Laird Scranton

About the Author

Laird Scranton is an independent software designer who became interested in Dogon mythology and symbolism in the early 1990s. He has studied ancient myth, language, and cosmology since 1997 and has been a lecturer at Colgate University. He also appears in John Anthony West’s Magical Egypt DVD series. He lives in Albany, New York. Website: http://lairdscranton.com.

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Dogon Cosmology & Egyptian Hieroglyphic Writing

By Laird Scranton

From New Dawn 112 (Jan-Feb 2009) Along the cliffs of the Bandiagara escarpment in Mali – south of the Niger river and north of Upper Volta – live the modern-day Dogon tribe, a reclusive society consisting of approximately 300,000 individuals. […]

Worlds in Collision: Will the Controversial Theories of Immanuel Velikovsky Be Proven Right?

By Laird Scranton

From New Dawn Special Issue Vol 6 No 1 (Jan 2012) Some of the controversies that arise in the world seem to latch on to the public’s imagination and then, for decades or years following, simply will not let go. […]