Day 3 of Our Readathon Countdown
Spotlight on 20 Authors
Check out how these authors reignite imagination.
Author 1:
Jose Arguelles
(image source: https://lawoftime.org/history/)
Bio:
Born into a Mexican-American heritage, Jose/Valum Votan, the artistic polymath, poet, visionary, and ancient-future historian, is best known for his initiation of the Harmonic Convergence in August 1987. His inquisitive spirit led him to explore resonant harmonics and transmit the profound principles of Cosmic Science and the Law of Time, leaving a legacy of inspiration for the next seven generations of art, knowledge, and interstellar exploration.
His core objective: Continue the legacy.
Bibliography (as Jose Arguelles and/or Valum Votan, a sample of the works):
Earth Ascending: An Illustrated Treatise on the Law Governing Whole Systems (1984)
The Mayan Factor: Path Beyond Technology (1987)
The Arcturus Probe: Tales and Reports of an Ongoing Investigation (1996)
Manifesto for the Noosphere: The Next Stage in the Evolution of Human Consciousness (2011)
Cosmic History Chronicles with Stephanie South (Volumes 1 to 7)
Quote from the Mayan Factor:
“While the myths and stories are there, hidden in the texts, peeping out from the jungle creepers, winking at us from among the brilliant flowers growing out of hewn stone, what forces itself upon our attention are the numbers. As we have seen, the insistence of the numbers occurs in the telling of the times of ‘origins.’ The numbers also speak when we read the garbled texts of the prophets of Chilam Balam, who, going into trance, speak everything in numbers, the 1, the 13, the 7, the 9, the 4. Are the numbers living? Are they entities, etheric and intangible, occupying dimensions of mind, the existence of which is unsuspected by our materialistic head-sets?” (chapter 3,”The Galactic Masters & The Numbers of Destiny” page 65)
Nurturing the Author’s Legacy:
Support His Mission: https://lawoftime.org/
Author 2
Robert Temple
(image source: https://robert-temple.com/academic.html)
Bio:
Professor, reviewer and author of many challenging and provocative books, starting with the international best-seller, The Sirius Mystery. He integrates academic scholarship that is able to resonate with the general public.
His core objective: Increase understanding of plasma science.
Bibliography:
A New Science of Heaven (2022)
Egyptian Dawn (2010)
The Sphinx Mystery (2009)
The Genius of China (2007)
The Sirius Mystery (1998)
Quote from "A New Science of Heaven: How the Science of Plasma Will Transform Humanity’s Understanding of its Place in the Universe":
“In 1896, Kristian Birkeland, one of the most brilliant scientists of his time, began publishing the great breakthroughs. He hypothesized that the Sun emits rays of electricity (‘cathode rays’), which reach the Earth and are ‘the object of a suction’ by the Earth’s magnetic poles, and that there is a correlation between sunspots, the Earth’s polar aurorae, and terrestrial magnetic perturbations (chapter 7, “Kristian Birkeland’s Miraculous Discovery”, page 98)
Nurturing the Author’s Legacy:
Research His Publications: https://robert-temple.com/index.html
Author 3
S.P. Laurie
(image source: https://jesusorigins.com/)
Bio:
S.P. Laurie presents research and comments on the origins of the Jesus movement and the earliest Christianity.
The core objective: Solve mysteries by asking women.
Bibliography:
The Gospel of Domitilla: Did the Emperor’s Niece Write Luke? (2023)
The Judas War (2020)
The Thomas Code: Solving the Mystery of the Gospel of Thomas (2018)
The Rock and the Tower: How Mary Created Christianity (2016)
Quote from "The Thomas Code: Solving the Mystery of the Gospel of Thomas"
“The Gospel of Thomas loves contradiction, and this saying seems to contradict other sayings. The disciples are told to fast, although 1.5 & 1.6R have already told them not to fast! In this case, the contradiction is easily resolved; the disciples are not to fast in the traditional Jewish sense, but to ‘fast from the world.’ This reflects the new spiritual law that supersedes the traditional Jewish law.” (chapter 11, “The second eighteen”, pages 153-154)
Nurturing the Author’s Legacy:
Research His Publications: https://jesusorigins.com/
Author 4
R. Buckminster Fuller
(image source: https://www.bfi.org/about-fuller/biography/)
Bio:
Born July 12, 1895, American poet, philosopher, inventor, engineer and architect from the future, who developed the geodesic dome. In addition to books, he authored more than 100 articles, and conducted more than 1000 hours of speeches.
His core objective: Learn how to operate spaceship earth.
Bibliography:
Nine Chains to the Moon (1930s)
Utopia or Oblivion (1969)
Operating Manual for Spaceship Earth (1971)
Synergetics: Explorations in the Geometry of Thinking (coatuhored with E.J. Applewhite (1975)
Quote from "Synergetics: Explorations in the Geometry of Thinking":
“Neither differential and integral calculus, nor ‘probability’ statistics, nor any branch of specialized hard science has accredited synergy as an a priori assumption. General systems theory, which recognizes synergy as inherent, was discovered and named by the biologically inspired Ludwig von Bertalanffy.” (section 400.00, “System”, page 68, verse 400.24)
Nurturing the Author’s Legacy:
Support His Mission: https://www.bfi.org/get-involved/donate/
Author 5
Donald Kroodsma
(image source: https://donaldkroodsma.com/?page_id=18)
Bio:
A scientist and lover of nature, with more than 45 years of active birdsong research, sharing his findings with the world. He inspires a new generation of young readers to unlock a new appreciation for the majesty of birds.
His core objective: Learn how to listen to birds.
Bibliography:
Listen to the Birds (2023)
Birdsong for the Curious Naturalist: Your Guide to Listening (2020)
Backyard Birdsong Guide: Eastern and Central North America (2016)
The Singing Life of Birds: The Art and Science of Listening to Birdsong (2005)
Quote from "The Singing Life of Birds: The Art and Science of Listening to Birdsong"
“Like the other male wrens on the refuge, I expect that he will have from 13 to 20 different songs in his repertoire. He’ll begin singing any minute now, about half an hour before sunrise, though this early in the season and with the temperature in the low 40s, he’ll not sing with much enthusiasm. But I am eager to capture whatever he does sing, eager to learn the details of each of his songs” (chapter 1, “Beginnings”, page 15)
Nurturing the Author’s Legacy:
Research His Publications: https://donaldkroodsma.com/
Author 6
Benoit Mandelbrot
(image source: https://www.nasonline.org/member-directory/deceased-members/15491.html)
Bio:
Born in Warsaw Poland, he is a mathematician of many fields and known as the father of fractal geometry.
His core objective: Find math where math is not seen.
Bibliography:
The Fractal Geometry of Nature (1982)
Multifractals and 1/f Noise: Wild Self-Affinity in Physics (1999)
The (Mis)Behavior of Markets: A Fractal View of Financial Turbulence (coauthored with Richard L. Hudson, 2004)
Quote from "The (Mis)Behavior of Markets: A Fractal View of Financial Turbulence"
“Instead, you see a whole range of errors, wandering across the chart. Indeed, the mistakes have a Rococo structure of their own, worthy years of study. In the options industry, where mistakes can cost millions, that is exactly what they have received. Hundreds of scholarly papers, several textbooks, and scores of financial conferences have been devoted to studying the errors”(chapter 13, “In the Lab”, page 270).
Nurturing the Author’s Legacy:
Research His Talks: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ay8OMOsf6AQ
Author 7
W.E.B. Du Bois
(image source: http://duboiscenter.library.umass.edu/about-du-bois/the-poetry-of-w-e-b-du-bois/)
Bio:
A scholar, thought-leader for Black America and a founding member of the NAACP, he is considered one of the greatest Black intellectuals in recorded history. His core objective: Recognize two-ness and strengthen self-consciousness.
Bibliography:
The Suppression of the African Slave-Trade to the United States 1638–1870 (1896)
The Souls of Black Folk (1909)
Dusk of Dawn (1940)
Quote from "The Souls of Black Folk"
“After the Egyptian and Indian, the Greek and Roman, the Teuton and Mongolian, the Negro is a sort of seventh son, born with a veil, and gifted with second-sight in this American world, - a world which yields him no true self-consciousness, but only lets him see himself through the revelation of the other world. It is a peculiar sensation, this double-consciousness, this sense of always looking at one’s self through the eyes of others, of measuring one’s soul by the tape of a world that looks on in amused contempt and pity. One ever feels his two-ness, an American, a Negro; two souls, two thoughts, two unreconciled strivings; two warring ideals in one dark body, whose dogged strength alone keeps it from being torn asunder” (chapter 1, “Of Our Spiritual Strivings”, page 3)
Nurturing the Author’s Legacy:
Support this Center: http://duboiscenter.library.umass.edu/about/
Author 8
Charles Eistenstein
(image source: https://charleseisenstein.org/about/)
Bio:
A spiritual, intellectual writer exploring the grander expressions for humanity to embrace in the world of global economics.
His core objective: Beautify money.
Bibliography:
The Ascent of Humanity: Civilization and the Human Sense of Self (2013)
Sacred Economics: Money, Gift & Society in the Age of Transition (2021)
Quote from "Sacred Economics: Money, Gift & Society in the Age of Transition"
“Now we have a choice: try to maintain the debt with extreme austerity policies, or begin the process of wealth redistribution. Each new crisis, each new bailout, offers the opportunity to buy out unrepayable debts with decaying currency, thereby rescuing the financial infrastructure without further intensifying the concentration of wealth. Moreover, when traditional monetary stimulus and Keynesian fiscal stimulus fail beyond doubt, central banks can hardly ignore the obvious next step of pushing interest rates below zero. To prevent currency wars, this should happen as a coordinated policy of all sovereign powers, or it should be built into a global currency” (chapter 17, “Summary and Roadmap”, page 295).
Nurturing the Author’s Legacy:
Support His Mission: https://charleseisenstein.org/
Author 9:
Robert O. Becker, M.D.
(image source: https://robertobecker.net/)
Bio:
A U.S. orthopedic surgeon, best known for his research in biocybernetics, studying the role of bioelectrical phenomena in growth and healing, tissue regeneration, infection control, and the health impact of artificial environmental electromagnetic energy. His core objective: Increase understanding of the circuits of pain and the circuits of pleasure.
Bibliography:
Mechanisms of Growth Control (1981)
Electromagnetism and Life (1982)
The Body Electric and the Foundation of Life (coauthored with Gary Selder, 1985)
Cross Currents (1990)
Quote from The Body Electric: Electromagnetism and the Foundation of Life
“The biggest problem Western medicine had in accepting acupuncture was there were no known anatomical structures corresponding to the meridians, those live wires supposedly just under the skin. Some investigators claimed to have located tiny clusters of sensory neurons where the points were, but others had looked for them in vain. My proposal offered a convenient way into the problem…If we could confirm these variations in skin resistance and measure current coming from the points, we’d know acupuncture was real in the Western sense, and we could go confidently in search of the physical structures” (chapter 13, “The Missing Chapter”, page 234).
Nurturing the Author’s Legacy:
Research His Publications: https://robertobecker.net/publications/articles/
Author 10:
Marshall McLuhan
(image source: https://www.marshallmcluhan.com/biography/)
Bio:
A pioneer in the field of media study, discovering connections in technology, our nervous systems, physical senses and imbalances within the human psyche.
His core objective: Increase understanding of the global electronic village.
Bibliography:
The Lost Tetrads of Marshall McLuhan (2017)
The Future of the Library (coauthored with Robert K. Logan 2016)
Culture is our Business (2015)
Understanding Media: The Extensions of Man (2003)
The Mechanical Bride: Folklore of Industrial Man (2002)
Quote from "Understanding Media: The Extensions of Man"
“Positively, automation creates roles for people, which is to say depth of involvement in their work and human association that our preceding mechanical technology had destroyed. Many people would be disposed to say that it was not the machine, but what one did with the machine, that was its meaning or message” (chapter 1, “The Medium is the Message”, page 7)
Nurturing the Author’s Legacy:
Research His Publications: https://www.marshallmcluhan.com/biography/
Author 11:
Dr. Steven M. Greer, MD
(image source: https://drstevengreer.com/)
Bio:
Dr. Steven Greer is one of the world’s foremost authorities on the subject of UFOs/UAPs (Unidentified Aerial Phenomena), extraterrestrial intelligence and technologies.
His core objective: Learn how to initiate peaceful contact with interstellar civilizations.
Bibliography:
Unacknowledged: An Expose of the World’s Greatest Secret (2019)
Hidden Truth: Forbidden Knowledge (2013)
Extraterrestrial Contact: The Evidence and Implications (2013)
Quote from "Extraterrestrial Contact: The Evidence and Implications"
“In addition to these technological and environmental implications, there are the long-term implications related to the world coming to grips with an open relationship with various ET civilizations. What might be the effects of an open dialogue with advanced life forms on world culture, art, music, philosophy, science and so forth? Only when we have stopped denying the existence of these other civilizations and disclosed the truth can we move in the direction of a sustainable global and inter-planetary society” (chapter 1, “Implications of an Extraterrestrial Disclosure”, page 10)
Nurturing the Author’s Legacy:
Support His Mission: https://drstevengreer.com/
Author 12
Mortimer J. Adler
(image source: https://www.britannica.com/biography/Mortimer-J-Adler)
Bio:
American philosopher, educator, editor and advocate of adult and general education.
His core objective: Read books, intelligently, at all four levels.
Bibliography
Aristotle for Everybody: Difficult Thought Made Easy (2012)
How to Read A Book: The Classic Guide to Intelligent Reading (1997)
How to Speak How to Listen (1997)
The Angels and Us (1982)
Quote from "How to Read a Book: The Classic Guide to Intelligent Reading"
“How can a book grow as you grow? It is impossible, of course; a book, once it is written and published, does not change. But what you only now begin to realize is that the book was so far above you to begin with that it has remained above you, and probably always will remain so. Since it is a really good book–a great book, as we might say–it is accessible at different levels. Your impression of increased understanding on your previous reading was not false. The book truly lifted you then. But now, even though you have become wiser and more knowledgeable, it can lift you again” (chapter 21, “Reading and the Growth of the Mind”, page 334)
Nurturing the Author’s Legacy:
Research His Publications: https://www.amazon.com/stores/Mortimer-Jerome-Adler
Author 13:
Tristan Gooley
(image source: https://www.naturalnavigator.com/tristan-gooley)
Bio:
A natural navigator and promoter of reconnecting with Planet Earth.
His core objective: Read nature; use your instincts.
Bibliography:
How to Read a Tree (2023)
The Secret World of Weather: How to Read Signs in Every Cloud, Breeze, Hill, Street, Plant, Animal and Dewdrop (2021)
How to Read Water: Clues and Patterns from Puddles to the Sea (2016)
The Lost Art of Reading Nature’s Signs: Use Outdoor Clues to Find Your Way, Predict the Weather, Locate Water, Track Animals―and Other Forgotten Skills (2015)
The Natural Navigator: The Rediscovered Art of Letting Nature Be Your Guide (2012)
Quote from "The Secret World of Weather: How to Read Signs in Every Cloud, Breeze, Hill, Street, Plant, Animal and Dewdrop"
“The sun’s role in this is critical, and it is also the most regular, dependable and predictable. The variable characters of the air and landscape are where we find more intriguing clues, and it is the air that we should focus on now. If the air is very dry, we will see no low clouds at any point during the day. The sun reigns. If the air is extremely humid, it is unlikely that we will see much of the sun. But most days that start fine fall somewhere between the extremes, and the key to understanding what lies ahead is spotting where we are on this spectrum. We do this by studying the behavior of the cumulus clouds especially carefully in the second half of the day” (chapter 3, “The Talk of the Skies”, pages 38 to 39).
Nurturing the Author's Legacy:
Support His Mission: https://www.naturalnavigator.com/natural-navigation
Author 14:
Christopher Alexander
(image source: https://www.patternlanguage.com/)
Bio:
An architect, builder and promoter of timeless ways of building.
His core objective: Spiritualize physical spaces using pattern languages
Bibliography:
A Pattern Language (1977)
The Timeless Way of Building (1979)
The Nature of Order (2002)
Vol 1: The Phenomenon of Life
Vol 2: The Process of Creating Life
Vol 3: A Vision of a Living World
Vol 4: The Luminous Ground
Quote from "The Timeless Way of Building":
“The search which we make for this quality, in our own lives, is the central search of any person, and the crux of any individual person’s story. It is the search for those moments and situations when we are most alive” (chapter 3, “Being Alive”,page 41)
Nurturing the Author’s Legacy:
Research His Publications: https://www.patternlanguage.com/
Author 15
Eileen Day McKusick
(image source: https://www.biofieldtuning.com/founder)
Bio:
A researcher, inventor, and practitioner of sound healing.
Her core objective: Raise biofield voltages
Bibliography:
Tuning the Human Biofield: Healing with Vibrational Sound Therapy (2014)
Electric Body, Electric Health: Using the Electromagnetism Within (and Around) You to Rewire, Recharge and Raise Your Voltage (2021)
Quote from "Electric Body, Electric Health":
“The prevailing paradigm in Western science says that we are chemical, mechanical beings. But a new paradigm is beginning to emerge that suggests that we are fundamentally electromagnetic and vibrational. It suggests that we–and the cosmos that is our home–are made up of light and sound and waveforms across an unimaginably vast array of frequencies” (introduction, “Raise Your Voltage”, page 19)
Nurturing the Author’s Legacy:
Research Her Publications: https://www.biofieldtuning.com/
Author 16
Rebecca Fincher-Kiefer
(image source: https://integrativepainscienceinstitute.com/latest_podcast/embodied-cognition-and-the-bodys-role-in-thought-with-rebecca-fincher-kiefer-phd/)
Bio:
A psychology professor and researcher in the fields of embodied cognition, learning, memory, reading comprehension and experimental psychology.
Her core objective: Recognize the entanglements of body, mind and memory.
Bibliography:
“How the Body Shapes Knowledge - Empirical Support for Embodied Cognition (2019)
Quote from “How the Body Shapes Knowledge”
“Wonder Woman stands with her feet planted wide and her hands on her hips as a symbol of strength. Are these expansive postures just typical body positions that have been modeled by others in positions of status and prestige, or do those postures cause a person to feel more effective and more powerful? In other words, is the abstract concept of power embodied in a particular stance in the same way that approach and avoidance may be embodied in patterns of arm movements?” (chapter 3, “The Body’s Role in Social and Emotional Judgements”, page 37)
Nurturing the Author’s Legacy:
Research Her Publications: https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=x5xmpgUAAAAJ&hl=en
Author 17
Dr. Jewel Pookrum, MD
(image source: https://www.thejewelnetwork.com/)
Bio:
A doctor of nutrition, herbology, neurophysiology and creator of the The Jewel Network (TJN), a science news network specializing in broadcasting the sciences of life and living.
Her core objective: Increase understanding of the melanin molecule.
Bibliography:
Vitamins & Minerals from A-Z with Ethno-Consciousness (2012)
Straight From The Heart: A Physician's Loving Message of Healing & Wellness (2010)
Quote from "Vitamins & Minerals from A-Z with Ethno-Consciousness"
“Genetically, we represent the set number of keys on a standard piano. Each one of us plays our genes uniquely, thus, creating a beautiful melody of appearances, talents and art forms of physical expression and yet, the gene pool (genome) remains the same. Just as Tchaikovsky, Chopin, Stevie Wonder, and Alicia Keys create beautiful, but different music on the same piano keyboard. We create the same incredible diversity genetically within our standard gene pool (genome). We are all one. We are all kindred, from the same source, so let us greet each other with a renewed spirit of acceptance since the veil of ignorance has been removed and the truth can now blossom” (introduction, page 5)
Nurturing the Author’s Legacy:
Research Her Publications: https://www.thejewelnetwork.com/
Author 18
Dr. Mae-Wan Ho
(image source: https://www.i-sis.org.uk/Mae-WanHo.php)
Bio:
Director of the Institute of Science in Society, famous for her research on the physics of organisms and sustainable systems.
Her core objective: Increase understanding of circular economies and renewable energies
Bibliography:
Meaning Of Life And The Universe: Transforming (2017)
Living Rainbow H2O (2012)
The Rainbow and the Worm: The Physics of Organisms (2008)
Quote from "The Rainbow and the Worm: The Physics of Organisms":
“The cycling of material and energy within the biosphere automatically involves the storage, not only of material in the biosphere as biomass, but also of energy…we have alluded to the large amount of energy stored in living systems, but exactly how much energy is stored?...if the living system is far away from thermodynamic equilibrium, it must be free energy that is stored; for free energy disappears at equilibrium” (chapter 4, “Energy Flow and Living Cycles”, page 56)
Nurturing the Author’s Legacy:
Research Her Publications: https://www.i-sis.org.uk/Mae-WanHo.php
Author 19:
Stephanie South
(image source: https://cosmichistory.love/)
Bio:
A visionary, female alchemist and teacher from the future, Stephanie serves as the Creative Director for the Foundation for the Law of Time and continues to develop and nurture the knowledge transmitted by Jose Arguelles/Valum Votan.
Her core objective: Know thyself, study thyself, love thyself
Bibliography:
The Uninscribed: Initiation into the Heart of Time (2020)
Accessing Your Multidimensional Self: A Key to Cosmic History (2014)
Time, Synchronicity and Calendar Change: The Visionary Life and Work of Jose Arguelles (2011)
Coauthored with Jose Arguelles/Valum Votan
Cosmic History Chronicles Volume 1: Book of the Throne
Cosmic History Chronicles Volume 2: Book of the Avatar
Cosmic History Chronicles Volume 3: Book of the Mystery
Cosmic History Chronicles Volume 4: Book of the Initiation
Cosmic History Chronicles Volume 5: Book of the Timespace
Cosmic History Chronicles Volume 6: Book of the Transcendence
Cosmic History Chronicles Volume 7: Book of the Cube
Quote from "The Uninscribed: Initiation into the Heart of Time"
“While all of history is essentially the perpetuation of male lineages, hierarchies, and patriarchies, the GM108X was symbolically intended to return the pattern to its feminine origins. Many Native American tribes were matrilineal. Women were involved in the decision-making process for the greater good of the tribe. I spent many hours contemplating the meaning of this” (chapter 5, “Entering GM108X, page 55)
Nurturing the Author’s Legacy:
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Author 20
CCW.Kin163
Bio:
CCW.Kin163 is an enigmatic writer, graphic artist and cosmic poet. She is a flowering starseed, in the most fertile stage of her career. With her collection, The Kar Dual Galactic Adventures, she unveils the mission of her art as a medium of higher messengers. This collection is a series of stories that follow the principles of cosmic science and higher-dimensional mathematics. Her core objective: Know the numbers.
Bibliography:
The Kar Dual Galactic Adventures: Story 1 - When Time IS Money
The Kar Dual Galactic Adventures: Story 2 - When Time IS Energy
The Kar Dual Galactic Adventures: Story 3 - When Time IS Art
Quote from The Kar Dual Galactic Adventures: Story 2 - When Time is Energy:
“By applying the imaginary numbers 144,414 and 441 into 9 harmonic matrix groups of base-20 and base-60 mathematics, Aukli had resolved the challenges of high-dimensional spaces, eliminating the complexity of negative integers by simplifying nonlinear closed-form derivatives. She gave an identity to the nothingness of zero. She assigned 19 permutations of the number 0, 260 permutations of the number 20 and 13 permutations to the number 7” (page 20).
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