One of my favourite guests returns to the show this week for a scintillating and freewheeling dive into the perennial question of whether there are aliens in the Bible. Author, researcher, psychonaut and hypnotist Danny Nemu.

The impetus for this discussion is a book and a thesis that’s been translated out of Italian and into English relatively recently: Mauro Biglino’s Gods of The Bible. Speaking of translation, for years, Mauro was a translator of Biblical texts for the Vatican’s official publisher. Over the course of that work, he began to have questions about this term, ‘Elohim’, and all the other strange stuff that’s in there. So he decided to translate the Old Testament literally and what emerges is alien beings and flying saucers and all that classic Ancient Aliens fare.

A few people started asking me about the Biglino hypothesis, and then Mauro himself was on Graham Hancock’s podcast. And then, Graham’s son Luke quoted from one of Danny’s books in the same podcast. Danny was the person whose take on the hypothesis I most wanted to hear because of his work on the presence of entheogens and drugs in the Bible. So that was enough of a sign for me to repeatedly peer-pressure him into buying and reading the book so we could talk about it.

Anyway, he graciously obliged. So here is a Star.Ships meets ‘are there drugs in the Bible’ take on aliens, the power of language, the use of metaphor, literalism as spells and a whole lot more.

Danny Nemu is on the show to talk about his book Science Revealed, the failures of our scientific institutions, and their unreliability as proxies for sensemaking reality.

We explore the question: Can we trust science?

(This is a weird interview because there are several moments where my—I personally consider valid—inclination to push back against certain statements revealed myself as being somewhat wrapped in ideological assumptions and juvenile reactivity... It was an interesting learning experience for myself... That being said, Danny and I continued to have a thoughtful and respectful conversation and one that I hope you will appreciate.)

Danny is the author of “Neuro-Apocalypse”, a book about how language shapes human consciousness and evolution. And that really is saying the least about it, because there’s a ton of great content and insight in this book, and you’re about to get an earful of it.

Ready to get higher for this early year? We explore the traditions and history of modern shamanistic sects that employ Ayahuasca and other entheogens. This exploration includes the darker aspect of psychedelics including MKUltra and other CIA shenanigans. Then we go back in time to understand how ancient Jews, Pagans, and even Gnostics leveraged psychedelics for higher experiences – and how orthodox forces brought down the hammer on these mystic rituals. Lastly, we sojourn to the Book of Genesis to find startling truths about the Serpent, Elohim, and the fall/redemption of man, which point to our sober reality where we really need to get higher and expand our consciousness.

The reverend Danny Nemu returns to the show for a fiery and important chat about neocolonialism, plant spirits, modern medicine, ancient medicine, spirit logic and all that very good stuff.