MAGICAL EGYPT PRESENTS
HOW DO WE KNOW WHAT IS REAL?
AND HOW DO WE PARTICIPATE IN REALITY'S BECOMING?
The Living Inquiry
SYMPOSIUM
Reality is not simply something we observe.
It is something we participate in.
Most of us have spent our lives collecting answers.
Ancient wisdom traditions began somewhere else.
They began by changing perception.
Because before we can know what is real...
we must first learn how to see.
Every great civilization has had places devoted to learning how to see.
Places where we gathered around questions that could not be answered in a single conversation.
Questions that had to be lived.
Questions that changed the person asking them.
The Living Inquiry is our attempt to recreate something of that spirit.
By bringing together some of today's most original scientists, philosophers, historians, mystics, and explorers of consciousness around one enduring question:
How do we know what's real...
...and how do we participate in reality's becoming?
THE LIVING INQUIRY PRESENTS
Free Public Conversation
THE ALCHEMY OF REALITY: FROM ANCIENT EGYPT THROUGH MONA LISA, TO TODAY
Jamie Arthur Pickup is a researcher, author, and decoder of hidden knowledge, whose work explores the architecture concealed within art, symbolism, language, number, and sacred design.
He has a particular gift for seeing the systems beneath familiar images—revealing patterns, proportions, codes, and connections most people would never think to look for. His books include Vitruvian Man: The Architect’s Blueprint and Roslin: Music for the Ears.
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Please note: As with any live event, speakers and schedules may occasionally change. We'll keep you informed by email with the latest timetable and event details.
Help Shape The Living Inquiry
One of the great joys of creating this symposium has been discovering just how many extraordinary minds are exploring the same enduring questions from completely different directions.
We've begun inviting a number of thinkers whose work has profoundly influenced our own—including scientists, philosophers, historians, psychologists, and explorers of consciousness.
Some will say yes.
Some may already have commitments.
And some may simply be too busy.
If there is someone whose voice you feel belongs in this conversation, we'd genuinely love to hear from you.
And if you happen to know one of the people we've invited, a warm word of encouragement never hurts.
After all, The Living Inquiry isn't just something we're creating.
It's something we're creating together.
Voices We're Hoping to Welcome
The Living Inquiry is still taking shape.
Conversations are currently underway with a number of thinkers whose work has profoundly influenced this project. As schedules are confirmed, this list will continue to evolve.
John Vervaeke
Iain McGilchrist
John Michael Greer
...and several others.
THRESHOLD ONE
Reality Is Stranger Than You Think
What if reality is not as fixed, predictable, or fully understood as we have been taught to believe?
What if our current model of reality is incomplete?
Every culture begins with a story about the nature of reality.
Our own story has been remarkably successful. It has given us extraordinary science, astonishing technology, and unprecedented control over the material world.
But every map has its limits.
Again and again, we encounter experiences that refuse to fit neatly within it—moments of profound coincidence, altered states of consciousness, creativity that seems to arrive from somewhere beyond ourselves, and discoveries that challenge our deepest assumptions about the relationship between mind and matter.
Perhaps the question is no longer whether our current map works.
Perhaps the question is where it stops working.
Threshold One is an invitation to step beyond certainty and allowing curiosity to become larger than our conclusions.
KEYNOTE CONVERSATION
THOMAS BROPHY Ph.D.
Thomas G. Brophy, PhD, is President of the Institute of Noetic Sciences (IONS), where he leads research into consciousness and human potential. A physicist by training, he has worked on NASA's Voyager and Cassini missions, served as president of the California Institute for Human Science, and is the author of several books exploring the intersection of physics, consciousness, and ancient civilizations.
THE NATURE OF REALITY
How has modern science changed our understanding of reality, and where do its current models begin to reach their limits?
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CHRIS BACHE Ph.D.
THE TELEOLOGICAL UNIVERSE: REALITY UNDER PRESSURE
What if reality is not simply being pushed by the past, but pulled by the future?
Chris Bache suggests humanity may be passing through an evolutionary birth rather than a breakdown. If reality possesses an intrinsic direction—a telos—what is the universe becoming, and what part do we play in its unfolding?
AUGUST 5 9AM BST - UK
JAMIE ARTHUR PICK UP
THE ALCHEMY OF REALITY: FROM ANCIENT EGYPT THROUGH MONA LISA, TO TODAY
Jamie Arthur Pickup is a researcher, author, and decoder of hidden knowledge, whose work explores the architecture concealed within art, symbolism, language, number, and sacred design.
He has a particular gift for seeing the systems beneath familiar images—revealing patterns, proportions, codes, and connections most people would never think to look for. His books include Vitruvian Man: The Architect’s Blueprint and Roslin: Music for the Ears.
ROBERT TEMPLE
A NEW SCIENCE OF REALITY
For decades, Robert Temple has explored the phenomena that conventional science has struggled to explain—from ancient knowledge and consciousness to unexplained human capacities. Individually, each anomaly might be dismissed. Together, they point toward a deeper conclusion: perhaps it is not reality that is mysterious, but our model of it. If there are simply too many things that don't fit, perhaps it is time for a new science of reality.
THRESHOLD TWO
HOW DO WE KNOW REALITY
THOMAS JOSEPH BROWN
THE ART & SCIENCE OF KNOWING REALITY: BARDO BOOTCAMP
THRESHOLD THREE
HUMANITY ONCE KNEW ANOTHER WAY
PETER MARK ADAMS
ANCIENT EGYPT’S HIDDEN REALITY: THE MYSTERIES AS POSSESSION CULT
Peter's work challenges many of our assumptions about the Egyptian Mysteries, suggesting that they were not simply symbolic ceremonies or religious rituals, but carefully constructed initiatory experiences in which altered states of consciousness...and what earlier cultures understood as divine possession...played a central role.
If that's true, the Mystery Schools were not teaching ideas.
They were transforming perception.
GARY OSBORN
RETROCAUSATION CAN"T BE REAL...CAN IT?
STEVE AND KRIS CRIMI
INVERSION AND AESTHICS OF REALITY
THRESHOLD FOUR
CONSCIOUS PARTICIPATION
BRYAN GARNER
HOW ARE ANGELS REAL?
KERRIE BASCHA
CAN MEETING YOUR SHADOW CHANGE REALITY?
LON MILO DUQUETTE
IS MAGIC REAL... OR IS REALITY MAGICAL?
THRESHOLD FIVE
SHONAGH HOME
WHICH REALITY WILL WE CHOOSE?
JOHN MICHAEL GREER
EGREGORES, EMPIRES, AND THE FUTURE OF CONSCIOUSNESS: THE WORLD WE ARE MAKING
JOANNA KUJAWA Ph.D
AI, ALIENS AND THE GODDESS
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A Seat at the Table
Become more than a viewer.
Become part of the story.
The Producer Circle is our most exclusive invitation—created for those who believe independent filmmaking, fearless inquiry, and the search for deeper truths deserve to continue.
Includes Everything in the Complete Experience, plus:
✔ Producer Credit in the official credits of both new films
✔ The Producer's Table — intimate dinner with Chance & Vanese
✔ Celebration package — sparkling wine & gourmet treats shipped to you
✔ Priority invitations to future Magical Egypt events
✔ Red carpet portrait
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✔ Collector's Edition DVD
✔ Worldwide live premiere & symposium
THE PRODUCER'S TABLE
A week or two after the premiere, you'll be invited to The Producer's Table—an intimate online dinner with Chance Gardner and Vanese McNeill.
Before we gather, we'll send you a special celebration package, including a bottle of sparkling wine* so we can raise a glass together from wherever we are in the world.
We'll bring the bubbles.
Then we'll spill the tea.
We'll share the stories behind the films, the discoveries that never made it into the final cut, the unexpected twists, the moments that made us laugh, the moments that nearly broke us, and the adventures that happen when you've spent more than twenty years chasing the mysteries of Ancient Egypt.
Ask anything.
Nothing is off limits.
Well, don't ask about the blue rose : )
There is no presentation.
No formal agenda.
Just good food, good company, and an evening of extraordinary conversation with fellow seekers who helped make this work possible.
Because the best conversations rarely happen in front of the camera.
Producer Circle membership is intentionally limited to create a truly personal gathering.
*Where shipping restrictions or local regulations prevent the delivery of alcohol, an equivalent celebratory gift will be provided.
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✔ Live Symposium — intimate conversations with our distinguished guests
✔ Worldwide Premiere — be among the first to experience both new Magical Egypt films
✔ Live Q&A with Chance Gardner — continue the conversation, ask your own questions
✔ Lifetime Streaming Access — rewatch the symposium, both films, and the full premiere event anytime
✔ Collector's Edition DVD — both films, physical edition, ships now
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Your premiere begins long before the lights go down. And your journey doesn't end when the credits roll.
Begin your evening by uploading your favorite photo — we'll create your personalized Magical Egypt Red Carpet Portrait, welcoming you to opening night in true premiere style.
Then join fellow seekers from around the world for the live symposium, the worldwide premiere of two brand-new Magical Egypt films, and an interactive live Q&A with Chance Gardner.
When the event is over, the journey continues. Revisit every symposium conversation. Stream both films whenever you wish. Add the Collector's Edition DVD to your personal library and return to these ideas again and again as your understanding evolves.
Because some films are watched once.
The most important ones become lifelong companions.
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✔ Live Symposium — conversations with our distinguished guests
✔ Worldwide Premiere — both new Magical Egypt films, first ever screening
✔ Live Q&A with Chance Gardner
✔ 30-day replay — rewatch the full premiere event and symposium
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Your Premiere begins long before the lights go down.
Join fellow seekers from around the world for a one-of-a-kind evening of film, conversation, and discovery — as we celebrate the worldwide premiere of two new Magical Egypt films.
Take your place among a live global audience as we journey through both films, explore the ideas that inspired them, and continue the conversation in a live Q&A with Chance Gardner.
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