Brothers of the Serpent

After our interview with Maartin from MarioBuildreps about ancient sites possibly being aligned to previous north pole positions on the earth, we decided we should take a deep dive into Charles Hapgood's book, The Path of the Pole, and look at historical research into this topic. The second edition of this book, published in the 1970s, is over 50 years old at this point, and is a revised edition of the 1958 printing of the original work, Earth's Shifting Crust.  It's certain that geophysical science has progressed since then, but it is still worth looking at the state of the art at the time.   Get the book here: https://www.amazon.com/Path-Pole-Cataclysmic-Shift-Geology-ebook/dp/B003F7PEFG/ref=tmm_kin_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&qid=1662657062&sr=8-1

Hugh Newman from  @MegalithomaniaUK  joins us to discuss the very ancient and mysterious site of Karahan Tepe in Turkey, a site very similar to the nearby and much more well-known Gobekli Tepe. Hugh has visited the site several times and spent time exploring the area both before and after excavations began. He brings his first hand experience of the site to us in this interview with a fascinating series of images and insights. You can find more of Hugh's work and information about his tours and other projects using the links below: Website: www.megalithomania.co.uk Patreon: www.patreon.com/megalithomania Facebook: www.facebook.com/MegalithomaniaOfficial/ Youtube: www.youtube.com/MegalithomaniaUK Twitter: https://twitter.com/megalithomania Merchandise: https://teespring.com/stores/megalithomania Tours/Travel: www.megalithomania.co.uk/tours.html Here is a link to the video we mentioned during the interview: https://youtu.be/m6Z-Dqljv5c   In the second half of the show, we read some articles on physics and cold fusion.    Executive Producer: Anne who Knits

Conversation on the main topic starts in the second half of the episode. It's the end of August, and for us, it is the harvest season. We discuss this year's harvest of the grapes and the beginnings of this season's winemaking. Kyle reads a few news stories and we discuss those, then in the second segment Russ reads a long story from the Mysterious Universe website about four cases of strange mass animal deaths. In the second half of the show, Kyle talks about the "philosophy of narrative", how common stories have a powerful influence on people and culture. How much have ancient mythologies influenced us? We also talk about the ability to focus on one thing versus the need to pay attention to the big picture, and how to balance these two ways of looking at the world, and how that connects to ancient mysteries, structures, and mythology.   Thanks very much to everyone who supports the show! And big thanks to the following producers of this episode: Executive Producers: Michael Burroughs Philip Baklamov Matt Shy Peter Shell Zachariah Baker Frank M. Associate Executive Producers: Daniel Gandy Dave Cortes Patrick Hicks You can support the show as well through paypal or patreon, just visit our website for details: http://www.brothersoftheserpent.com/p/support.html

We invited Laura to join us on this episode of listener communications, where we catch up on news stories and listener emails. There is some physics and cosmology discussion at the beginning after Kyle reads some science articles, then we dive into the emails on all manner of topics: the moon and the Younger Dryas, the Mississippi Mounds, ancient tech and tools, skeptics and the standard model.   Thanks to the following Producers of episode 255! Executive Producer: Greg Kaighin Associate Executive Producer: Antonio Kasljevic

Is it possible that human civilization is much older than we've been taught? Maarten from Mario Buildreps has put together an enormous body of research that implies humans have been constructing complex structures going back hundreds of thousands of years, through multiple catastrophic periods of crustal displacement. Mario Buildreps website: https://www.mariobuildreps.com/ Mario Buildreps YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/c/MarioBuildreps    

Saved by the swapcast! This was originally scheduled as a guest appearance on the excellent Where Did the Road Go podcast with Seriah, but our plans for our regular episode this week fell through, so Seriah kindly allowed us to use this episode as a swapcast. We discuss Charles Fort and the Book of the Damned, Feynman, cosmology, physics, electric universe, cryptids, UFOs, and the limits of human knowledge, as well as reading a few news stories and discussing those.   Find Where Did the Road Go here: https://wheredidtheroadgo.com/  

In this final episode of our book report on The Character of Physical Law, we go through Dr. Feynman's final lecture, Seeking New Laws, in which he describes how science works, and the methods physicists must use to attempt to discover new fundamental aspects of the natural world. See the full set of lectures here: https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLez3PPtnpncQLg_H7f6T9yJmJ2aCIBUHS Get the book here: https://www.amazon.com/Character-Physical-Law-MIT-Press/dp/0262533413 Get the new Fifty Dollar Dynasty album "Precession" here: https://www.fiftydollardynasty.com/ Support the band here: https://www.patreon.com/fiftydollardynasty Support the podcast here: https://www.patreon.com/brothersoftheserpent   Executive Producers: Philip Baklamov Matt Shy Peter Shell Frank M. Associate Executive Producer: Daniel Gandy

Continuing our book report on The Character of Physical Law, we read through the 5th and 6th lectures, The Distinction of Past and Future and Probability and Uncertainty. These are discussions on entropy and quantum mechanics, done in Dr. Feynman's unique style.   See the full set of lectures here: https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLez3PPtnpncQLg_H7f6T9yJmJ2aCIBUHS Get the book here: https://www.amazon.com/Character-Physical-Law-MIT-Press/dp/0262533413   Get the new Fifty Dollar Dynasty album "Precession" here: https://www.fiftydollardynasty.com/ Support the band here: https://www.patreon.com/fiftydollardynasty   Support the podcast here: https://www.patreon.com/brothersoftheserpent   Here's the black hole video Kyle mentions: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jeRgFqbBM5E

We finish the chapter on The Great Conservation Principles, and move on to Symmetry in Physical Law. We understand what it means for an object to have symmetry, but what about a mathematical expression of a physical law? This chapter is full of interesting concepts, delivered in Feynman's unique style as always. We discuss relativity, lightspeed, gravitational lensing, angular momentum, and how to tell an alien the difference between "right" and "left".   Find the full playlist of the lectures on YouTube here: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLez3PPtnpncQLg_H7f6T9yJmJ2aCIBUHS Get the book here: https://www.amazon.com/Character-Physical-Law-MIT-Press/dp/0262533413   Support the podcast through Patreon and get extra content here: https://www.patreon.com/brothersoftheserpent Get the new Fifty Dollar Dynasty album, Precession, here: https://fiftydollardynasty.com/ Support the band through their Patreon and get extra content here: https://www.patreon.com/fiftydollardynasty

We dive back in to The Character of Physical Law by Richard Feynman, again using short clips pulled from the lectures themselves and reading excerpts from the book.  This episode we focus mostly on the second lecture, "The Relation of Mathematics to Physics", where Feynman talks about how Nature seems to follow sets of mathematical rules, and how those mathematics might be related--at least in some cases--to large numbers of simple processes in the physical universe. Near the end of the episode we start on the third lecture, "The Great Conservation Principles", discussing the various "conservation" laws in physics such as the conservation of charge, the conservation of energy, etc. At the beginning of the episode we also take a quick look at the working relationship between Tycho Brahe and Johannes Kepler, their backgrounds, and the standard history of their story. If you want to support the podcast and get extra content, bonus episodes, and bumper music, sign up to our Patreon: http://www.patreon.com/brothersoftheserpent If you'd like to support Kyle's band Fifty Dollar Dynasty and get extra content related to their music, sign up to their Patreon: http://www.patreon.com/fiftydollardynasty Meanwhile you can get all of the music from the new album, Precession, for free on their website: http://www.fiftydollardynasty.com