs and toads found inside rock, bizarrely preserved amphibians and reptiles, tiny tool artifacts, Octavian’s co-host Ian Burton pops in as special guest, unusual living newts discovered amongst fossils, amphibians and witchcraft, the last Pterodactyl found in 1800’s France, stolen art and materials sought and possessed by the ultra-rich, the one-issue Wu Tang album, celebrities dabbling in occult imagery, Beyonce, Drake, Bohemian Grove, theatre and magickal working, CERN, unexplained artifacts on the Isle of Pines, the Darwinian expectation of progress, ancient superior technologies, the Antikythera mechanism, Roman concrete, “Greek Fire”, ancient sound technology, Andrew Collins, Malta, Atlantis, the “Mirror Line” project in Saudi Arabia, attempts to re-create ancient monuments, the Olmec heads, academic disbelief in Native denials of having built massive objects, Randall Carlson, Graham Handcock, and much more! This is fascinating discussion at its best!

- Recap by Vincent Treewell of The Weird Part Podcast

Outro Music is from Eliza Rickman with Black Rose

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Seriah welcomes author and experiencer Jeremy Vaeni to discuss kundalini and their personal experiences with it. Topics include Jiddu Krishnamurti, Theosophy, Buddhism, positive negation, bliss, heart-centered vs brain-centered, the ego/individual personality, transcendental enlightenment, kundalini rising suddenly, “truth is a pathless land”, perception vs reality, Christopher Walken, Llewellyn new age books, kundalini awakening as an uninitiated adolescent, John White, kundalini perceived as an outside spiritual attack, chakras, Ken Wilber, Shirley MacLaine and commercialization, enlightenment vs after-effects, the trap of seeking, tantra, kundalini and physical pain/health problems, hallucinogens, an experience with mushrooms, kundalini healing, differences in “controlling” or “directing” kundalini energy, lack of bruising, involuntary physical movements, blockages, pulsating energy, sleep healing and immunity to illness, kundalini and covid-19, a strange experience with bruising, the big unknowns in the human condition, kundalini and emotions, bodily experiences of temperature, electrical experiences, orgone energy, other phenomena causing apparent kundalini experiences, kundalini as a independent intelligent force, poltergeist activity, NDEs, poltergeist experiences with a stereo and CDs, the band AC/DC and other classic metal music, industrial and pop music, kundalini and sex drive, Seriah’s teenage kundalini hallucinations, visual and audible awareness experiences, non-locality, OBEs, glowing during meditation or mystical experiences, scientific study of meditation, healing through kundalini therapy, the male/female divide of kundalini, trauma as a common factor in paranormal phenomena, sexual assault, diabetes and its complications, the shamanic experience, kundalini and personal insights, synchronicities, and much more. Jeremy, as usual, brings a witty, sarcastic take to the subject. This a very interesting deep dive episode!

- Recap by Vincent Treewell of The Weird Part Podcast

Outro Music from 50 Dollar Dynasty with Aeturnum

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