The Cosmic Codex

In this evocative and intellectually rich episode, I’m joined by Professor Paul Pettitt, leading archaeologist at Durham University and expert in Ice Age cave art, for a journey into the primordial origins of human creativity. Together, we descend into the shadowed depths of Paleolithic caves—vast, echoing sanctuaries where our ancestors painted animals, symbols, and spirits upon the stone walls tens of thousands of years ago.Professor Pettitt offers a rigorous yet imaginative exploration of these early artistic expressions: how they were made, why they were hidden deep within the earth, and what they might have meant to the people who created them. We speak about funerary rites, animism, totemism, and the philosophical theory of mind—probing the earliest stirrings of the sacredin human consciousness.This conversation reveals art not merely as decoration, but as invocation. These painted caves, often dangerous and remote, may have served as ritual chambers, dream portals, or sites of communion with the unseen world. What emerges is a portrait of early humanity as already symbol-makers, already metaphysicians—already reaching toward the ineffable through image and myth.This is one of my favorite episodes, as it touches something elemental: the artistic impulse as a sacred act, the moment the human being became the imaginal animal.This episode was originally released under the podcast title Sacred Wisdom, the precursor to The Cosmic Codex. It now resides within The Sacred Wisdom Archives.

n this expansive conversation, I’m joined by John Stewart, evolutionary philosopher, systems theorist, and a leading voice in the study of intentional evolution. A core member of the Evolution, Complexity and Cognition Research Group at the Free University of Brussels, John brings both scientific rigor and visionary clarity to the question of where evolution is headed—and what that means for humanity.Together, we explore the notion of directionality in evolution: the idea that the cosmos is not a random accident, but a self-organizing intelligence moving toward ever-deepening coherence. We discuss the emergence of human intelligence, the arc of cultural evolution, and the possibility of enlightenment as an evolutionary function—a capacity waiting to be refined and activated through conscious participation.This episode also examines the systemic conditions of modern society—how sociopathic behaviors are often rewarded within our current economic paradigm, while cooperation and altruism remain structurally devalued. John offers a compelling case for intentional evolution as both survival imperative and spiritual path: a call for humanity to awaken to its role as a co-creative force in the unfolding of cosmic destiny.A profound conversation for those who sense that evolution is not merely behind us—but calling us forward.This episode was originally released under the podcast title Sacred Wisdom, the precursor to The Cosmic Codex. It now resides within The Sacred Wisdom Archives.https://www.arabellathais.comhttp://www.evolutionarymanifesto.com/JCS.pdf

In this luminous dialogue, I’m joined by world-renowned alchemist Avery Hopkins to explore the sacred science of alchemy—its cultural genesis, spiritual essence, and contemporary practice. We trace alchemy not merely as a symbolic system but as a living, breathing praxis that cannot be divorced from consciousness itself. Avery speaks with clarity and depth about the transmission of knowledge from the cosmic mind, and how the true alchemist becomes both vessel and mirror for transmutation.We traverse the spiralic paradoxes of truth through the lens of T.S. Eliot's Four Quartets, where time, silence, and becoming intersect in the crucible of the soul. This conversation is a synthesis of the mystical and the material, where high metaphysics meets the heat of the laboratory.What makes this encounter especially rare is that Avery is not just a theorist—he is a practicing alchemist, working with metals, oils, and planetary essences to facilitate deep human transformation. When we met in New York, I had the privilege of trying his Oil of Copper—an experience that was nothing short of revelatory.This is an episode for those who feel the call of the Great Work. Intellectually stimulating, spiritually expansive, and grounded in praxis.This episode was originally released under the podcast title Sacred Wisdom, the precursor to The Cosmic Codex. It now resides within The Sacred Wisdom Archives.www.arabellathais.com

This inaugural episode opens the space for what will become a sacred, ongoing inquiry into consciousness, cosmology, and the human condition. Entitled Setting the Scene, it is both a personal prologue and a philosophical invocation—a weaving of story, suffering, and spirit. I speak to the core intentions behind this podcast: not to offer final truths, but to open portals of perception; not to lead, but to walk beside those who long to remember who they truly are. Here, I explore the nature of spirituality as I have come to know it—through study, through ecstatic insight, and through the aching rawness of lived experience. Drawing on the voices of poets, physicists, philosophers, and the cosmic current of my own becoming, I begin to map a worldview in which all things are consciousness expressing itself.I speak candidly of my own journey—of fatherlessness, rejection, shame, addiction, bipolarity, and body dysmorphia—not as confession, but as initiation. This is where the alchemy begins: in the decision to transmute pain into power, wounding into wisdom, and trauma into truth. This episode is part manifesto, part prayer, and part intimate unveiling. It is a call to remember that suffering can be sacred—that the cracks in the soul may yet be the birthplace of stars.This episode was originally released under the podcast title Sacred Wisdom, the precursor to The Cosmic Codex. It now resides within The Sacred Wisdom Archives.http://www.arabellathais.com@arabella_thais (instagram)