On this episode of Expanded Perspectives the Cam and Kyle talk with author and researcher Laird Scranton about his latest book "Point of Origin". Laird Scranton is an independent software designer from Albany, New York who writes about ancient mysteries, cosmology and language. His work includes articles published in the University of Chicago's Anthropology News academic journal, in Temple University's Encyclopedia of African Religion, and in the Vassar Quarterly Magazine. His book "The Science of the Dogon" was taught at Colgate University under the title "Hidden Meanings: A Study of the Founding Symbols of Civilization." He is featured in John Anthony West's "Magical Egypt" documentary series and in Carmen Boulter's "The Pyramid Code", a series broadcast by the Documentary Channel. He has been interviewed on a variety of radio programs around the world including Coast-to-Coast AM and Red Ice Radio in Sweden. He has presented at conferences on Ancient Mysteries including Walter Cruttenden's annual CPAK (Conference on Precession and Ancient Knowledge) Conference, the A.R.E. Mysteries Conference, and the Paradigm Symposium.

Show Notes:

• Point of Origin: Gobekli Tepe and the Spiritual Matrix for the World's Cosmologies
• The Cosmological Origins of Myth and Symbol: From the Dogon and Ancient Egypt to India, and China
• The Science of the Dogon: Decoding the African Mystery Tradition
• China's Cosmological Prehistory: The Sophisticated Science Encoded in Civilization's Earliest Symbols
• The Velikovsky Heresies: Worlds in Collision and Ancient Catastrophes Revisited
• Sacred Symbols of the Dogon: The Key to Advanced Science in the Ancient Egyptian Hieroglyphs
• Hidden Meanings

Music:

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Songs Used:

• Almost Familiar
• Gold Coast Hustle
• Fly Away Another Day