- 08 Sep 2011 18:41
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I just finished a book called "Inside The Neolithic Mind." And one of the things that struck me is the way in which organized religion evolved from cave drawings.
See, in the beginning of text and drawings, artists would usually describe either food-related adventures, or physiological/neurological sensations.
The most interesting neurological sensations were those "changing of states of conscience" like when you fall asleep, pass out, stay hungry for a long time, or take certain kinds of hallucinatory substances.
In all cases, the cave drawings would describe the same process of sensations: visuals of tiny points... turning into wavy lines... a feeling of falling... a long tunnel... a beam of light." They would see the beam of light as they woke up or regained consciousness.
Over time, these drawings/texts were misinterpreted or worshiped. And these misinterpretations/worshippings lead us to the present day's religions. We bury people underground because we feel like we fall when we go to sleep.
Amazing that no one noticed this link before. It demonstrates the impossibility of our sacred texts of being literally true.
See, in the beginning of text and drawings, artists would usually describe either food-related adventures, or physiological/neurological sensations.
The most interesting neurological sensations were those "changing of states of conscience" like when you fall asleep, pass out, stay hungry for a long time, or take certain kinds of hallucinatory substances.
In all cases, the cave drawings would describe the same process of sensations: visuals of tiny points... turning into wavy lines... a feeling of falling... a long tunnel... a beam of light." They would see the beam of light as they woke up or regained consciousness.
Over time, these drawings/texts were misinterpreted or worshiped. And these misinterpretations/worshippings lead us to the present day's religions. We bury people underground because we feel like we fall when we go to sleep.
Amazing that no one noticed this link before. It demonstrates the impossibility of our sacred texts of being literally true.
The goal is to use Afghanistan to wash money out of the tax bases of the US and Europe through Afghanistan and back into the hands of a transnational security elite.
The goal is an endless war, not a successful war.
— Julian Assange
The goal is an endless war, not a successful war.
— Julian Assange