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Musings on Mysteries and the Mythical Matrix (M^4, “M Quad”, or M4D for short) is a podcasting and content creation platform that is dedicated to exploring the ancient, mysterious, and unknown through logic, reason, science, and the Socratic method. Whether your interest is Atlantis, Zeus, or anything in between, we tackle it all! Our goal is to unravel the interdimensional and mythical matrix of ancient stories, and expose how these may be connected to modern mysteries and science. We approach our overall study through a unique lens of theorizing the spiritual realm exists, and is the 4th dimension as indicated by mathematical geometry. The podcast is for: mystery seekers, musers, conspiracy theorists, interdimensional philosophers, and seekers of truth. The show is NOT for those who enjoy the comfort of their confirmation bias and logical fallacies: you will get triggered!

  1. Episode 068 - Critical Thinking | The M Quad Method: How to Think, Not What to Believe

    12/31/2025

    Episode 068 - Critical Thinking | The M Quad Method: How to Think, Not What to Believe

    Are your beliefs actually reasoned, or are they outsourced? Before asking what to believe, we need to ask how we arrived there. In a world of expert claims, viral headlines, and emotional certainty, critical thinking isn’t optional. In this episode of Musings on Mysteries and the Mythical Matrix, we break down how reasoning works, why it fails, and how to spot bad arguments: whether they come from media, online debates, or credentialed authorities. Highlights: 🧠 Why Reasoning Matters • Information → reasoning → belief → action • Why good intentions still produce bad outcomes ⚠️ The Problem with Faulty Reasoning • Confidence replacing evidence • Media turning speculation into certainty • “Most experts agree” without explanation 🎓 Authority vs Argument • Appeal to Authority fallacy • When expertise guides inquiry: and when it shuts it down • Why credentials ≠ immunity from critique 🧪 How to Think Critically • Identifying claims, confidence levels, and fields • Who carries burden of proof • Separating data from inference • Logic testing, fallacies, and falsification 📋 Critical Thinking Micro-Checklist • A practical framework you can apply immediately • Available on the Discord 🎙️ Core takeaway: Confidence isn’t evidence. Expertise should guide inquiry: not end it. Method matters. M Quad Links  Support the show! https://buymeacoffee.com/m.quad.musings Discord server invite: https://discord.gg/yzfH3KEjY9 Sources: Damer, T. E. (2006). Attacking faulty reasoning: A practical guide to fallacy-free arguments (5th ed.). Thomson Wadsworth. Hayes, J. (2018). A Manual of Sumerian Grammar and Texts. Undena Publications. Weston, A. (2009). A rulebook for arguments (4th ed.). Hackett Publishing Company.

    1h 36m
  2. Episode 067 - The LOST High-God: An of Sumer, to Viracocha

    12/13/2025

    Episode 067 - The LOST High-God: An of Sumer, to Viracocha

    A forgotten Creator. A storm-god who takes power. A goddess who seizes the bridge between heaven and earth. Across cultures, is humanity remembering the same lost High God? In this episode of Musings on Mysteries and the Mythical Matrix, we trace the fading memory of the primordial Creator. From An of Sumer, to El of Canaan, to the Popol Vuh, the Bible, and Viracocha of the Inca. In this episode: 📜 The High God Pattern • An, El Elyon, El the Bull, Elohim • A remote Creator replaced by active gods 🏛️ Inanna and E-ana • A fragmented Sumerian myth retold • E-ana lowered from heaven • Inanna seizes cosmic authority • An’s loss reshapes the world 🌩️ From El to Baal • Creator to storm-king • Power follows politics 🌎 Popol Vuh Parallels • One Creator, plural agents • Echoes of Elohim and Genesis 🗿 Viracocha Question • Late monolatry • Why “missionary influence” doesn’t explain it 🔤 Language of the Divine • dingir, il/ilu, elohim • One Most High, many subordinates 📖 Biblical Thread • Deuteronomy 32 • Romans 1 • Preservation, not borrowing? 🎙️ One question drives it all: shared influence, or shared memory? M Quad Links  Support the show! https://buymeacoffee.com/m.quad.musings Discord server invite: https://discord.gg/yzfH3KEjY9 Sources: Black, J., & Green, A. (2011). Gods, Demons and Symbols of Ancient Mesopotamia. University of Texas Press. Dalley, S. (2000). Myths from Mesopotamia: Creation, the Flood, Gilgamesh, and Others. Oxford University Press. Drews, R. (1993). The End of the Bronze Age: Changes in Warfare and the Catastrophe ca. 1200 B.C. Princeton University Press. Electronic Text Corpus of Sumerian Literature (ETCSL). Inana and the E-ana Myth. https://etcsl.orinst.ox.ac.uk/cgi-bin/etcsl.cgi?text=t.1.3.5# Hayes, J. (2018). A Manual of Sumerian Grammar and Texts. Undena Publications. Richardson, D. (1981). Eternity in Their Hearts. Baker Publishing Group. Tedlock, D. (1996). Popol Vuh: The Definitive Edition of the Mayan Book of the Dawn of Life and the Glories of Gods and Kings. Simon & Schuster.

    1h 25m
  3. Episode 066 - The Baal Cycle & The Yahweh Evidence Scholars Ignore

    12/03/2025

    Episode 066 - The Baal Cycle & The Yahweh Evidence Scholars Ignore

    A storm-god rising, a sea-god demanding tribute, and a seven-headed serpent twisting beneath the deep. But does this ancient Ugaritic myth reveal a forgotten shared memory behind the Bible? What we talk about in this episode: 📜 The Characters & the Tablets • Baal, El, Asherah, Anat, Mot, Yamm, Shapash, Kothar-wa-Hasis • Why the Baal Cycle survives in fragments — and what we can still reconstruct • Ugaritic as a linguistic cousin to Hebrew (think American vs. Australian English centuries apart) ⚔️ Baal’s Rise & Fall • Baal vs. Yamm: the storm-god defeating the sea-god • Baal’s cedar palace and why kingship required a temple • Baal vs. Mot: death, drought, resurrection, and the cosmic cycle of life 🐍 The Seven-Headed Serpent & Shared Motifs • Lotan/Leviathan parallels: Isaiah 27, Revelation, Ninurta, and chaos-dragon traditions • Influence vs. shared memory — the real methodological question scholars avoid 🏺 Biblical & Linguistic Parallels • El in a tent vs. Yahweh in a tabernacle • Messenger motifs, storm-god imagery, and the “Cloud Rider” theme • THMT in the Baal Cycle debunking the Tiamat = tehom claim 🔥 A Surprising Twist: YW in the Baal Cycle? • A deity named “Yw” appears as El’s son — strikingly close to the root of Yahweh • Not proof, but a possibility that critical scholarship rarely acknowledges 🎙️ Plus: Methodology, logical consistency, and why parallels alone don’t prove borrowing. M Quad Links  Support the show! https://buymeacoffee.com/m.quad.musings Discord server invite: https://discord.gg/yzfH3KEjY9 Sources: Mark S. Smith Origins of Biblical Monotheism: Israel’s Polytheistic Background and the Ugaritic Texts God in Translation: Deities in Cross-Cultural Discourse in the Biblical World Michael David Coogan Stories from Ancient Canaan Simon B. Parker (ed.) Ugaritic Narrative Poetry —with contributions by: Mark Smith, Dennis Pardee, et al. John Hayes A Manual of Sumerian Grammar and Texts

    2h 2m
  4. Episode 065 - Magic Rings and Ancient Technology: The Ring of Gyges (Plato)

    10/22/2025

    Episode 065 - Magic Rings and Ancient Technology: The Ring of Gyges (Plato)

    ⚡ The Ring of Gyges: Science, Morality, and Ancient Mystery ⚡ A ring that makes you invisible. A tale of power, corruption, and human nature — but what if this story isn’t just philosophy? What we talk about in this episode: 📜 The Myth of Gyges • Retelling Plato’s story and its moral experiment — would justice still exist if we could act unseen? • What does this say about human morality when consequences disappear? • How does this ancient myth compare to The Lord of the Rings and modern stories of power and temptation? 🔬 The Deeper Questions • From philosophy to science — could the Ring of Gyges represent lost or advanced technology? • Is a “phone” or an “invisible ring” more plausible in today’s context? • Missing 411 parallels — beings in caves, advanced tech, and accounts of invisibility. • Alternate explanations: ancient manipulation, misunderstood tech, or something else entirely? 🪶 Further myth research: • Ubara-Tutu, Shurrupak, and Methuselah — exploring ancient king lists and cuneiform clues. • Jeremy Black’s translations: person vs. place — what the archeological discoveries reveal. • Could these texts hint at hidden journeys or advanced beings remembered as gods? 🎙️ Catch-Up Segment We’re back after a short break — and diving headfirst into one of the oldest and strangest mysteries linking philosophy, myth, and science. M Quad Links  Support the show! https://buymeacoffee.com/m.quad.musings Discord server invite: https://discord.gg/yzfH3KEjY9 Stop Motion Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rJ057EfxKgs Sources: Plato. (n.d.). The Republic [PDF]. Retrieved from https://www.sciencetheearth.com/uploads/2/4/6/5/24658156/plato_-_the_republic.pdf Missing 411: The Hunted https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L3vQKtbJmNw Missing 411 Website/Where to Buy the Books: https://www.canammissing.com/page/page/8396197.htm Instructions to Shurrupak Article Referenced: "Inscriptions from Tell Abu Salabikh" The University of Chicago Oriental Institute Publications Volume XCIX by Robert Biggs

    1 hr
  5. Episode 064 - UAPs Spotted.. In the Bible?

    08/24/2025

    Episode 064 - UAPs Spotted.. In the Bible?

    🌌 UFOs in the Bible? Mysteries in the Skies 🌌 Chariots of fire. Clouds of glory. Wheels full of eyes. From the Old Testament to Revelation, the Bible is full of strange sky encounters. But are these visions divine… or something else? Let’s break it down: 📜 Old Testament Sightings • Ezekiel’s Wheels (Ezek. 1; 10) – Wheels within wheels, glowing metal, beings inside → classic UFO craft • Elijah’s Fiery Chariot (2 Kgs. 2) – Carried off in whirlwind → abduction beam / sudden lift-off • Pillar of Cloud & Fire (Exod. 13–14) – Cloud by day, fire by night → hovering luminous ship • Mount Sinai Encounter (Exod. 19; 24) – Thunder, smoke, trumpet blasts → launch/landing event • Cloud Rider Passages (Ps. 104; Isa. 19; Dan. 7) – God riding clouds → divine sky vehicle ✝️ New Testament Sightings • Transfiguration Cloud (Matt. 17; Mark 9; Luke 9) – Bright overshadowing cloud, voice inside → luminous craft / voice transmission • Jesus’ Ascension (Acts 1) – Taken up, hidden by cloud → craft ascension cover • Philip Transported (Acts 8) – Spirit carries him away instantly → teleportation event • Revelation Visions (Rev. 4; 11; 14) – Heaven opens, radiant beings, clouds → otherworldly craft / throne room technology 🔍 So What? • Could spiritual beings have their own technology? • Are these encounters divine revelation, alien contact, or symbolic visions? • Ancient Alien lens → biblical UFOs. • Biblical lens → God showing His power. • Human lens → ancients explaining the unknown with their language. M Quad Links  Support the show! https://buymeacoffee.com/m.quad.musings Discord server invite: https://discord.gg/yzfH3KEjY9 All verses read on the show were via Biblegateway.com in the NIV.

    1h 8m
  6. Episode 063 - Modern Dinosaurs: Kongamato, Mokele-Mbembe, & the Ropen

    08/06/2025

    Episode 063 - Modern Dinosaurs: Kongamato, Mokele-Mbembe, & the Ropen

    🔥 Living Dinosaurs? The Untold Accounts of Kongamato, Mokele-Mbembe & WWII Pterosaurs 🔥 A jungle sky torn by leathery wings. A swamp beast feared by tribal fishermen. A WWII soldier frozen in place by what he swore was a living pterodactyl. Could legends of “dinosaurs in the modern day” be more than myth? In this investigative episode, we analyze the most compelling 20th-century accounts of so-called prehistoric survivors — and what their existence would mean for evolutionary theory. 🦇 Kongamato – Africa’s Winged Terror • 1920s explorer shown pterosaur drawings by tribes in Zambia • 1956 engineer & 1957 wounded man report chilling encounters • Red, toothy, leathery-winged creature feared by locals 🦕 Mokele-Mbembe – The Sauropod of the Congo • Indigenous tribes describe a long-necked, river-dwelling beast • Missionaries claim one was killed—and eaten—with fatal results • 1980s expeditions by UChicago scientists and Congolese officials 🛩️ The WWII “Pterosaur” • Duane Hodgkinson’s 1944 sighting in New Guinea • 30-ft wingspan, head crest, glowing tail — no feathers • Similar reports across decades in Papua’s remote regions 📜 Theory & Implications • Could these be unknown species—or ancient survivors? • Would a living dinosaur disprove evolution… or just rewrite parts of it? • A critical look at evidence, misidentification, and why it matters 👁️ This episode dives deep into the jungle of the unknown—blending historical investigation, eyewitness analysis, and scientific logic to ask: What if extinction isn’t always the end? M Quad Links  Support the show! https://buymeacoffee.com/m.quad.musings Discord server invite: https://discord.gg/yzfH3KEjY9 Augmentational Sources: https://scienceblogs.com/tetrapodzoology/2007/12/23/pterosaurs-alive https://pinebarrensinstitute.com/cryptids/2018/8/18/cryptid-profile-kongamato https://genesispark.com/exhibits/cryptozoological-evidence/the-pterosaur-rookery/the-kongamato-of-africa/ https://mag.uchicago.edu/science-medicine/roy-mackals-wild-speculation https://science.howstuffworks.com/science-vs-myth/strange-creatures/mokele-mbembe https://freethoughtblogs.com/pharyngula/2025/05/16/mokele-mbembe/ https://thedailyjournalist.com/the-historian/history-of-mokele-mbembe-and-expeditions-to-africa/ https://indavabird.com/ https://lithub.com/the-truth-is-out-there-on-the-wild-and-divisive-world-of-cryptozoology

    1h 21m
  7. Episode 062 - The Sumerian King List & the Mystery of Eanna

    07/23/2025

    Episode 062 - The Sumerian King List & the Mystery of Eanna

    🔥 The Sumerian King List: A timeline of gods and humans mixing? 🔥 Kings before the flood. A temple that ruled empires. A goddess on the throne? What if ancient Mesopotamian scribes weren’t recording history—but encoding a spiritual hierarchy? And what if the real mystery isn’t the kings… but the temple they served? In this groundbreaking episode, we explore the deep codes of the Sumerian King List:  📜 The Sumerian King List • Pre-flood rulers lasting thousands of years • Ur Nammu, Shulg, and other historical figures • Are these dynasties sequential… or concurrent? • Did Ubara-Tutu = Methuselah? ⛩️ The Mystery of Eanna • A single line in the SKL says kingship went to “Eanna” • But Eanna isn’t a city—it’s a temple • Was Inanna the true “king” of Uruk? • Gilgamesh’s rejection of Inanna as rebellion against the divine throne • Could Eanna have been a spiritual gateway like Babel? 👑 The “Weird” Kings • Mec-ki-aj-gacer – Son of the sun god, vanished into the sea • Lugalbanda – Mystical visions, a talking eagle (cheribum?), supernatural speed (aka the OG Flash) • Gilgamesh – A giant, 2/3 divine, son of a Lillu-demon 🔍 Theory & Revelation • Cult centers “from before the flood” restored by Gilgamesh • Angel/human hybrid echoes of Genesis 6 • Ziggurats, Eanna, and Babel: spiritual technology? • A divine council ruling through temples, not kings? 👁️ This episode peels back the veil on one of the oldest and most mysterious documents in human history—and its shocking biblical parallels. M Quad Links  Support the show! https://buymeacoffee.com/m.quad.musings Discord server invite: https://discord.gg/yzfH3KEjY9

    1h 8m
  8. Episode 061 - The Fractured Council: Enki, Enlil, & the Secrets of the Mountains

    07/09/2025

    Episode 061 - The Fractured Council: Enki, Enlil, & the Secrets of the Mountains

    🔥 Enki, Enlil & the Fractured Divine Council 🔥 Gods of Water. Gods of Wind. Secrets in the Mountains. Ancient Sumer preserved something different—a divine structure that predates the myths you think you know. What if the earliest gods weren’t myths or aliens… but distorted echoes of real rulers? What if their temples—built like mountains—were portals to the divine? In this revelatory episode, we unveil the Fractured Council: 🌊 Enki – The Lord of the Abzu • Creator of rivers through divine fluid • Giver of wisdom, order, and fertility • A god who listens… and maybe rebels? 🌪️ Enlil – Storm, Seduction, and Power • Storm god cast out for ritual impurity • Possibly the original “Prince of the Power of the Air” • Builder of the Ekur: the Mountain House of the Gods • Was he a Watcher… or something darker? 👑 An – The Invisible King of the Heavens • Rarely appears… yet issues the commands • Shadowy “God Most High” figure above all • A template for the divine hierarchy later mirrored in the Bible? ⛰️ Secrets of the High Places • Why did gods live on mountains—even in flat Mesopotamia? • Ziggurats as manmade holy portals… just like Sinai, Zion, Olympus • Duranki: The umbilical cord between heaven and earth • Is the mountain the ultimate symbol of spiritual access? 🌞 Plus: • Shamash, Sariel & the Watchers • Missing persons, sudden storms, and divine interference? • Ancient math proving Mesopotamian mastery of geometry 👁️ This is one of our most intense deep dives yet—uniting ancient myth, biblical parallels, and bold theories you won’t hear anywhere else. 📌 Stick around till the end for our shocking conclusion on the divine council drawn straight from ancient Sumerian … and what might be hiding in the mountains today.  M Quad Links  Support the show! https://buymeacoffee.com/m.quad.musings Discord server invite: https://discord.gg/yzfH3KEjY9  Sources: Myths of Mesopotamia by Stephanie Dalley (2008) https://amzn.to/3ZXGwkz The Book of Enoch: Second Edition Greek-English Interlinear Analysis by Aaron Miller (2020) https://amzn.to/401e1Cp Literature of Ancient Sumer by Jeremy Black (2010) https://amzn.to/4gX9CqF A Manual of Sumerian Grammar and Texts by John Hayes (2018) https://amzn.to/4nMaH8H Bible Sources from biblegateway.com & Biblehub.com, using NIV or direct Hebrew analysis Gods, Demons and Symbols of Ancient Mesopotamia by Jeremy Black and Anthony Green (2011) https://amzn.to/4l9mgoz https://isac.uchicago.edu/research/projects/nippur-sacred-city-enlil-0 IM67118 https://www.academia.edu/113405414/Babylonian_Tablet_IM_67118_Pythagorean_Theorem SI 427 https://archaeology.org/news/2021/08/06/210806-babylonian-tablet-geometry/ & https://www.vice.com/en/article/this-ancient-tablet-is-the-earliest-known-example-of-applied-geometry/ Enlil in the Ekur https://etcsl.orinst.ox.ac.uk/section4/tr4051.htm?utm

    1h 16m
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Musings on Mysteries and the Mythical Matrix (M^4, “M Quad”, or M4D for short) is a podcasting and content creation platform that is dedicated to exploring the ancient, mysterious, and unknown through logic, reason, science, and the Socratic method. Whether your interest is Atlantis, Zeus, or anything in between, we tackle it all! Our goal is to unravel the interdimensional and mythical matrix of ancient stories, and expose how these may be connected to modern mysteries and science. We approach our overall study through a unique lens of theorizing the spiritual realm exists, and is the 4th dimension as indicated by mathematical geometry. The podcast is for: mystery seekers, musers, conspiracy theorists, interdimensional philosophers, and seekers of truth. The show is NOT for those who enjoy the comfort of their confirmation bias and logical fallacies: you will get triggered!

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