An honest assessment
A sober summary: What is verified, what is plausible, what is speculative, and what questions remain open?
At the end of every journey stands a reckoning. Not what we want to believe, but what we really know.
The Resonance Theory is fascinating. It connects chemistry, physics, archaeology, mythology, and consciousness research into a coherent narrative. But fascination is not proof.
Here is an honest accounting.
These facts are scientifically established and not disputed:
| Claim | Status |
|---|---|
| Schumann Resonance exists at ~7.83 Hz | Verified |
| Precession cycle ~25,700 years | Verified |
| Ammonia odor in Red Pyramid | Verified |
| Mercury found under Teotihuacan | Verified |
| Proselenes texts exist (Aristotle, etc.) | Verified |
| Earth Tides: 30-55 cm deformation | Verified |
| Granite contains ~27% piezoelectric quartz | Verified |
| Mycelium networks conduct electrical signals | Verified |
| Psilocybin synchronizes brain regions | Verified |
| FOXP2 gene linked to language | Verified |
| Moon stabilizes Earth's axis | Verified |
| Sediment rates in Nile Delta up to 500cm/1000 years | Verified |
These building blocks are real. The question is whether the connections between them that the theory makes are also real.
These claims are scientifically discussed but not definitively proven or disproven:
| Claim | Status |
|---|---|
| Etymology: Chemistry derived from Kemet | Plausible - two competing theories |
| Proselenes as cultural historical phenomenon | Plausible - texts authentic, interpretation open |
| Maya calendar shows astronomical precision | Plausible - 819-day cycle remarkable |
| Schumann-Moon causal chain | Plausible - logically coherent, not proven |
| Christopher Dunn's chemical residues | Plausible - interesting, not lab-confirmed |
These claims go beyond established science and require new assumptions:
| Claim | Status |
|---|---|
| Biondi SAR tomography: 600m shafts | Speculative - not independently verified |
| Pyramids as chemical factories | Speculative - no hardware found |
| Genetic intervention at FOXP2/ASPM | Speculative - rapid evolution also naturally explicable |
| Coursol Solvay process for Sabu disk | Speculative - interesting hypothesis, no proof |
| Frequency optimization extends life | Speculative - no mechanism proven |
These claims have no supporting evidence:
| Claim | Status |
|---|---|
| Schumann Resonance directly influences human brain | Unsupported - amplitude too weak |
| Mercury under Giza | Unsupported - no archaeological finds |
| Fungal network as planetary consciousness | Unsupported - nice idea, no evidence |
| Psilocybin as communication protocol | Unsupported - McKenna's speculation |
| Sabu disk as functional technology | Unsupported - conjecture only |
Some questions we can answer with today's technology - we just don't:
Testable Questions:
Non-testable Questions:
The theory is seductive because it shows many correlations:
The Problem: Correlation is not causation.
It is possible that all these connections are coincidental. It is possible they are all linked. We don't have enough data to decide.
The greatest danger of this theory is not that it could be wrong. It is that it is so elegant that we stop examining it critically.
If every new piece of information is interpreted as confirmation:
Then the theory is not falsifiable. And a theory that cannot be wrong is not a scientific theory - it is belief.
Let's be honest about the fundamental uncertainties:
We don't know how the pyramids were built. Mainstream explanations are plausible, but not proven. Alternative explanations are speculative.
We don't know why they were built. Tombs? Probably. But maybe also more.
We don't know what is under Giza. ScanPyramids found the "Big Void." Biondi claims more. Who is right?
We don't know if there was a lost high civilization. No direct evidence for it. But none that definitively rules it out either.
We don't know what consciousness is. Penrose-Hameroff's Orch-OR is speculative. Mainstream neuroscience has no complete answer either.
Neither blind acceptance nor blanket rejection is appropriate.
The honest position is: We need more data.
Until this data is available, the theory remains what it is: a fascinating, coherent, but unproven hypothesis.
We have taken the criticism seriously:
But we have also seen:
The truth probably lies somewhere in between. Perhaps the pyramids were tombs AND had other functions. Perhaps there is a kernel of truth in the Resonance Theory, even if the details are wrong.
We don't know.
And that's okay.
The questions have been asked. The criticism has been heard. But what if we could find the answers? What if we could test it?
The questions have been asked. The criticism has been heard. But what if we could find the answers? What if we could test it?