Writing about the origins of religious thought, prehistoric ritualism, mythology, and pre/perinatal psychology.

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Joined November 2018
"All ancient peoples had a strong interest in the origin of the world: in cosmology on one hand and in the baby (embryology) on the other." —Franz Renggli
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Halloween is the latest incarnation of humanity’s first philosophy of immortality. #FolkloreSunday
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Dotted Bison La Grotte de Marsoulas, France Upper Paleolithic
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No one: Neanderthals 300,000 years ago:
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four sets of 6-7 parallel wave lines are engraved on this antler from 13,000 years ago in longgu cave, china.
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Read this today
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How Pythagoras converted a bear to veganism (don’t try this at home):
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We may never fully grasp the mysteries of the universe. To do so would be to grasp infinity. But the attempt is the essence of being human.
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Vesica Piscis(ヴェシカパイシス) と呼ばれる二つの円が重なる幾何学。 古くからそれは 「生」や「女性性」の象徴とされてきました。 受精後、最初の分裂で現れる2細胞期。 ひとつがふたつに分かれ、 その重なりの中に、次の生命の設計が宿る。 生命は秩序の上に始まる。
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Spinning disks like this were created towards the end of the #IceAge between 14,000 and 21,000 years ago. They may have been children’s toys. Watch the running, leaping deer! sciencenews.org/article/anci…
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Portrait of a Woman with a Unicorn, Raphael, 1505.
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"And what shall we call that which does not admit death?” “Immortal,” he said. “Now, soul does not admit death, does it?” “No.” “Then soul is immortal.” “Immortal.” -Plato, the Phaedo
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Overflow the boundary between religion and science.
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Paleolithic Spotted Horse and Human Hand Pech-Merle Cave, France
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The fetal heart generates electrical impulses. Vernix, the coating on fetal skin, acts as an electrical insulator. An electric heart surrounded by waters: a striking image to set beside the myths of Dionysus and Demophon, infants touched by lightning and fire.
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Tasha Tudor appreciation post
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Sacred spaces are echoes of the cave. Otherwordly thresholds through which renewed life emerges.
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Stone Age nostalgia
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