The beginning was the end

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The beginning was the end is a book by the British writer Oscar Kiss Maerth . It was published in 1971 with the subtitle Man was created through cannibalism - intelligence is edible by Econ Verlag and has been translated into several world languages.

Entrance to Tsing Shan Monastery, where Kiss Maerth wrote “The beginning was the end”

Kiss Maerth wrote the book in the Chinese Buddhist monastery Tsing Shan, where he had retired for meditation and writing.

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Kiss Maerth advocated in this book the thesis that the different ethnic groups of mankind descended from different species of apes , which as cannibals ate the brains of their fellow species. As a result, the brain has enlarged, as well as increased sexual potency and intelligence: “A monkey discovered that consuming fresh brains of fellow species increased the sexual impulses. - He and his offspring got addicted and hunted for brains. - Only later did they notice that it made their intelligence grow. The result of this process is »Homo Sapiens«. ”Kiss Maerth attributed all of the essential problems of humanity, such as environmental pollution, to this“ original sin ”interpreted in this way, and predicted an imminent collapse of civilization. He thought he knew a possible way out: "Eastern wisdom, Buddhist meditation, abstinence from consumption and vegetarianism."

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The book was controversial and occasionally referred to as "pseudoscientific". But Kiss Maerth did not want to prove his theses in a scientific sense. He saw himself as someone who intuitively grasped the truth and in the foreword of the book placed his work in line with the work of Buddha, Jesus and Mohammed. The American pop group Devo was inspired by Kiss Maerth.

literature

  • Donna Kossy : Strange creations: aberrant ideas of human origins. Feral House, 2001, ISBN 9780922915651 .
  • Brian Regal: Human Evolution: A Guide to the Debates ABC-Clio, 2004 ISBN 9781851094189 .
  • Volker Zotz : "Oscar Kiss Maerth or The Failed Buddhist World Revolution." Cause & Effect. Buddhism in Society and Life No. 45 (2003), p. 60 ( ISSN  1026-003X )
  • Günther Schulte: Neuromyths: The brain as a mind machine and hiding place for the spirit . TWO THOUSANDS, 2000, ISBN 9783861503446 .

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Oscar Kiss Maerth: The beginning was the end - Man came into being through cannibalism - Intelligence is edible . Econ Verlag, Düsseldorf, Vienna 1971, ISBN 3-430-15460-X
  2. ↑ z. E.g .: Étrange Naissance de l'homme. Laffont 1973 (French), Il principio era la fine: Svelato il mistero dell'origine dell'uomo; L'intelligenza è commestibile. Ferro 1973 (Italian), The beginning was the end. Praeger 1974 ISBN 9780718111038 (English), Het begin was het einde: an opzienbarende theory over de ontwikkeling van de mens. Meulenhoff 1979, ISBN 9789022401033 (Dutch)
  3. ↑ Oscar Kiss Maerth The beginning was the end , p. 39
  4. ↑ Volker Zotz: "Oscar Kiss Maerth or The Failed Buddhist World Revolution." Cause & Effect. Buddhism in Society and Life No. 45 (2003), p. 60 ( ISSN  1026-003X )
  5. ↑ See Albert Jarsin: Het bewustzijnsmechanisme ontdekt. Uitgeverij Virus 2004, ISBN 9789080902114 , p. 18
  6. ^ Brian Regal: Human Evolution: A Guide to the Debates ABC-Clio, 2004 ISBN 9781851094189 , p. 22