The posts below continue my exploration of a theory that history has been shaped by a succession of grand visions of the nature of existence. They focus initially on how that succession might have begun among our earliest ancestors and how the cyclical pattern by which old visions fossilize and give way to newer ones could have gotten started.

Introduction to the Visions

• The Dance of the Visions 2.0
• The Signs of an Era
• The Long View
• How It All Got Started

 
The Birth of the Visions

• Talking the Talk
• Map-Makers and Story-Tellers
• The End of the Dreamtime
• The Troublemakers
• The Way Things Used to Be

 
The Dance Begins

• The World Turns Cold
• Mixed Messages
• Forever Young
• Ever Turning
• Problem-Solving
• Fire Hackers and Cosmic Dreamers

 
If I Can’t Revolt, I Don’t Want to be Part of Your Dance

• Triads of Transcendence
• Reconsiderations
• Solve et Coagula
• Back to Basics
• Upgrading the Narrative

 
The Underground Stream

• The Sorcerers’ Apprentices
• The Underground Stream
• Speaking with the Cosmos
• The Dark Side and the Light Side
• Do You Believe in Magic?
• The Chasm
• The Two-Sided Coin