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Index
Aboriginal rock art, 63-64
African rock art, 64-65
Akashic Field, 214
alchemical pursuits, Rosicrucian, 185-186
aliens, ancient, 200-218
alphabet, history of the, 83-84
alphabetic writing, 83
ancient artisans, 188-189
anthropomorphism, 59
Antikythera Mechanism, 150-152
anti-memes, 37-39
Archaic Period, 75
archetypes, 211
archetypes,
myths and, 99-100
religion and, 45
art, primitive, 62-63
artisans, ancient, 188-189
association memes, 36-37
astronauts, ancient, 200-218
astronomy, 105-106
Axis Mundi motif, 101
Baghdad Battery, 149-150
Baigong Pipes, 164-165
ballads, 141-146
Bible codes, 194-195
Blombos Cave, 62
Bloody Mary, 126
Book of Life, 214
Bosnian Pyramid, 166-168
Brotherhood of Death, 180
Brothers Grimm, the, 140-141
Buddha, 93
Cathars, 172-174
cave art, North American, 58-62
cave paintings, 54-57
Chauvet-Pont-d’Arc Cave, 55-56
Chumash Indians, 58
Classical Period, 75
codes,
hidden, 193-194
morals and, 91-92
cognitive fluidity, 46
collective unconscious, 210
comparative mythology, 97-102
contagious magic, 137-138
Context, 43
Coso Artifact, 154-156
Crowley, Aleister, 181
cultural evolution, 30-32
Cumberland Plateau, 58, 60
Darwin, Charles, 30-31
Dendera light bulb, 152-153
diffusion, 40-41
distinction memes, 36
DNA, 46-49
Dogon tribe, 205, 212-214
Dunbar Cave, 60
80/20 Principle, 42-43
El Castillo cave paintings, 54-55
epigenetics, 48-49
esoteric teachings, 171
esotericism, 171
evolution, cultural, 30-32
fables, 119-120
fairytales, 138-140
fields and grids, 214-217
folk tales, 131-134
folklore, 131-134
Freemasonry, 186-188
genes, information and, 34
geoglyphs, 65
Geometric Period, 75
Georgia Guidestones, 156-161
Ghost Car, 126
Gobekli Tepe, 207
graffiti, origin of, 60-61
Great Flood myth, 89-91
Great Pyramid, 166-168
Greek art, evolution of, 74-77
Green Man motif, 100
grids, fields and, 214-217
Hellenistic Period, 75
history, oral, 29
Hundreth Monkey Effect, 44-45
idea transmission, 35
ideographic writing, 82-83
Illuminati, 181-182
images, hidden, 193-194
information, 27-29
definition of, 28
genes and, 34
passing on, 29
Inquisition, the, 171
intaglios images, 65
Jesus model, 92-97
Johnny Appleseed, 128-129
Jumping Jesus, 44, 51-52
Kensington Runestone, 162-163
King Solomon, 189-190
Knights Templar, 178-179
Krishna, 94
landscape art, 65-67
Lascaux cave paintings, 56-57
Lass Gaa’l cave paintings, 55
Law of the Few, 42-43
legends, 121-124
Library at Alexandria, 197-198
literal truths, 112-115
logographic writing, 83
magic, contagious, 137-138
Mannerbund, 180-182
Marchen Und Sagen, 120-121
Masonic history, 192-193
mass consciousness, 44-45
meme transmission, 35
memes, 32-34
association, 36-37
distinction, 36
strategy, 36
memetics, 32-34
mental networks, 39-40
Mesopotamia, 118-119
Mesopotamia, 80-81
mind viruses, 34-37
misinformation, 226-228
monomyth, path of the, 98-99
morals, codes and, 91-92
motifs, common, 88-91
Mud Glyph Cave, 60
multiple discovery, 44-45
myth and psyche, 102-104
myth, definition of a, 85-86
mythology, comparative, 97-102
myths,
archetypes and, 45
categories of, 87-88
Nazca Lines, 66
Nephilim, 109-112
Nestor Cup, 61
North American cave art, 58-62
nursery rhymes, 141-146
Object of Aiud, 163-164
occult teachings, 171
ochre, history of, 69-70
Opus Dei, 181-182
oral history, 29
outbreak, pattern of, 43-44
paleocontact, 201
parables, 119-120
petroforms, 62-63
petroglyphs, 62-63
petrographs, 62-63
pictograms, 63
pottery, history of, 71-72
primitive art, 62-53
proto-writing, 82-83
psyche, myth and, 102-104
Puma Punku, 207
Rake, the, 126
religion, archetypes and, 45
Rennes-le-Chateau, 174-178
Roman and Greek art, 75-76
Rosicrucian alchemical pursuits, 185-186
Rosicrucians, 182-185
Rosslyn Chapel, 190-193
Rosy Cross, 183-184
rumors, 229-233
Saqqara Bird, 153-154
secrets and societies, 170-172
serpent motif, 101-102
Sitchin, Zecharia, 205
Skull and Bones, 180
Slenderman, 126
snake motif, 101-102
social system, individual, 41
societies, secrets and, 170-172
Solomon’s Temple, 189-190
songs, 141-146
spirits, symbols and, 63-67
steganography, 193
Stickiness Factor, 43
stories, visual, 53-57
strategy memes, 36
S
umerians, 80-81
syllabic writing, 83
symbols, common, 88-91
spirits and, 63-67
tarot cards, 195-197
themes, common, 88-91
tipping points, 41-44
totem poles, 67-69
3-D art, 77-78
truths, literal, 112-115
Tsoukalos, Giorgio, 203
UFOs, 202
urban legends, 124-128
Venus of Berekhet Ram, 71
viruses, mind, 34-37
visual stories, 53-57
von Daniken, Erich, 204-205
Westcar Papyrus, 118-119
Winnemucca Lake, 65
World Tree motif, 101
Zero Point Field, 214-215
About the Authors
Marie D. Jones
Marie D. Jones is the best-selling author of Destiny vs. Choice: The Scientific and Spiritual Evidence Behind Fate and Free Will; 2013: End of Days or a New Beginning—Envisioning the World After the Events of 2012; PSIence: How New Discoveries in Quantum Physics and New Science May Explain the Existence of Paranormal Phenomena; and Looking for God in All the Wrong Places. Marie coauthored with her father, geophysicist Dr. John Savino, Supervolcano: The Catastrophic Event That Changed the Course of Human History. She is also the coauthor of 11:11—The Time Prompt Phenomenon: The Meaning Behind Mysterious Signs, Sequences and Synchronicities; The Resonance Key: Exploring the Links Between Vibration, Consciousness, and the Zero Point Grid; The Déjà vu Enigma: A Journey Through the Anomalies of Mind, Memory. and Time; and The Trinity Secret: The Power of Three and the Code of Creation with Larry Flaxman, her partner in ParaExplorers.com, an organization devoted to exploring unknown mysteries. Their latest book is This Book Is From the Future: A Journey Through Portals, Relativity, Wormholes and Other Adventures in Time Travel. Marie and Larry have also launched the ParaExplorer Series of e-books and articles introducing readers to a variety of subjects.
She has an extensive background in metaphysics, cutting-edge science, and the paranormal, and has worked as a field investigator for MUFON (Mutual UFO Network) in Los Angeles and San Diego in the 1980s and 1990s. She currently serves as a consultant and director of special projects for ARPAST, the Arkansas Paranormal and Anomalous Studies Team, where she works with ARPAST President Larry Flaxman to develop theories that can be tested in the field. Their current project, called The Grid, launched in 2013.
Marie has been on television, most recently on the History Channel’s Nostradamus Effect series and Ancient Aliens series, and served as a special UFO/abduction consultant for the 2009 Universal Pictures science fiction movie The Fourth Kind. She has been interviewed on hundreds of radio talk shows all over the world, including Coast to Coast AM, NPR, KPBS Radio, Dreamland, the X-Zone, Kevin Smith Show, Paranormal Podcast, Cut to the Chase, Feet 2 The Fire, World of the Unexplained, and the Shirley MacLaine Show, and has been featured in dozens of newspapers, magazines, and online publications all over the world. She is a staff writer and official blogger for Intrepid Magazine, and a regular contributor to New Dawn Magazine, and her essays and articles have appeared in TAPS ParaMagazine, Phenomena, Whole Life Times, Light Connection, Vision, Conspiracy Journal, Beyond Reality, and several popular anthologies, such as If Women Ruled the World, Let Go! And Let Miracles Happen, three Hot Chocolate for the Soul books, and five Chicken Soup for the Soul books. She has also contributed and co-authored more than 50 inspirational books for New Seasons/PIL.
She has lectured widely at major metaphysical, paranormal, new science and self-empowerment events, including Through the Veil, Queen Mary Weekends, TAPS Academy Training, CPAK, and Paradigm Symposium, Conscious Expo, and Darkness Radio Events, and is a popular public speaker on the subjects of cutting-edge science, the paranormal, metaphysics, Noetics, and human potential. She speaks often at local metaphysical centers, churches, local libraries, bookstore signings, film festivals, and regional meet-ups on writing, the paranormal, human consciousness, science, and metaphysical subjects.
She is also the screenwriter and co-producer of 19 Hz, a paranormal thriller in development with Bruce Lucas Films, as well as a science fiction feature film titled Aurora, and she serves as a co-host on the popular Dreamland Radio Show.
Larry Flaxman
Larry Flaxman is the best-selling author of 11:11—The Time Prompt Phenomenon: The Meaning Behind Mysterious Signs, Sequences and Synchronicities; The Resonance Key: Exploring the Links Between Vibration, Consciousness, and the Zero Point Grid; The Déjà vu Enigma: A Journey Through the Anomalies of Mind, Memory, and Time; and The Trinity Secret: The Power of Three and the Code of Creation with Marie D. Jones, his partner in ParaExplorers.com. Their latest book is This Book Is From the Future: A Journey Through Portals, Relativity, Worm-holes and Other Adventures in Time Travel.
Larry has been actively involved in paranormal research and hands-on field investigation for more than 13 years, and melds his technical, scientific, and investigative backgrounds together for no-nonsense, scientifically objective explanations regarding a variety of anomalous phenomena. He is the president and senior researcher of ARPAST, the Arkansas Paranormal and Anomalous Studies Team, which he founded in February 2007. Under his leadership, ARPAST has become one of the nation’s largest and most active paranormal research organizations, with more than 150 members worldwide. Widely respected for his expertise on the proper use of equipment and techniques for conducting a solid investigation, Larry also serves as technical advisor to several paranormal research groups throughout the country.
Larry has appeared on Discovery Channel’s Ghost Lab and History Channel’s Ancient Aliens series, and has been interviewed for dozens of print and online publications, including The Anomalist, Times Herald News, Jacksonville Patriot, ParaWeb, Current Affairs Herald, Unexplained Magazine, the Petit Jean County Headlight, the Villager Online, and the Pine Bluff Commercial. He has appeared on hundreds of radio programs all over the world, including Coast to Coast with George Noory, TAPS Family Radio, Encounters Radio, Higher Dimensions, X-Zone, Ghostly Talk, Eerie Radio, Crossroads Paranormal, Binall of America, World of the Unexplained, and Haunted Voices.
Larry is a staff writer and official blogger for Intrepid Magazine, and his work has appeared regularly in TAPS ParaMagazine, New Dawn Magazine, and Phenomena. He is also a screenwriter, with a paranormal thriller, 19 Hz, in development with Bruce Lucas Films, and a popular public speaker, lecturing widely at paranormal and metaphysical conferences and events all over the country, including major appearances at Through the Veil; History, Haunts and Legends; Paradigm Symposium; ESP Weekend at the Crescent Hotel; “The Texas GhostShow; and DragonCon. He also speaks widely at local and regional meet-ups, bookstore signings, libraries, and events on the subjects of science, the paranormal, metaphysics, Noetics, and human potential. Larry is also active in the development of cutting-edge custom designed equipment for use in the field investigating environmental effects and anomalies that may contribute to our understanding of the paranormal.
Table of Contents
Cover Page
Title Page
Copyright Page
Contents
Foreword
Prologue
Introduction: Going Viral
Chapter 1: Information, Please: How We Spread It, How We Get It
Chapter 2: Every Picture Tells a Story (Don’t It?): Image, Art, and Symbol
Chapter 3: Of Gods and Goddesses: The Rise of the Written Word
Chapter 4: Once Upon a Time: Story, Lore, and Legend
Chapter 5: Archeoenigmas: Things Out of Time and Place
Chapter 6: Hidden Wisdom, Secret Truths
Chapter 7: Outsourced: Ancient Aliens, Invisible Fields, and Other Outside Information Sources
Chapter 8: The Stories of Our Lives: How Today’s Ideas Will Become Tomorrow’s Viral Mythology
Conclusion
Bibliography
Index
About the Authors
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