Topic: Hieroglyphs

Hieroglyphs comes up in 13 chapters across 12 episodes of The Higherside Chats Free Show, from November 2013 to September 2022.

November 2013 September 2022

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Chance Gardner & Brad Klausen | Magical Egypt: Consciousness, Contact, Kundalini, & The Secret Door In Your Head
• 24:48 - 29:36

Chance Gardner & Brad Klausen | Magical Egypt: Consciousness, Contact, Kundalini, & The Secret Door In Your Head

Scientific Validity of Artistic Discoveries in Egyptology

Chance Gardner addresses the criticism of confirmation bias, arguing that the sheer number of biological correlations in Egyptian art exceeds random chance. He cites the "Waters of Life" hieroglyph as a clear depiction of sperm cells and notes that statues of Osiris and Ishtar perfectly match the articulations of the brainstem. These artistic representations are described as functional manuals that describe the role of specific brain parts in human consciousness.

Daniel Moler | The Shamanic Soul, Psychedelic Awakening, & The Comic/Occult Overlap
• 48:43 - 51:38

Daniel Moler | The Shamanic Soul, Psychedelic Awakening, & The Comic/Occult Overlap

Occult Influence in Comic Book Mediums

The conversation explores the intersection of magic and comics, citing Alan Moore and Grant Morrison as primary examples. Moeller references Scott McCloud’s Understanding Comics to explain how the medium taps into a "hieroglyphic notion" where images become narratives. He argues that comics offer a unique literary and visual experience that allows readers to linger on specific moments in a way film cannot.

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Cody Noconi | The Psychedelic History of Mormonism, Magic, & Drugs
• 35:42 - 39:04

Cody Noconi | The Psychedelic History of Mormonism, Magic, & Drugs

Prop Plates and 19th Century Hieroglyph Mania

Witness accounts suggest the "gold plates" were actually masonry bricks or tin sheets manufactured by Smith to mimic ancient relics. During this era, American interest in Mayan and Aztec discoveries created a fascination with hieroglyphs and pyramids. Smith's work is described as "Christian fan fiction" designed to link the lost tribes of Israel to the Americas by capitalizing on the popular zeitgeist.

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Dr. Stephen Usher | An Introduction To Rudolf Steiner: Education, Health, Spirit, & More
• 12:30 - 16:52

Dr. Stephen Usher | An Introduction To Rudolf Steiner: Education, Health, Spirit, & More

Waldorf Schools, Child Development, and Pictorial Education

Waldorf schools utilize Steiner's specific stages of child development, predating the work of Jean Piaget. The curriculum emphasizes physical milestones, such as the loss of milk teeth, as indicators of readiness for intellectual learning. To protect spiritual faculties, Waldorf education introduces abstract concepts like the alphabet through pictorial methods reminiscent of Egyptian hieroglyphics.

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Ryan Musgrave-Evans | The Cryptoterrestrial Children of Orion & Their Free Range Ancient Humans
• 33:06 - 35:40

Ryan Musgrave-Evans | The Cryptoterrestrial Children of Orion & Their Free Range Ancient Humans

Orion Constellation, Giza Pyramids and Villas-Boas Hieroglyphs

The "Children of Orion" title is explained through the recurring appearance of Orion's Belt in ancient structures like the Giza Pyramids and modern UFO cases. Evans highlights symbols reported by Antonio Villas-Boas and Julio Fernandez that feature three dots corresponding to the Alnitak, Alnilam, and Mintaka stars.

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Steven Strong | Out Of Australia, Dreamtime, & The Pleiadians
• 32:50 - 35:12

Steven Strong | Out Of Australia, Dreamtime, & The Pleiadians

Kariong Glyphs and the Legend of the Egyptian Brothers

The discussion turns to the Kariong Glyphs, a site featuring hundreds of engraved hieroglyphics in New South Wales. Strong explains that the first wall tells the story of two Egyptian brothers, sons of Pharaoh Khufu, who were shipwrecked in Australia. The inscriptions detail the death of one brother, Nefer-Ti-Ru, from a snake bite, challenging the notion that ancient Egyptians never reached the Australian continent.

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Nick Redfern | Secret Societies, Strange Beings, & Hidden Codes
• 52:19 - 55:36

Nick Redfern | Secret Societies, Strange Beings, & Hidden Codes

Bruno Borges Disappearance, Wilbur Wilkinson and Alien Languages

The disappearance of Bruno Borges in Brazil, who left behind a room covered in encrypted symbols and a statue of Giordano Bruno, mirrors the 1953 case of Wilbur Wilkinson. Wilkinson and a friend vanished after claiming to have contact with human-looking aliens in the California desert, leaving behind walls covered in strange hieroglyphics. Both cases involve individuals obsessed with "changing humanity" through secret projects and the transcription of purported non-human languages.

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A.T.L. Carver | Meme Magic: Pepe, Trump, & The Cult of Kek
• 15:20 - 17:37

A.T.L. Carver | Meme Magic: Pepe, Trump, & The Cult of Kek

Heket Statue, Hieroglyphics and DNA Spiral Synchronicities

4chan users identified a frog statue featuring hieroglyphics that appeared to depict a person sitting at a computer next to a DNA-like spiral. Although the statue actually represents the female deity Heket rather than Kek, the visual similarity to a modern internet user was embraced as a significant synchronicity. The spiral imagery is further compared to the fluctuating polling lines of the 2016 presidential candidates.

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Laird Scranton | The Dogon Mystery, Culture Seeders, & Velikovsky
• 16:21 - 18:49

Laird Scranton | The Dogon Mystery, Culture Seeders, & Velikovsky

Symbolic Clusters, Biological Reproduction and Mass Expansion

Comparative cosmology involves analyzing how different cultures interpret the same symbols, such as a hemisphere representing a womb in biology or mass expansion in physics. Scranton explains that ancient systems used a single progression of symbols to describe the formation of the universe, matter, and biological life simultaneously. By correlating these "clusters of meanings" across African, Egyptian, Indian, and Tibetan traditions, researchers can establish firm definitions for ancient symbols.

Laird Scranton | The Dogon Mystery, Culture Seeders, & Velikovsky
• 18:49 - 21:22

Laird Scranton | The Dogon Mystery, Culture Seeders, & Velikovsky

Oral Traditions, Egyptian Hieroglyphs and the Ten-Day Week

Ancient symbolic concepts likely predate written language by thousands of years, existing as oral traditions that were later adapted into scripts like Egyptian hieroglyphs. Scranton demonstrates how understanding the underlying symbols allows for a more accurate reading of ancient words, such as identifying the Egyptian and Chinese ten-day week through sun and number glyphs. This method suggests that ancient written languages were built upon a pre-existing, highly sophisticated symbolic foundation.

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Sylvie Ivanova | New Chronology, Ayahuasca Insights, Atlantian Survivors, & The Reformation Conspiracy
• 49:56 - 53:18

Sylvie Ivanova | New Chronology, Ayahuasca Insights, Atlantian Survivors, & The Reformation Conspiracy

Anomalous Religious Artifacts and Egyptian Chronology

Ivanova points to artifacts that contradict official history, such as Russian kings wearing Quranic inscriptions and Egyptian walls featuring Christian passages. She argues that the demise of Egyptian culture happened much later than taught and that Jean-François Champollion's decipherment of hieroglyphs was part of a campaign to hide the culture's true timeline. These "anomalous" artifacts are presented as evidence of a more integrated global history.

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Marty Leeds | Gematria, The Mathemagical Code Of The Universe & The Alphabet Cipher
• 44:59 - 47:04

Marty Leeds | Gematria, The Mathemagical Code Of The Universe & The Alphabet Cipher

Egyptian Hieroglyphs and the Geometry of Pi

Ancient Egyptian symbols for the letters G and T are described as representing 180-degree semicircles. When combined, they form a 360-degree circle, referencing the geometry of Pi. Leeds argues that the Egyptians were not an "alien species" but were utilizing the same universal principles of number and geometry that underpin all human language and natural formations.

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THC 80: Jim Elvidge | The Programmed Universe & Simulation Theory
• 24:36 - 26:42

THC 80: Jim Elvidge | The Programmed Universe & Simulation Theory

Ancient Sumerian Texts, Human Arrogance in Science

Ancient Sumerian texts and hieroglyphs may contain sophisticated philosophical truths that modern society often dismisses due to an arrogant assumption of intellectual superiority. This same bias is observed in the study of animal communication and ecosystems. The segment argues that humans should remain open to the possibility that past civilizations and other species possess knowledge currently inaccessible to modern science.