"That is the issue that will continue in this country when these poor tongues of Judge Douglas and myself shall be silent. It is the eternal struggle between these two principles -- right and wrong -- throughout the world. They are the two principles that have stood face to face from the beginning of time, and will ever continue to struggle. The one is the common right of humanity and the other the divine right of kings."
-- Abraham Lincoln, Lincoln-Douglas Debates.
Gettysburg Address, 1863:
Fourscore and seven years ago our fathers brought forth on this continent a new nation, conceived in liberty, and dedicated to the proposition that all men are created equal.
Now we are engaged in a great civil war, testing whether that nation, or any nation so conceived and so dedicated, can long endure. We are met on a great battlefield of that war. We come to dedicate a portion of that field, as a final resting place for those who here gave their lives that that nation might live. It is altogether fitting and proper that we should do this.
But, in a larger sense, we can not dedicate -- we cannot consecrate -- we cannot hallow -- this ground. The brave men, living and dead, who struggled here, have consecrated it, far above our poor power to add or detract. The world will little note, nor long remember what we say here, but it can never forget what they did here.
It is for us the living, rather, to be dedicated here to the unfinished work which they who fought here have thus far so nobly advanced.
It is rather for us to be here dedicated to the great task remaining before us -- that from these honored dead we take increased devotion to that cause for which they gave the last full measure of devotion -- that we here highly resolve that these dead shall not have died in vain -- that this nation, under God, shall have a new birth of freedom -- and that government of the people, by the people, for the people, shall not perish from the earth.
Excited to share this clip of just a small part of the incredible breathwork sessions led by Brandon Powell each morning before breakfast at Contact at the Canyons 2022!
Brandon is a Master Instructor in the Wim Hof Method and an amazing human being. Learn more about him at the Wim Hof website here.
Contact at the Canyons is part of the family of wonderful "un-conference" experiences created by the minds behind the Grimerica Show and Brothers of the Serpent podcasts. You can see Russ and Kyle of the Brothers of the Serpent ("Snake Bros") playing percussion alongside Brandon (standing, playing Djembe and leading the session) in this video.
Russ and Kyle are two core members of the band Fifty Dollar Dynasty -- check out their music on Spotify, YouTube, ReverbNation, and elsewhere on the web.
And that's me on the didgeridoo. These are all among the most ancient instruments known to mankind.
Brandon's breathwork is absolutely transformative. My hope in posting this clip is to enable you to use the sound to guide your own breathwork at home. The actual breath coaching begins in this video at the 0:11:30 mark in this video.
Big thank-you to Crow and Jason of Crrow777 Radio for inviting me to their long-running podcast for a fascinating discussion of Myths, Stars, Cycles, Ancient Wisdom, Deliberate Deception, and many other important subjects!
Welcome to anyone finding this blog and my other material for the first time as a result of this podcast -- and welcome back to returning friends.
Here is the link to our conversation, which is Show number 405 on the Crrow777 Radio Episode List.
Thank-you to the listener at Crrow777 who contacted Crow and Jason to recommend me to their show.
This interview was recorded on March 26, 2022.
Note that other podcast conversations down through the years are archived in the "Podcasts" section of the Star Myths of the World website.
I hope you will find this conversation to be positive, and helpful in your life in some way.
Note that Crrow777 Radio has a Members-Only section for those who support their show, and that after the first hour of our conversation, we continued with another hour for the Members-Only show.
I am convinced that independent podcasts and other non-corporate media are absolutely critical in broadcasting material that is being censored on conventional airwaves. Please support independent media as much as you can!
The long-awaited 2nd Annual Sean Kacan Memorial Contact at the Canyons extravaganza arrived last weekend, and it was unforgettable! This event was first envisioned by Darren Grimes of The Grimerica Show podcast and the first one was supposed to take place in spring of 2020, but was postponed all the way to spring of 2021 (see this previous blog post for a trip report from that April 2021 event).
Above is a time-lapse video made by my friend Patrick Cupp showing one of the highlights of the Canyons event: star-gazing at the rim of Bryce Canyon, with discussion of the constellations and mythological connections provided by myself (using a laser pointer to indicate the different constellations and heavenly objects such as the Beehive Cluster).
Just prior to the Canyons event, however, I was invited to join Randall Carlson and friends at his Grand Vision conference in Sedona Arizona which took place the weekend before Contact at the Canyons -- what an opportunity! Video of that two-week Grand Vision event, which also included well-known speakers Graham Hancock, Sean Webb, and others -- and, of course, Randall himself -- is available for purchase at HowTube (for details, go to HowTube.com and search for "Mathisen": I will post more information about the video package as I learn more).
In between the Sedona event and the Contact at the Canyons event (which took place at Bryce Canyon and Zion National Parks in Utah), I had the opportunity to visit the stunning Meteor Crater in Arizona, as well as the Grand Canyon. Below are some selected photos from the entire memorable road trip:
Heading out along California's Highway 46.
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Driving through the desert along historic Route 66.
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Cool Springs Gas Station near Oatman, Arizona -- the station was originally built in the 1920s and has been restored in its original location along the old Route 66.
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Giving a talk on the Stars and the Myths at the Grand Vision Tour event in Sedona.
At Meteor Crater with Kevin Alves -- video by Nathan Hope.
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Meteor Crater.
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Meteor Crater from the North.
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Didgeridoo in desert north of Meteor Crater with Kevin Alves (rim of the crater visible on the horizon in the background).
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Grand Canyon.
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Evidence of catastrophic geology and liquefaction in the desert surrounding Zion National Park -- support for arguments presented by Dr. Walt Brown in his Hydroplate Theory. For more on that theory's analysis of the catastrophic geology of the Colorado Plateau, see this YouTube video.
While I obviously do not believe that the scriptures of the Bible are intended to be understood literally (and in fact I can prove that they are not literal or historical but rather metaphorical, celestial, and esoteric), the evidence that our planet has experienced catastrophes of cataclysmic proportions is undeniable -- and I am convinced that the analysis of Dr. Walt Brown is extremely valuable in trying to understand the geology of Earth and our planet's ancient history.
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Conducting recon in Zion National Park prior to the kickoff of the Contact at the Canyons event.
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Visiting the rim of Bryce Canyon prior to the kickoff of the Contact at the Canyons event.
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Graham Dunlop of The Grimerica Show arrives at Contact at the Canyons 2022.
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Ben from UnchartedX arrives at Contact at the Canyons 2022.
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Danno from the West Point Class of 1991 (DSBD!) arrives at Contact at the Canyons 2022 via motorcycle all the way from San Antonio, Texas.
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Opening remarks by Darren from The Grimerica Show.
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Ice baths with Brandon Powell, master instructor in the Wim Hof Method of breath work and cold work. It was so cold that sheets of ice formed on the surface of the pools overnight after we filled them up (if you look closely you can see the ice floating on the surface).
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Bryce Canyon.
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Bryce Canyon.
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Bryce Canyon.
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Zion National Park.
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The Narrows, Zion National Park.
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Zion National Park.
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Zion National Park.
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A plunge into the Virgin River at the floor of Zion Canyon.
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And, to close out, a video made by Bruce Silva, using music recorded live during the event itself:
