I have been meaning to add a post or two over the weekend but I found myself distracted with trying to juggle too many points of interest at once and just did not get around to making any coherent additions. So I decided I’d make this entry to avoid becoming too lazy about maintaining the blog and perhaps give someone else an idea for a book to look into.
Below are some of these current distractions which I may return to separately at a later date or, the more likely result, incorporate snippets with a related topic.
Daimonic Reality is a book by Patrick Harpur in which he sets out his theories what lies behind such phenomena as ; crop circles, big foot, alien, ufo and Marian sightings. It is quite an interesting read, easy to get into and filled with a great assortment of various sightings and phenomena which he uses to clarify what he means by 'Daimonic Reality' and how it is there are such varied and persistent sightings throughout history and cultures. I am currently rereading this book as I breezed through it first time around, but it's being pressed to the background by other books like
which was written by Giorgio de Santillana and Hertha von Dechend. This book just seemed to evade my attempts to get a hold of it until quite recently when I came across it in several places. And now that I finally have it I am too scattered to give it my full attention, but that is a problem of luxury. So far I’ve only read the commentary written by John Major Jenkins as well as the introduction and the first two chapters. While the book has been quite heavily critiqued on its conclusions, methods and even its’ awkward disjointed presentation by peers of Santillana and Dechend and readers alike, this isn’t offputting to me. Since I myself tend to be running in several directions at the same time as well, as is evidenced here, so I am perhaps more forgiving towards them in that regard. My main interest in Hamlet’s Mill lies in the great abundance of sources the book uses and references, something that is separate from their interpretations and conclusions. At any rate it should provide an entertaining and informative read.
There are many more books that I just need to find the time for somehow as well, so too with other 'pet projects' that keep springing up but fail to reach maturity.
N.B. The book links go to Amazon but the discerning person can find costless alternatives for most of the books mentioned.
Recently (last month) the police in The Netherlands introduced the latest addition to their crime fighting arsenal against illegal marijuana growers: the canna chopper. The canna chopper is a remote controlled mini helicopter loaded with equipment to enable detection of illegal marijuana growing operations. The chopper is loaded with a thermal imaging camera and a regular camera. It also has the so dubbed 'canna sniffer', an odor-detecting device that can 'smell' the marijuana.
Here's a short clip showcasing the canna chopper.
While in the clip it is reported they already made their first arrests thanks to the chopper, it sounds a bit like propaganda to me. Also claims of it being able to fly for 8 hours seem greatly exaggerated. That aside, there seems to be an issue with regards to privacy since they need to fly these things over homes, only a very small percentage of which will be used for growing weed. Though I'm not aware as of yet of any complaints or legal actions taken against the use of the RC helicopter from the general public.
Here's a more humorous report on the chopper and this time it is in English
This example is not the only of it's kind in England they have the Microdrone. (article here)
And a clip of the Microdrone
The Microdrone is developed by Microdrones GmbH from Germany.
It is used in many different applications: Aerial photography, Archeology, Surveillance, Plant inspection, Fire and Rescue service, Border control, Police, Special forces, Army.
With future products we will introduce even much more sophisticated control- and communication technologies.
Our company name together with our slogan "your eye in the sky" is self-explanatory and directly meets our product purpose.
One of our future aims will be the expansion of our worldwide reseller network and production locations. This demonstrates our commitment to the highest quality products and a reliable service.
One of their projects listed on their site is project Airshield.
AirShield (Airborne Remote Sensing for Hazard Inspection by Network-Enabled Lightweight Drones) is a BMBF research project on the field for the civilian safety research to the protection of crucial infrastructures and citizens. The project is part of the program "Research for the civilian safety" in the field of "Integrated protection system for rescue and security forces".
You can read more on project Airshield here. The Microdrones website also has several videos available.
His Royal Highness The Duke of Kent with a microdrone in hand
West Midlands Fire Service at its best. One of the most modern fire brigade impresses his Royal Highness, The Duke of Kent, with their highly specialized microdrones system. -Source
Let's take another look at Microdrones GmbH's slogan "your eye in the sky". 'Eye in the sky' is a novel written in 1957 by Philip K. Dick.
It is also the title of an album and a song by Alan Parsons Project. The cover of the album is below.
Most will recognize that as a depiction of the eye of Horus, the Egyptian sky/solar deity.
Eye In The Sky is the second song on the album, it is preceded by the instrumental track Sirius and followed by Children of the moon. (The Egyptians of course attached great importance to the sun, the moon and also the star Sirius. I will likely delve more into this at a later date, I don't want to derail the post too much.)
As coincidence would have it one of Microdrones' partners in the Airshield project is the University of Siegen which also uses the Eye of Horus as it's logo.
Eye In The Sky is also term used for security cameras like this one There is also a 2007 film by the same name which plot revolves around the use of such surveillance cameras.
The song is in part a reference to George Orwell's classic novel Nineteen Eighty-Four, regarding a possible future in which individual privacy is virtually non-existent due to the ever-watching eye of Big Brother. In the novel, citizens are constantly monitored by satellites and hidden video recording equipment.
It has also been noted by Eric Woolfson, the songwriter and vocalist of this song, spent a lot of time in casinos and in commercial districts, fascinated by the hidden security cameras that monitor gamblers and shoppers, hence the theme of the song.
Alan Parsons worked with Pink Floyd as a sound engineer for their album Dark Side of the Moon. Pink Floyds' most succesful album with it's wellknown artwork, the pyramid/prism, five years later in 1978 the Alan Parsons Project released an album titled Pyramid.
The Dark Side of the Moon album comes with it's very own synchromystic story:
Dark Side of the Rainbow (also known as Dark Side of Oz or The Wizard of Floyd) refers to the pairing of the 1973 Pink Floyd music album The Dark Side of the Moon with the visual portion of the 1939 film The Wizard of Oz. This produces moments where the film and the album appear to correspond with each other. The title of the music video-like experience comes from a combination of the album title and the film's song "Over the Rainbow". It is also a reference to the rainbow from a prism design on the cover of the Pink Floyd album. Band members and others involved in making of the album state that any relationship between the two works of art is merely a coincidence.
You can read more about Dark Side of the Rainbow here.
If you want to listen to Sirius and Eye in the sky :
The song Sirius has been used among other things, as the introduction song for the former NBA player Michael Jordan. His jersey number was 23 while playing for the Chicago Bulls and later the Washington Wizards (of Oz?), the number has been retired after MJ/Air Jordan/His Royal Airness left the NBA.
There is a great deal of time to be wasted (but it can be entertaining) with following the number 23 if you are so inclined. If you are unfamiliar with it any search engine will surely get you on your way, and with that I'll wrap up this post.
Archetypical a. Relating to an archetype; archetypal. Anomaly a deviation from the common rule, type, arrangement, or form.
As you should be able to deduce from the above this blogs' range of topics should in the main relate to topics falling under the above description (either both terms combined or individual). This could be anything from mysticism to comparative mythology to unexplained phenomena or more 'recent' developments such as synchromysticism and the odd conspiracy theory or just random musings sprouting from my warped mind.
N.B. For those unfamiliar with the term; Synchromysticism coined and phrased by Jake Kotze as :
"The art of realizing meaningful coincidence in the seemingly mundane with mystical or esoteric significance."
Caveat lector! (Let the reader beware)I do not profess to be privy to any expert knowledge or such intangibles (yet often claimed by individuals) as 'the truth'. What follows here will be my thoughts and opinions on things I have experienced myself and/or learned about throughout my life. With learning and experience being greatly subject to change over time it might be that I'll be forced to retract or amend earlier statements. Also it may be that I will forget to point out the change in opinion from an earlier date altogether, for any readers here I would think it wise to have this in mind.
Now with that pedantic explanation (my apologies) out of the way I'll end this post with the 'why' of this blog.
This blog will be a repository for some of my mind's clutter and hopefully perform a double function in providing the reader with food for thought and some entertainment and possibly serve as a launching platform for further investigations into the various topics. I'm rather unaccustomed to put much of my thinking into writing and while this has been on the whole the way that I like it, it also produces superfluous activity and often I find myself covering the same ground twice or more. And even though that still is likely to occur here,(due to the interconnected nature of the inquiries themselves) it should be so in a more structured manner.
Daimonic Reality is a book by Patrick Harpur in which he sets out his theories what lies behind such phenomena as ; crop circles, big foot, alien, ufo and Marian sightings. 
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