AoM Archive. He suggests, for example, that no scientists are working on the problem of consciousness.”, The only passage I can find in my presentation that has any relevance at all to this allegation is between 9 mins 50 seconds and 11 mins 12 seconds. Horizon: Atlantis Reborn, Horizon: Atlantis Reborn and the Broadcasting Standards Commission, https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Graham_Hancock&oldid=983680533, Short description is different from Wikidata, Wikipedia articles with BIBSYS identifiers, Wikipedia articles with CANTIC identifiers, Wikipedia articles with MusicBrainz identifiers, Wikipedia articles with SUDOC identifiers, Wikipedia articles with WORLDCATID identifiers, Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License, This page was last edited on 15 October 2020, at 16:39. Since 1990 his works have focused mainly on speculative connections he makes between various archaeological, historical, and cross-cultural phenomena. In one way or another all my books published during the 1990’s have addressed this theme: The Sign and the Seal, Fingerprints of the Gods, Keeper of Genesis (Message of the Sphinx in America), The Mars Mystery, and Heaven’s Mirror (click-on the book cover in each case for further information). I also say ( 3 min 46 seconds to 3 min 50 seconds) that “I don’t think any of the psychedelics should be used for recreation.”, (3) TED says of my presentation: “He states as fact that psychotropic drug use is essential for an “emergence into consciousness,” and that one can use psychotropic plants to connect directly with an ancient mother culture.”, Nowhere in my talk do I state as a fact that psychotropic drug use is “essential” for an “emergence into consciousness.” Nowhere in my talk do I state that “one can use psychotropic plants to connect directly with an ancient mother culture.”, (4) TED says of my “War on Consciousness” presentation: “He offers a one-note explanation for how culture arises (drugs), which just doesn’t hold up.”. [10] He also wrote and presented the documentaries Underworld: Flooded Kingdoms of the Ice Age (2002) and Quest for the Lost Civilisation (1998)[11] shown on Channel 4. "[21], Hancock gave a TEDx lecture titled "The War on Consciousness", in which he described his use of ayahuasca, an amazonian brew containing a hallucinogenic compound DMT, and argued that adults should be allowed to responsibly use it for self-improvement and spiritual growth. Hancock describes himself as an "unconventional thinker who raises controversial questions about humanity's past". [22], Hancock has appeared on The Joe Rogan Experience podcast several times. They have nothing to say on the matter at all. Ethiopia: The Challenge of Hunger. Contact. (review at Foundation for Economic Education) Hancock, Graham (1992). Required fields are marked *. For reasons that I set out in my books, I regard it as almost beyond doubt that it is vivid and terrifying memories of the end of the last Ice Age – and of no later event – that are preserved in more than 600 myths and legends from all around the world referring to super-floods that rose up to the height of mountains and that brought about the virtual extermination of mankind. Could be that the brain generates consciousness the way a generator makes electricity. Our materialist science reduces everything to matter. "[13] They suggest a connection between the pillars of Solomon's Temple and the Twin Towers, and between the Star of David and The Pentagon. Especially we oppose Graham’s contention that the Vulture Stone predicts an impact 12,000 years into their future—around 2030 … In 2005 I published what was to be my last non-fiction book for some time – Supernatural: Meetings with the Ancient Teachers of Mankind. Meanwhile in 2015 I returned to non-fiction with Magicians of the Gods, which in a sense is the sequel to Fingerprints of the Gods. His public lectures, radio and TV appearances, including two major TV series for Channel 4 in the UK and The Learning Channel in the US – Quest For The Lost Civilisation and Flooded Kingdoms of the Ice Age – have put his ideas before audiences of tens of millions. His public lectures, radio and TV appearances, including two major TV series for Channel 4 in the UK and The Learning Channel in the US – Quest For The Lost Civilisation and Flooded Kingdoms of the Ice Age – … Until I and a few of my colleagues like John Anthony West and Robert Bauval began to speak out there was really no counterbalancing view at all! Of what possible relevance is this remark? It is a roller-coaster intellectual journey through the back streets and rat runs of history to uncover the traces in architecture and monuments of a secret religion that has shaped the world. [14] A contemporary review of Talisman by David V. Barrett for The Independent pointed to a lack of originality as well as basic factual errors, concluding that it was "a mish-mash of badly-connected, half-argued theories". But, TED has decided to censor Graham Hancock and remove this video from the TEDx youtube channel. At TEDxWhitechapel on January 13, 2013, Graham Hancock gave a passionately argued talk in which he described the transformative impact that ayahuasca (containing the drug DMT) had had on him and argued that responsible adult usage of such drugs was a fundamental right. I operate on the assumption that our education system, media and indeed our entire society today combine to give massive support and unquestioned acceptance to the orthodox side of the argument. Was it made by humans or is it a freak of nature? Nights of the Witch And even now, although we’ve managed to get some people’s attention – and some television time – we’re still in every sense outnumbered and outgunned. ©2003-2020 Graham Hancock GrahamHancock.com is a participant in the Amazon Services LLC Associates Program, an affiliate advertising program designed to provide a means for sites to earn advertising fees by advertising and linking to products on Amazon. *You Can send your information about net worth, height, weight, etc by the form or comment the post. We have the following information from our readers, it can be false and untruthful. (5) TED says of my “War on Consciousness” presentation: “… it’s no surprise his work has often been characterized as pseudo-archeology.”. GRAHAM HANCOCK is the author the forthcoming Magicians of the Gods, and of the major international bestsellers The Sign and The Seal, Fingerprints of the Gods, and … If it’s not solid or it’s beyond their knowledge scientists dismiss it. We have some values from our visitors. *This information was provided by Alano Mullin, 30 years old. At the recommendation of TED's Science Board, the lecture was removed from the TEDx YouTube channel and moved to TED's main website where it "can be framed to highlight both [Hancock's] provocative ideas and the factual problems with [his] arguments". Education:Durham University Nationality:British Graham Hancock (born 2 August 1950) is a British writer and journalist. In this alternative past the civilisations of Egypt, Mesopotamia, the Indus Valley, and Pre-Columbian America might not have arisen spontaneously – almost out of nowhere – as the historians would have us believe. The novel makes use of Hancock's prior research interests and as he has noted, "What was there to lose, I asked myself, when my critics already described my factual books as fiction?". I’ve tried to show how seriously wrong this attitude could be and to gather together as much evidence as possible to support the view that a great “lost” civilisation could have flourished far back in remote antiquity and that it could have been so completely destroyed that its very existence was eventually forgotten. His books have sold more than five million copies worldwide and have been translated into 27 languages. [20] The complaint which was upheld was that, The programme unfairly omitted one of their arguments in rebuttal of a speaker who criticised the theory of a significant correlation between the Giza pyramids and the belt stars of the constellation Orion (the "correlation theory"). They have nothing to say on the matter at all.” That statement cannot possibly be construed as my suggesting that “no scientists are working on the problem of consciousness,” or of “misrepresenting” what materialist, reductionist scientists actually think. [6][7], Graham Hancock is married to Santha Faiia, who is a Malaysian of Tamil origin from Penang, Malaysia, and she is also a professional photographer specializing in ancient cultures and monuments. Hancock specialises in unconventional theories involving ancient civilizations, stone monuments or megaliths, altered states of consciousness, ancient myths and astronomical/astrological data from the past. Your email address will not be published. See here for further details. All that education provides in the information age is a dogma to defend. GrahamHancock.com is a participant in the Amazon … *This information was provided by Angy, 49 years old. All rights reserved. In 2012 I completed the first two volumes of a trilogy of fantasy adventure novels based around the extraordinary events of the Spanish conquest of Mexico. Dogma would be. Instead we must consider the possibility that they could have benefited from a shared legacy of culture and knowledge handed down to them from an earlier civilisation – lost to memory – that was ancestral to them all. #qotd #inspiration #consciousness #spiritwarrior #sodeepitcouldbeporn #lifeasweknowit #grahamhancockquotes #thedappermansa #deepthinkers #gentlemenonly, A post shared by The Dapper Man SA (@thedapperman_sa) on Apr 4, 2018 at 10:09am PDT. His books include Lords of Poverty, The Sign and the Seal, Fingerprints of the Gods, Keeper of Genesis (released in the US as Message of the Sphinx), The Mars Mystery, Heaven's Mirror (with wife Santha Faiia), Underworld: The Mysterious Origins of Civilization, and Talisman: Sacred Cities, Secret Faith (with co-author Robert Bauval). Since 2005 I have been expanding my writing in the direction of fiction.