In 1976 Robert Temple wrote the Sirius Mystery, a revolutionary view of the Dogon tribe folowing a line of study started in the 30's by the French anthropologist Marcel Griaule.  It is purported that the mysterious Dogon people, inhabitants of the central plateau region of Mali, have passed down knowledge from ancient times regarding the star Sirius.

The life work of Schwaller de Lubicz was the two volume Temple of Man.  Following in his footsteps John Anthony West has been leading tours of Egypt, through the eyes of de Lubicz.  The Temple of man, also called the Temple at Luxor, is a massive esoteric initiatory chamber in Luxor Egypt.  Here are two videos, summarizing the temple layout and how it corresponds to the human body. The entire structure is a representation of man as an anthropocosmic entity or living corpus. 

John Anthony West discusses what he calls the "church of progress", which is the current mainstream idea that our current culture is the most advanced culture that there has ever been.  This interview was taken at the CPAK conferences.  Anthony West discusses modern times, money and the culture of our technology, which is dedicated to nothing other than warfare and waste. Here are a couple clips from Youtube, but you can watch the entire interview HERE.

"Let this stunning time-lapse of the Milky Way over Hawaii remind you of your insignificance." ...

As above, so below, the heaven's are the door to all inner knowledge.  With the light polluted skies of America it's hard to even stop and appreciate the stars as often, or as deeply, as one should. Enjoy through this video, the magic of the Milky Way, as it appears every day and night right over our heads, spiraling off into infinite beauty.

My father just turned me on to this term, "permaculture" is like a return to the Garden of Eden in some sense.  It represents an old and earth friendly way to harvest from the earth, and a polar opposite to the sterile way of farming we know now in the 20th century.  This is an amazing insight for anyone concerned with the rampant waste and disregard for nature that we see in contemporary agriculture.  A method of farming with not only doesn't harm the earth with natural chemicals, but also revitalizes it based on natural decomposition and life.  The system is cycle based, utilizing insects and animals, decomposition and symbiotic plant relationships to create the appropriate biosphere for plant life to become abundant, even on a small scale.