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B_3_10 Verified Beings & Entities

B_3_10 — World Tree Guardians and Cosmic Serpents

The World Tree — a colossal tree (or pillar, mountain, or vine) connecting the layers of the cosmos (typically underworld, earth, and heavens) — is one of the most widespread cosmological concepts in human mythology, app

world tree axis mundi Yggdrasil Níðhöggr Jörmungandr cosmic serpent
H_3_08 Verified Suppression & Thesis

H_3_08 — Ethnobotanical Knowledge Loss and Biocultural Extinction

An estimated 80% of the world's population relies at least partially on traditional plant-based medicine (WHO estimate), and approximately 25% of modern pharmaceutical drugs are derived from or inspired by compounds firs

ethnobotany traditional ecological knowledge TEK biocultural diversity indigenous medicine medicinal plants
P_5_19 Verified Philosophy & Meaning

P_5_19 — Mircea Eliade: Sacred and Profane, Eternal Return, History of Religions

Mircea Eliade (1907–1986), Romanian-born historian of religions, was arguably the most influential scholar of comparative religion in the 20th century. His core concepts — hierophany (the manifestation of the sacred in o

mircea eliade sacred profane eternal return hierophany axis mundi
F_3_13 Credible Lost Connections

F_3_13 — Cave Art Networks — Ice Age Information Highways

Ice Age cave art — the painted, engraved, and sculpted images found in deep caves across Europe, Southeast Asia, and elsewhere, dating from the Upper Paleolithic (~45,000–10,000 BP) — is the oldest known evidence of comp

cave art parietal art rock art Upper Paleolithic Ice Age Pleistocene
A_4_00 Foundations

A_4_00 — Asian Indigenous Eastern: Subfolder Summary

W_0_00 World Civilizations

W_0_00 — World Civilizations: Section Summary

W_3_05 World Civilizations

W_3_05 — Haitian Vodou and Afro-Diasporic Syncretic Religions

Afro-Diasporic religions — including Haitian Vodou, Cuban Santería (Regla de Ocha), Brazilian Candomblé, and related traditions — represent one of the most extraordinary examples of cultural survival and creative synthes

Vodou Voodoo Santería Candomblé Umbanda lwa
W_3_00 World Civilizations

W_3_00 — African Civilizations: Subfolder Summary

W_3_07 World Civilizations

W_3_07 — San (Bushmen) Rock Art, Trance Dance, and the Oldest Living Culture

The San (Bushmen) of southern Africa represent what may be the oldest continuously surviving cultural tradition on Earth, with genetic evidence placing them at the base of the modern human family tree (mitochondrial DNA

San Bushmen Khoisan rock art trance dance n/um
W_2_00 World Civilizations

W_2_00 — Asian Civilizations: Subfolder Summary

W_5_00 World Civilizations

W_5_00 — Steppe European Global: Subfolder Summary

C_1_00 Global Traditions

C_1_00 — Universal Archetypes Patterns: Subfolder Summary

C_4_17 Global Traditions

C_4_17 — Pygmy (Mbuti/BaAka) Forest Cosmology

The forest-dwelling peoples of Central Africa — commonly grouped under the exonym "Pygmy" but comprising distinct populations including the Mbuti of the Ituri Forest (Democratic Republic of Congo), the BaAka of the Centr

Mbuti BaAka Pygmy forest cosmology molimo ceremony polyphonic music
C_4_00 Global Traditions

C_4_00 — Regional Mythology Traditions: Subfolder Summary

C_5_00 Global Traditions

C_5_00 — Regional Analytical Traditions: Subfolder Summary

C_0_00 Global Traditions

C_0_00 — Mythology & Cross-Cultural: Section Summary

K_1_00 Consciousness

K_1_00 — Theories Frameworks: Subfolder Summary

K_1_04 Consciousness

K_1_04 — Brain as Filter vs Generator

Two opposing models have dominated the consciousness debate for over a century:

filter theory reducing valve brain as receiver brain as generator William James Aldous Huxley
J_1_00 Ancient Technology

J_1_00 — Energy Acoustic Advanced: Subfolder Summary

T_1_00 Psychology & Social

T_1_00 — Foundations Theories: Subfolder Summary