The Cosmic Tusk

MYSTERIOUS X CONFERENCE Join us at Mysterious X in Kanab, Utah this September. Use code CS10 for 10% off your tickets. https://www.dandillman.com/event/mysterious-x-con-2026/ Fancy exploring further a-field? Join @FunnyOldeWorld @TheRandallCarlson @MegalithicMarvels & @MegalithomaniaUK on expeditions around the world. We've created an "Airbnb" like website where you can see all of the tours going on around the world. Spin the globe, click a site, see who's leading it, when it runs, and what it costs. https://www.cosmicsummit.com/calendar Cosmic Summit is coming back in 2027 and we want to hear your thoughts on it. Pre-reserve your seat and let us know who and what you want to see there: https://cosmicsummit.com/?utm_source=youtube&utm_medium=video&utm_campaign=description Ricardo Calvario, co-founder of the Institute for Natural Philosophy and director of its Ancient History Research Center, joins George Howard for a wide-ranging conversation across evolutionary theory, pandemic origins, ancient copper trade, and catastrophism, three decades of research condensed into ninety minutes. Ricardo opens by explaining the Institute's founding principle: examining evidence without rejecting anything that might corroborate a hypothesis, seen or unseen, empirical or otherwise, a philosophy that grew out of his skepticism toward macroevolution and the Big Bang, both of which he argues rest on interpretive assumptions treated as settled fact. He draws on Fred Hoyle and Chandra Wickramasinghe's panspermia research, and George reveals his own parallel work publishing alongside Wickramasinghe on viral material arriving from space, before both pivot to a sharper claim: that SARS-CoV-2 originated not from space but from Chapel Hill, roughly 22 miles from George's home. Ricardo describes a National Geographic report that allegedly prompted Congress to ban public epigenetic gain-of-function research after exposing weapons research capable of spreading indiscriminately across populations, forcing the work into classified channels, and details a documented million-dollar transfer connecting Fauci-linked funding to Wuhan researchers. The conversation's most detailed thread covers ancient copper. Ricardo's research, developed alongside 90-year-old engineer Jean Scherz, who mapped over 1,000 ancient sites across Michigan's Upper Peninsula using Fibonacci-sequence positioning for long-distance communication networks, identifies a massive discrepancy: roughly 300,000 tons of copper appears in the Old World archaeological record, while known Old World mines could not have produced more than 10% of that total. Testing on Ötzi's copper axe, obtained with reluctance from a European university, returned 97.77% purity, a level Ricardo argues is chemically impossible to achieve from any sulfide or chalcolithic ore known in Europe, but consistent with native metallic copper of the kind found in enormous, minimally processed deposits across the American Upper Peninsula, evidence he connects to genuine pre-Columbian transatlantic contact and trade networks running through hubs in southern England, Iberia, and Cyprus. CHAPTERS 00:09 Introduction: Ricardo Calvario and the Institute for Natural Philosophy 02:53 Founding the Institute: natural philosophy and rejecting nothing 04:27 The knob architecture discovery that started it all 06:33 Building the Institute's team and its global reach 08:17 Indigenous oral history and academic double standards 09:51 Rupert Sheldrake, unproven science, and paleoanthropology 11:36 Human evolution, intervention, and the bonobo comparison 16:27 The Cambrian explosion and punctuated evolution 18:03 Hoyle, Wickramasinghe, and panspermia 19:29 SARS-CoV-2, Chapel Hill, and the lab leak connection 21:53 Congress, National Geographic, and the epigenetic research ban 23:48 The Fauci-Wuhan funding trail ~74:00 Jean Scherz and the Fibonacci-mapped Michigan network ~76:00 The 300,000 ton copper shortfall ~79:00 Ötzi's axe and the impossible purity test ~84:00 Native copper versus Old World smelting ~89:00 Paleo-environmental evidence and the deforestation timeline ~93:00 Transatlantic contact and the copper trade hubs 01:34:00 The Tagus floodplain and the Burckle Crater 01:35:00 Closing thoughts and future collaboration GUESTS Ricardo Calvario / Institute for Natural Philosophy — @InstituteofNaturalPhilosophy ABOUT Cosmic Summit, part of the TTN Network, covers the cosmic history that shaped this planet and the deep human past still buried in the ground. FOLLOW COSMIC SUMMIT [https://www.facebook.com/cosmicsummit] · [https://x.com/Cosmicsummitx] · [https://www.instagram.com/cosmic.summit/] · [https://thetitan.network/] #CosmicSummit #RicardoCalvario #GeorgeHoward #CosmicTusk #InstituteForNaturalPhilosophy #AncientCopper #BurckleCrater #Panspermia #LabLeak

You have the opportunity to join @FunnyOldeWorld @TheRandallCarlson @MegalithicMarvels & @MegalithomaniaUK on expeditions around the world. We've created an "Airbnb" like website where you can see all of the tours going on around the world. Spin the globe, click a site, see who's leading it, when it runs, and what it costs. https://www.cosmicsummit.com/calendar Cosmic Summit is coming back in 2027 and we want to hear your thoughts on it. Pre-reserve your seat and let us know who and what you want to see there: https://cosmicsummit.com/?utm_source=youtube&utm_medium=video&utm_campaign=description William Henry, investigative mythologist and longtime Ancient Aliens presence, joins George Howard on the Cosmic Tusk to discuss his new book Psychedelic Christ, arguing original Christianity centred not on belief but on a direct, transformative experience catalysed by a now-lost sacrament. Henry's research trail began not with psychedelics but with the Ark of the Covenant. Reading Louis Ginzberg's Legends of the Jews, he discovered Jewish legend describes the Ark as containing far more than the tablets of the law: a flask of manna, the hallucinogenic star food that fed the Israelites for 40 years, the rod of Aaron, and a jar of anointing oil. Jewish tradition holds that reassembling these components was a precondition for identifying the Messiah, which reframed the gospel account of Jesus multiplying loaves at Capernaum, an event that provoked alarm from the temple elders precisely because it signalled he had recovered the manna. Henry traces this further into early Eastern Christian iconography of the Messiah's Throne, the original symbol of Christianity before the cross, whose components, a platform, a cross as an instrument of transmutation, a robe of light, a flask of manna, and a jar of anointing oil, mirror the fully assembled Ark almost exactly, an image essentially unknown in Western Christianity today. He points to Revelation 10, where John the Revelator eats a book that turns bitter in his stomach after tasting like honey, a detail some researchers read as describing psilocybin mushroom consumption, immediately followed by a vision of the Ark in a heavenly throne. Henry connects Mary Magdalene to a lineage of women called the Miraflores, plant medicine experts later demonised as witches, and argues the psychedelic sacrament long predates Jesus by roughly 3,000 years, making its absence from his teaching implausible rather than the reverse. He and George discuss practical modern revival, cannabis resin evidence on ancient altars suggesting original incense use, and joke about proposing a Psychedelic Sunday service, before turning to the clinical psychedelic renaissance treating trauma and depression, which Henry sees as the first step toward a broader spiritual return. The conversation closes on William's framework connecting the neocortex, ascension, and non-human intelligence, his 35th trip to Egypt already scheduled, a new Turkey pilgrimage running September 1st through 12th tracing the footsteps of the Magi, and George confirming he will join Henry's spring 2027 Egypt tour. **CHAPTERS** 00:10 Introduction: William Henry and Psychedelic Christ 00:58 Why the title is deliberately direct and polarising 01:55 George on reading The Immortality Key and his own Eucharist reframing 05:17 The Ark of the Covenant: what Ginzberg's research actually revealed 08:40 Reuniting the Ark and the coming of the Messiah 11:36 Mary as the new Ark and the Messiah's Throne symbolism 14:32 Revelation 10: John, the bitter book, and the heavenly Ark 15:51 How Rome suppressed the original teaching after the crucifixion 20:15 Psychedelics in Egypt and why Jesus would not be an exception 21:36 Mary Magdalene, the Miraflores, and the witch reframe ~30:00 Cannabis resin on altars and reviving the sacrament today 31:21 Psychedelic Sunday: a friendly challenge to the church establishment 32:00 The clinical psychedelic renaissance and where it leads spiritually 55:10 Aliens, the neocortex, and non-human intelligence 56:18 Two decades on Ancient Aliens and the cultural shift toward disclosure 59:29 Upcoming pilgrimages: Turkey in September, Egypt in October and 2027 1:01:08 Karnak during Covid and closing thoughts **GUESTS** William Henry — [https://www.iamwilliamhenry.com/] Ancient Egypt Tour - October 2026 If you've felt the pull of Egypt your entire life, this journey was made for you… https://www.iamwilliamhenry.com/tours/egypt-october **ABOUT** Cosmic Summit, part of the TTN Network, covers the cosmic history that shaped this planet and the deep human past still buried in the ground. **FOLLOW COSMIC SUMMIT** [https://www.facebook.com/cosmicsummit] · [https://x.com/Cosmicsummitx] · [https://www.instagram.com/cosmic.summit/] · [https://thetitan.network/] #CosmicSummit #WilliamHenry #PsychedelicChrist #ArkOfTheCovenant #GeorgeHoward #CosmicTusk #MaryMagdalene #AncientAliens

Matt La Croix, independent researcher and author of The Missing Key, joins George Howard on the Cosmic Tusk to introduce the Lost Civilisations Database, launched the day before this recording, and to walk through two decades of fieldwork tracing a repeating symbolic code across ancient sites worldwide. Matt's core thesis is that a genuinely advanced civilisation, predating the conventional 6,500 to 7,000 year Mesopotamian origin point for civilisation, encoded its complete knowledge system into architecture and symbols specifically so it would survive its own destruction. He traces the origin to the Van region of eastern Turkey, connecting it to the Sumerian Ziusudra flood tradition, and describes finding the same repeated symbols, most notably a distinctive T-shaped form, embedded in temple layouts at Gobekli Tepe, the Sphinx and Valley Temples in Egypt, sites in Menorca, Cambodia, Peru, and Bolivia. The LCD applies strict scientific criteria before any site qualifies for inclusion, developed with geologists and archaeologists: monumental precision, advanced hard stone use, distinct construction phases, unresolved chronology or engineering questions, and repeated architectural or symbolic patterns. George pushes back directly on one point: if this civilisation pursued harmony, why does so much of what followed feel defined by war and empire. Matt's answer is specific: no site associated with what he calls this lost knowledge system depicts warfare, with a single documented exception, Plato's account of Atlantis becoming corrupted and fighting the proto-Athenians near the very end of its existence. His broader framework holds that beginning around the Age of Pisces, roughly 2,000 years ago on his estimate, successive civilisations became inverted shadow versions of an original balanced template, a pattern he sees echoed later in secret societies including the Knights Templar, who he believes were protecting fragments of the same suppressed knowledge, work he connects to events surrounding Leonardo da Vinci's era. The conversation closes on a shared vision: Matt is building new educational offerings, including a class called Transformation into the Higher Self, alongside collaborations with Randall Carlson on sacred geometry, framing the entire project as a revival of mystery school education for the modern era. **CHAPTERS** 00:10 Introduction: Matt La Croix and the Missing Key 01:35 Origin story: an Indian head penny at age seven 04:16 Early travels and the shift from history enthusiast to researcher 07:12 Defining mystery schools: Plato to Lao Tzu 11:34 The multifaceted approach: establishing the lost time period first 14:00 The LCD's scientific criteria for site inclusion 16:40 Introducing the Van region and the two-year-old excavation 26:34 The T-shaped symbol across Gobekli Tepe, Egypt, and Menorca 27:26 George's critical question: why does harmony precede empire and war 28:32 The single exception: Atlantis and the corruption at the end 30:21 Early successor civilisations trying to imitate the original template 31:09 The Knights Templar and the Age of Pisces corruption thesis 01:24:49 Evil, darkness, and humanity as creators rather than consumers 01:27:31 Cosmograms, upcoming collaborations, and the LCD launch 01:29:15 Closing thoughts: a civilisation with amnesia **GUESTS** Matt La Croix — [https://thestageoftime.com/] **ABOUT** TTN News covers the cosmic history that shaped this planet and the deep human past still buried in the ground. **FOLLOW TTN NEWS** [https://www.facebook.com/cosmicsummit] · [https://x.com/Cosmicsummitx] · [https://www.instagram.com/cosmic.summit/] · [https://thetitan.network/] #TTNNews #MattLaCroix #LostCivilizationsDatabase #GeorgeHoward #CosmicTusk #GobekliTepe #Atlantis #MysterySchools #AncientKnowledge

George Howard and author Jim Haslam sit down for their second in-depth conversation, following their joint attendance at the July 29th Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee hearing where Dr. Anthony Fauci testified under subpoena. Both wore Carolina blue in a nod to George's alma mater, and their appearance drew national television coverage. This is their account of what they know, what they have documented, and what they are actively bringing to the attention of investigators. Jim Haslam is the author of Covid-19 Mystery Solved and writes the Substack Reverse Engineering the Origins of SARS-CoV-2, which he has published since 2022. He describes himself as a second generation lab leak researcher, pulled in after a 2021 leak by Major Joseph Murphy of a document called Defuse, in which Jim says University of North Carolina professor Ralph Baric proposed constructing a SARS-like genome roughly 25% different from SARS-1 for testing at the Wuhan Institute of Virology. Jim's account names a small circle he believes were involved, centred on Ralph Baric in Chapel Hill and Vincent Munster at Rocky Mountain Lab, with researchers Danielle Anderson and Linfa Wang connected through Duke-NUS in Singapore. Jim's central claim is that this was not a deliberate weapon but an accident arising from a self-spreading bat vaccine research program, and that January 10th, 2020, the date the SARS-CoV-2 genome was published, is the bright line after which he believes documented obfuscation began, evidenced by University of North Carolina emails obtained through public records requests showing Baric, Wang, and Peter Daszak discussing how to publicly frame lab leak concerns as a conspiracy theory. George brings his own perspective as a UNC graduate with institutional ties, describing the personal weight of investigating an alma mater he loves, and notes that reception among fellow alumni has been more supportive than he expected. He and Jim both express frustration that this story, despite its significance now being aired in a Senate committee, has received minimal coverage from local outlets like the Raleigh News & Observer. George and Jim emphasise this is an active, ongoing investigation being taken seriously by relevant authorities, and this conversation represents Jim's documented research and analysis rather than a final legal conclusion. CHAPTERS 00:10 Introduction: the Fauci hearing and Jim Haslam's background 02:32 George's connection to the University of North Carolina 03:26 Jim's Substack and how his lab leak theory differs from others 05:08 The Defuse leak and what drew Jim into the investigation 08:00 The six names Jim believes were central to the research 09:29 Introducing Danielle Anderson and her role at the Wuhan BSL-4 13:22 The Defuse grant and the plan to test on wild-caught bats 23:23 Egyptian fruit bats as proxies and the shipment between labs 26:03 Why pigs were not used and the reasoning behind bat vaccination 28:41 January 10th, 2020: the bright line and what happened after 1:05:28 University of North Carolina's document releases and what remains withheld 1:06:50 Personal reflections: friends, family, and institutional reception 1:11:48 Closing thoughts GUESTS Jim Haslam — @ReverseEngineeringCovidOrigins https://www.amazon.com/COVID-19-Mystery-Solved-leaked-Chinese/dp/B0DLVDB9CL ABOUT TTN News covers the cosmic history that shaped this planet and the deep human past still buried in the ground. FOLLOW TTN NEWS [https://www.facebook.com/cosmicsummit] · [https://x.com/Cosmicsummitx] · [https://www.instagram.com/cosmic.summit/] · [https://thetitan.network/] #TTNNews #GeorgeHoward #JimHaslam #CosmicTusk #Covid19Origins #LabLeak #RalphBaric #SenateHearing

Dr. Francis Thackeray of South Africa joins George Howard on the Cosmic Tusk with new evidence extending the Younger Dryas impact hypothesis to a continent that has never contributed direct data before. George opens by addressing the pseudo smear directly, then walks through Thackeray's distinguished background: Cape Town, Yale, and decades directing South African research institutions. At Wonderkrater, a peat deposit in Limpopo Province, Thackeray and paleobotanist Louis Scott found a platinum spike recalibrated to 12,809 years, matching the signature from eleven North American sites and joining a growing global list. Iridium and osmium accompanied it, alongside megafauna extinctions and stone tool changes at the same boundary. The headline finding is the Thackeray syllogism, developed in response to a study connecting a Greenland sulfate spike to the Younger Dryas onset roughly 45 years before the platinum signature. Thackeray questions that dating precision and proposes instead that the impact triggered the volcanism directly, possibly within a day, pointing to the Hiawatha Glacier crater's suspiciously fresh rim as supporting evidence. The conversation also covers the late oceanographer Wallace Broecker, once a fierce critic who reversed his position after seeing the platinum data, and the peer review battle behind getting this research published. **CHAPTERS** 00:10 Introduction and the pseudo smear 01:04 Age six: micrometeorites and the start of a career 04:57 Career background 08:12 Introducing Wonderkrater 11:29 The 2019 platinum prediction 34:48 Comparing to North American sites 43:53 The spike confirmed at 12,809 years 53:04 Megafauna extinctions 1:03:00 The sulfate spike discrepancy 1:07:31 The Thackeray syllogism 1:12:02 Wallace Broecker's reversal 1:35:32 Closing thoughts **GUESTS** Dr. Francis Thackeray — [https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Francis-Thackeray] Read the full paper from Dr Francis Thackeray and the CRG team here: https://www.researchgate.net/publication/408503477_Extraterrestrial_Nanoparticle_Signatures_at_the_Younger_Dryas_Boundary_12800_years_ago_from_Wonderkrater_South_Africa **ABOUT** TTN News covers the cosmic history that shaped this planet and the deep human past still buried in the ground. **FOLLOW TTN NEWS** [https://www.facebook.com/cosmicsummit] · [https://x.com/Cosmicsummitx] · [https://www.instagram.com/cosmic.summit/] · [https://thetitan.network/] #TTNNews #FrancisThackeray #Wonderkrater #YoungerDryas #GeorgeHoward #CosmicTusk #PlatinumSpike #Catastrophism