"How To Master The Hermetic Principle Of Gender (Your Mind Is The Key) - The Kybalion" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mPqYstRsCnE

"Rewilding the Sacred Masculine - The Flowering Wand | #SophieStrand" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FUrVNADsVwE
"Today on Mushroom Hour we join in communion with the overflowing font of mythos, play and animated everything Sophie Strand. Sophie is a poet and writer with a focus on the history of religion and the intersection of spirituality, storytelling and ecology. Her poems and essays have appeared in numerous projects and publications, including the Dark Mountain Project,

poetry.org and the magazines Unearthed, Braided Way, Art PAPERS and Entropy. Their newest book “The Flowering Wand – Rewilding the Sacred Masculine” is a potent retelling of classical European myths and masculine characters like Dionysus, Merlin, Jesus that encourages men to put down the iron sword and pick up a myceliated, vegetal thyrsus."

"You can't heal the feminine without also healing the masculine." #SophieStrand

#TerenceMckenna - "The stoned ape theory" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZnEKoFrx1rI

"95% of your behavior is primate behavior | Frans de Waal" #TheWell https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hrb2SwXU594

"The Secret Culture of the Apes | Free Documentary Nature" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k1My8pv4ItY&t=2661s

"From Eden to Eleusis: The Stoned Ape Theory in Light of New Evidence"
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=52nsaTkZBNY
“Even as the nineteenth century had to come to grips with the notion of human descent from apes, we must now come to terms with the fact that those apes were stoned apes.”
-Terence McKenna, Food of the Gods: The Search for the Original Tree of Knowledge"

I wonder, assuming the stoned ape theory, if earlier primates surveying for grubs beneath the dung piles of African megafauna led to millenia of coevolution between early hominids and cows. Akin to the coevolution of hominids and canines. Thus the symbiosis of hominids and fungi led to the development of both our brains and modern silvopasture and animal husbandry.
"Why Cows are Sacred in India | #Sadhguru"
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Oa-ZxrxaCIE

European and Russian traders encountered these indigenous among others. They passed the stories to their children after returning home. We recognize the symbols of Santa, reindeer, and red bulbous ornaments. What’s behind these festive symbols?"
https://jmheatherly.medium.com/where-to-find-deer-santa-and-shrooms-aa8f0eac8e1e

"Liber Null and Psychonaut: An Introduction to Chaos Magic Full Length Audiobook" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PvdbjuW2Qb8
"Peter Carroll’s classic work has been profound influence on the Western magical world and on the practice of chaos magick in particular. In Liber Null and Psychonaut, Carroll presents an approach to the practice of magic that draws on the foundations of shamanism and animism, as well as that found in the Greek magical papyri, the occult works of Eliphas Levi and Aleister Crowley..."

#INZO - "Overthinker" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=luQSQuCHtcI

"Male dominance isn’t the default in primate societies, new study shows
A recent study challenges the notion that it’s a man’s world when it comes to primate social groups.
The study found that while a majority of species (58%) exhibited male-biased power structures, female- or co-dominant structures were identified in every major primate group.
The pattern held true for apes as well; all five gibbon species studied were classified as non-male-dominant, as were bonobos among the great apes.

Experts say that long-held beliefs in male power as the default among primates could have developed due to chance (the earliest studied primate species happen to have male-dominant structures), or due to “who’s been doing the research and publishing.”
https://news.mongabay.com/2024/03/male-dominance-isnt-the-default-in-primate-societies-new-study-shows/

Does anything about primates here suggest that humans would be rugged individuals? Or rather like our ape cousins, do we work best together?

Would it not better ensure our survival as a species if we aligned human systems with natural systems? I would go so far as to say we'd be happier, too

Let's get a better idea of human behavior by looking at "The Humans That Lived Before Us" #PBSEons https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_ANNQKKwWGk

"The Braided Stream" (of human evolution) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pcDL65R8-x0

"Timeline of Human Evolution" #MIS https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hSSzn4bIwZg

"Won't you be my neighbor?"
"The Surprising Masculinity of Mister Rogers"
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I2mzxeViCko

"Power through gentleness.
Strength through forgiveness.
Success through service.
Confidence through gratitude."

"Exploring Gender Roles: Chimpanzee vs. Bonobo Societies"
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=StHcS_Zgqpo
"Delve into the captivating social dynamics of chimpanzee and bonobo societies, showcasing distinct gender roles and relationships. Discover how male dominance and aggression shape chimpanzee communities, while bonobos embrace matriarchal structures and resolve conflicts through affection and sexual behaviors. Uncover the parallels and contrasts to human societies, highlighting the..."

"How the United States Tried to Crush Native American Matriarchies"
#BreakingDownPatriarchy https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bLUYHLNeSkM
"Before colonization, many Indigenous societies had egalitarian social structures, with women holding power in ways that challenge everything we think we know. It's a history largely left out of the narrative. So why was this history revised?"