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Ryan Boyd Ryan Boyd

Exploring the Mysteries of the Dogon Tribe

The Dogon people are the closest thing to a real-life Wakanda. Their ancient wisdom reveals a deep understanding of advanced astronomy, mathematics and anatomy prior to the existence of modern science. Certain revelations divulge on the existence of all the planets in the solar system, the spin of subatomic particles and the vibratory nature of matter.

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Jennifer Sodini Jennifer Sodini

The Thunder, Perfect Mind: An Ancient Riddle of Beauty and Paradox

The Thunder, Perfect Mind is an exhortatory poem discovered among the Gnostic manuscripts in the Nag Hammadi library in 1945. The Thunder, Perfect Mind (the title may alternately be translated as The Thunder, Perfect Intellect) takes the form of an extended, riddling monologue in which an immanent divine savior speaks a series of paradoxical statements alternating between first-person assertions of identity and direct address to the audience.

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