▁Pl on geon ' s ▁indul gence ▁in ▁psych ic ▁arch ae ology ▁" d ov et ail [ ed ] ▁neat ly ▁with ▁his ▁wife ' s ▁prof ound ▁interest ▁mes mer ism , ▁se ances / se ance , ▁and ▁the ▁occ ult . ▁ ▁Le ▁Pl on geon ▁came ▁to ▁the ▁new ▁world ▁with ▁a ▁theory ▁firm ly ▁in ▁place . ▁He ▁had ▁read ▁the ▁writ ings ▁of ▁Abb é ▁Charles - Ét ienne ▁Br asse ur ▁de ▁Bour bourg , ▁a ▁French ▁writer , ▁historian ▁and ▁arch ae ologist , ▁about ▁the ▁diffusion ▁of ▁the ▁May ans ▁to ▁the ▁Old ▁World , ▁and ▁Le ▁Pl on geon ▁was ▁convinced ▁of ▁this ▁theory ▁before ▁he ▁even ▁began ▁his ▁exc av ations . ▁Le ▁Pl on geon ' s ▁research ▁suffered ▁from ▁his ▁confirm ation ▁bias , ▁and ▁he ▁was ▁unable ▁to ▁examine ▁the ▁evidence ▁object ively . ▁Robert ▁Brun house ▁wrote ▁in ▁his ▁ 1 9 7 3 ▁book , ▁In ▁Search ▁of ▁the ▁May a , ▁that ▁Le ▁Pl on geon ▁was ▁" op in ion ated , ▁ha ph az ard ly ▁informed ▁and ▁reck less ." ▁ ▁Popular ▁In flu ence ▁Al ison ▁Ba iley ▁Kennedy , ▁anth rop ologist ▁and ▁editor ▁of ▁the ▁cy ber ▁culture ▁magazine ▁Mond o ▁ 2 0 0 0 , ▁sometimes ▁went ▁by ▁the ▁pseud onym ▁" Que en ▁Mu ". ▁▁▁▁ ▁Code x ▁May a ▁by ▁Steve ▁Ben z ell ▁is ▁a ▁fict ional ▁advent ure ▁novel ▁based ▁on ▁the