Post No. 3,450 - Some (hopefully) interesting reading / viewing / listening - Saturday 16th May, 2026

I recently found the following interesting and/or useful, and am posting them here in case anyone else does as well.  

 

• “Fridays W/Phoenix S2_E7: Kemetic Psychology”   https://www.youtube.com/live/aZ69muvyxy0   This was very interesting   

• “An Uncontaminated Witness - The Children NDE Research Left Behind”   https://troubledminds.substack.com/p/an-uncontaminated-witness-the-children   These experiences confirmed key aspects, but without the cultural religious baggage   

• “LISTEN: Pentagon Releases Audio Of Gemini 7 Mission Astronauts Encountering Unidentified Object - YouTube”   https://youtu.be/yy8C5kwXu_s   but also give heed to   “The Day Before Disclosure”   https://steveneill.substack.com/cp/196178385   This is the only item in what has been released (and probably released for distraction purposes) that is of any significance - and that is because it confirms NASA lied   

• “Are We Looking In The Wrong Place?”   https://nickcook.substack.com/p/are-we-looking-in-the-wrong-place   “The Possibility We've Been Addressing the Wrong Question All Along”   

• “Speak Not of Goblins - The Creature in the Code”   https://troubledminds.substack.com/p/speak-not-of-goblins-the-creature   I didn’t realise that word was so relatively recent   

• “What Did Ancient Humans Do all Day Before Jobs Existed?”   https://youtu.be/TQd2k1pEXp4   THIS EXCELLENT!!!   

• “Inner Stillness”   https://www.heartmath.org/articles-of-the-heart/heartmath-tools-techniques/inner-stillness/   and   “Inner Stillness – A Fresh, Practical Approach”   https://youtu.be/9mNwGfOUCCs   

• “The Discovery of the Sperm Whale Phonetic Alphabet”   https://youtu.be/Hm9ADZ28Wgo   This was fascinating - especially diphthong vowels and possible coordinating of group activities.   Chapters are:   0:00 SETI vs CETI   0:40 Whale language is way too complex   2:00 How sperm whales communicate - clans and cultures   4:05 Phonetic alphabet found   5:25 Vowels, intonation and coarticulation   6:40 Similar to Chinese   7:50 Why do they need this complexity? Breakthrough observations   9:10 Dolphins and humpbacks too   11:10 Conclusions    

• “Meditation at Scale: What a Global Citizen Science Study Reveals About Mind and Brain”   https://noetic.org/experience/connections-live/?vgo_ee=PUngDcg8sAlhpmbb1HuDtekYRe2NmFIyzDEIb#replay  “This recording is available to the public until June 12, 2026.   Meditation is widely practiced, yet questions remain about how different techniques shape the mind and body. The Citizen Science Meditation Study explores this by combining large-scale public participation with wearable neurotechnology.   In this webinar, researchers from the Institute of Noetic Sciences and InteraXon share findings from a global study comparing four meditation practices—mindfulness, loving-kindness, nondual, and mantra—alongside an active control. Using the MUSE EEG headband, participants tracked changes in well-being, mood, cognition, brain activity, and heart rate variability over four weeks.   Together, the speakers offer a closer look at how different approaches to meditation may influence mental and physiological states—and what this could mean for the future of meditation research.”   This also covered what didn’t work, and links to the meditation techniques are included.    

 

 

• “Neurasthenia to Fibromyalgia: The Condition Medicine Forgot Part 1 - YouTube”   https://youtu.be/oCPbh-qf2uU   “In this video, Dr. Michael Lenz explores the historical context of fibromyalgia, discussing how patients with debilitating pain and fatigue were often dismissed, highlighting the evolution of understanding surrounding this complex “syndrome”. He sheds light on how diagnoses like neurasthenia and fibrositis were used in the past, and how symptoms often diminished once a diagnosis was provided. This discussion is vital for understanding the “pain science” behind “what is fibromyalgia” today, emphasizing the journey from historical dismissal to current recognition as a legitimate “chronic illness” often involving “central sensitization”.”   and   “Science's Greatest Failure: What Happened to Neurasthenia Patients Part 2”   https://youtu.be/NsIVfXyxgLc   “Dr. Michael Lenz frames neurasthenia as a “medical cold case” abandoned when 20th-century medicine prioritized visible, measurable diseases over conditions lacking clear lab or imaging evidence. He contrasts major medical breakthroughs (x-rays, aspirin, blood typing, ECG, insulin, penicillin, ultrasound, vaccines, transplants, MRI, smallpox eradication) with the fading of neurasthenia, once the most common U.S. diagnosis by 1900 and often labeled a “trash can” category. Lens explains George Beard’s theory of nervous “weakness,” bioelectricity, and dephosphorylation, noting parallels with modern nociplastic pain and central sensitization and citing fMRI as later evidence of brain dysfunction. He discusses links to high achievers, neurodivergence, masking, and sensory overload, and argues the psychosomatic/Freudian shift created shame and invalidation. He previews part three on symptom lists and mast cell activation.”   

• From the UK, via LinkedIn:   “... inclusion is not just being allowed into the room.   It is whether someone can access the information, expectations and decisions being made inside it.   The legal question is no longer just:   “Did we intentionally exclude someone?”   It is also:   ⚖️ Did our communication style create disadvantage?   ⚖️ Were expectations actually clear?   ⚖️ Did managers adapt communication where needed?   ⚖️ Did the employee have equal access to information?”   https://www.linkedin.com/posts/danjharris_a-neurodiversity-employment-tribunal-has-activity-7459537111667470337-HSBS     

 

 

• “Transgender UW Student Killed in Student Housing Sunday Night was the Seventh Trans Woman Attacked in Seattle in Twenty Months”   https://aridrennen.substack.com/p/transgender-uw-student-killed-in   “A 19-year-old transgender UW student was killed in off-campus student housing Sunday night. She was the seventh trans woman attacked in Seattle in twenty months, and the first not to survive.”   

• “J_ffr_y E_st__n Used Dr. James Dobson’s Advice to Groom a Victim”   https://therevealer.org/jeffrey-epstein-used-dr-james-dobsons-advice-to-groom-a-victim/?ref=strongwilledproject.com   “The harmful effects of Dobson's work and why Epstein utilized the Focus on the Family founder's writing”   

• “The Pyramid Nobody Wants to See Themselves In”   https://drvictoriaverlezza.substack.com/p/the-pyramid-nobody-wants-to-see-themselves   “Misogyny doesn’t start with murder. It starts with the joke you didn’t correct at dinner.”   

• “Making An Enemy Out Of Ideas - YouTube”   https://youtu.be/3Ik25srzIvw   and   “Hamilton’s Imperial Presidency: Did Americans Lose Our Constitutional Imagination?”   https://youtu.be/Ee4_ZtASiyg   “Alexander Hamilton’s case for a single executive in Federalist 70 was the fallback position of a man who, in June 1787 at the Constitutional Convention, had argued for an executive serving “during good behavior” — life tenure, openly modeled on the British monarch. The accountability mechanism is the consolation prize.   The passage that sparked this video is from Arthur Schlesinger’s The Imperial Presidency, published in 1973. Schlesinger is worth saying a few things about. He had been an aide to John F. Kennedy and a friend of Robert Kennedy. He had served inside the administrations whose accretion of executive power he was now writing the autopsy on. The term “imperial presidency” was coined out of insider experience. And the book opens its case for the unitary executive by quoting Hamilton on how watched and suspected a single president would be — which tells you how deep liberal nationalism’s hold runs even on the diagnosticians.   The same Schlesinger passage shows Jefferson arriving at the unitary executive from the other side. Jefferson had favored a plural executive under the Articles of Confederation, watched the French Directoire fail, served in Washington’s cabinet alongside Hamilton, and concluded — wrongly, by the lights of his own resistance tradition — that plurality produced “absolute inaction.” Charles Pinckney rounds out the consensus, defending executive discretion on the grounds that an able council would “thwart” the president while a weak one would let him “shelter himself under their sanction.” That is the founding consensus on the unitary executive in three voices.”   

• “The war between fast and legitimate is here”   https://www.joanwestenberg.com/the-war-between-fast-and-legitimate-is-here/    

 

 

 My article(s) on SubStack: 

• “Rights and Spirit No. 004 (~1,120 words, ~ 7 minutes)”   https://musingsofgnwmythr.substack.com/p/rights-and-spirit-no-004-1120-words   “The problem of performative pretentions”   This week I discuss “performative pretentions”, particularly those fostering an illusion of familial love, such as illustrated, for example, by reactions to abhorrent crimes. These public displays - which have been used by people later convicted of the very crime they pretend to be reacting to - are what I term “performative protestations”. This behavior exemplifies social conditioning and pushing individuals to conform to expected displays of affection (which can be controlling and harmful). Additionally, such pretentions appear in political contexts and intimate relationships, leading to other problematic societal pressures. To address and ultimately prevent these issues, I consider that we need to teach critical thinking and emotional competence in children, emphasising in particular the need for individuality in understanding purpose and meaning. I also note that social conditioning is a significant driver of discrimination, particularly through the long-standing influence of patriarchy, which has resulted in misogyny and hypocrisy, now partially encapsulated by the term “manosphere”. Current global issues, such as conflicts in West Asia, and political problems in the US government, further highlight the ongoing struggle for democracy and the erosion of social values as a result of social conditioning. The character flaws of those in power enable, initiate, and exacerbate these problems. To combat these problems, I again emphasise that it is essential to foster values of decency and critical thinking among children. 

 

• “Telepathy in a 1980s workplace”   https://musingsofgnwmythr.substack.com/p/telepathy-in-a-1980s-workplace   “A cautionary experience”   In the 1980s, I had a constructive relationship with a manager who occasionally sought my input. On one occasion, the manager presented a pad of sticky (or “Stick It”) notes for my feedback. Despite trying to suppress my psychic abilities at work - largely to protect myself against the harmful energies of a high-pressure environment, I could sense the manager forcefully projecting a strong desire for me to confirm the notes’ quick loss of stickiness. This led to a discussion about psychic phenomena and ethics, and an agreement that I would pretend to discover the flaw through normal means to provide an excuse for the manager. However, after this incident, the manager left, out of fear - highlighting the importance (particularly in a competitive and often cruel industry where you needed allies) of staying shut down, and hiding any psychic ability beyond just not using it: actively hiding it, not because it could be actively harmful (think angry people with pitchforks), but there could be pitchfork-free adverse consequences as well. Much of the world is less ignorant now, but I personally would still hide any psychic ability in workplaces.   

  

 

Possible flaws 

Where I can, I will try to highlight possible flaws / issues you should consider: 

• there may be flawed logical arguments in the above: to find out more about such flaws and thinking generally, I recommend Brendan  Myers’ free online course “Clear and Present Thinking”;  
• I could be wrong - so keep your thinking caps on, and make up your own minds for yourself.
  

 

 

Gnwmythr 

teaching the "good" (balanced positive and spiritually mature) 
safe ways to counter the "bad" (out of balance, spiritually immature) 

 

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Post No. 999 - Reading

I haven't done a "reading material" post for a while, and don't have a lot of links, but some may be of use, so here goes :)

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These links are, in part, to pass on useful or potentially useful information to help others learn and grow and develop, as I have been helped by others doing the same for me. If nothing else, some of these at least might stimulate some useful thought – and disagreeing intelligently with something can sometimes be a useful exercise. (Also, these are links I would like any future incarnations of me to come across and read :) )

Every one of the ‘bad news’ stories which I may have provided links for is an opportunity – but, furthermore, so are many of the ‘good’ news stories, which often requires nonBPLF units to be cleared to prevent blocking of improvements, to help those who are busting their guts and becoming exhausted trying to make good things happen, and to provide some much needed BPLF healing, energy, inspiration and encouragement.

Also, keep in mind that reading these stories may well stimulate links you personally have to similar units (energies, links, etc). Immediately, that gives you a chance to improve both yourself and the world by dealing constructively with any nonBPLF units through good shadow work, and by strengthening any BPLF units.

I now lump these links into three broad categories:

   Links on spiritual/metaphysical/psychic/Pagan matters;

   Some other links I consider relevant to consideration of spiritual/moral/ethical and related matters
   (none found for this post);

   Links on other matters.

As you read these, I wish you good hunting, good working, and the odd bit of fun :) , so let’s begin.

G'day, hello, howdy, hi, zdravstvujtye (some of my work colleagues are Russian), guten tag (where I have connection owing to a recent past life), sveiki, czesc (I have friends, not just colleagues, at work who are Polish), bonjour (colleagues at a former workplace were French, and we practised and tried to extend my woeful and limited range of this language), selamat pagi (one of the best junior engineers I ever worked with was Malaysian, and she taught me a few words), annyeonghaseyo, pryvit, bitaem, como vai (a friend of mine a few years ago, although not Brazilian, had Portuguese ancestry), ¡Hola (a former work colleague and friend, a VERY talented artist - with a Mexican sensibility to her artwork, particularly around the Day of the Dead - used to teach me Mexican Spanish), Selamat pagi, ni hao (ah, my work trips to Asia, and the many wonderful, wonderful people I have met there - and some excellent work colleagues and friends here, as well), bongiorno (my current home city of Melbourne has lots of Italians, who have made our culture far richer - and made us coffee snobs :) ), hoschakal, hejsan, ciao, jo napolt kivanu, chào bà, chào ông, yiassou (from the city which has, I understand, the largest collection of Greek people outside of Greece), ceau, salam wa aleikum, sawas dee ka, dia duit, hoi, hei, namaste, marhaba, dobry den, hej, konnichiwa, kihineh, hæ.

WARNING: some of these links may contain triggers around issues such as violence, sexual assault, discrimination.

Online magazines and publications:

• what was, at the time I wrote this, the latest  Axis Mundi has articles on winter, Set, Nut, wands, Taro and more;

Links on spiritual/metaphysical/psychic/Pagan matters:

• I was going to write this up as a post, but as part of reducing the number of drafts I have I have decided to post it here, with a comment that anyone who finds themselves “frittered away to nothing” by being inclusive is far from spiritual: progressive religion;
• desire for unity combined with the fear of orthodoxy;
• a personal context for “indigenous polytheism”;
• the two obligations of good religion;
• excellent, very perceptive remarks about the “all lives matter” response to Black Lives Matter”;
• “Privilege makes politics invisible”;
• an interesting article on power;
• thoughts of an autistic witch;
• a weekly mini-retreat, developed from the idea of Sabbath;
• a Witch’s Pyramid of Inclusivity –very interesting adaptation;
• an interesting interview with Ronald Hutton (and someone else who is experiencing problems with Blogger);
• a personal meditation space;
• one witch’s crystals;
• a Wikileaks document reveals an interest expressed in UFOs at the United Nations by the government of Grenada just before it was invaded by the USA;
• a surprisingly balanced article on the balance between religious freedom and responsibility/accountability by an Anglican priest who is also a University Professor – see also here and here;

From the Correllian YouTube channel:

• an interview with a certified Death Midwife, who was the first Pagan Hospice Chaplain in the USA (apologies about the background noise);
• a good description of Hermeticism;
• the (varying) time interval between reincarnations – which is affected by the complexity of ourself (particularly the Soul/Higher Self) and the nature of reality (and, incidentally, I’ve been aware of major events such as the death of one of my parallels);
• an unusual message / omen;
• the need for incarnation / reincarnation;
• commentary on déjà vu, including how to manage possible psychic attack (this relates to the way the question was phrased);
• some common sense cautions about “Mercury Retrograde”;
• an explanation of the situation of “not knowing you are dead”;

From Victor Zammit’s weekly email newsletters:   the importance of spreading knowledge of the afterlife, the foundation of a new “Afterlife Research and Education Institute”, a new book on Near Death Experiences, an interview with a heart surgeon on NDE, work with past life and “between life” therapy, and more. 

BTW, I have bought Mr Zammit's book, and it is - as far as I have read, at any rate (past half way) - excellent. I thoroughly recommend it, and hope to write a review in due course.

Links on society generally and other matters:

• an excellent article on the “let them eat cake” type arrogance of those who presume everyone can travel – or buy expensive homes / cars /etc;
• perceptions and misperceptions: those who are poor who pass as middle class;
• criticism of a show which sought to aim at the LGBTIQ market;
• an example of the problems of buying a house;

I apologise for publishing these posts twice, but Blogger keeps changing my formatting. I can either publish it and then correct it, or save and close the post and correct it when I reopen it, but that leaves an extra copy in my "drafts" folder ...

Love, light, hugs and blessings

Gnwmythr, Pagan Energy Worker, Wéofodthegn

I am revamping my former website, and getting at least one other underway (pronounced "new-MYTH-ear"; ... aka Bellatrix Lux … aka Morinehtar … would-be drýicgan or maga ... )

My "blogiography" (list of all posts and guide as to how to best use this site) is here, and my glossary/index is here. The reasons for my caution when using Wikipedia are here.

I started this blog to cover karmic regression-rescue (see here and here), and it grew ... See here for my group mind project, here and here for my "Pagans for Peace" project (and join me for a few minutes at some time between 8 and 11 PM on Sunday, wherever you are, to meditate-clear for peace), and here for my bindrune kit-bag. I also strongly recommend learning how to flame, ground and shield, do alternate nostril breathing, work with colour, and see also here and be flexible. 

May the best in me, my Higher Self,
and those of the Clear Light who assist me,
help me to keep myself grounded, centred and shielded,
to be Balanced and a Fulcrum of Balance,
a centre of Balanced Positivity and Spiritual Maturity,
with my aura continuously cleansed, cleared and closed,
repelling all negative or unwanted energies,
whilst allowing positive, balancing and healing energies in and through.

The real dividing line is not between Christianity and Islam, Sunni and Shia, East and West. It is between people who believe in coexistence, and those who don’t.

Tom Fletcher, Former UK Ambassador to Lebanon

• All of the above - and this blog - could be wrong, or subject to context, perspective, or state of spiritual evolution ...

Tags: death, discrimination, divination, Egypt, Hermeticism, religion, seasons,  

First published: Sunnudagr, 5^th March, 2017

Last edited (excluding fixing typo's, Blogger's change of my formatting and other minor matters): Sunday, 5^th March, 2017