This week and next, we talk to returning guest Tadaaki Hozumi about the crossroads between the esoteric history of Japan and its Indigenous peoples and royal family; the mysterious convergence of ancient records from around the world on stories of lost civilizations and extraterrestrial encounters; and how animism and magic seem ripe for retrieval as we barrel down the chute of the Technological Singularity. This is one of those edge-case conversations that I’ll look back on in twenty years and either consider totally insane or uncanny in its prophetic insights. I don’t confidently recommend every mention in the show notes as an authoritative final source, but I refuse to censor our citations out of my commitment to humility about What’s Really Going On. This is a truly off-road dialogue on ideas so far outside of the dominant world-space of early 21st-Century Western thinking as to constitute a reputational risk, but what else is this show for than to showcase maverick thinkers and strange, potentially transformative speculations anchored in careful independent study? Strap in for a crash course on hidden temple texts, occult perspectives on the analog-digital divide, and alternative narratives so bizarre and interesting I consider them worth review on aesthetic grounds alone!  Tada is one of those “too weird to live, too rare to die” wizards and wonders I’m honored to call a friend and colleague, and I’m delighted to have them back on Future Fossils to explore the Real with you. In Tada’s own blog post about this episode, they say: “It was an incredible opportunity to get to speak so freely about ancient-future matters on a prolific podcast with a name that basically captures the essence of the discussion. I've always appreciated Michael's kindness and bravery as a host, not just of a podcast but of whole online communities, who is committed to giving his listenership and community the permission to explore the strangest possibilities of human existence.” ✨ Subscribe anywhere you go for podcasts! This conversation continues with lively and respectful interaction every single day in the members-only Future Fossils Facebook Group. Join us! I'm also ISO moderators interested in helping steward the Discord server so I can release it into the wilds as a fan-operated platform. Want to claim stake? ✨ Support The Show: Subscribe to the podcast, essays, music, and news on Substack or PatreonBuy my original paintings or commission new workBuy my music on Bandcamp (they take 15%) ✨ Tip Jars: @futurefossils on Venmo$manfredmacx on CashAppmichaelgarfield on PayPal ✨ Mentioned & Related Media: Future Fossils 149 - Cultural Somatics & Ritual as Justice with Tada Hozumi, Dare Sohei, and Naomi Most Graham Hancock’s hotly-debated Netflix series Ancient Apocalypse Future Fossils 14 - WESTWORLD Problems (feat. Michael Phillip of Third Eye Drops) Future Fossils 65 - John David Ebert (Hypermodernity & Blade Runner 2049) The Evolution of Surveillance by Michael Garfield Improvising out of Algorithmic Isolation by Michael Garfield Future Fossils 179 - Scout-Lieder Wiley on Transrational Oracles & Magical Thinking in The 21st Century Future Fossils 195 - A.I. Art: An Emergency Panel with Julian Picaza, Evo Heyning, Micah Daigle, Jamie Curcio, & Topher Sipes Vagabonding: An Uncommon Guide to the Art of Long-Term World Travel by Rolf Potts T.A.Z.: The Temporary Autonomous Zone, Ontological Anarchy, Poetic Terrorism by Hakim Bey William Irwin Thompson – Exodus as Revolution (Prophecy and Revolution: Five Lectures on the Old Testament, #3) Future Fossils 178 - Chris Ryan on Exhuming The Human from Our Eldritch Institutions Remember Who You Are Remember 'Where' You Are and Where You 'Come' from by David Icke The Arcturus Probe: Tales and Reports of an Ongoing Investigation by Jose Arguelles EVIDENCE OF A MASSIVE THERMONUCLEAR EXPLOSIONS ON MARS IN THE PAST: The Cydonian Hypothesis and Fermi's Paradox by J. E. Branden