These are some thoughts I put down while watching Graham Hancock’s Ancient Apocalypse documentary series on Netflix. When looking through the notes on my phone I noticed this one full of useful questions to ask as we gain new information about the scope of history.
The show stirred some controversy, but I attribute some of the heat to the way the information was presented. Taking the new information for what it is, I can say this show left me curious about history again. Reminds me of the discovery channel documentaries that riveted me in my youth. I’ve been interested in Hancock’s theory for years, and seeing it presented with real quality by da ‘Flix felt like a big step.
While watching, I found myself wondering…
Are the questions posed leading questions?
Do the questions posed challenge long held beliefs?
Are the similarities across Ancient ruins in Egypt, Greece, South and Central America, India, Cambodia, Turkey, Japan, Easter Island, and Africa not striking?
Is it not worth asking new questions just because we think we know the whole story?
All the details could be a coincidence, but when considered together, do they not stir your curiosity?
Is there any harm in asking such questions and studying such a connection?
Where did these civilizations go when they disappeared?
When seen as a mystery, what steps can we take to find clues?
What are new questions we can ask which may help us gain new insights?
It is clear to me that we do not study these civilizations enough because we consider ourselves more evolved than the builders of the past. The global games we play together now are masculine, dramatic, high-stakes affairs, characterized by miscommunication between nation-state systems and gross indifference to our common humanity as a concept. With the current configuration of our priorities, there is no money to be made by re-establishing the connection. No desire to challenge the paradigms which give structure to our worldview. No funding available for gathering ‘irrelevant’ intelligence. What will it take to bring us to our senses? How will we be made to finally feel small enough, but special enough to look inside ourselves for answers?