Comments on: Magical Egypt

By: Bob Hope

Bob Hope — Sun, 20 May 2012 20:40:00 +0000

Hi Eric,

It must have been Homer Simpson who came up with the idea of background music, just in case we might understand what yer man was trying to say, because he hadn’t a clue!

By: Bob Hope

Bob Hope — Sun, 20 May 2012 20:36:00 +0000

OK! Settle down, boys!

There are no mysteries; it happens all the time!

A country has a bad run of leaders, just like America with the Bush clan, Willie Wonka Clinton & The Man from God Knows Where, Barry Obamaaaaa. Can you imagine the disaster that would have happened in Egypt, 5,000 years ago, if you had these clowns as leaders? Yep, the economy would go down the tubes & it did & now with Islam in charge, its like climbing a shitty pole.

By: Michael Hood

Michael Hood — Fri, 11 May 2012 03:38:00 +0000

This is crap. It takes forever for them to present their ideas. They don’t use Ockham’s Razor. It’s full of logical fallacies. They don’t say anything about the actual mysteries that’s really interesting. The guy puffs up his statements with large words to sound authoritative, but there’s no substance to any of it.

By: Power Page

Power Page — Tue, 08 May 2012 19:16:00 +0000

Dear John,
You are a *****. It is not “alternative history” but rather a collection of ideas presenting a different way to evaluate what REALLY happened. No one in this documentary says it is true or false, or that you need to believe it. And contrary to your last statement about rational thinking, I believe that the world would be a better place if people looked more outside of the realm of logic, reason, and critical thinking. While all very practical and useful, these things are all limiters on human intelligence. There is too much that we don’t know and to shut down ANY type of new idea no matter how ridiculous it may seem is what is really bogus. People used to think the world was flat and were completely dogmatic about it just like you are about history as we currently know it. Today we would call those people complete id**ts. Learn to open your mind a little and you will find there is more to learn from what things AREN’T then from what they are. Even if it isn’t true, there is still much to learn from this series.

By: Enric

Enric — Sun, 06 May 2012 03:48:00 +0000

Verrry annoying musical background and narrator tone of voice, the halo of mystery sustained during seven hours ruins it all, like a madmen hitting audience with a sacred brick. It could had been enlightening and really open minding if done properly. On the other hand, scholars are often even worse in their papers, it’s likely that developed civilizations emerged and collapsed before history is commonly acknowledged to start.

By: UncleJoe223

UncleJoe223 — Tue, 17 Apr 2012 17:02:00 +0000

There are, probably, aspects to the “alternate history” that are completely bogus as you say. But your arrogance (fear? close-mindedness?) prevent you from understanding that these kind of revisions have been going on since man first began to write histories, with loud opposition accompanying them.

Also, there are reasonable and logical reasons to question, if not doubt some of what traditional history teaches us. If your voice, manner and attitude were not so shrill you might be open in understanding that.

By: TopPik Carlitosway

TopPik Carlitosway — Fri, 13 Apr 2012 08:42:00 +0000

Dude shut up…

By: juice587

juice587 — Sat, 31 Mar 2012 03:40:00 +0000

I think there’s a lot to take out of this that can initiate further research. I don’t think everything is necessarily “true” but it definitely opens your eyes. I know I and other people were taught that ancient Egyptians were “primitive” and the fact is we couldn’t even come close to replicating some of their architecture or art even with our “modern technology”. You have to be very close minded to dismiss everything in this documentary. Sometimes its upsetting to people to have things they believed to be true to be challenged, which sure sounds like your case John.

By: John

John — Fri, 30 Mar 2012 02:19:00 +0000

Please. Come on folks. This “alternative history” is so completely bogus. Whenever I find that some people believe nonsense like this film, I don’t know whether to laugh or cry. It is an old propaganda technique to take a few true things and mix them with lies to try and make the lies look more credible — like this film does. The world would be such a better place if everyone would employ at least a modicum of logic, reason, and critical thinking.

By: Cassio

Cassio — Thu, 15 Mar 2012 13:14:00 +0000

Well said!

By: Cherries Jubilee

Cherries Jubilee — Wed, 14 Mar 2012 20:31:00 +0000

I have been a student of symbols across cultures for several decades and this set of documentaries constitutes the most radical claims I have heard. Even so, I was struck by the correlations drawn between Egyptian buildings and mathematics. The cross cultural similarities are striking.

Many years ago while studying the religious symbols of the Haida with a very knowledgeable Haida elder almost the first thing she taught us was how to see “The Golden Mean” in Haida art. It was her belief that for non-Indians to understand the symbols they needed to see the world in much the same was as traditional practitioners. I quite taken aback when the documentary began with much the same correlation and continued with the same assertion.

By: Eric Waters

Eric Waters — Mon, 12 Mar 2012 01:33:00 +0000

“Magical Egypt” is that …”it’s about time”…documentary from West and collegues that makes one wonder. Is there enough time left to know that we should stop sleepwalking backwards toward the same cliffs we fell off last time we were so smart?

By: LIVEFROMLIMBO

LIVEFROMLIMBO — Tue, 28 Feb 2012 02:37:00 +0000

very interesting series if you pay attention.

By: Aspirator

Aspirator — Tue, 21 Feb 2012 10:26:00 +0000

Very intriguing.
In the episode “Illumination”, where the mason talks, I realized that they are esentially speaking of anchoring emotions. This is very valid and is not magic. It might seem like magic because it is very rarely brought attention to.
Unusual things are quickly ascribed to magic. And this certainly is unusual, but it’s frequent and all in the mind, as most things.
Anyway, you can anchor your emotions into a myriad of things. Specific muscle tension, visual and auditory stimulus and thus of course to items as well. Kids experiencing a negative emotion will tense in a specific way and if it occurs often enough, this emotion can carry through to adulthood whenever those muscles are tensed. And there’s very little chance of a person actually figuring this out themselves.

Emotion anchoring works even if you know it’s normal for the brain to do this when you attempt it. Now when you think it’s magic and also you believe in magic, then spend time creating your ‘talisman’, pouring emotion into it. It’s no wonder it’ll work. It has no real power over others, but has the awesome power of changing you. But a temporary fix in my opinion.

Changing the way you look at things is where the magic is. And keep doing it.

By: BurntAsh

BurntAsh — Sat, 18 Feb 2012 23:55:00 +0000

I couldn’t have said it better. What a kook-fest. *Tsk*