December 28, 2006: Supernaturals and Consciousness - Graham Hancock

Art Bell welcomes author and researcher Graham Hancock from Great Britain to discuss his book Supernatural and the hidden dimensions of human consciousness. The conversation opens with an examination of the Great Pyramid, including new evidence suggesting some limestone blocks may have been poured like concrete, though Hancock notes that fossils inside broken blocks challenge this theory. The 70-ton granite blocks of the King's Chamber remain unexplained.

Hancock argues that ancient civilizations possessed a technology rooted not in mechanical advantage but in spiritual dimensions of the mind. He draws connections between megalithic structures worldwide, from Baalbek to Tonga, suggesting a forgotten seafaring culture carried this knowledge across the globe. The destruction of the Amazon rainforest serves as a bridge into his central thesis about humanity's severed connection to spirit.

The discussion turns to DMT, the compound produced naturally by the human pineal gland. Hancock describes Dr. Rick Strassman's research showing that volunteers given DMT reported encounters with entities strikingly similar to those described by UFO abductees and ancient shamans. He proposes that these plants are not creating visions but opening doorways to other realms, and that governments criminalize them precisely because they threaten state control over human thought.