In early 2020 my friend Lee messaged me and said he had a blank slate platform/app and wondered if I would like to do something with it or had any ideas. Since we discussed metaphysics and the nature of reality along with other weird phenomena regularly I thought that would be a good place to start. We went back and forth for weeks on topics, names, logos, etc…
One night I had a brainstorming session with a low dose of psilocybin and had close eyed visuals that reminded me of the Vedic metaphor of “Indra’s Net”. Indra is an ancient Vedic and buddhist deity. The metaphor of Indra’s net was found first in the Atharva Veda which dates back to around 1,000 bc. The idea of the pearls or jewels being like minds and connecting and reflecting off of each other seemed perfect. Alan Watts once compared Indra’s Net to a giant cosmic spider web with beads of water reflecting on one another. Let’s be real though this is the internet and Indra’s Net was a very taken domain lol. It actually worked out perfectly substituting web for net. Now the most important part of this process was our goal or mission.
Our goal is to spread and help cultivate real credible hypotheses and theories on topics surrounding metaphysics and weird phenomena using logic and reason. I believe the topics we included have been associated with visionary thinking, innovation, and the elevation of consciousness. I am interested in separating the actual possibilities and potential from complete speculative nonsense. That has been my focus as the host of Mind Escape Podcast as well. We had everything in place ready to go when Covid got worse and the election news coverage dominated all media. It did not seem like the right time. Around the holidays that year I had an epiphany and I decided there is no right or perfect time so let’s get this show on the road and start bringing people together through thought and innovation. This was a misstep and over the last 3 years aside from an initial push my other projects have taken priority. This platform does not have all the bells and whistles, however it could be safe haven for intellectual thought surrounding fringe and metaphysical topics.
We have met so many amazing people, friends, fans/listeners, podcasters, authors, and researchers along the way and would appreciate it if you spread the word about Indra’s Web. We only ask that you please leave all the conspiracy and political nonsense off of this platform. Let’s start philosophizing, experimenting, researching, learning, exploring, hypothesizing, theorizing, and loving. Humanity is due for another paradigm shift and scientific revolution, so I hope this inspires you all. I love everyone and I hope you enjoy Indra’s Web. The link below will take you there or go to https://indrasweb.org/
I've been listening to your last two Mind Escape podcasts. I tried listening to send an email to you after the first one, but gmail bounced it back to me, because it didn't recognise the email address you gave out, so I've pasted it to the bottom of this message. As far as Jaime Maussin is concerned, I think he's gullible, rather than being a fraud, but I may be wrong. I plan to spend a couple of months in Mexico soon, so I'll do my own research, which I I'm sure you'd agree with. You also mentioned the origins of of the Vedic soma/Iranian homa. Well, that hypothesis relies on the Aryan invasion theory of Indian pre-history and that's increasingly being discredited by archaeological and linguistic evidence. If you want to know more, I suggest you check out the work of Dr. David Frawley, but there are other scholars who are also providing a critique of the Aryan invasion theory, which was really a byproduct of British imperialism.
Here's my email about the previous episode. I'd add only that you might want to check out the work of the theoretical physicist David Bohm, whose work is really important to all of this:
Hi Mike,
Firstly, I just wanted to tell you and Maurice how much I enjoyed watching your video, As Within, so Without: from UFOs to DMT. It was extremely well put together and focused on peoples' experiences, without pushing any particular ideology. My last statement expresses my appreciation that both of you are more than capable of discernment; which is not easy, given the subject matter of your video, especially in these crazy times. I look forward to your next effort.
I've just listened to your latest podcast, and I understand why you felt the need to rant about what I like to call alternative archaeology. I suppose I could be called something like that myself, but I know exactly what you're driving at. I do, however, want to speak up for Graham. Having read all of his books on the subject, I really don't think that he has much - if anything - to say about the cliche of ancient advanced technology, or whatever similar nonsense some others like to spout about. I don't agree with everything Graham has said - for instance about Tiwanaku in the Andes - but that's not the point. He's a decent person, who acts with integrity and in good faith. Believe me, those are both rare qualities among the inhabitants of the field of alternative archaeology!
Your wider point is a good one, though. Where is the evidence of all of this supposed 'advanced technology'? Well, my answer to that is another question: would we even recognise it as technology, if the science that created it was so radically different from ours? In your previous podcast you said, quite rightly, that Greg Little deserves more recognition for his work. Personally, I think his greatest contribution to understanding ancient cultures may well be his identification of the importance of plasma. Over 90% of the cosmos consists of plasma and modern physics knows next to nothing about it - at least in the public arena. In more than ten years of visiting archaeological sites in the Andes, I've come to recognise that pre-Hispanic cultures used plasma technologies that no modern archaeologist - academic or 'alternative' - has the slightest hope of identifying. If we in the twenty-first century know nothing of the science, how can we hope to understand any technology derived from it?
My years of research in South America have taught me a lot about the way the world really is. It's not what we are told; not by the academics, nor by the ancient alienists and their ilk. There is evidence for a much older civilisation in the Andes than the academic consensus would allow. The fact of the matter is that it's being suppressed for reasons that are too complex to go into here, but I'm not just making this up. I can assure you of that. Let's say just that it might have something to do with that very different science I was telling you about earlier. That's my speculation, but the plasma science is very real. In fact, it's probably far more real than all of those ontic billiard balls that particle physicists keep wasting taxpayers' money trying to find.
I'm very interested in the Homo Naledi discoveries you spoke of too. I noticed you mentioned that the skeletons were found in foetal positions. It's also something you find in South America, among Inca remains, but with earlier cultures, as well. I find that quite curious. It's almost as if the deceased person is being made ready to be born into a new life. So did Homo Naledi consider the soul to be immortal, I wonder? Those same hominins, I understand, were in the habit of making geometrical inscriptions on the walls of that cave system in South Africa. Why were they interested in geometry, and how did they learn of it? They are also interesting questions; and, if you were inclined towards Platonism, you might consider there to be a connection between geometry and immortality. (The cave would be an optional extra, but as H Naledi could use fire, he'd have seen the shadows cast on the cave wall anyway). Homo Naledi had such a small brain, as well, when compared with ours. It's almost as if consciousness might not be an epiphenomenon of the brain after all, but even that it could be considered in terms of primacy. Hmmmmm...................... Now that's a hard problem for any self-respecting materialist to consider.
Thanks again,
Dave
Sorry our email is MindEscapePodcast@gmail.com forgot the gmail part lol