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Laird Scranton | Comparative Cosmology, Gobekli Tepe, & The Spirit World
Global Symbolic Coup, Yuga Cycles and Materiality
Around 3100 BC, a global shift occurred where patriarchal gods like Ra, Amen, and Shiva replaced mother goddesses across Egypt, China, and India. Scranton explains this not as a political coup, but as a result of the Yuga cycle and Samkhya philosophy, where the universe oscillates between material and non-material states. This transition is compared to an hourglass where the shift in "energy sand" necessitates a change in how symbols are applied to the physical world.