This week, a biotech company that's literally bringing extinct species back to life, the spiritual migration from evangelical churches to tarot decks, and the neuroscience of how music hijacks our perception of time. Hint: it's all connected to ego death and the eternal now.

Highlights:

* Colossal Biosciences is actively de-extincting species (or are they?) from things like 13,000-year-old teeth and 74,000-year-old skulls

* Example: The giant Moa, a 10-foot-tall flightless bird

* Will this make a dent against predictions that 50% of current species will be extinct by 2050, triggering total ecosystem collapse?

* The Great Spiritual Migration away from organized religion and toward DIY spirituality

* Tom's tarot philosophy: It’s more about personal insight than supernatural divination

* A brief discussion of the tension between vertical hierarchy vs. horizontal spirituality

* Why evangelicals fear tarot and other traditions dismiss it

* But really, everyone should avoid Ouija boards, aka metaphysical chainsaws

* Music as time travel: A University of Waterloo study shows how songs can trigger vivid emotional memories (duh, actually)

* Musical ego death: how the prefrontal cortex can shut down, leading to a "selfless zen-like state"

* Tempo affects time perception (this is why spin classes feel so short)

* The worst and best songs to listen to while driving

* Music therapy can help dementia patients recall detailed autobiographical memories even when the music is unrelated to the memories

Much more at godsghostsufos.com

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