In a recently banned TEDx video, it was suggested that mind-altering plants may have initiated, and continue to, enhance human consciousness. This notion is taken as a grave threat by the government and the media. Graham Hancock argues that we are entitled to adult sovereignty of consciousness as a path to piecing together the lost reality of our human history in this interview with Regina Meredith originally webcast July 23, 2013.Graham Hancock is the author of the international bestsellers The Sign and The Seal, Fingerprints of the Gods and Heaven's Mirror. His public lectures, radio and TV appearances have put his ideas before audiences of millions. He is recognized as an unconventional thinker who raises controversial questions about humanity's past. Although best known for his non-fiction writings his most recent books are novels. Entangled was published in 2010, and War God: Nights of the Witch, set amidst the cataclysmic events of the Spanish conquest of Mexico, was published in the United States in July 2013.