“MYTHS” ARE DESCRIPTIONS OF WHAT PEOPLE SAW AND HEARD Myths Are Our Ancestors’ Words for Technologies They Witnessed but Could Not Name By Sasha Alex Lessin, Ph.D.Anthropology, UCLAM.A., Counseling Psychology, University for Humanistic Studies INTRODUCTION: MYTHS AS OBSERVATIONAL RECORDS OF TECHNOLOGY AND COSMOLOGY Ancient peoples described what they saw and heard using the conceptual vocabulary …
HOWARD ZINN & THE PEOPLE’S STRUGGLE FOR THE U.S.: Cooperative Consciousness Vs. Dominaton-Dictated Dedication
by Enki, updated on December 16, 2025. Leave a Comment on HOWARD ZINN & THE PEOPLE’S STRUGGLE FOR THE U.S.: Cooperative Consciousness Vs. Domination-Dictated Dedicated HISTORY FROM BELOW, NOT FROM THE THRONE Howard Zinn wrote history from the ground up, not from the palaces, pulpits, or presidential podiums. His work stood in open defiance of domination-centered history—the kind that …
GHOSTS OF AVALON
Grandmother’s Ghost Stares at Me from the Foot of My Bed Ghosts of Avalon documents lived encounters with the unseen rooted in a specific place: a nineteenth-century house in Avalon, Pennsylvania, and the generations who passed through it. These stories are presented as experiential narratives, not instructions for belief. Readers are invited to observe, reflect, …
THE FIRST THANKSGIVING (1621):
THE FIRST THANKSGIVING: PARTNERSHIP, SURVIVAL & THE COST OF CONTACT by Dr. Sasha Alex Lessin (anthropologist, UCLA) and Janet Kira Lessin (Work in progress — images and research still being added as the series unfolds.) INTRODUCTION In 1621, after a brutal first year on the edge of the world, the surviving Pilgrims of the Mayflower …
WHITENING OF AMERICA: A BROKEN PROMISE
WHITENING OF AMERICA: A BROKEN PROMISE By Janet Kira LessinWith Sasha Alex Lessin, Ph.D., Contributing Author I. THE PROMISE THAT BUILT A NATION America did not emerge as a finished identity. It emerged as a proposition — an invitation extended across oceans and generations. Those who arrived here were not promised wealth or comfort. They …
MERRY CHRISTMAS, JESUS
The Dyadic Witness Holding Difference Without Domination in a Fractured World By Janet Kira Lessin & Dr. Sasha Alex Lessin, Ph.D.December 12, 2025 On the morning of December 12, 2025, I woke thinking about Christmas — the familiar language of peace on earth and joy to the world — and felt immediately struck by how …
When the Violence Comes Home ~ Parricide, grief, and the questions society avoids
When the Violence Comes Home Parricide, grief, and the questions society avoids Some crimes horrify because they are violent, and crimes that horrify because they rupture something foundational. The alleged killing of Rob and Michele Reiner by their adult son belongs to the latter category. It is not only a story about death, or even …
Homelessness Is Not Neutral: When Society Normalizes Instability, Everyone Pays
Homelessness, Mental Health, and the Cost of Looking Away Homelessness is often framed as a tragic but isolated humanitarian issue, a condition affecting a marginal population whose suffering, while regrettable, is assumed to exist largely outside the lives of the housed majority. This framing allows society to express sympathy without responsibility, concern without intervention. It …
FAIR WITNESS: SEEING CLEARLY IN A WORLD THAT PROFITS FROM DISTORTION
FAIR WITNESS: TELLING THE TRUTH WITHOUT CONTROLLING IT How a concept born in science fiction became a quiet force for justice, psychological healing, and moral clarity in a fractured world By Janet Kira LessinCo-Author: Sasha Alex Lessin, Ph.D. (Anthropology, UCLA) 🔧 WORK IN PROGRESS – This article is part of an ongoing series and may …
EVIL EMPIRE: AN ORWELLIAN TALE
EVIL EMPIRE: AN ORWELLIAN TALE By Janet Kira Lessin (Lead Author)With Sasha Alex Lessin, Ph.D. (Contributing Author) ⭐ THE VOICE THAT BECAME A GRAVITY He emerged almost casually, as if he had always been there waiting for the nation to turn its head in his direction. The man from the golden towers did not ascend …