We have seen that different San tribes living in semi-isolation from each other can retain

the same basic philosophy and behavior for 100,000 years. This demonstrates how

deeply ingrained are the San personality traits and characteristics. You might say, "Of

course they would remain the same. Same environment, same genes. There is nothing

that would precipitate a change."

So if these same people, the San, left Africa and maintained their same shaman-centered

way of life and their same customs, and they sought out the same kinds of physical

environments in which they had developed over tens of thousands of years, why would

it be any different if they spread out around the world? They would adapt to changing

environments--skin color would change, some skills would be emphasized over others,

new talents would emerge in different locales. But otherwise the basic core of the San

would remain the same. The emerging human species had been built around and upon

the specific roles, skills, and genes of the San-shaman. That was the developing

structure. The foundation had been laid and that would not change. It remains the same

today.

The San were exchanging genes with each other just as they had always done, except

now they were spreading out around the world. They were the only group; they were

not encountering others along the way. There were no others.

That is why everyone around the world behaved very similarly for tens of thousands of

years. They were all San descendants and they were all continuing to live the same basic

lifestyle, based on the shaman. If you had one wolf species, and it had developed over

tens of thousands of years in Canada, and then traveled to Alaska, and further on to

Siberia, there is no reason to think that the species would change its 'pack' behavior in

any way--if it was working. And of course the wolves would be seeking out

environments that they knew.

"But we are not wolves," you might say. No, we are not, but we are not as different as

you might think. Today's human society is markedly similar to the structure of a wolf

pack. But when the San left Africa, there were two big differences between them and a

wolf pack-there were no alphas and no omegas. In today's world, the post-San era,

there is a plethora of each.

A wolf pack and contemporary society are hierarchal structures. One of the reasons for a

hierarchal structure is that it prevents in-fighting which would deplete the structure of

badly needed energy. As long as everyone accepts their role(s), energy can be conserved

though change in the hierarchal structure can be difficult and slow.

With the San's egalitarian circular set-up, greater flexibility was maintained. Challenges

could be approached with the full energy of the group, if that was what was needed. In a

hierarchy, the top position sets the agenda, and input can often be limited.

Some scientists believe that modern humans emerged out of an ancestral group of 2,000

or so breeding individuals 150,000-200,000 years ago. Keep in mind as we go forward

that we are dealing with very small population numbers for a long period of time, all of

humanity at many intervals totaling maybe one-fifth of the average attendance at a

college football game.

The world-wide population may have declined on occasion to less than 5,000 people due

to natural disasters such as the eruption of the Toba volcano in Indonesia about 70,000

years ago, the largest volcanic eruption of the past two million years. Who would have

been best equipped to survive these types of catastrophes? The obvious answer is those

with the most survival skills, and that appears to be the San, the first modern humans.

You will recall that homo ergaster used the same tool for one million years. Nothing

ever punctured the equilibrium of its existence. Yes, modern humans were different in

many ways from earlier species, particularly with the shaman and innovation, but

nature usually develops a stasis, and that stasis hangs on until something in the

environment or possibly a mutation forces a change. The San genes today in Africa are

still behaving very much as they did 100,000 years ago--or more. But stasis had set in

long before the journey out-of-Africa began. How long could that stasis remain intact as

the San spread out around the globe? What might change it? If it changed, what would

be the new configuration?

Some 65,000 to 85,000 years ago, all indications are that a San group of around 1,000

individuals or less left the coast of present-day Ethiopia and crossed the southern end of

the Red Sea, reaching present-day Yemen on the first leg of an epic journey that

continues today. It was only 10 miles or so between Africa and the Arabian Peninsula at

the closest point so most could possibly have waded across since sea levels were much

lower at the time. Some could have used boats. The San had already been in existence

for 50,000 years or longer, and it appears that they were also the predominant group of

modern humans that fanned out across Africa about 100,000 years ago, some even

traveling to the Near East about that time. So it appears that the San were not afraid of

new experiences and new challenges-that they in fact relished them. You could say

that they had a 'new experiences' gene which meant they also had ongoing

inquisitiveness.

The group that left Africa would be attracted to areas similar to those where they had

developed, where they had learned to survive. Their natural environment was a major

part of who they were, and they would try to replicate that environment in their travels,

just as any of us would if we were setting out on a journey of the unknown. Their

civilization had developed in a heavily volcanic area with fertile soil, caves, obsidian

that could be used for tools, limestone, natural springs, lakes and rivers, the sea, and

plentiful game, and they would seek out the same environment.

Again, if we understand the San and shaman community structure and roles, we will

understand the development of human civilization. Everything was built on the

foundation of the San just as everything in the known universe is built on hydrogen.

Let's keep it simple because it is simple.

You can not have a structure without a creative-formative-productive agent, and for

modern humans that was the San tribe, principally the San-shaman. It was the same for

the San tribe itself--the creative-formative-productive agent was the shaman. It is like a

house--you cannot build the body of the house until the foundation is solidly in place.

Without a solid foundation, there is no chance for a reliable, lasting structure.

It is important to see the departing group of 1,000 or so for what they were--essentially

an extended family. There were probably only a few thousand people living at that time

and 1,000 of those were leaving for other lands.

Other human species had left Africa but had ultimately not been able to colonize the

world as the San were about to do. The critical difference was the shaman and the

innovation that he/she possessed and passed down from generation to generation.

The model which had helped the San survive for thousands of years--close-knit,

cooperative, sharing, and shaman-centered--would be put to the ultimate test. But I am

certain they began their journey with the utmost confidence of success and survivability.

Why wouldn't they? They and their ancestors had conquered every imaginable

challenge. Problem-solving was in their blood along with the desire for new experiences.

Some of the travelers followed the coastlines of Arabia, India, Southeast Asia and

Indonesia, and on to Australia. That journey of 9,000 miles or so may have required

10,000-15,000 years to complete. Evidence suggests that humans arrived in Australia

perhaps 50,000-60,000 years ago. There again, they were following what they knew-the

coastline. They could survive there: a temperate climate and food from the sea, and

game that could be hunted inland. We can assume that sometimes a subgroup would

split off and head inland upon approaching a delta region where a river met the sea-

but only with a shaman. Survival demanded that the well-tested structure of the

community be maintained. Keep in mind--the San were branching off from the San.

They had the same genes, same ancestry, same customs, same knowledge, same basic

behavior and philosophy.

IMPACTS energy usually comes from the periphery in order to effect change. But it is

also manifested by those who go to the periphery--it is two sides of the same coin. The

emigrants are the immigrants. The periphery attracts the IMPACTS just as it did the San.

Like the San, IMPACTS really just want to be left alone so they can explore, discover,

innovate, create, form, and produce, and deliver the solutions to problems. We will see

that as the San spread around the world, they sought out privacy such as they had

enjoyed in their ancestral lands so they could do what they had always done-live

peacefully. But as time went on, the SN-forces would arise and make that goal very

difficult to sustain.

Be mindful as we go forward that when we talk about the characteristics of the San and

San-shaman, we are talking about the characteristics of today's IMPACTS. The

IMPACTS are the descendants of the San and the San-shaman. They are the creative-

formative-productive energy that was once the San and San-shaman. IMPACTS are not

monolithic just as no group is monolithic. Some IMPACTS are more like the solutions-

oriented San-shaman; others are more akin to 'helpers' of the San-shaman who deliver

the solutions. Some IMPACTS are going to be on the inside of today's society-some are

going to be on the periphery.

The San spread out around the world doing what the San had always done-surviving

through cooperation and resourcefulness, using their artistic abilities for functional art

and tool-making, and living in a close relationship with nature. The San tribe with the

shaman at the center and their descendants who adhered to the same basic model and

philosophy, the IMPACTS, are what I call Modern Human I. Modern Human I was non-

hierarchal, consensus- and community-oriented, and strived for harmony with nature

and other human beings.

During ice ages, travelers would often live at the edge of ice sheets where conditions

might resemble those today on the Alaskan tundra-cold but full of game. When ice age

conditions were too severe, some would settle in refuges such as those in northeast

Spain and southwest France where many caves with incredible paintings have been

discovered. There is no mystery about why these paintings are so similar to others found

around the world-the artists are carrying San-shaman genes.

Some groups remained south of the ice sheets in more temperate areas, such as the

Mediterranean (e.g., Italy) and the Aegean (e.g., Greece). You will note that each area

has two very important features:

1)    A marriage with the sea-peninsulas and islands and rugged coastlines, some

with rocky cliffs, offering semi-isolation also.

2)    A very volcanic past.

Interestingly, archaeological sites in South Africa dating from 60,000 years ago to 30,000

years ago show a diminishment of 'modern' behavior. There is evidence that the

population declined significantly about that time which also coincides roughly with the

out-of-Africa movement. Remember, populations were very small--thousands, not

millions. It would not take an exodus of many before a diminishment would be clearly

discernible. Many of those who left for new adventures would have been the 'best and

brightest' just as is the case today.

During the last Ice Age, over 20,000 years ago, 10,000 years before agricultural

development, textiles and baskets were being made at Pavlov and Dolni Vestonice in

what is now Moravia, the Czech Republic. Evidence of ceramic technology was also

found at Dolni Vestonice from the same time period. Beads and other personal

decorations were also commonplace, even in death. One male skeleton was found in

Russia with 3,000 ornamental beads around it along with 25 mammoth ivory bracelets

on his arms. Along with the older man's skeleton were those of a young boy and girl,

each with about 5,000 beads around them. If each bead took forty-five minutes to make,

it would have required over 7,000 hours of work.

Would the community have done this for every member, or is this evidence of a

hierarchal structure? Or is it a shaman and possibly two of his children, or two other

children from the community? Perhaps they died in an accident.

Also discovered in the area were many beautifully-crafted so-called Venus figurines

about four inches in length made from bone, ivory, rock, and pottery-unmatched in

their craftsmanship for thousands of years afterward. These figurines were found in

Dordogne (France), the French Pyrenees, Austria, Dolni Vestonice, Landes (southwest

France)--actually in an arc from the southern British Isles all the way to Siberia, an arc

which probably followed the glaciers' lush edge which attracted so much game. The

crafted figurines looked the same because the artists were the same--it was the same

group, still remnants of the San civilization.

These groups may have branched off from a larger group at some point. It would not be

unimaginable to have had 2 or 3 individuals from one group visiting another, and then 2

or 3 from that group visiting still another, exchanging valuable information of some sort,

kind of a precursor to the 'pony express' utilized post-agriculture along the Silk Road

between Europe and the Far East. Much of what appeared after agriculture was first

utilized by the San and their descendants before agriculture. Think back to the San tribes

and how they lived. They kept to themselves to a large degree, but they traded with

other San tribes and set up hxaro exchange that promoted goodwill that might be

needed later. Most likely the exact same arrangement was still being used during the Ice

Ages in Europe. It was basically San tribes from Africa relocated to Ice Age Europe. The

communities in Europe were probably connected 'nodes' just as the San were in Africa.

And connected in the same way--through shamans.

Living in our present world of extreme individuality, it is hard for us to look back 25,000

years and visualize what was most likely a very homogeneous population of human

beings. But there is no reason to think it was otherwise and many clues that it was

exactly that. In our 2nd Law of Thermodynamics model, the bonds at that time were still

being formed that would serve as the anti-dispersal mechanism when agriculture

arrived along with the inevitable SN.

The figurines discovered across Eurasia depicted the steatopygia condition prevalent

until recently among the San of southern Africa. Similar 'Goddess' figurines were also

found much later in the 'Old Europe' Balkan culture, and in Catal Huyuk in Anatolia, or

present-day Turkey.  Ice Age Europeans were apparently making ceramic figurines

12,000 years before pottery bowls and cups were crafted in Japan.

Did the steatopygia condition follow the San and their descendants around the world,

even in cooler environs? I do not know, but if it did it certainly explains a lot. If it did

not, the descendants of the San people who had left Africa would certainly have had

knowledge of steatopygia by passing down stories generation after generation. The San

revered and worshiped their ancestors just as did those who settled around the world.

Plus San men cherished San women.

Some anthropologists have expressed a belief that the Venus figurines symbolize

fertility, and certainly that was a part of it. Many of the figurines show signs of being

passed around. In The Mind in the Cave, Lewis-Williams noted that the Upper

Paleolithic carvers who used animal parts such as ivory or bone believed that their

figurines possessed the same powers as the animal out of which they were carved.

Shamanic societies around the world also had the same attitude towards stone; the

potency of the stone was released as it was being crafted. I would suggest the same kind

of thinking applied to the Venus figurines; the potency was released if it was made with

perhaps limestone and the potency was stored within the figurines no matter the

material.

Again, we need to recognize that behavior such as this around the world is emanating

from the San genealogy and culture. So we are going to see the same basic behavior with

only regional differences everywhere we look.

Arms are not present on the figurines. Among the San with steatopygia, the arms were

(are) very thin, and it would be easy to see why they would be deemphasized. The

emphasis was on the parts of the body that had saved the tribe and the species, the

middle torso including the breasts.

It is suggested by some that the famous figurine called the Venus of Willendorf (Austria)

is 'wearing' a basketwork hat. I do not think so. The San have a peppercorn hair

structure that somewhat mimics the look on the figurine. That 'hat' is probably the

peppercorn hair of the ancestors of the Ice Age European inhabitants. Why was there no

face on the figurine, just a head with the peppercorn look? The San did not focus

attention on the individual, only on the group.

In Lascaux Cave in France, a small seashell stained with red ochre was found that had

been perforated to be used as a pendant. The seashell had been collected from the

Atlantic coast 120 miles away. (The Mind in the Cave, p. 263.) We have been assuming

that the seashell beads we have seen before were mainly for personal ornamentation. To

the wearers, they may also have possessed potency from the sea.

Primitive flutes made from bone have also been found in western Europe from the

Upper Paleolithic. (The Mind in the Cave, p. 224.) That is why you see many IMPACTS

today playing old instruments such as the flute, the guitar, the harp, and the piano

which is really an embellished harp--IMPACTS are playing instruments that were

popular with Modern Human I.

Humming-sound-makers called 'bull-roarers' have also been found in present-day

Europe. Attached to a cord, these were flat pieces of wood, antler, or bone swung round

and round. One 'bull-roarer' decorated with geometric designs and stained with red

ochre was found in the Dordogne region of southwestern France. The same instrument

has been used by the southern African San to mimic the sound of swarming bees, which

they believe possess supernatural potency available to the San. (The Mind in the Cave, p.

224.)

Can there be any further questions about who was the out-of-Africa group and from

whom we are descended?

By far most of the cave art has been found in France and Spain, and the same elements

are present there as are seen in San art in southern Africa.

*    Geometric figures and designs

*    Large numbers of animals in various activities

*    Human beings though rare and often as stick figures or as part of a

human-animal hybrid (therianthropes)

*    Human hands.

Finger drawings in soft clay on the rock surfaces are the earliest drawings. Engraving

was the most frequent method of 'artistic' display, using sharp flint flakes and stone

picks. To add color and depth, different types of rocks and rock formations would be

used.

Then painting arrived. What paint materials were used that could stand up so long?

*    Red pigment from ochre or iron oxide (same as that used by the San in

southern Africa). Different shades could be created by heating the ochre in fire.

Red was the most durable color. Yellow and brown also derived from ochre.

*    Black from charcoal, soot, and minerals like manganese. Red and black

were the most frequent colors used.

*    White, made from silica, white clay, and gypsum, used occasionally.

*    Liquids used for mixing:  cave water with its calcium, vegetable and

animal oil as binders.

*    Applicators included crayons, fingers, quills, feathers, twigs, leaves,

animal hair, thin bones, and pipes made from bird bones which the artist used to

blow paint on the walls, creating designs utilizing stencils.

Upon seeing the Lascaux cave art in 1941, Picasso said, "We have learnt nothing!" In his

book How Art Made the World, Nigel Spivey says, "Uncannily (as it must have seemed

to him), the prominent animals at Lascaux were bulls-favoured subjects of Picasso, and

indeed, featuring in one of his earliest paintings as a boy. Also, some of the animals

depicted at Lascaux have their form emphasized in thick black outline. This is also

uncannily similar to a pictorial device favoured at one time by Picasso and his post-

Impressionist contemporaries. . ."

This should not be surprising with what we are learning about the San and shaman.

Almost everyone on earth or perhaps everyone traces his/her ancestry back to the San,

and artistry originated with the San-shaman. Therefore, embedded within all artists is a

little--or sometimes a lot--of the San-shaman. Picasso was from Spain where ice-age-

artists' genes had planted deep roots.

Richard Leakey, renowned archaeologist, believes that The Sorcerer of Trois Freres in the

French Pyrenees is shamanistic in origin. The human-animal hybrids known as

therianthropes displayed on the walls of the cave are common in the shamanistic art of

. . . yes, the San of southern Africa.

Of course outside 'artwork' was produced also, but only a few engravings have

survived. Some images inside the caves were engraved into the rock to produce bas-

reliefs, a favored technique seen frequently as the major civilizations arose thousands of

years later. (The Mind in the Cave, p. 28.) Caves were used for artwork because of their

preservation features and because they offered 'access to the spirit-world'. The paintings

were never considered complete but were instead 'works in progress' just as the

southern African San believed that their paintings were never complete.

It appears that the cave artists worked in an environment similar to that of a modern art

studio. Assistants would mix the paints, keep the lamps or torches burning, install the

scaffolding, and prepare the paint 'brushes' or applicators. These assistants would

probably become painters and artists also.

It was not unusual for the caves to be extremely large, the cave in Rouffignac, France

being over six miles long. The people of the time might occasionally live in cave mouths

or natural rock shelters but not in caves. The same basic set of animals was painted in

European caves for over 25,000 years with little deviation in the images. (The Mind in

the Cave, p. 268.) So here we have cave paintings in Europe still closely resembling

southern African San paintings up until 12,000 years ago when cave painting stopped.

Why would it stop all at once? Twelve thousand years ago was about the time of the end

of the period known as the Younger Dryas, ice-age conditions that had seemingly

reappeared from out-of-the-blue, lasting about 1300 years or so. At its conclusion, the

climate improved dramatically and quickly. As mentioned, the vast majority of cave

paintings were found in southern France and northern Spain. It was probably an

extended community of sorts with several nodes. When the climate changed, the

community probably decided it was time to move on.

Thinking of these different communities as disparate groups is a consequence of living

in our SN-oriented world which sees and fosters differences among people rather than

the commonalities that are much more prevalent. Remember, the hierarchal SN divides

everything because it wants everything divided, even the people under its control. An

example is the political system in the U.S. where two political parties are miles apart

philosophically. This prevents a strong cohesive middle from forming which would

threaten the SN. Divide and conquer is not just a cute phrase for power-control types; it

is serious business.

The American healthcare system is another example. Most countries in the developed

world have ceased treating healthcare as a privilege and instead see it as a right; they

promote the well-being of their citizens, viewing them as entitled to humane treatment

no matter their position in life. The U.S. still considers healthcare a privilege; you have a

better chance of quality care if you follow the societal template. If you do not, you are

generally treated as a peripheral element which means you get varying degrees of

support. The SN rewards those who are closer-in and loyal to its dictates. This policy

divides people one from another and adds class-system elements which is exactly what

an SN wants. Plus it induces unnecessary anxiety and real suffering in the population. It

also severely limits the realization of potential of individuals. The health of the

insurance companies seems to be more important to the U.S. government, or has been

up until now.

When you see this kind of attitude and behavior, you can be certain that the pulling-

inward energy and the 2nd Law of Thermodynamics dispersal tendencies are staying

ahead of the IMPACTS energy which seeks to connect people, 'heal' divisions, and

institute balance.

Let's try to put this in the proper perspective. Let's change healthcare to water. Everyone

obviously needs water just as they need healthcare. Local government entities try to

make certain that water is relatively inexpensive and available to all. Most countries

treat healthcare the same way. The U.S. does not. Imagine denying drinking water to

someone who couldn't pay for it and watching them die of thirst. It happens with U.S.

healthcare. I talked to a person recently who thought the family had 'good' health

insurance when his wife developed breast cancer. After chemotherapy, she needed

several shots that cost $6,000 each. The insurance company refused payment. What

would have happened if the family had not been able to find the funds? She would

probably have died. And no one would have blamed the SN-they would have blamed

the insurance company and maybe the family for not having the 'correct' insurance. But

the fault lies with the SN and its supporters who perpetuate class-system policies and

politics.

As the giant ice sheets gradually began to melt about 18,000 years ago in present-day

Europe, the rivers became full, some emptying into what is today the Black Sea just

north of modern-day Turkey. The area around the lake became a 'Garden of Eden' with

extensive animal herds and an abundance of fruits and vegetables. The land to the west

of the Black Sea (eastern Europe) was full of thousands of hot springs that provided

relaxation and health benefits. The volcanic Carpathian Mountains in eastern Europe

were rich in obsidian and flint for hunting tools. Salt and obsidian were also plentiful

south of the lake. Why was salt important? Because man would soon learn that salt

could preserve meat and thus free time for other pursuits.

You can see where this is very much a replication of early San environments. It would

attract San descendants like a magnet. The herds of mammoth that humans had

depended on for so long were diminishing in number, due partly to the skills of the

hunters and to the increasing human population. Man was learning how to survive and

multiply, growing from perhaps only 50,000 people on the entire planet 50,000 years ago

to over 5,000,000 world-wide 10,000 years ago. Certain areas had probably reached a

tipping point where population pressures created a need for a different way of feeding

people. The prokaryotes had laid the foundation for the eukaryotes that were about to

emerge.

We asked the question earlier--how long would the stasis of the San group stay intact as

it traveled around the globe? What would be powerful enough to puncture the

equilibrium?

We mentioned in the previous chapter that an SN of sorts appears to have arisen in

western Europe during the Upper Paleolithic about 40,000 years ago, but it would not

have been able to muster a great deal of power because the population was still

relatively small. If it asserted too much power, it would destroy the cohesion of the

IMPACTS, and then it would have nothing. It was probably much like today-the SN

pushes and the IMPACTS push back. But today the SN is in control because it can

gobble up huge nodes of IMPACTS. At that time, more strength may have rested with

the IMPACTS side than with the SN side, or at least it was an even fight.

The onset of agriculture in the Fertile Crescent of the Middle East about 10,000 years ago

would be the variable that would truly puncture the equilibrium and introduce the

period known to anthropologists as the Neolithic Age. With the cultivation of wheat and

other grains, a year's supply of food for a family could be harvested in a few weeks, thus

allowing for more-permanent settlements and more of a division of labor. Some could

now work on building houses and other structures, others could teach the young, some

could be caregivers, some farmers, and still others could artistically decorate public

buildings or be sculptors. Roles would change; specialization would become the norm.

But again, this specialization had its basis among San-shamans, one of whom might be

the shaman for rain, another for hunting, and still another for healing.

Agriculture brought about social developments that would lead to a stratification of

society and the development of Modern Human II, who was opposite to Modern

Human I in many ways. MHII fit in better with the developing SN-he/she was not

generally anti-status quo but rather largely supportive of the hierarchal structure. If the

SN was to grow into the force it is today, it would need supporters and lots of them. But

innovation generally comes from the anti-status-quo side of the equation so the SN

would have to assimilate the IMPACTS somehow. Plus the San-shamans had been

natural leaders and therefore so too would be the IMPACTS. Getting these MHI

IMPACTS 'tamed' would be the real story.

Understanding how this stratification developed will enhance our understanding of

how IMPACTS energy operates in today's world. In contemporary society Modern

Human I and Modern Human II are very much intertwined just as the human brain is

intertwined between the creative right side and the masculine left side. Do you recall

our discussion of the mealybugs and herdsman ants in the section on Real World

IMPACTS? In their symbiotic relationship the mealybugs are providing food for the ants

which protect and care for them. That has been the story since the emergence of

agriculture and the SN-the IMPACTS have been providing the 'nourishment' for the

SN. But our world is not nearly as peaceful as is that of the ants and mealybugs.

Agriculture brought a better food supply but it also brought the SN and its seemingly

insatiable appetite for power and control. One way to satisfy this hunger was war and it

is still very popular today. War is the black hole of humanity--just like a galaxy.

If the SNs around the world truly wanted peace, they could have it. All they would have

to do is round up a bunch of IMPACTS and give them the task of discovering how to

achieve it. Just as rape is not about sex, war is not about grievances between (among)

people. It is about power and control, the same things that rape is about. Both are mostly

bastions of male energy. That is how male energy usually resolves disputes--through

force. IMPACTS energy is the opposite--peaceful conflict resolution is its preferred

approach.

To develop an accurate conception of the development of human civilization, we must

understand as much as possible about all of the different variables at work. Up to now,

human history has been mostly a linear look at events over time with little attention to

dynamics other than the quest for power and control. That would be similar to

describing a marriage as a series of arguments without attempting to understand the

dynamics of the relationship.

What accounted for the significant increase in population and for the exponential

increases that were to follow? The human race now had embedded problem-solvers and

reliable deliverers-of-solutions. The pre-agricultural San and shaman descendants--the

bacteria--were morphing into the mitochondrial IMPACTS who would supply the

innovative energy needed for the eukaryotic human-civilization-cell and its structural-

nucleus, the SN. During the long run of San and shaman development, freedom was the

word. But the eukaryotic society that was emerging with its structural-nucleus was

going to severely limit that long-established independence.

As IMPACTS genes spread, so too did the population. They went hand-in-hand. You

could not have a burgeoning population without a burgeoning number of IMPACTS. It

was and is not possible. But as I said earlier, I believe that the profile of the IMPACTS

became established in the human genome long ago when the problem-solving San-

shaman became part of the genome along with his support staff, the remainder of the

San tribe. If there are significant pressures for the inclusion of certain traits in the

genome, nature seems to find a way.

Inevitably IMPACTS would cluster. That is what creative-formative-productive

energy--IMPACTS energy--appears to do if given the opportunity--it concentrates.

When IMPACTS cluster in the people world, innovation, complexity, and productivity

increase. It is the valence electron phenomenon again. Where you get valence electrons

of several different atoms connecting, you can get some very complex molecules,

especially if you have a carbon atom in the mix, anxious to connect with four more

electrons, particularly those of other carbon atoms.

Star formation is similar. Stars form in clusters as many will develop near the edge

(periphery) of a huge cloud of molecular hydrogen gas when it is disturbed by

turbulence such as from a supernova. Then the stars will create more turbulence which

will cause more stars to be formed, and on and on. The creative-formative-productive

energy transforms that turbulence and discord into the production of energy. Where

does the CFPE come from? I think it emanates from the electrons.

There are two major forms of star clusters, globular and open. Globular clusters are

huge, sometimes composed of a million stars, and are found in the galactic halo orbiting

the center of the galaxy. Open clusters are much smaller with usually only a few

hundred stars, and they are formed in the galactic disk. Open clusters generally disperse

after 50 million years or so while globular clusters may contain stars billions of years

old. Our sun was probably once part of an open cluster but 'struck out on its own' long

ago.

Stars in an open cluster move away from each other according to the 2nd Law of

Thermodynamics because there are not strong gravitational forces holding them

together as is the case with globulars. Even in a globular, peripheral stars will 'escape'

from the cluster and either become part of the galaxy or move beyond it. This causes the

globular to become even more tightly bound within. Binary star systems reside near the

center, and eventually it is believed that the globulars, as they lose more and more stars,

will collapse and form a black hole.

Here we have many of the same elements we have seen before.

1)    Stars are forming at the periphery of the molecular cloud.

2)    In an open cluster, stars gradually move apart according to the 2nd Law.

3)    In a globular, many stars escape with a resulting 'pulling-inward'

imbalance. The same happens with the death of stars-the 'pushing-outward'

energy is depleted as the gas supply is exhausted, and the star collapses on

itself, sometimes with a black hole as the ultimate outcome.

The same occurs in the real world of people. If the supply of IMPACTS in society is

substantially depleted, the society will undergo varying degrees of collapse as it loses its

fuel.

Clustering of creative-formative-productive IMPACTS energy appears to be the antidote

to the 2nd Law. The reaction to the 'threat' of dispersal is ultimately the production of

energy or the preservation of it in cohesive form. IMPACTS people interact with the

world in the same way-they try to keep human beings, institutions, and the earth itself

'well' and balanced and harmonious, which were the same goals of the San and shaman.

Since we are seeing that the process appears to start with valence electrons, or at least

that is where we see a clear manifestation of it, perhaps electron energy throughout the

universe is the balancing energy, the 'make-well' energy, the 'hold-things-together'

energy. Maybe energy production and energy bonding are the electrons' answer to the

2nd Law.

It was about 11,500 years ago that the oldest known 'temple' in the world and perhaps

the first example of architecture was built at Gobekli Tepe in today's Urfa Province in

southeastern Turkey, an area drained by the Tigris and Euphrates Rivers. It appears that

when Gobekli was built, the workers were still hunter-gatherers. Some believe that this

region is the Garden of Eden in the Bible. Nearby communities are mentioned in the

Bible, and Abraham was believed to have been born in this vicinity.

The limestone hills and volcanic basalt of Gobekli Tepe also sit near the volcanic

Karacadag Mountains, the area that has been identified as the likely origin of einkorn

wheat, first domesticated over 10,000 years ago. The hot, dry summers and the wet

winters were perfect for farming on the fertile tableland around Gobekli Tepe. As Nigel

Spivey mentions in How Art Made the World, architecture and agriculture may have

developed at about the same time as the artisans and others who gathered to work at the

site required a dependable source of food. Then upon completion of their intermittent

work, they might possibly have returned home with samples of wheat which thus

would have been planted across the area. (Inside the Neolithic Mind, p. 33.) That would

have been the usual IMPACTS way of doing things-aggregating, forming and

renewing bonds, and then dispersing with new ideas. That is the way it was done with

the San tribes and their shamans, and it has been carried forward with their descendants

and the IMPACTS.

When you think about it, that is the way it works with bacteria too--they 'congregate'

also, exchange DNA if new adaptations to the environment are needed, and then the

DNA disperses near and far, changing the community. Creative-formative-productive

energy appears to behave the same, no matter where it is found.

Just as the San had done thousands of years before, the people at Gobekli Tepe worked

extensively with limestone. Their temples were round, a sign of the lingering influence

of the San and their circular view of reality, life, and community. Some of the limestone

bedrock was carved into, creating a subterranean feel in parts of the structure, and

numerous T-shaped limestone pillars as much as twenty feet tall and weighing 50 tons

or more were used for support. (Inside the Neolithic Mind, p. 31.) The same basic model

was used in Catal Huyuk, Anatolia (Turkey) 3,000-4,000 years later, and at Stonehenge

in England, 7,000 years later.

What does that tell us? It tells us that the same construction methods were spread near

and far, probably by emigration. But it also tells us that the genes and the skills locked

up within them stayed mostly intact for many thousands of years. The population

would have remained very homogeneous before the SN intruded. As the SN developed,

the IMPACTS, San and shaman descendants, would try in many instances to maintain

their homogeneity and way of life by escaping to peripheral areas. But they would

inevitably be caught and brought under the control of the SN. Sounds like taking a

prisoner captive, doesn't it? In a very real way, it was--just as the mealybugs were

captured by the herdsman ants, and just as stars are captured by the black hole center of

a galaxy.

Animal reliefs (remember we saw those in caves) adorned the pillars at Gobekli Tepe:

foxes, lions, cattle, wild boars, herons, ducks, scorpions, ants, snakes, and others. Again,

this may have been a belief that the pillars contained the potency of the depicted animals

and therefore were aiding in the protection of the site. Protection is again a primary part

of the creative-formative-productive element; it is value that is being protected.

There were free-standing sculptures also. The oldest statue ever found, that of a six-foot

man made from limestone and whose eyes were made of obsidian, was excavated in the

area along with other statues. Similar structures to those built at Gobekli were also

found at other nearby communities including Nevali Cori where houses were also

constructed, some from 11,000-13,000 years ago. Some of these houses were built right

on top of previous houses. Why? In this area, loved ones were often buried under floors

and inside of walls. In ways unknown to us, building on top of the old dealt with the

spirits of the deceased.

Why would the 'temple' at Gobekli Tepe have been built? It was most likely an outdoor

aggregation center performing the same functions that had taken place earlier in caves

and rock shelters--rituals, initiations, and other activities, including healing and

ancestral worship. IMPACTS energy is connecting-cooperative-bonding energy; SN

energy is push-apart-divisive energy. So when you see this kind of effort to bring people

together, it is usually a sign of IMPACTS and their energy at work. It is the same in

today's world as IMPACTS will generally be the participants in seminars, conventions,

and other such events, wanting to connect with others and exchange ideas, energy, and

anything under the sun that will help improve the situation.

Interestingly, the temple was covered in dirt as agriculture got under way. Why would

they cover the structure with dirt after they had worked so hard to construct it? The

answer to that question lies hidden with the descendants of the San, the IMPACTS who

did the construction. But the possible reason is that again the spirits of their ancestors

and loved ones were part of the structure and therefore burial of the entire building was

necessary--if the living were leaving the area. In Catal Huyuk homes (discussed below),

when one room was abandoned the spirit-filled walls were defaced and the entry way

was bricked shut. Often this entry way was very small and close to the floor, indicating

that crawling was the only way to enter the room. Neolithic people brought their cave

behavior above ground. Catal Huyuk was also near a limestone cave.

As we proceed, whenever we see this round and circular influence along with strong

symmetry in architecture and community design, we can assume that it is a group with

significant IMPACTS energy and San genealogy remnants. The same holds true for

people who carve out of bedrock, whether it be limestone, volcanic rock like tufa, or

other forms of rock. It is all basically the same energy with the same general traits and

attitudes towards life and others. But of course, as we said, it can be usurped-or

destroyed.

The pre-Neolithic Natufian people of the Levant, the eastern coastal region of the

Mediterranean from Turkey to Egypt, may have been the first group to discover the

preservation properties of salt. At the time, the Levant was lush and full of game as

opposed to the desert it is today. The first permanent Neolithic settlements of the area,

such as Jericho just north of the Dead Sea and Catal Huyuk over a thousand miles to the

north in Anatolia (Turkey), would necessarily have been close to salt supplies. Jericho to

Anatolia became a regular route for hunters and traders, from one salt area to another.

The 'walls of Jericho' may have been built to protect its salt. The general time frame we

are discussing is about 7,500 BCE to 5,600 BCE.

Let's not forget the importance of obsidian, the volcanic glass that was sharper and

smoother than today's surgical scalpels. Not only was salt in plentiful supply near Catal

Huyuk in Anatolia, the Hasan Dag volcano provided all the obsidian needed for

domestic use and trade, much of it with Jericho for cedar lumber and bitumen. Unlike

most wood, cedar does not rot, making it especially valuable. Bitumen, a tar-type

product, could be used as an adhesive. In Jericho it was used to place seashells in the eye

sockets of skulls. Lime-plastered skulls, sometimes painted with red ochre to provide a

silky finish, have been found in Catal Huyuk, Jericho, and 'Ain Ghazal in present-day

Jordan.

Selected people including infants were often buried under platforms in the homes of

Neolithic people. The same thing had also occurred in the Upper Paleolithic in western

Europe in rock shelters that served as living spaces.

Also in the Upper Paleolithic, people would bring fragments of animals that they had

killed and eaten into the caves and insert them into the 'membrane'. This was like a

pact--you could kill the animal if you showed proper respect and returned its soul to

the spirit world. Around the world in many shamanic societies, the soul or spirit is

believed to reside in the bones, and that includes fish and animals. If care and respect

are given to the bones and therefore the soul, then it is believed that more fish and

animals will be born. (The Mind in the Cave, p. 253.) You can see this as a model for

many religions-if you behave properly in your life's activities, you will be rewarded by

the 'spirit' world. Bone, soul, and rebirth are a recurring worldwide theme.

In Neolithic homes, parts of animals were plastered into and onto walls, and infants

were sometimes buried inside the walls as well. By plastering and painting over the

walls again and again, it was as if the hands-on work was a way to stay in touch with

the spirits that now resided within the new 'membrane'.

Remember the significance attached to the 'laying-on-of-hands' in the paintings of the

San and those of the Upper Paleolithic cave artists, and the many instances of paintings

of hands? Potency was believed to be transferred from the paintings and from the spirits

on the other side of the rock membrane through the hands. We see painted hands in

much of the 'artwork' of Catal Huyuk.

Half the buildings in Catal Huyuk appear to have had spiritual or what we might call

religious significance. Seven to ten thousand people lived in Catal Huyuk at its peak

from about 7,500 BCE to 5,600 BCE. Along with cultivation of three types of wheat and

one of barley, they also domesticated cattle and goats in addition to hunting wild cattle

and deer. The 'living was easy' which allowed them substantial time and energy for

artwork and religion. In addition to sculptures and statues, there was an abundance of

the 'goddess' figures that were seen in Europe during the height of the last Ice Age.

Paintings that suggested an enjoyment and vitality of life have been found extensively

throughout the remains of the city. The society appears to have been very much like the

San community of old--egalitarian with very few hints of hierarchy.

Catal Huyuk also attracted people from the north, following the great rivers like the

Danube down to the present Black Sea and then overland to Catal Huyuk. We can see

how it would have been a mecca for artists as well as a center for spiritual activities and

trade.

There is disturbing evidence of human sacrifice at Catal Huyuk, particularly among

some young males whose skulls revealed a high incidence of head wounds. Plus the

bones of their arms showed signs of injury. (Inside the Neolithic Mind, p. 81.) Were they

trying to protect themselves with their arms? That leads us back to our prior discussion

of autism and its frequency among males, and its possible association with the

IMPACTS profile. We saw that brain surgery was performed by the Nazca Indians of

Peru 2,000 years ago and wondered if it was related to autism. Now the same questions

arise in relation to the young men of Catal Huyuk 8,000 to 9,000 years ago. Our society

deals with autism and 'psychiatric' problems by mostly trying to keep them out of sight.

Did these earlier societies have even worse ways of dealing with such issues? What

could possibly have been the reason for these head wounds?

The present-day Black Sea was at the time of the early Neolithic a freshwater lake

surrounded by plains and game. As the ice sheets melted, the level of the oceans and

seas rose around the world until about 7,600 years ago it is believed that the

Mediterranean broke through the Bosporus Strait, filling the freshwater lake with

saltwater and raising its water level dramatically. Thousands of people around the lake

were forced to move in different directions--some westward into Europe, others south

to the Levant and the Nile River basin, others northward to present-day Russia and

beyond, still more southeastward to Mesopotamia and modern-day Iran. But moving

was nothing new to San tribe descendants. This sudden 'turbulence' and dispersal of

IMPACTS energy in all directions likely sowed the seeds for the coming civilizations:

Greece, Rome, Europe, Persia, Mesopotamia, Egypt, and others. When turbulence

occurs, IMPACTS start producing 'stars'.

We saw social conflict and tension in the Upper Paleolithic in western Europe during a

time of cultural expansion. This appears to be the natural consequence of sedentary,

clustering IMPACTS energy--if there is masculine energy around. An SN entity

emerges to take control of the surplus created by the IMPACTS. Why don't the

IMPACTS take control of it? Because power and control is not their thing; creation and

production are.

We will learn that in certain locations in the Aegean Sea area about 4,000 years ago there

was extensive clustering of IMPACTS but very little conflict and tension within the

societies. But these societies were not landlocked as were Upper Paleolithic groups in

western Europe, especially during periods of ice. The Aegean civilizations were very

mobile with instant access to the sea. This may have helped maintain the IMPACTS

character of most of the region-until SN elements arrived from the outside.

We mentioned earlier that even within the San, who had always been hunter-gatherers,

a group broke away about 2,500 years ago in Africa and became pastoralists. They called

themselves the Khoekhoen (also Khoikhoi), which means 'the real people' or 'men of

men', and also 'we people with domestic animals'. The Khoekhoen were the first to call

their ancestors the San, which basically means 'people with nothing', terminology with

hints of derision and class assignment.

Along with the aforementioned condescension, it did not take long for a basic hierarchy

to form within the Khoekhoen based on the number of cattle owned, or wealth. The

'rich' man became the leader of the group. So the elements for hierarchy were there in

Mitochondrial Eve 150,000 years ago though the nomadic, possession-less lifestyle

provided no space for it. Hierarchy in an environment of scarce resources can be a

liability rather than an asset for group survival. When people stop moving however,

hierarchy usually sets in, though it can be benign or it can be something else.

It appears that the hierarchal model, if the Khoekhoen are a reliable guide, is based

primarily on accumulation of possessions, and the contemporary world is strong

validation. But IMPACTS do not care as much about acquiring property and

possessions. Their interests usually lie mostly in the helping realm.

We are still talking about the model based on the atom with the IMPACTS residing in

the almost-massless and semi-detached world of the valence electron--away from the

massive 'matter' of the nucleus. And like the valence electron, the IMPACTS are always

on the move looking for the right connections--sometimes in their own head and

sometimes in another physical environment.

Recently, astronomers observed a supermassive black hole of one galaxy blasting

another nearby galaxy with a powerful jet of particles. The jet is about 1,000 light-years

across and extends outward 1-2 million light-years, though the galaxies are only 20,000

light-years apart. The galaxies are circling one another and appear to be in the process of

merging. Images show that the jet from the larger galaxy has dissipated some of the

energy of the smaller galaxy.

Neil Tyson, director of the Hayden Planetarium in New York, said, "Black holes are

famous for wreaking havoc on their environment. This particular black hole is

disrupting its local region by dining on matter that wanders too close--which is the

source of the energy for this jet. . . it is like a black hole bully, punching the nose of a

passing galaxy."

It is hard to miss the obvious--the cosmos has the same battles throughout including

here on earth. The black hole at the center of the galaxy accumulates matter and uses it

to produce 'bad' energy; the stars use matter to produce 'good' energy. Human beings

are just a microcosm of cosmic forces.

Let's not forget that modern humans are primates just like our chimpanzee cousins, and

therefore we most likely have embedded within us a potential for primate social

strategies. Chimpanzees have been known to attack neighbors that they feel are a threat

to them and their resources, and then devour their young. Of course we like to think we

are above that, but the only difference appears to be that we do not eat them. We put a

bow on some of our ruthless behavior to hide the chimp-like behavior. Some would say

we are actually worse since we now have access to such horrific weaponry which we can

use to basically incinerate people. The reason the San exhibited behavior so different

from the normal primate behavior was because the early environment was so harsh that

only a creative-formative-productive 'female' group like the San could have survived.

Normal primate alpha behavior, undoubtedly the norm in prior human species, would

not have worked in the unforgiving environment that existed when this species formed.

Permanent settlement along with property and possessions changes the dynamics of

human interaction. The emerging SN would capture the IMPACTS, its suppliers of

innovative energy and community foundation, but then it would need the specific

energy of the aforementioned Modern Human II. MHII would be more 'structural' and

less 'creative-formative-productive', closer to the SN and more amenable to its way of

thinking, and more individualistic and less community-oriented. MHII would of course

be more patriotic and warrior-oriented than Modern Human I because MHI, the

IMPACTS profile that developed from the San tribe and its shaman, formed when war

was unknown.

The circle of the San empowered people to be independent, inquisitive, open, and

expressive. The new hierarchy empowered people to serve it. There was no slot for

independent rebels even if they were innovative and productive, just as in the cell there

is no room for anything but 'loyal' mitochondria.

Modern Human I, assertive, skillful, compassionate, sharing, and bred to live in a circle,

would have a hard time fitting in with a hierarchal structure. The SN hierarchy would

set the terms for the new structure. It wanted skills and it wanted loyalty. The rest did

not matter.

IMPACTS who were loyal to the SN revealed their value.

1) They found needs to address and problems to solve

2) They were innovative and inventive

3) They delivered results

4) They held everything together.

The IMPACTS were like the betas of the wolf pack. Someone would be needed to bridge

the San civilization world and the newly emerging hierarchal world, and the personality

profile of the San-shaman in particular would be the perfect choice. Part of his

responsibility had been connecting the everyday world and the Otherworld. A different

kind of otherworld was emerging but the process would be the same--find solutions to

challenges and then deliver the answers along with results, facilitating transformation

and restoring balance. The fuel-engine combination for the new structure was in place

and that was the profile of IMPACTS, descended from the San tribe, especially the San-

shaman.

Those who had been facilitators in the San world would be facilitators in the new SN

world--if they could fit in with the dictates of the new authority structure. Those who

were the travelers in the old world would be the travelers in the new one. The healers in

the old one would form the foundation for medicine in the new one. Those who

searched for answers in the old one would make discoveries in the new one. That is how

it worked-the old world merged with the new one. The new one needed all the roles

within the San community structure, and in addition it needed warriors, bureaucrats,

scribes, and servants. And it needed a pliable public. A hierarchal structure demands a

significant amount of capitulation and ego sacrifice. It reorients the energy flow. The

trick for the SN would be to corral the natural service mentality of the San descendants.

This would be easier to do in the case of the San personality than it would in the case of

the San-shaman.

A society was emerging where your place in it would be largely determined by whether

you produced or accreted. It is the same in the atom, isn't it? The San & shaman genes

(IMPACTS) would create, form, and produce but they cared little for possessions. Those

closer to the SN were more interested in accretion and less in production. This new

societal setup would not have been the first choice of the IMPACTS, but they would do

what the valence electron does--try to make the best of the unbalanced situation.

Civilization, as it is called, is the result of that effort.

Chemical bonds prevent the 'stuff' in the world from dispersing according to the 2nd

Law of Thermodynamics, and chemical bonds are formed by valence electrons. The

IMPACTS provide the same bonding 'service' in the human world--without them

humanity itself would collapse into oblivion and terminal warfare. Activation energy is

the energy required to break chemical bonds in the physical world. The bonds of the

IMPACTS that hold society together can also be broken if a certain kind and amount of

energy is applied. An example is the Vietnam War where the pressures within the U.S.

almost destroyed the country.

SN destructive energy has produced dark ages at various times around the globe; e.g., in

the Aegean about 3,000 years ago and in Europe during the Middle Ages. But it is the

same at any time in history including today--the bonds that hold everything together

between the IMPACTS and society can be torn asunder. The financial crisis of late

2008-2009 is a vivid example of what happens when IMPACTS energy is not sufficiently

involved in day-to-day oversight of almost any human endeavor. The IMPACTS make

sure that things are done right; you might call them quality-control specialists. Take

them out of the equation and results will be wildly unpredictable. One thing is certain

however--major problems will ensue.

The financial mess illustrates what happens continually in the real world--the

IMPACTS get pushed aside because they believe in solving problems and preventing

problems through a transparent, hands-on approach. This approach is hardly ever

welcomed in politics or regulatory agencies nor has it ever been. It is welcomed in the

'real product' world--sometimes--such as in pharmaceuticals or machinery or candy or

anything else because lawsuits can put a company out of business. But in the sometimes

murky world of financial services, IMPACTS and light are often kept away. IMPACTS

form bonds of protection for society. If these bonds are broken or are not desired, it is

just a matter of time before a price has to be paid.

One other point about the IMPACTS societal bonds. They must be strong enough to

keep the society together yet flexible enough to permit change. The activation energy

required to break the bonds must be high on the 'hold-society-together' side and low on

the 'need-recognition-and-permit-change' side. The SN is often trying to reverse the

above. It wants to make the bonds holding society flexible as when it stretches the truth

and ignores principles, and at other times it will do whatever is required to block

needed change. The two energies are always battling. Reality is the result.

If a society does not have significant amounts of IMPACTS energy, it will struggle. But

unfortunately, a society that is more weighted towards the circle and IMPACTS

principles can find itself vulnerable to societies more oriented towards the hierarchal

arrangement. It has happened innumerable times throughout recorded history and it is a

very real and constant danger today.

Recorded history is a brutal game of natural selection with the SN doing the selecting.

The countries, civilizations, leaders, and empires that we read about are generally the

ones who, unbeknownst to themselves, built their societies on San & shaman

remnants-on IMPACTS. They learned how to take that extraordinary creative-

formative-productive IMPACTS energy and use it to advance their agenda. As the

structural-nucleus (SN) would learn who the loyal IMPACTS were, it would assign them

to protected critical positions; e.g., doctor to the ruling family, teacher or special tutor of

the court's children, scribe and keeper of the finances, trusted trade representative,

architect, construction leader, stoneworker, special events planner, cultural advisor,

mechanical engineer for staged productions, decorator of the living quarters, artist and

sculptor for the throne, personal jeweler, weapons designer and metallurgist, military

leader, hunting guide, caretaker of prized animals, and others. The personal needs of SN

leaders could get pretty extravagant--pyramids, gold ornaments, palaces, tombs, and

sculptures as tall as buildings, just to mention a few examples.

Because these people would be invaluable to the structural leaders, they would mostly

be protected--generally kept out of harm's way. In that way, their IMPACTS genes

would survive and become more entrenched in the gene pool, continually laying the

foundation for advancements in every category of emerging civilizations.

Often a hierarchal leader would exhibit both the SN element and the IMPACTS element,

which is perfectly natural because that was what the world was becoming, a mixture of

both forces. These 'hybrid-types' such as we will see with Alexander the Great can be

especially successful in attaining their goals though their goals might appear ruthless to

others and actually be ruthless. The IMPACTS part attracts the 'people'--the SN part

grabs power and control and appeals to those looking for 'strong leadership'. Modern

politicians have learned how to play this game though their disingenuousness is usually

plain to see.

As we know, recorded history is a clash of cultures, but these cultures are developed

internally through the tension between the creative-formative-productive IMPACTS and

the power-control-oriented SN. It is the same tension we saw in the Upper Paleolithic in

western Europe. That was just a prelude of things to come. The same occurs in the

atom--the molecule is developed through the tension between the forces of the nucleus

and the valence electron.

IMPACTS are a bottom-up force; that is why they identify with the underdog, a

particularly touchy situation for the hierarchal structure which generally cares little for

those who are struggling. But then why should it? The SN wants the flow of energy

concentrated in its direction, and half-energy or less is not enhancing its power and

control or potential for same.

One particularly gruesome element of the SN for the last few thousand years has been

its tendency at times to destroy everything and everybody that does not kowtow to its

demands. Of course it has been destroying valuable resources in the process including

IMPACTS galore. It is interesting that a black hole behaves similarly. A black hole is

extremely efficient at accreting matter but what it does not accrete often gets formed into

a jet of plasma that warms the cosmic neighborhood, preventing stars from being

formed. The black hole 'eats' star material and the 'strength' of the galaxy depends on

the number of stars in the galaxy but yet the black hole prevents star formation. It is part

of the paradoxical nature of the universe, the yin-yang.

The SN behaves the same today towards the IMPACTS; it needs them for its survival

and prosperity, but at the same time it does not want too many of them-unless they are

loyal and pliable. Too many might threaten the stability of the structure because then

you would have too many people looking for problems to solve. That is why we get a

'dumbed-down' structure--it is easier for the status-quo-oriented SN if the structure

sees only incremental improvement. If the changes come too fast, then the SN will no

longer exists--a new SN will replace the old one. A typical public school system is a

good example. Such systems tend to be very resistant to new strategies. The SN in any

system or industry is generally not very adaptable to swift changes, unless the SN is led

by IMPACTS which is very rare.

Jim Collins, in his books Built to Last and Good to Great, found that the IMPACTS

approach of openness, flexibility, an emphasis on quality and workers, and a de-

emphasis of hierarchy in combination with an ill-defined nucleus at the top, provided

the best business results over time. Almost certainly that analysis would hold true in any

human organization. But that is basically the model of the San tribe and its shaman-

center. That is the foundational model for modern humans so it makes sense that it

would be the foundational model for just about any human endeavor. In the real world

this IMPACTS template is not extolled because the real world is controlled by the left-

brained, power-control SN--not the flexible, creative, people-oriented right-brained

IMPACTS. The SN is about structure--the IMPACTS are about people within the

structure.

The problem for the SN, though they did not know it and still do not, was that when

they got rid of semi-rebellious people, such as when they burned 'witches', they also

deprived the community of valuable IMPACTS assets and abilities. Of course many of

the so-called witches were not rebellious at all but rather just wanted to help others or

were in some way outside of the accepted lines of the time. The primary concerns of the

SN are order and loyalty. What value to the SN is an IMPACTS-person like Archimedes

if he is not loyal? None. Of course, the SN often confuses disloyalty with inquisitiveness.

You can see why it took a very long time for these two forces to reach some kind of

accommodation, and why the struggle continues today. We are all stuck inside the same

'cell' with two different types of DNA.

As hierarchal structures developed, inevitably leaders, feeling confident with their corps

of IMPACTS though having no idea what that meant, would try to conquer other

hierarchal structures, other SNs. The military element was the number one concern for

early SNs as 'maleness' had been unleashed upon what had been mostly a creative-

formative-productive 'female' world. The world quickly became maleness-run-amok.

The problem for the SN is that there is always an IMPACTS-person somewhere who

cannot be 'tamed' and cannot be kept under control. That is why the hierarchal structure

fears the 'people' so much. One of these rebels (IMPACTS) could ignite a revolution and

bring the SN down, even if the revolution merely consists of everybody learning how to

read or everyone being assured of quality healthcare. Insecurity reigns within the

nucleus because it does not create and produce; it depends on others for its functioning

and existence. Therefore, SN leaders want to make certain that they keep a close eye on

the independent IMPACTS and that the IMPACTS confine their activities to loyal

creativity and delivery of acceptable solutions.

These two forces would have to learn to live with each other-not an easy task. One

force generally wanted to expand and assume power and control over people and

resources; the other was more concerned with community and people issues, including

the creation and delivery of needed goods and services, what we would refer to as an

economy in today's world. But that was just what the SN doctor ordered. Now these

'careful deliverers of quality goods and services' could truly be utilized to strengthen the

power and control of the SN by becoming its benefactors through trade and on-going

innovation. It was a great symbiotic marriage--the IMPACTS loved to deliver solutions

and cared little about personal reward and recognition, and the SN loved the power that

came with the solutions and heartily accepted the rewards and recognition. It is pretty

much the same today. The IMPACTS create, form, and produce, and the SN politicians

take the credit.

Think about recorded history. Many very unimpressive 'leaders' have managed to be at

the helm when great things were accomplished. How do you think that happened? It

happened because these people of little talent were the beneficiaries of IMPACTS

innovation and productivity.

The hierarchal structure needed the IMPACTS, but the IMPACTS did not need the SN.

The IMPACTS' solid, self-sufficient personality profile was constructed over tens of

thousands of years by the San & shaman group. It could obviously survive on its own.

The hierarchal structure developed after the IMPACTS had laid the foundation, just as

more complex life forms emerged after bacteria had laid the foundation. Bacteria could

survive quite well without the new organisms that depended on them; new organisms

could not survive without bacteria. The late biologist Stephen Gould, in Full House -

The Spread of Excellence From Plato to Darwin, makes the same point: "The ingesting

animals are just a little blip upon this basic cycle; the biosphere could do very well

without them." In other words, the creative-formative-producers could get along just

fine without the accretors. It is the same with the IMPACTS and the SN.

No matter where we look after agrarianism has taken hold, we will see these two major

forces at work, with the SN always assuming the upper hand, sometimes with carrots

and sometimes with sticks. But we will also see the creative-formative-productivity of

the IMPACTS and how they have pushed and pulled civilization forward--generally

from the periphery, just as change appears to happen throughout the universe.

The IMPACTS will also be going to the periphery to look for 'better opportunities'. The

SN of the hierarchal structure will be doing the same, but the motivations will be totally

different. The IMPACTS aspire to innovate, produce, improve--they want to build

bonds among people and thus they attempt to connect with others on the periphery.

They want to leave no one behind as they are borderless and inclusive.

The goals of the SN include exerting power and control beyond its current sphere of

influence--that is why it will go to the periphery. To acquire the desired resources, it

will often have to apply the activation energy required to destroy the bonds that hold

another society together. But here is a tragic irony in the conquest. The SN will use its

IMPACTS to supply much of the activation energy needed to break the IMPACTS bonds

in another land. So the SN pits the IMPACTS against the IMPACTS, facilitating the

destruction of IMPACTS by IMPACTS. That would be analogous to a colony of

herdsman ants using the mealybugs under its care to destroy the mealybugs of a

neighboring colony. The mealybugs and the IMPACTS are very much alike-they just

want to create and produce 'good stuff'. Their business is not destruction--it is creative-

formative-production, which is precisely why the SN wants IMPACTS within its own

domain and why it wants them destroyed within an opposing hostile domain. The

IMPACTS mean power to whoever has them.

In our entire discussion, the IMPACTS have been the facilitators for good. Now you can

see that the SN will not hesitate to use them for nefarious purposes--to enable its

exploits. IMPACTS do not like to think of themselves as enablers of destruction, but

unfortunately that is often the case as they go about doing what they love to do--

innovating. They are stuck in a double-bind with no way out which is exactly where the

SN wants them to be.

This is how the modern world operates, especially in warfare, business, and diplomatic

intimidation--"It is my IMPACTS and supporting cast versus your IMPACTS and

supporting cast."

The onset of agrarianism occurred as the climate changed dramatically for the better

which created a tremendous increase in available energy. Where we see that kind of

increase, we see dramatic changes occurring. The species homo sapiens sapiens, or

anatomically modern humans, is believed to have emerged as the climate improved

about 130,000 years ago. The Cambrian Explosion, the incredible burst of life forms

about 550 million years ago, also occurred after a long ice age, perhaps even a snowball

earth scenario.

From the SN to the IMPACTS--"We want you to rearrange some of your priorities. Yes,

we want you to care deeply for your family and community and to continue to innovate

and produce, but we want you to do it all within the greater service to the throne (state).

We will protect you in exchange for your innovative energy." It was the mealybug-

herdsman ant contract.

Recorded history, like everything else, is the story of energy. There are those who create

and produce and there are those who accrete and utilize. The 'atoms' and 'molecules'

were forming. The productive energy of the valence electron IMPACTS and the

molecules formed by them were being captured by the structural-nucleus, the SN. But

this was not a balanced situation for the IMPACTS. Their cohesive bonds had been

broken, and they would have to keep connecting and connecting ad infinitum in order

to try to get a workable balance between themselves and the SN. The effort continues

today. The results are what we see all around us as the IMPACTS continually attempt to

'save' the situation.

Here is the conundrum for the IMPACTS. The more they connect with other IMPACTS

and the more creative-production ensues from those collaborations, the stronger the SN

becomes. It is like the Milky Way--the more stars that are created, the stronger the

galaxy.

I recall in the late 1970s that there was talk of instigating a national industrial policy

because the country appeared to be falling significantly behind the Japanese. Then there

was the brutal recession in the early 1980s. But soon Steven Jobs, Bill Gates, and other

IMPACTS initiated a new phase of the computer era, and the U.S. economic situation

began to ascend. When the economy is healthy, then the SN and its military are healthy.

Quickly, the U.S. assumed its perch at the top. Without the contributions from millions

of innovative IMPACTS, the story would have been different. This is how it works in the

real world; the IMPACTS get things rolling and the SN takes the surplus value, tangible

and intangible, from the production. IMPACTS also seem to step forward when their

contributions are needed most.

One very important point: As the SN grew and developed, it tried to capture all forms of

creative-formative-productive energy and subjugate them. Examples are the IMPACTS

(males and females), women, and nature--and other people called slaves. It wanted the

whole creative-formative-productive package because it wanted the power and control

that accrued from it. SN wants and needs were sometimes insatiable and are the same

today. It takes abundant, innovative IMPACTS energy to expand influence and markets

to different parts of the globe and then be able to protect all of it and keep it functioning.

Even when the world was smaller, the task was just as daunting if not more so.

We have seen with the recent financial meltdown what can happen when elements of

the SN continually ignore IMPACTS foundational principles and overreach in their

quest for more and more 'free' power and control, of which money is a primary

ingredient. No amount of IMPACTS energy in the world can save us from the hubris-

induced destruction that follows such egregious carelessness and missteps.

The SN does not generally like strict regulatory practices which can be thought of as

'chemical bonds' holding the energy in place. The SN wants no controls on its actions

and therefore will frequently dissolve the protective bonds that society has constructed,

or find ways to circumvent them. The SN thinks its power emanates from its policies

when it actually emanates from the IMPACTS. But one thing is certain--the IMPACTS

will have to put Humpty-Dumpty back together again. As the economy regains some

vigor, the SN will resume its normal accretion and its suspect practices--unless

'hindered from doing so'.

The meltdown also reveals a recurring theme since the advent of the SN--it only takes a

very few to bring the whole structure down, a tiny few. But it takes millions and

millions to put it back together.

So now we have a pretty good template for the story of recorded history. Keep in mind

that the IMPACTS will often be found on the periphery just as the San and especially the

San-shaman were on the periphery. Actually the shaman was often on the periphery of

the periphery. The same will often be true of the IMPACTS. The SN elements will be

trying to get all non-rebellious IMPACTS on the inside so it can succeed against other

SNs. It will not expend a great deal of energy on those who are unhelpful and will try to

destroy those who are true impediments or worse.

These are some IMPACTS (San & shaman) elements for which we should be on the alert

when we travel through history.

1)    Strong people concerns--healthcare, poverty issues, opportunity for all,

representation for all, equality, fairness, justice--pulling for the underdog.

2)    Creative-formative-productive energy. This is a big category--it can be

childbirth, invention, entrepreneurialism, artistic and cultural pursuits, latest

technological innovation, medical and scientific research, and more. It is all about

new beginnings--adding something that will improve the existing reality.

3)    Emphasis on ancestors, and youth and education. This illustrates the

importance attached to the connectedness between the old and the new--to the

cycle of life.

4)    Harmony with and a love of nature.

5)    Delivery of valuable goods, services, and information and being

entrusted with the safekeeping of value. Trade is extremely important, as much

for the exchange of ideas and culture as for economic reasons.

6)    The inter-mixing of cultures. IMPACTS see borders as artificial divides.

7)    Always looking for opportunities that will enhance the prospects to

develop and realize potential. This often means emigration, travel, trade, mining,

and exploration-going to the periphery.

8)    Access to water along with seafaring skills and ship construction skills.

The sea was the highway, escape route, buffer, and food supply. Also

demonstrations of the importance of water in all aspects of life as society

advanced: canal construction, flooding as an irrigation tool, the steam engine.

9)    Topography and geography--savannahs-steppes, volcanoes, rivers-lakes-

coasts, steep rocky cliffs such as the Acropolis in Athens, deep valleys, rolling

hills, and caves and rock shelters. Volcanic areas were especially important.

Volcanoes not only provided obsidian and geothermal benefits and natural

springs that the San considered sacred, but they also enabled people to create

underground cities out of the surrounding soft tufa rock. These underground

areas would be used extensively as refuges against aggressive SN forces.

10)    So-called rebellious element responding to 'unfair' SN demands and

practices. Where you find innovation you find dissatisfaction with the status quo,

and you find concern for the less fortunate. It all emanates from the desire to

help people get and stay healthy. That is the base of all of it.

11)    Art and its practical applications started with the San-shaman and then

developed around the world. This eventually took many forms including:

sculpting, painting, performing (theatre), dancing, singing, jewelry-making,

craftsmanship, ceramics and pottery, metalworking, and more. Metalworkers

were especially prized by the SN for their weaponry-design-and-construction

skills.

12)     Ongoing efforts to restore balance which often meant taking the situation

from 'unwell to well'. Delivery of valuable goods, services, and information to

those in need was a strong part of this. The IMPACTS profile emanated mostly

from the San-shaman and the San-shaman's first role was to try to heal the sick.

13)    A circular attitude towards life. Circular architecture and construction

were signs of IMPACTS influence. Likewise was an emphasis on symmetry in

community designs.

14)    Stone-cutting and construction skills, including the transportation of

incredible tonnage over significant distances.

Some SN elements will include the following.

1)    'Strong' leader at the top receiving special treatment.

2)    The leader often believes he is part-god or sent by god or chosen by god.

3)    Heredity is often the template for the transition of power.

4)    Attempts to conquer other lands and resources-therefore a strong

military element.

5)    Attempts to 'keep the people in line'. Usually limited representation in

the halls of power of the people who actually provide the energy for the

functioning of society.

6)    A clear division of society into classes, principally the producers and the

'accretors'.

7)    IMPACTS energy and innovation directed towards 'emperor' goals, often

of a very personal nature such as the pyramids or extravagant tombs or palaces.

IMPACTS energy was originally directed towards the people of the community.

The SN redirected it--upward instead of outward. Those who continued to

direct it outward would be in danger.

Can the development of human civilization really be reduced to these two major factors?

Am I simplifying a very complex problem? No more so than biochemists do as they try

to sort out the foundations of life's chemistry, or Einstein did when he reduced matter

and energy to a formula. The atom only has two major forces of which we are aware--

the proton and the electron--and look at the complex world that has emerged from it.

And that world has come about mainly through the connecting actions of a tiny part of

the energy contained within, the valence electrons. Nature is efficient. It can do a lot

with a little.

Life is actually based on four major elements or what we could call atomic

configurations: hydrogen, carbon, nitrogen, and oxygen with a little phosphorus and

sulfur added in. The acronym is CHNOPS. What should we make of the fact that energy

is believed to be produced in stars in two primary ways utilizing these four elements?

The first is through hydrogen fusion, and the second is through the CNO cycle, or

carbon-nitrogen-oxygen cycle. All of that could be a happy coincidence, but I doubt it.

Our understanding of the universe is severely limited by the quality of our assessment

tools. Does that mean our brains? Our brains are fine, but they are undoubtedly limited,

and their energy is being directed away from open inquiry towards service to the SN.

That redirection is a significant distortion in any quest for 'truth'. That is why most

major discoveries about the 'nature of things' are made by people loosely attached to the

predominant structure, either physically or within their own mind or both.

Humanity has a basic simplicity just as life appears to have. We cannot see it because the

'Church' does not want us to see it. It is not a conscious decision on the part of the SN;

that is just the way a nucleated structure works. It breaks up the energy field and orients

the dissipated energy to its favored areas. Even with the inhospitable environment

around a black hole,  massive stars still have been known to form in proximity to a black

hole, revealing a tenacity usually not seen in the people world as the SN generally keeps

the IMPACTS at bay--but not always.

As long as the world remains nucleated and hierarchal, there will always be a 'Church'

that will try to control the creative-formative-productive energy. The reach of that

'Church' will extend far and wide just as it has for the past 6,000 years or so. Just the fact

that we are having this discussion is a sign that the 'Church' (SN) has been in place for a

very long time, and that it is well constructed and massive. Einstein's general theory of

relativity applies--most of humanity is firmly in its grasp. The periphery, to a very large

degree, appears to have been marginalized.

But appearances can be deceiving and answers can still undoubtedly be found on the

periphery, leading to a more balanced situation. After all, that is what the valence

electron is doing--it is resurrecting balance by reaching out to the periphery. The San-

shaman did the same. It can potentially happen within human society but the process

must first begin with an awareness of the dynamics involved.

Many will argue with my thinking, saying it is too simplistic. In reality the current view

of how the world and universe work is the simplistic one. It is not that different from the

'earth is the center of the universe' model predominant in pre-Copernican Europe. That

model served the Church and its bureaucratic power structure well. The current model

does the same--it serves those at the top of the hierarchal structure. The hierarchal

structure dictates what it wants and the kind of people that it wants to aid it in its quest

for survival and prosperity. It does not want runaway, inquisitive, creative-formative-

productive energy; it wants controlled creative-formative-productive energy. It usually

gets what it wants, through subtle and not-so-subtle coercion.

"Boost us and you will get some of the goodies" is part of the SN philosophy, especially

in the U.S. The object is to continually manipulate the situation to where the people who

are contributing the most to the 'welfare' of the SN are receiving enough benefits to

where they are reasonably content. The SN does not care about those at the bottom of

the hierarchal ladder. Their opinions do not matter because they have no real political

power though their contributions are essential to the success of the SN. The language of

the SN is power and control. To deal with their ilk, you have to speak their language.

Of course there are IMPACTS elements within the SN and sometimes the IMPACTS

actually gain control of the SN, but usually the SN rebounds quickly and retakes control.

IMPACTS energy is usually a step behind SN energy, reacting to it rather than taking

charge. The SN usually just takes charge no matter what the IMPACTS do. But the story

appears to be the same in the atom--the nucleus takes and the electron reacts to being

taken.

An example of the struggle at work between the SN and the IMPACTS in early

civilization is the ancient community of Deir el-Medina, a village in Egypt founded

around 1500 BCE. At its peak, it included about 70 houses and a few hundred people.

Deir el-Medina was home to workers and their families who built the tombs and

temples of the Kings. These positions were hereditary as jobs passed from father to son.

Women, accorded mostly equal status in Egypt, participated in support functions for the

workers.

In the following passage from Nigel Spivey's How Art Made The World, hierarchy

means the structure of society: ". . . everyone within the Egyptian hierarchy belonged, as

it were, to the pharaoh. Somewhere in the lower middle section of the hierarchy were

the artisans whose handiwork remains such a conspicuous presence in Egypt to this

day. The artisans were not creative individuals at liberty to undertake commissions as

they pleased. They lived and worked in groups, and they worked to a preordained set of

rules and specifications. There was no value of originality. Art existed to illustrate the

cosmic order of things. Conformity was paramount."

In other words, the artisans were 'captured' resources, utilized for the glory of the

rulers. Their creative-formative-productive energy was directed to the throne. It is not

much different today around the world.

The workers at Deir el-Medina were part of that lower middle class, better educated and

better paid than the vast majority of their contemporaries. But here again, they were

contributing immense value to the throne; they were therefore getting the goodies. At

times, they were joined by foreign workers just as occurs in today's world as demand for

certain skills reaches across borders. Remember, the San knew no borders so expect to

see the same attitude in IMPACTS throughout history. IMPACTS are the ones who have

always treated the world as birds do--they go wherever they want with no regard to

boundaries--unless hindered from doing so.

Another note: Contrary to popular belief, there is no evidence that the tombs and

pyramids were built with slave labor but rather by skilled Egyptians and other

craftsmen and perhaps some craftswomen. If you have excellent engineering skills

combined with innovative, tireless workers who are treated well, production can be

surprisingly extensive.

We see positions at Deir el-Medina that will carry over into civilization-building because

the people who filled these positions were vitally important to the rulers and their

success. Deir el-Medina was a microcosm of what was to come. Scribes kept records of

equipment used, supply inventories, payments to workers, and work accomplished.

Such a person was invaluable. Today, accountants and bookkeepers fulfill a similar role

which explains why those jobs are a magnet for large numbers of IMPACTS. IMPACTS

make sure everything is done 'just right' which is perfect for a ruler who does not

understand the meaning of the term.

Stone workers of course were the mainstay of the operation, and they were urgently

needed across the developing world. Hence, their IMPACTS genes were disseminated

far and wide. Other workers at Deir el-Medina included coppersmiths, potters,

carpenters, sculptors, draftsmen, and a part-time physician. The workers also had a

labor support group very much like a brick mason would have today. These people

carried water, fished for food, gardened, cut wood, and performed other necessary

functions including washing clothes.

Early on, the foremen were not chosen from the workers, but soon it became apparent

that one of the workers should be the foreman, working closely with the scribes.

It appears that Deir el-Medina was eventually abandoned due to strife and wars and the

workers may have been sold into slavery. In such a case, they would have been captured

in a different way and their skills used by another power or group. We can be certain

that it happened frequently. Here, the IMPACTS attitude of 'make the best of a bad

situation' would come into play again.

This example shows us how civilization was developing. A small group at the top was
diverting tremendous amounts of resources and IMPACTS energy to itself, in this case
from the lower part of the middle section of society. This clearly enhanced the power and
prestige of the rulers. The society could see the mammoth structures and the power that
accrued from them, and would almost certainly have given the credit to the king himself,
not to the small core of workers who were actually designing and building the
monuments. When we look at history, we do the same. We do the same in today's world
as well-we assign successes to rulers who may have little competence. And when they
screw up 'royally', we are sometimes reticent to put the blame squarely on their shoulders.
If you look at those last few sentences, you can see that many of us have been 'naturally
selected' to put the rulers in the best light even when they may deserve quite the opposite.

The rulers in Egypt were learning that they would have to do certain things in order to

have their best chance of success. Highly competent record-keepers were required.

Hands-on people in charge of construction should come from the experienced worker

corps. The prized workers should be segregated from the rest of society, treated well

including competent healthcare, and given ample freedom. Some of the workers had

second jobs, building furniture and burial materials for surrounding townspeople.

It doesn't look that far removed from today's society, does it? And it is not except for

one glaring difference--today's society does not especially value the hands-on workers.

It values the 'upper echelon' people. The ones putting things together are often assigned

scant importance. Therefore, in this country, their access to the 'goodies' of society such

as adequate healthcare is often limited. The SN though is masterful at making these

workers feel responsible for their own lot in life. The presiding energy field is powerful

in setting the 'agenda' and enforcing it. It is Einstein's General Theory of Relativity at

work.

For billions of years, the universe was in a creative-formative-productive stage. It still is

to a degree as new stars are constantly being formed, but basically the structure has

taken hold and creative-formative-productive agents cannot affect the structure the way

they could in the early going. Star formation has actually 'peaked'. Something that

astrophysicists call dark energy assumed control about 5-7 billion years ago as matter

formed into billions of galaxies, which are hierarchal, nucleated structures. As

mentioned previously, dark energy may be a natural consequence of nucleated and

hierarchal formation. As the community- and other-oriented San and their descendants

gave way to the hierarchal SN, the same phenomenon occurred--'dark energy' set in,

pushing people apart and breaking the cohesion that had existed in pre-agricultural

times. The same thing happened with the development of eukaryotic cells--the nucleus

broke up the extensive 'connectedness' of the prokaryotic bacteria, taking what it

wanted and needed for the functioning of the nucleated cell.

The same process of structure formation occurs in human endeavors. There is generally

a flurry of creative-formative-productive activity, such as you might see with

entrepreneurial activity. But as the dust settles a hierarchal structure emerges along with

a structural-nucleus. This structural-nucleus (SN) takes control of the creative-formative-

productive energy and attempts to manage it in such a manner as to enhance the SN and

its success.

You can see this in daily life as the hierarchal 'real world' breaks apart the cohesion of

the creative-formative-productive family unit after a period of development, its parts

being utilized by different elements of the SN. This leaves the family structure weakened

and splintered. But then the children of the family will often start their own families, or

creative-formative-productive units. These too generally serve as an incubator for the

nucleated and hierarchal structure, which again takes the energy from the family for

different roles of service to the SN, again weakening the family. But the process

continues on with the children and their families. It is as if the universe is set up for the

formation of nuclei of different varieties with creative-formative-productive energy

'feeding' the nucleus.

It looks like an impossible double-bind for the creative-formative-productive IMPACTS

energy. It enables the formation of a nucleus which then takes control of the IMPACTS

energy which it uses to maintain and improve the nucleus and its structure. What is the

IMPACTS energy to do? It is truly captured. It must be the same feeling that a mother

often has as she sends a child off to war in a faraway land. The structural-nucleus is

taking what it wants of the creative-formative-productive energy in order to strengthen

itself-theoretically. Actually, it is just accreting the energy needed in order to fulfill its

own wishes. It cares little for the person who possesses the energy that it takes.

Many if not most cosmologists believe that because the phenomenon called dark energy

is in control, the universe is inexorably headed towards a future when black holes will

rule. But even this stage will not be the end, according to the proposed scenario.

Eventually everything, including all of the black holes and all matter, will be pulled or

pushed apart and the 2nd Law of Thermodynamics will have been realized-everything

will have been dispersed equally throughout. But as we are learning change resides on

the periphery and to my knowledge, we have no understanding or conception of the

periphery of our universe. Some astronomers think there may be parallel universes. If

so, then we have something on our periphery. So I would hold my bets. You never know

what is 'out there'.

Is human civilization headed for a black hole era? Are we already in its formative

stages? The world certainly shows signs of it as various SNs around the globe 'suck in'

all available energy.

We should keep in mind that our solar system formed after dark energy had taken

control in the universe. That is why we are moving apart too--we are part of that

universe. The template is the same. For a while after birth, we stay close to the creative-

formative-productive energy of the mother. But soon enough we start moving apart and

eventually we come under the sway of the structural-nucleus of society to one degree or

another, though we also pursue methods and means of maintaining connections with

other humans. You can see the efforts across the globe to maintain human connectivity

in the face of 'dark energy' pressures to separate: Facebook, dating websites, book clubs,

business web groups, the Internet, open-source projects--the list is endless. They are all

antidotes to societal 'dark energy'.

You see the struggle between SN-structural energy and creative-formative-productive

energy (IMPACTS energy) everywhere you look--in business, in communities, in

families, in politics, in your own mind. As I am writing, my creative-formative-

productive energy is working with the structure that I am creating, a book in this

instance. A paragraph becomes part of the structure, but then my creative IMPACTS

energy wants to change it, and so the structure gets altered. The structural energy of the

book is very amenable to my creative-formative-productive energy because I am the

only one involved; I am the structural energy and the IMPACTS energy. Eventually

however the structure is going to prevail--IF I put it in printed form. Having the book

on the web however changes everything. I can alter it at will. It never really becomes a

structure--it remains creative-formative-productive energy.

One reason IMPACTS love the web is because it is more like a colony of prokaryotic

bacteria than it is a nucleated structure. Information travels quickly and so too can

'DNA'; e.g., alterations to the code for open-source Linux can theoretically be made

almost instantaneously. The web is more like the San tribe with its ill-defined nucleus

and lack of hierarchy. IMPACTS prefer that kind of structure.

An SN-structure, after the creative-formative-productive agents have enabled its

creation, becomes the status-quo and therefore prone to being resistant to change,

depending on how nucleated it is and how infused IMPACTS energy is throughout the

system, or how easily it can travel into the structure. This resistance to change seems to

be a universal model though the structure is not always successful at resisting. A

hurricane is a good example. A hurricane moves westward against prevailing weather

patterns, bringing badly needed moisture to areas generally baked by the summer sun.

It has to force its needed moisture into the established structure. The same thing is

attempted in political revolutions. Both the hurricane and the revolution are examples of

powerful IMPACTS change energy coming from the periphery, moving against

prevailing structural forces.

It appears that the key to maintaining structural balance is to keep the doors open to the

original creative-formative-productive IMPACTS energy on which the structure was

founded. That energy generally serves as a reliable, positive change agent. But that is

exactly what a hierarchal structure fears if it has 'weaned' itself from its original

IMPACTS energy--it fears structural readjustment and change which could potentially

translate into a loss of power and control.

The non-circular energy flow and overall constriction of the hierarchal structure since

agrarianism has been problematic for many IMPACTS and their attempts to 'fit in'.

IMPACTS were bred in a circle but have to live in a hierarchy--and supply it with the

energy that is essential for its functioning. It sounds like a prisoner situation, doesn't it?

For many IMPACTS, it is. Sometimes, despite their most sincere and concerted efforts,

living in the hierarchal structure of society will just not work for IMPACTS which often

leads them to blame themselves for not being able to fit in. IMPACTS need to

understand that they were bred for other pursuits at other times, when peaceful,

cooperative living was the only way.

1)    The San could travel out of Africa with confidence because they had

already survived for 50,000 years or more using the model of a close-knit,

cooperative, loving group with the innovative shaman at the center.

2)    When the SN-structure started assuming control of the creative-

formative-productive IMPACTS energy, the biggest enigma for the SN was how

to 'tame' the IMPACTS and incorporate them into the new order because

without them there would be no new order. That would prove to be a not-so-

easy task and continues to have its difficulties today to a significant degree. The

hierarchal structure and the circular, change-agent IMPACTS still do not have a

perfect marriage. It is rarely possible; it is two totally different forms of energy-

just like the two different energies in the atom, the 'pulling-inward' nucleus and

the 'creative-connecting' valence electron(s). The story of civilization is the story

of that marriage and how the various 'nuclei' (SN leaders) use their 'valence

electrons' (IMPACTS) one against the other in their (the SNs') attempts to prevail

and control. The alphas use their captured energy against another alpha's

captured energy. The challenge for the SN alphas is how to get more innovative

and productive IMPACTS. It is not that easy because IMPACTS are always

looking around for better opportunities and do not respond well to coercion or

duplicity, two favored SN tactics.

3)    A high concentration of IMPACTS in a given area, such as that around

the Black Sea 8,000 to 9,000 years ago, will produce extensive art, culture, and

innovation. IMPACTS cluster; they are recreating the aggregations of early San

tribes so they can harness the creative-formative-productive energy from the

group. Plus they form sturdy bonds that strengthen the society.

4)    As agriculture advanced, everything would change--except the core of

the IMPACTS, the descendants of the San tribe and the San-shaman. Human

society would be built around the IMPACTS, but instead of being independent,

they would now be in a largely subservient role to the SN. This is actually the

real story of recorded history. The IMPACTS have driven civilization forward,

sometimes in cooperation with the SN and sometimes in opposition to it. Today,

the IMPACTS are still the energy source they have always been but their voices

have been mostly muted except in the economic arena which is where the SN-

structure derives its power.

5)    Geography and topography--the natural living environments--are

extremely important when discussing the development of modern humans. It

appears that in their travels, early modern humans tried to replicate the 'primal'

environment of the Great Rift Valley of Africa as much as possible: volcanoes

with hot springs and obsidian, plains with rich game, lakes and rivers, a

temperate environment, valleys and steep, rocky cliffs, access to coastal waters

for food and transportation, and caves.

6)    The new hierarchal structure moved quickly to change the WE

consciousness that originated with the San to more of an I consciousness,

emphasizing the personal responsibility of the individual for his own well-being

and minimizing the connections among individuals. The nuclear family assumed

the major survival responsibilities that had been shared early-on by the entire

San tribe.

7)    Consensus and democracy were out and directives were in.

8)    Creative-formative-production appears to often be an outgrowth of the

tension--the imbalance--between different worlds. Think of the San-shaman

going to the Otherworld and returning with creative solutions, including

beautiful paintings of what he had seen. The same appears to have occurred in

western Europe during the Upper Paleolithic as social tensions appeared.

Creative-formative-production also emerges today from the conflicts between

the SN and the IMPACTS. But the creative-formative-production from societal

tensions is not necessarily positive.