Anarchistbanjo's World

Julian Jaynes in his book “The Origin of Consciousness in the Breakdown of the Bicameral Mind” demonstrates just when humanity stopped hearing the voices of the gods in their heads. He identifies the period between the Greek classics by Homer, “The Iliad” and the “Odyssey”. Considered to having been written sometime between the 8th and 9th centuries BCE. According to Jaynes the “Iliad” belongs to the time when what we call consciousness does not exist in humanity. The human hears the voice of the god or goddess speaking to them and simply does what they are told. The “Odyssey” in contrast demonstrates a certain kind of mentality that is capable of self reflection.

While Jaynes suggests this change in human consciousness is the result of the invention of reading and writing, it might also be the result of the mutual self destruction of the Anunnaki civilizations. In any case they seem to have lost their ability to communicate with their gods like Enlil and Enki.

In another way we see the “hive mind of humanity” at work here. As the ancient Egyptians lost the ability to hear the voices of the gods and goddesses in their heads, they turned instead to their rulers, the Pharaohs and made gods and goddesses of them! Those in the Order seemed to be the only ones able to communicate with the unseen and immortal Anunnaki Gods and Goddesses. We will see later on just how important this ability was to the ancient Egyptians and members of the Order.

We might also take a look at our modern society in which one portion of it seems to be gaining the ability to channel spiritually advanced entities and hear voices in their heads and the other portion that steadfastly refuses to even admit the possibility of a soul. Those who deny the existence of a soul demand obedience to external authorities! Is this the completion of one cycle and the beginning of another?

In any case the civilization that now developed in Egypt was based upon Spiritual Light and very mystical in nature. We see the members of the Order using all methods possible to find ways to reunite with their unseen companions, the immortal Anunnaki known as gods and goddesses.

In contrast, on the other side of the Mediterranean in Crete, we see a Goddess oriented civilization that openly celebrated both life and death. It was aligned with nature and the powers of life and rebirth. The writing that existed was for business and inventory needs and not for the keeping of sacred knowledge. Sacred knowledge was passed down in experiential ways, in shamanistic ways. This was not the life giving power of the sun, but the life bringing vital life force energy of the earth itself, Mother Gaia. It also celebrated these things in story and song. The Greeks produced dramatic plays to tell the sacred stories. In Crete we are able to see how the influence of Enki was much different than the influence of Enlil in Egypt.

Also deeply embedded within the ancient Minoan and Mycenaean mythologies were the stories of the underworld or other world, or Summerland, things that were missing in the Egyptian mysteries.

One wonders what our world would be like today if the Minoan civilization had not been destroyed through violent volcanic eruptions. Instead of a patriarchal world it might have been a matriarchal world or at least one more balanced between the sexes.

I needed to bring these things up because we will soon see that the ancient Greeks began coming to Egypt in “search of light”.