Trip to Purgatory

 

1-5-25                         Prayed to St. Charbel again & had the LONGEST trek through the wilderness I can ever remember - & am sure this is a trip to Purgatory!

There was a WOLF chasing me prior to the edge of the forest & I wanted to run away so I got going. After a good distance he turned into a male friend, & we traveled together for so many miles!

The woods turned into different sections & types of trees, paths, roads, all beautiful. I surprised myself that I had that much ENERGY & strength, much more than physical life.

As he & I traversed the wilderness for miles, we saw wider roads that a car could go through & paths. One path was so beautiful, hard to describe. It was up & down hills, the trees changed, the vegetation was different, the views different but we pushed ahead. Where were we going? We were leaving behind civilization by many miles – this has happened in y dreams many times but this was longer than usual. We didn’t even know where we were.

At one point we came upon a group of people, 5 or 6, & they were with the same number of tame black bears, all standing in a group. My friend & I did think about bears from time to time but we did not encounter any.

We asked these people, where are we? And they did not know the frame of reference so I asked, knowing we were 15 miles further than this,

“How far are we from Binghamton?”

A man said 15 miles, so I knew we had WALKED 30 miles.

And I asked, what is ahead?

He said a CONVALESCENT CLINIC. I imagined long-term illnesses that were hard to cure.

And I asked, after that, what towns or cities are we headed for?

He said some places that are unfamiliar that sounded like Pennsylvania –Semma or Sella or Cilla – some sound like that & another place, where I’ve never been. Wow, had we gone far & where would we end up?

We continue trekking & we come up the Clinic - it wasn’t what I expected – a strong building like a hospital. There were SHACKS, pitiful ones, several standing apart, squares. Then there were more dilapidated shacks not exactly squares but of various types with pitiful windows. They were all on my left. I felt DREAD from these places & hoped nothing contagious would touch us & we didn’t want to visit any of its inhabitants. We moved by & I was glad we passed this.

And so we kept going forever until I woke up.

MEANING

*{For sure this is PURGATORY. The group of people with tame bears – bears are hardship or suffering {notice the ‘bull & bear stock market symbols, bull is good, bear is bad.} Them being TAME is these people are used to these suffering, they are FAMILIAR to them. Being black are also TERRIBLE sufferings – the worst. It goes from grey, to brown to black sufferings in the order of intensity. Black would have no ‘redeeming’ value – nothing to say ‘this has a good side to it.’ And so, these are souls in a bad Purgatory.

Now the CLINIC seems even worse than that, I dread any contact with it, am relieved to pass the souls housed here.

Dwellings in Purgatory or Heaven are indicative of the consciousness, mental, emotional states of the inhabitants. They are the results of karma. We reap what we sow. If we sinned, we now pay. They are FORGIVEN but what is forgiven must also be PAID FOR.

And by the same logic when we get to Heaven, there also is our karma, the more LOVE we gave the more Love we receive. And Love determines our eternal state, be it high or low or medium. God also gives us ‘dwellings’ according to our desires & merits. Some live in ordinary apts or houses, others have islands & mansions, castles, entire towns or cities {I imagine-have not seen any!}.

The place my Mom & brother inhabit is a small house, like an apt, very plain. But I saw Errol Flynn with his own island in the sky, surrounded by water, a lush tropical one!

What is the WOLF pursuing me that I begin to run from on my journey? It would have to be the Saint I’ve been praying to – St. Charbel. How is he a scary wolf? I really love wolves, they’re one of my favorite animals, & wolves became dogs, our best friends. I need time to decipher this. Maybe he’s a ‘spirit guide’ taking that form for some reason, but why? Because I love wolves? Maybe because I did not pray to him for about a year since he became my spiritual husband- I avoided him. Was I afraid of him – his GREATNESS? - Because such greatness would convict me of my sins & faults?

The DISTANCE that we traverse here – there is no time & space on the Other Side, & so this distance is one of spiritual terms. How can it be measured?- Far from God or Truth?- Far from the Beatific Vision? Notice that it is WITH THE AID OF THIS SAINT that I go here, not alone! It’s a DAUNTING trip to go to Purgatory, especially its FAR REACHES so the Saint takes me there. John Dowie also guided me into Purgatory long ago to see my Mom – 2003 it was as she spent 24 years in Purgatory – a LONG stretch. James Brown spent 17 – Anthony Quinn 13 – these are considered long stretches to my experience. Elvis did 5.5 years – I consider him the average decent person. He had his faults – consider the way he treated Priscilla, in the most selfish, tyrannical manner. But he also did good deeds of generosity.}*

 

Success-Many Dreams

 1-4-25    Tremendous Arnold Dream – Two venues it seems have promoted my new book – “Whisperer”

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Yesterday & today {almost 1k today so far!} the views on my blog have skyrocketed due to no action on my part. I suspect someone somewhere has put a review of my book but who & where?

The incredible dream of ARNOD says there is some HUGE success.

I appear some place in public with Arnold. He ACCEPTS me in terms of love is the feeling. I put my arms around him & we hold one another in an embrace, mostly me holding him, but he accepts it. He’s young & full bodied & attractive. We stand this way for a LONG time & people walk by & see us. One lady is the closest companion of his wife & I know she’ll tell the wife, but Arnold doesn’t seem worried – like it’s INEVITABLE. This lady is wearing a hat, like they did in the 50’s – she’s petite, old, holds some sort of position like ‘maid of honor’ & strangely, seems to have something to do with the Fire House {vague} – lol. She has blue in her clothing.

As I hold him I see my stomach going in & out in very deep, somnambulant breaths like I am in the deepest sleep. He’s wearing light clothing, some soft yellow, maybe white. This lasts forever – lol.

Later I approach him again this time he’s old – like 70 - & wearing black pants & maybe a white t-shirt. I embrace him again, his face is kind of pale, old, but this lasts a short time. It’s not as ecstatic as the first time.

*{This sounds like someone has accepted my book for a review or article. Have no idea who or what. The first one is significant, like Big Time. The second is good, but not as big

Details: Why is that little lady – best friend of his wife, coming by? It’s easy to get LITERAL like what if the man ‘promoting’ my book is married & his wife might not like that the subject is me, but he’s thinking – so she doesn’t like it, but I’m doing it anyway.

His clothing, appearance is young, healthy, big, strong. This would be the VENUE. Maybe I should check Rolling Stone.

The second is OLDER, more conservative venue. Harpers? The New Yorker? Either the venue is not as much readership or they gave me less coverage. Pale here is the opposite of ‘sanguine.’ Sanguine would be EAGER like ‘red blooded.’ And the black pants see to be a wipeout, death, funeral, nothing there type of thing. This might mean the review or article is not as good as the first one. Could be less space or disapproving of the book, the back pants seem  like ‘no sex’ so that might mean disapproval or a harsh review. But there is no bad publicity, lol, the book gets attention either way – it means success.}*

 

Prayed to St Charbel 1-3-25  

          Spoke to him about getting Souls out of Purgatory. ‘Use my portal’ I said – as Saints have to use the portals of living persons to go there & liberate souls. I think this vision came from him: I saw so clearly, a person living in dire circumstances in front of their terrible shack. The shack was made of a hodge podge of materials, the way a homeless person with no resources would slap together. Like a garbage dump, junk one finds. And the person is in rags. After I see the first one we go down the line & I see many, similar but different shacks & rags.

          Just now asked him why God gave me this ministry & he said my love for them.     

         

1-2-25   I’m at the Post Office 

 & the Manager, at the end, has an UNEXPECTED tiny celebration in honor of New Year. He pulls out a bottle – is it champagne? Gets one or more glasses, he’s like kneeling before this little table - & he gives me a plain glass with this beverage & I drink it. It’s citrusy. What is noted here is it was not expected, never had a celebration at the PO before!

          *{This is a message, probably from Guthrie, changing the date & time of my appt much more convenient – hurrah. Also got good results from my blood test.}* 

12-31-24- Churches-Special Man-souls in Purgatory 

          I’ve been suffering pretty badly since a few days before Xmas & just TODAY the spell LIFTED & I understood that my suffering was to help the Souls! I did not have a clue while it was going on. God did something to make me miserable – depression, anxiety, just fell to a low point. And God allowed Mrs X’s demon to assault me, it was a demon of demoralization – that I am worthless. Lost all my inspiration & the ability to work & get things done. I could not even write own the dreams that I knew were about Purgatory.

          OK, last night I am visiting two different Churches for something special & with me go huge crowds. A special event or Holiday, can’t say what.  I do recall passing th idle aisle & bowing on my knee to Jesus in the Bl. Sacrament. The crowds were like hundreds or even over a thousand in the larger Church – this is Catholic.

          When the services were finished on my way back home or some place I stop at this small building, like a terminal {like 6’ x 6’} & there is a special man – someone I’m in love with. I kiss him & it’s nothing sultry, maybe the cheek, but very loving, & he’s slightly embarrased because the place is filled with children. He’s flustered by the kiss. He’s VERY BEAUTIFUL.

          *{This might be St. Charbel as I was praying to him yesterday.}*

 

Another dream: a few days ago. I give a three piece lingerie set to a young girl who is wearing the main piece. It’s red lace, the bust is very thin & she’s flat chested because of her youth. She loves this lingerie, & I tell her there’s a jacket & another piece. She’s sitting on a bed, smiling with joy.

*{Giving CLOTHING is transmitting Grace – like the ‘mantle’ of the prophet is her Anointing. This garment has a double meaning – lace is bridal which mean UNION, red here might be suffering. But she is joyful. It could mean she received some suffering, but it brought her closer to God which gave her joy, & there’s more to come – more garments.  And its me who gives her this.*}

 Another dream; I give a new apt to a man who is so little, I see him in the beginning looking forlorn, tiny, like insignificant. I award to him my apt I used to live in, much larger & better than his & I think he’s happy, & he gets bigger with this, like a normal man. And there’s another dream similar where I give another person a better apt, but the details are one.

*{Where I give a BETTER DWELLING to someone means I helped a soul in Purgatory to improve their state. This tiny man getting BIGGER, also, means his consciousness got bigger – expanded spirituality, barriers removed, sees more of God.}*

Below: I used to live here - Beverly Hills - rented it with my own money at age 20-21 - address 1860 Heather Court

 

Another dream: The Kiss. There’s a man in front of me who is naked from the waist down, this naked part of his body has stains of dark red blood. We’re I don’t know why, supposed to be making love I guess, but I don’t want to suck his dick. But I figure I could tolerate kissing him although I don’t really want to. He’s good looking, fairly young, maybe blonde. So I start kissing him & am not that much into it but he is & wants more, & it’s not too pleasant for me.  He’s wearing some kind of jacket light colored with large blue checks.

*{This is someone in Purgatory & every Mass I give them 50 kisses & hugs. This is proof one of them feels it. The dick & the blood? Some kind of suffering of his I didn’t want to deal with? The blue CHECKS are his crosses – CHECKS are always crosses, intersections, corners are crosses or sufferings & BLUE is often sorrow/sadness.}*

 

The Brick Labyrinth inside the Castle  12-27-24

 

          I see a man across from me to the left; his face is swarthy, dark hair smallish head. We are discussing a labyrinth inside some sort of mansion or castle. I see him inside it going through it. It’s extensive & lined with solid bricks, it goes up & down, back & forth, many twists & turns, deep inside, & it’s dim.

          This man is a great PRINCE, high up in society, but the person that owns this castle is even higher. The Prince wanted to go in there but he is unable because, as he explains,

          “You have to have an INVITATION to go into the castle.”

          I forgot to say, there is some sort of party or event in the castle.

          I imagined he could go because he’s a Prince, but he can’t without an invitation. Whoever owns this castle must be quite a personage.

          *{This is me beginning a new meditation, where I speak to the Infinite God – not one of the Saints, & go through words & thoughts I’ve never done before. I acknowledge the Mother God within, but I reach to Infinity & one of the things I said was ‘help me build a Temple or Sanctum Sanctorium in my mind where I can go to worship you.” This brick labyrinth is the passageway within my being that leads to this Sanctum. I think Prince Philip appears to show me that it is indeed, SECRET/PRIVATE as I expressed – even he, who is high up, cannot enter as the person there is like a King or Queen – without an invitation.}*

 

12-20-24    MENTAL Transmission – GIFT

God’s Christmas Gift to me given through Prince Philip of England, who recently ascended into Heaven

 

This has a lot to do with wanting to be loved & accepted.

I’m with a gang of people – I say gang because they aren’t very nice, all greedy, out for themselves, not caring about others, all wanting to be loved & accepted but not caring about the other guy. So they form a clique & I’m trying to be in it but don’t seem to fit in. Here I am on the outside, the margins.

          There’s an important man here, later I see its Noam Chomsky. Everyone wants to be loved by him. There’s a GROUP that surrounds him, like a fan club, - is he teaching them? I see him but at first, don’t even try to go there – because I don’t think they’ll allow me in – there’s too many hovering around him.

          *{Noam Chomsky is one of two things – Either an intellectual, genius of a man {Chomsky is called a genius of linguistics} in the LITERARY field who will FAVOR me somehow re my BOOK PROMOTION or else he’s a symbol of the Almighty giving me a GIFT of wisdom / mental clarity / increase of mental ability.}*

          I see this ‘storefront’ on the corner of the street – it’s like a bar/club but I see nothing but the men. It’s all glass walls. Inside are all homosexuals. They are touching each other, close like sardines, possibly doing sex acts but this is vague - Maybe only affection. They’re all wearing mostly PINK – with some white touches.

          I go in there for a visit & sort of get close to one man, not in the mob that are all touching, but in front of them, but there only for a few minutes & I leave.

          *{CORNER is Cross or Crucifixion – glass walls – it can be SEEN obviously, the street. All making love, touching affection, some kind of sex. It seems degenerate.  Not sure about this – al I can think of is the people downtown drinking, carousing & ready to have sex, all close to one another but it’s all PHYSICAL – nothing spiritual  or intellectual here - & I join them FOR A SHORT TIME & LEAVE could be my eleven years participating in th s as a Cougar {under the command of God – it wasn’t my desire but I JOINED THEM but I didn’t TOUCH them could mean I wasn’t AFFECTED spiritually, that is to say I did not degenerate but only did this because I had to. Why is it homos? Could be people that are outcasts or their behavior is not approved so they are ‘crucified’ by society.}*

          I go to the preliminary room that now doesn’t have that many people – but it has some booths; it’s a large courtyard. On top of this place is a smaller gallery higher up were Noam Chomsky is sitting, reading a wide newspaper, like 4’ wide, only one foot tall, lol, with high contrast black & white print, the black in ‘bold.’

          *{This intellectual/genius is reading my LONG LIFE STORY & the black & white – {it is color} – but being black & white is something OBVIOUS which HE SEES that most OTHERS – including myself – DON’T SEE! We have here a symbol of a man with great MENTAL ABILITY.}*

Earlier I was with him with another female – he loved both of us I thought, but the other female is more aggressive & all over him & he responds. She’s in FRONT of me, I’m behind her. But after a while I see she’s on a ‘lower level’ – the physical & there isn’t much there for him to relate to.

*{This OTHER WOMAN is my flesh – so many pictures of it, that he can see & responds to & one imagines he loves my flesh more than the metaphysical – but we will see at the end he loves me for the METAPYSICAL the most!}*

          There was also a small guy here or elsewhere, dressed for playing baseball, in their uniform, & this is vague & strange. He takes off his uniform & rolls it up & puts it on the floor by where the floor meets the wall – tucked away & then what, escapes me. He’s so small like a toddler, even smaller. Yet he’s a man, a fully developed body, just tiny.

*{This escapes me – need to think.  Could it be the child within this man? But then what?}*

          Now I walk into this large gallery & across from me in a booth is Jayne Mansfield sitting at a table, alone – is she reading something? She is IMPORTANT & I want to talk to her – rarely get the chance. I begin walking to her to interview her for something then glance at Noam Chomsky & see he is ALL ALONE. I must make a CHOICE – talk to her or him – she’s important, but he more so, so I sacrifice talking to her & go to him.

          *{Jayne Mansfield has got to be me, but I am SACRIFICING her. That could mean I sacrifice the physical part of me for the metaphysical, which is TRUE.}*

          Now’s my chance!

*{He being alone & ‘now’s my chance’ is significant. If this is ONE MAN means I have his attention. He is someone many people are clamoring for, want his attention, could be a big time editor/reviewer, manager of a magazine or newspaper. But now as in the previous scene, he is reading my PDF. And in a moment he will transmit something to me that is of a higher nature – spiritual, Godlike, supernatural & mental!}*

          Yes, I did see previously he loves me more than that female who was on the physical level.

          I go to him & it amazes me that he wants to KISS me, & it’s erotic.

          These are kisses such as I’ve never had before. It’s one after another, after another.

          His FACE & prominent TEETH remind me of the Doctor I met yesterday who counseled me about my heart. He’s like him.

          With the first kiss, it’s really close. Then he says ‘come closer.’ And another kiss, ‘come closer’. And another, & another. With each kiss I merge more & more into him – up to five times I’d say – until I can’t stand it any more & I say

          “OK, I can’t take any more” – so I stop it.

          Each kiss I seemed to somehow beam through or filter through his teeth. I did not see the doc’s teeth, but this guy it’s the most prominent feature of him. His face is lean like the Doc’s.

          These kisses were really INTENSE. And as he kissed me I knew he had CHOSEN me as his favorite person to love – no one else. I was special to him, it was a big deal to be chosen by this man! And I wasn’t even sure I’d be accepted in the beginning!

          *{This is an amazing business. This man is transmitting to me HIS UNDERSTANDING OF MYSELF, MY LIFE & MY ACTIVITIES! In a series of transmissions that come from WISDOM – a Gift of the Holy Spirit {teeth} - he give me MORE & MORE understanding, such as I did not have before to the degree that I am OVERWHELMED & can’t take it any more! He definitely loves me in God’s love, & what he has chosen me for remains to be seen, if it is a man such as I imagine.}*

*{PS Upon further consideration this is doubtless my Xmas gift from God, & it is awarded me through PRINCE PHILIP. He is a great Soul in Heaven this shows, & he‘s so generous, giving me this understanding/insight on my life! I guess I’ll need it as I explain myself once I get back into the media!}   End

                   

 

 

 

 

Only Women Can Break The Cycle of History (Updated Re-Post)

By Ajax the Great (Pete Jackson)

(Originally posted on my Vive La Difference! blog)

History, or more accurately, HIStory, has always seemed to occur in cycles.  Ascendancy and decline.  Collapse and rebirth.  Spring and fall.  Over and over again.  And with smaller cycles occurring as part of larger ones as well.  The modern meme about it goes like this:

Hard times create strong men.

Strong men create good times.

Good times create weak men.

Weak men create hard times.

And so on.  And if current events are any indication, in 2025 we seem to be in the "weak men create hard times" stage, alas.  But the authors of this meme did not pull this out of the ether, rather, this idea of the cyclical nature of history is thousands of years old.  The ancient Greeks called it "Anacyclosis".

Per Wikipedia:

Anacyclosis states that three basic forms of "benign" government (monarchy, aristocracy, and democracy) are inherently weak and unstable, tending to degenerate rapidly into the three basic forms of "malignant" government (tyranny, oligarchy, and ochlocracy). [Ochlocracy = mob rule]

Polybius' sequence of anacyclosis proceeds in the following order: 1. monarchy, 2. kingship, 3. tyranny, 4. aristocracy, 5. oligarchy, 6. democracy, and 7. ochlocracy.  [And finally chaos, and then the cycle repeats with a new king emerging from the chaos...]

And then there is the "Tytler Cycle" (or "Fatal Sequence") as well.  The following quote, actually of somewhat unknown authorship, has nonetheless been attributed to Alexander Fraser Tytler sometime in either the late 18th or early 19th century, though occasionally it has been attributed to Alexis de Toqueville as well:

A democracy is always temporary in nature; it simply cannot exist as a permanent form of government. A democracy will continue to exist up until the time that voters discover that they can vote themselves generous gifts from the public treasury. From that moment on, the majority always votes for the candidates who promise the most benefits from the public treasury, with the result that every democracy will finally collapse due to loose fiscal policy, which is always followed by a dictatorship.

The average age of the world's greatest civilizations from the beginning of history has been about 200 years. During those 200 years, these nations always progressed through the following sequence: From bondage to spiritual faith; From spiritual faith to great courage; From courage to liberty; From liberty to abundance; From abundance to selfishness; From selfishness to complacency; From complacency to apathy; From apathy to dependence; From dependence back into bondage.

These two paragraphs actually did not occur together until the 1970s, but the latter one is the one that stuck the most.  It can thus be summarized graphically as follows:

The first paragraph of course can be debunked by the theories of Monetary Sovereignty and Modern Monetary Theory, in that a government that issues and controls it's own sovereign currency cannot really go bankrupt unless they deliberately choose to, and thus loose fiscal policy per se need not result in a dictatorship.  In Venezuela, for example, dictatorship (and corruption) actually came first, well before their extremely loose fiscal policy.  Furthermore, Switzerland is the very closest thing to a truly direct democracy in the modern world, and interestingly the voters in 2016 actually rejected a Universal Basic Income (UBI) referendum.  And even Canada, arguably somewhat more democratic in practice than the USA (prior to 2020), had actually shrank the size of its government dramatically from 1990 to 2019 via fiscal austerity (which came at a heavy price), and barely any stimulus even during the Great Recession.  But the second paragraph is the one that is the real essence of the quote, regardless of what sort of governing system is in place.  And it seems to be true throughout history time and again.

To be fair, many civilizations have lasted for much more than 200 years, and sometimes some of the stages listed here are truncated, inverted, and/or leapfrogged over entirely.  But as a general rule or heuristic, it largely holds true. 

And more recently, William Strauss and Neil Howe's generational theory also appears to dovetail with all of this.  And the ever-insightful Julius Ruechel observes how that cycle seems to occur every four generations, or roughly 80 years or so (making us due for a major crisis by 2020, being about 80 years since the Great Depression and its infamous segway into WWII).  This is, of course, a smaller cycle within larger ones like the ones mentioned above, but again it follows basically the same pattern.  A pattern that seems to be, for all intents and purposes, sooner or later, inevitable and written in stone.  So what is the underlying reason?

Thus once again, we return to the first meme, with the proper emphasis added this time:

Hard times create strong men.

Strong men create good times.

Good times create weak men.

Weak men create hard times.

And so on.  Now do you see why?  Because MEN are in charge, that's why.  Strong men and weak men are ultimately two sides of the same coin.  And thus only Women can finally break the vicious cycle for good, by reclaiming their rightful place as the new leaders of the free world, Goddess willing.  And as they say, the rest will be HERstory.

Let the planetary healing begin!

"Smash The (Adulto-) Patriarchy", Or, "The Great Cosmic Custody Battle", Revisited

By Ajax the Great (Pete Jackson)

(Originally posted on my Vive La Difference! blog)

(Updated and expanded from its original 2017 version)

NOTE:  I generally don't put youth rights content on this blog, as I typically reserve it for my True Spirit of America Party and Twenty-One Debunked blogs.  But given how this article is about intersectionality, I believe it fits quite well here.  The opinions presented here are my own, and not necessarily those of anyone else in the Matriarchy movement.

One of the most vexing questions of all about the ultimate origin of patriarchy is, how did men take over in the first place, if Women are the superior gender and were already in power to begin with in the last Matriarchal age? And this question is NOT merely academic, as the answer will at least partially inform us on how to prevent men from taking over again in the future.  History may not always repeat itself exactly, of course, but it sure as hell does rhyme nonetheless.

Some theorists would say that was because Women were too lenient with men and allowed them too much freedom ("give them an inch, and they take a mile") while others say the opposite, that Women were too harsh and strict and did not allow men enough freedom, so they rebelled ("forbidden fruit" or "reactance theory").  (Note also the parallels with today's discourse about teenagers and young adults, as this foreshadows the rest of this article.)  Still others, such as Riane Eisler and many others in the Goddess Movement, inspired by Marija Gimbutas, put forth the "Kurgan theory", namely that a few patriarchal cultures formed in central Asia and the Arabian peninsula, and violently conquered their peaceful Matriarchal neighbors and eventually the world.  These cultures, called Kurgans, were semi-literate or illiterate nomadic sheepherders who really had no culture of their own to speak of, but they did have superior weapons technology, and aggression was indeed rewarded in their culture.  But that still does not fully explain how those cultures came to be patriarchal in the first place, except for the fact that aggression is wittingly or unwittingly rewarded in nomadic pastoral societies, and men are generally more aggressive and competitive than Women.

(Rasa Von Werder and William Bond each have their own theories as well.  Rasa believes that Women had sexually selected for more "macho" men by preferentially mating with them, which thus resulted in men becoming too "macho" in a toxic and dangerous way after many generations of such cumulative selection, while Women became less and less "macha" at the same time.  And William believes that Women had essentially allowed men to take over by trusting them too much with power.  I am summarizing and glossing over the details of both here, but that is basically the gist of it.  Both theories I think have at least some merit to them, and both can explain at least part of what happened, to one degree or another.)

I generally favor the Kurgan theory myself, but then when Googling the title of Robert Jensen's fairly recent book "The End of Patriarchy" back in 2017, I inadvertently discovered a similarly-titled book by Claudio Naranjo, titled, "The End of Patriarchy: And the Dawning of a Tri-une Society", which led me to a new theory on the matter.  And while I don't agree with everything that Naranjo says, he does make some good points nonetheless.  He posits that young people were the ones in charge in the Paleolithic age, then Women were in charge in the Neolithic age, and then men took over in the Bronze Age and remained in power since.  And as the title implies, he looks forward to the end of patriarchy and the beginning of a new, "tri-une" society that combines the best of all three past ages, with Women, men, and children all being equally valued members of human society.  While I agree with him for the most part, I do think that he sells the idea of Matriarchy way too short, and often mischaracterizes what it really is.  And I also still think that the best way that his "tri-une society" or something like it can be created is with Women in charge, that is, Matriarchy.  Only Women can be truly trusted to be the "Guardians of Liberty" IMHO.

In a nutshell, Naranjo (inspired by fellow Chilean, Totila Albert) delineates three main epochs of human history:  

1) Filiarchy:  This was during the Paleolithic Age more than 12,000 years ago, when people were largely nomadic, and foraging, gathering, and hunting were the norm.  In this early system, neither gender really dominated (though I think it was most likely gynocentric), but children and young people had essentially all of the power, and allegedly tyrannized their elders to one degree or another.  Obviously, this system had its downsides, to put it mildly, so it later evolved into...

2) Matriarchy:  This was during the Neolithic Age (and perhaps even a bit before that too) from 10,000-12,000 years ago with the advent of horticulture and then agriculture, to about 5000-7000 or so years ago, and even into some of the Bronze Age.  Women were in charge then.  Here he makes it seem that individuals were completely subordinate to the collective, which is presented as one of its downsides, along with some possible human sacrifice too.  This part is where I think Naranjo kinda sells Matriarchy too short, and the accuracy of such claims is questionable at best.  But otherwise he describes it fairly well overall, and certainly far, far more peaceful, relatively equal, and eco-friendly than what came next, which was, you guessed it.....

3) Patriarchy:  During the Bronze Age and Iron Age, men had taken over and ruled ever since, spreading their cancerous system around the world.  It's origins began in a few areas during perhaps even the Neolithic, but didn't really take off until well into the Bronze Age.  Here we see lots of war, violence, genocide, ecocide, rape, torture, imperialism, racism, inequality, greed, and stuff like that.  And as they say, the rest is history.  And now in what I like to call the "Leaden Age", that system's days are increasingly numbered as we speak.  Slowly but surely, Women are rising and men are falling, and the proverbial Rubicon has already been crossed by now, Goddess willing.

But one thing is certain:  Adultism (i.e. the systemic oppression and subjugation of children and young people) can theoretically exist without patriarchy, but patriarchy cannot exist without adultism.  To wit, men would never have been able to disempower Women as much as they did if young people had not been thoroughly disempowered first by adults of both primary genders (even if done more so by men).  Kind of like how the rich would never have been able to torpedo the middle class as they did from President Reagan onward if the middle class hadn't first helped the rich by throwing the poor under the bus.  That was my latest insight after coming across the work of Naranjo.  After all, it took thousands of years to remove Women from power and subjugate them, and it looks like adultism was one of men's "secret weapons" to accomplish this nefarious and perfidious act.

And of course, adultism continues to perpetuate patriarchy and vice versa to this day.  Both are mutually reinforcing, hence the term "adulto-patriarchy" used by the youth rights movement to emphasize the essential intersection between the two systems of oppression.  Adultism is of course a form of ageism, with the other side of the very same coin being the prejudice and discrimination against senior citizens, often simultaneously by the very same forces.  And at base, adultism is likely rooted subconsciously in an overblown fear of a return to filiarchy, much like patriarchy and misogyny are ultimately rooted in an irrational fear of a return to Matriarchy.  The "cork theory" per William Bond comes to mind:  when you hold a cork underwater, it will stay there, but loosen one's grip enough, and it rises to the top.

As a lifelong (albeit moderate) youth-rights activist myself, I am NOT arguing that children and early adolescents should be blanketly treated as equals to adults in every way, as that would be quite a strawman argument indeed.  So don't go putting words in my mouth now!  But the idea that they should have no civil or human rights at all, and/or should be treated as slaves, serfs, pets, or vermin, is just as odious as if that logic was applied to any other demographic group.  The fact that it has become normalized for people below an arbitrary age limit of (pick your poison, as any age limit is arbitrary) to have fewer rights than prisoners of war under the Geneva Conventions, and more restrictions than convicted felons, could not have happened without consequences that backfired on adults as well!

With Women in charge, I personally believe that the best way for them to govern both men and children/youth overall is similar to the way that Dutch parents are towards their children.  They have a saying over there, "when you permit, you control."  And another good saying, though not specifically Dutch, is "be a mentor, not a tormentor".  This is largely in line with Riane Eisler's "partnership model" of social interaction.  Others in the Matriarchy movement may or may not agree with me, and that's fine, but that is what I believe nonetheless.

(For what it's worth, I recently discovered that Everything Voluntary Jack, a "voluntaryist" Substacker, had written a great article about what he calls "Parentarchy", which basically ends up being the same thing as what the youth-rights movement calls "adulto-patriarchy", that is, the intersection between adultism and patriarchy.)

Thus, patriarchy should really be called "adulto-patriarchy", and any self-proclaimed feminist or other civil or human rights movement that is not largely on board with at least the moderate wing of the youth-rights movement as well is indeed a major intersectionality fail.  Much like how "brocialists" and "manarchists" are towards Women, and how "White Feminists" (TM) are towards people of color.  Or how far too many "normies" in practically every movement are towards people with disabilities or chronic illnesses (ableism), and so on.  The entire evil edifice of kyriarchy must come down at once, as piecemeal approaches are ultimately doomed to fail.  Even if patriarchy is in fact the biggest crux of the entire pyramid scheme and protection racket.

In other words, the gender war will simply continue until men surrender to Women.  And the "Great Cosmic Custody Battle" between patriarchy and Matriarchy will simply continue in some form or another until children and young people are also liberated as well.

So let's smash the adulto-patriarchy, yesterday!  And the rest of the kyriarchy too.  And may we all one day enjoy liberty and justice for all.

(Mic drop)