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The Memo to Self Scenario, Part I & II:
Thought Experiment (TX) 003 As per Masks of God, Book 1, Ouranian Chronicles Series ( OC) The setup of Masks of God is doubly...

Arnold Hermann
Sep 24, 20246 min read


The Ouranian Chronicles (OC) Series Synopsis
Book 1: Masks of God Book 2: Soul Engineer Book 3: Brotherhood of Shadows Book 4: Palace of Regret OC Series Synopsis: Exploratores...

Arnold Hermann
Sep 9, 20246 min read


Memory of the World
Ouranian Chronicles Thought Experiment (TX) 002 What if history is a mask? Commercial history that is, as popularized in movies, TV, and...

Arnold Hermann
Sep 9, 20243 min read


The Invasion Scenario
Thought Experiment (TX) 001 Image: NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center/Stephen Walker et al https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/12587/ We have come...

Arnold Hermann
Sep 9, 20243 min read


The Soul Connection: Conceptual Interfaces for bridging Dualities
Kything 003 Hecate Statue in Antalya Archeological Museum, Turkey | Photo 304965434 © Evren Kalinbacak | Dreamstime.com “What is Life...

Arnold Hermann
Jul 10, 20249 min read


*Reflections on the Kardashev scale — plus references/links
Kything 002 Dyson Sphere. Image credit: Kevin Gill The Kardashev scale is a means for approximating the level of a civilization’s...

Arnold Hermann
Jul 2, 20247 min read


In Defense of the IDEAL
Kything 001 An Ouranian Chronicles Meditation Are our best days behind us, or do they still lie ahead? Philosophers have been on both...

Arnold Hermann
Jul 1, 20245 min read


One-on-one with my Maker
Episode 001 Calamity Podcasts presents: One-on-one with my Maker | Episode 001 (A candid conversation between character and author. The...

Arnold Hermann
Jun 8, 202415 min read


Neolithic Survey • Sanliurfa, (Urfa) Museum • 30 April 2024
Şanlıurfa (Urfa Museum) The schedule we’ve kept for the last days has been quite demanding, physically. We decided to spent the day in...

Arnold Hermann
Apr 30, 20245 min read


Neolithic Survey • Harran, Ancient Sogmatar, Bazda Caves, and Ancient Suayb City • 29 April 2024
Harran Harran is one of the most important cities in human history. Located near the Syrian border, and about 40 km south of Urfa and...

Arnold Hermann
Apr 29, 20246 min read


Neolithic Survey • Karahan Tepe • 28 April 2024
Karahan Tepe Following up on the survey of Karahan Tepe. Parts of the site are reportedly older even than Göbekli Tepe going Bach to...

Arnold Hermann
Apr 28, 20243 min read


Neolithic Survey • Göbekli Tepe • Archaeological Site • 28 April 2024
Göbekli Tepe Big day. Spent almost all of it at Göbekli Tepe, both at the archeological site and the nearby cultural multi-media center....

Arnold Hermann
Apr 28, 20243 min read


Neolithic Survey • Kahramanmaraş to Domuztepe to Şanlıurfa (or, Urfa) • 27 April 2024
Departed from Kahramanmaraş in the morning to travel to Domuztepe—a late Neolithic site showing early Halaf culture traits—close to...

Arnold Hermann
Apr 27, 20243 min read


Neolithic Survey • Sofia, Bulgaria to Instanbul, Türkiye • Museum of Anatolian Civilizations • 24-26 April 2024
A sometimes difficult even arduous journey, considering that they woke us around midnight to prepare us for a 2 a.m. disembarking of the train at the Bulgarian/Turkish border for passport control and taking all our luggage through customs to have every piece x-rayed. The entire process took more than two hours an we finally left around 4:30 a.m. This meant that we missed our projected arrival time at 6 am by two hours. The driver we hired to drive us across Istanbul to the tr

Arnold Hermann
Apr 26, 20242 min read
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