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Biological Anthropology: A New Synthesis
John Rush
Biological anthropology, also called physical anthropology, is about the biological us, and what we think we know about our origins. The Darwinian model, that is, random mutations, plus natural selection, plus time equals new species, has never been proven correct using material science. Saying that one species evolves into another species through random mutations tells us nothing of the processes involved. Saying life assembled and evolved randomly is no better than saying “God did it.” Show me how random events, without experimenter interference, can lead to functional codes like DNA. In this work not only does Dr. Rush point out the major problems with the Darwinian model but offers another model that can be properly researched by material science. This model is based around a very old idea, that life evolves itself. Scientists have no idea how life began, but there is compelling evidence that cells think and make decisions that can have direct and indirect effects on genetic coding. Here we are into epigenetics and endocellular selection. In the eighteen chapters, Dr. Rush covers the founding fathers of biological anthropology, creation stories from other cultures (Biological Anthropology is basically a creation story), how we classify and why, genetics, genomics, epigenetics, endocellular selection, topobiology, the sugar code, dating methodology, catastrophic events through the ages, the first primates and the ape lineages connected to the Oligocene and Miocene, our hominid and hominin ancestors (fact and fiction), primate behavior, the Homo line, modern humans, the Mesolithic, Neolithic and Paleopathology, and Forensic Anthropology.
Magic, Myth, and Religion:
The Origins of Myth and Ritual Expression
John Rush
The most powerful thing in the world is the symbol. Through symbols, we create stories and myths that bring people to action. Where did the original symbols regarding an afterlife come from? The spiritual world is a fascinating place even more so today in that it is in direct competition with the metaphysics of science, especially physics, with numerous theories surrounding the origin of the universe and life. We read the universe came from nothing, we hear of singularities, multiverses, wormholes, string theory, metaphysics at its best. What do you think of as the spiritual world may be more than something that brings from our imaginings, of a world beyond that can be glimpsed, and perhaps manipulated if we perform the rituals correctly. As the reader will appreciate the spiritual world and quantum physics have a lot in common. Join Dr. Rush as he takes you through the world of imagination, of magic, shamanism, and worlds beyond.
JESUS, MUSHROOMS, AND THE ORIGIN OF CHRISTIANITY: SECOND EDITION
John Rush
Jesus, Mushrooms, and the Origin of Christianity analyzes the prevalence of a specific motif – the mushroom – in Christian art, proposing that this image is evidence of the true foundation of Christianity and the Catholic Church. Examining Christian art from 200 CE to the present, author John Rush argues that Jesus was not an actual, historical person, but a personification of the Holy Mushroom, Amanita muscaria and the mystical experience brought about by the ingestion of mind-altering plants and fungi by early, experimentally minded Christian sects.
Drawing on primarily historical sources, Rush traces the history – and pictured face – of Jesus, which was constructed and codified only after 325 CE. In the process, he shows how the mushroom was very much apparent, though often disguised, in the early years of Christian art, thus revealing the nature of the original Christian cults, rites, and rituals – including mushroom use. Jesus, Mushrooms, and Origin of Christianity emphasizes Jesus’ message of know thyself, seek wisdom, and be a decent person, which leads to peace, love, and spiritual growth, asserting his symbolic murder was a conspiracy by powerful reactionary forces who replaced his message with the oppressive religious-political system that endures today. Rush’s brilliant exposition of Amanita muscaria use by early Christians challenges mainstream views of Western religious history and is both provocative and persuasive.
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John Rush
If there is one thing that undermines Darwinian evolution, that is, the insistence that random mutations and natural selection are the singular keys to the origins of life and species, it would be the cell’s ability to “think,” make decisions, and alter its DNA accordingly. This idea is implied in the works of Jean-Baptiste Lamarck (1809) and it resurfaced as “directed mutation” by Cairns et al. (1988). The cell’s active participation (instead of a passive recipient) in its evolutionary direction is unthinkable for many researchers mainly because it undermines randomness and natural selection and extends change potential to the cell itself. How much of biological evolution is random and how much is directed or purposefully initiated by the cell? How does this relate to consciousness and the cell’s ability to “think,” make decisions, and alter its DNA? These are issues the academic community must take seriously.
John Rush
Have you ever wondered-
What is the origin on the domesticated cat, Felis catus? What is our ancestral relationship to cats? Do cats have anything to do with our fear of the dark? Why has the domesticated cat (Felis catus) changed so little over the past 12 thousand years, when compared to other domesticated animals like the dog? What are the dietary needs and behavioral patterns of Felis catus? Why can they not digest vegetable material, often added to commercial cat food? And the big question, why do we keep them around in the first place?
Cat Tales answers these questions and many more for all cat lovers and anyone interested in cat and human evolution.
HOLY SHIT, WHO AM I?
Katie Gunn
Who are you? A question many of us ask ourselves. This book helps you find who you are through tangible communication skills. You will learn how you process your thoughts, what information pushes your buttons, and how you attack problem-solving.
Not only will you understand yourself better, but also you will communicate clearly and build positive relationships with those around you,
Wouldn’t life be easier if you had a clue about other people and had the skills to communicate with them? Wouldn’t you want to know what makes you tick? What would change if you could be in control of yourself through the words you chose?
This book is full of useful information and two personality tests set up to increase your understanding of you and the world around you, Try it, you’ll like it!
GET SHIT DONE, WORKBOOK
Katie Gunn
Now there is a workbook to go with Get Shit Done! What better way to follow through on the goals you want to set, routine, short term (one and done) and long term, then to have a handy dandy workbook?
This workbook organizes your goal setting and allows you to be creative. It holds all your thoughts and reflections, guiding you into a life with purpose and direction.
After years of trial and error, the author is sharing her method of holding herself accountable to the goals she sets, and is now sharing her strategies through this workbook. Try it, you’ll like it!
GET SHIT DONE, EASY TIME MANAGEMENT
Katie Gunn
Have you ever wanted more hours in the day so that you could “Get Shit Done?” Well, this book is for you! We’ve all had goals that we’ve stuck with for a while, but have lost our drive and let some goals slide with an “I’ll do that tomorrow!” Then tomorrow turns into next week…you know the pattern; you know how this goes. How can we change that? Well, let’s look at time management from a different perspective. Let’s take some easy, but powerful tools in getting more shit done and allocating more time to do what you want to do.
Although we haven’t invented a 30-hour day yet, this book offers strategies to manage your time and get the most out of your day through 3 easy-to-follow steps:
Set goals that are realistic and measurable for any aspect of your life
Analyze how you use your time
Accountability through writing or with a friend.
Together we will pick reasonable goals, look at the time you have to spend and where you spend your time, and put together a plan that you will be able to do and feel good about. Let’s Get Shit Done!
John Rush
If you ever had questions about evolution, this is the book to read. Using research from the fields of statistics, cell biology, zoology, and genomics over the past 50 years shows random mutations and natural selection inadequate to explain the origins of species let along the origin of self-replicating life forms. New data coming from studies in epigenetics, symbiosis, hybridization, quantum biology, topobiology, and the Sugar Code hold promise for revealing the scientific process of speciation if not the origins of life. The Neo-Darwinian model of random mutations plus natural selection leading to new species is an idea, a hypothesis that has never been tested using materialistic science (math, chemistry, physics). In fact, it is impossible to test this hypothesis because any test constructed would be through human design eliminating any sense of randomness. Neo-Darwinism incorrectly claims that you, all your experiences, and the physical world came about randomly, without a purpose, to remove any notion of intelligence beyond that of the human animal. Darwin’s ideas led to social Darwinism, a political statement that sprung from a belief that there is a superior group of people – the elites, the intellectuals, who should rule everyone else and that all the rest were inferior. This progressed to eugenics, socialism, Nazism, and communism and misery and death for millions of people. Darwin and his followers were racists – in the extreme. Furthermore, given that there is no scientific basis for their claim, Neo-Darwinism is a misrepresentation of science. If you are looking for a light to shine on this corner of science, you’ve got the right book!
John Rush
There can be no doubt that our ancient ancestors used mind-altering substances to commune with the other side, the ancestors and eventually the gods, and sometimes demons. Mind-altering substances, evidenced by liver enzymes and receptor sites in the brain, have been with human kind for many millions of years, and these experiences are at the base of shamanism and every – what is loosely called – “religion” in the world. Decision-making and thus cultural directions for our ancestors, as in today’s world, are closely connected to the use of a wide variety of mind-altering substances and yet these substances are left out of the discussion.
John Rush
The Mushroom in Christian Art analyzes the prevalence of a certain motif — the mushroom — in Christian art, proposing that this image is evidence of the true foundation of Christianity and the Catholic Church. Examining Christian art from 200 CE to the present, author John Rush argues that Jesus was not an actual, historical person, but a personification of the Holy Mushroom Amanita muscaria and the mystical experience brought about by the ingestion of psychedelic plants and fungi by early, experimentally minded Christian sects. Drawing on primary historical sources, Rush traces the history — and pictured face — of Jesus, which was constructed and codified only after 325 CE. In the process, he shows how the mushroom was very much apparent, though often disguised, in the early years of Christian art, thus revealing the nature of the original Christian cults, rites, and rituals — including mushroom use. The Mushroom in Christian Art emphasizes Jesus’s message of peace, love and spiritual growth, asserting that his murder was a conspiracy by powerful reactionary forces who replaced his message with the oppressive religious-political system that endures today. Rush’s brilliant exposition of Amanita muscaria use by early Christians challenges mainstream views of Western religious history and is both provocative and persuasive. The included DVD contains 252 striking color images of Christian art, the symbolism of each discussed in detail in the book.
John Rush
In 1970 John Allegro (The Sacred Mushroom and the Cross) informed that Judaism and Christianity coalesced around the use of the sacred mushroom, Amanita muscaria. Out of political correctness, the academic community ruined his career. Since that time many books have appeared giving indirect support to Allegro’s position. Finally Dr. Rush reveals startling evidence, proof positive, that Jesus is the mushroom, the portal to the spiritual life. Rush goes on to question scholarly interpretations of the “life and times of Jesus,” and he sees the Old Testament, New Testament, and Qur’an as mythical charters representing political—not religious—traditions. This is a must-read for all interested in religion and the development of Western Civilization. This work is bound to cause debate.
John Rush
In The Twelve Gates, clinical anthropologist John Rush embarks on a spellbinding journey through death rituals in various cultures, centering on the ancient Egyptian philosophy of death and resurrection. The first part of the book provides an overview of different rituals, encouraging readers to confront their feelings about death and to reevaluate their lives. The author details his own experiences preparing for death, including a painful tattooing process inspired by the ancient Egyptian Books of the Netherworld. He then guides readers through the Twelve Gates of the Underworld, symbolic ritual stages during which they can figuratively experience death and rebirth. A set of full-color tarot cards, designed by the author, is included as an aid in passing through each of the Gates. These ancient rituals, performed by pharaohs and priests for thousands of years, help ease the way toward a peaceful, conscious death.
John Rush
Say “body modifications” and most people think of tattoos and piercings. They associate these mainly with the urban primitives of the 1980s to today and with primitive tribes. In fact, as this fascinating book shows, body mods have been on the scene since ancient times, traceable to as far back as 1.5 million years, and they also encompass scarification, branding, and implants. Professor John Rush outlines the processes and procedures of these radical physical alterations, showing their function as rites of passage, group identifiers, and mechanisms of social control. He explores the use of pain for spiritual purposes, such as purging sin and guilt, and examines the phenomenon of accidental cuts and punctures as individual events with sometimes-profound implications for group survival. Spiritual Tattoo finds a remarkable consistency in body modifications from prehistory to the present, suggesting the importance of the body as a sacred geography from both social and psychological points of view.
John Rush
What is counseling and therapy? How are individuals “cured?” What are the techniques involved? How do marriages get back on track? What are the similarities between therapy in our culture and others? What are High Risk Messages, and where do they come from? What does ritual termination and social reintegration (for the most part lacking in Western psychology and psychiatry) have to do with the healing process, and why are they so necessary? What is the single most important element in any therapeutic setting?
Emotional problems often interfere with physical healing and there are few works that specifically address this issue with an easy to understand model (or process) and techniques. In this easy to understand and elegantly presented work, and using an Anthropological model, Dr. Rush leads the reader through the processes and procedures for dealing with emotional problems and conflict in one’s self, family, work place (including government agencies), anywhere!
In this work Dr. Rush avoids the unproven assumptions in depth psychology and concentrates on how and why we stress our selves with specific types of information and then reveals how you can “immunize” yourself. His approach is easy to understand and, unlike most models of cause in Western psychology and psychiatry, verifiable. With this information and techniques you can truly take control of your life and help people take control of theirs. This is one of the most important book you will read!
