Re: Rock art. so what's that all about then. ? | Forum

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tiompan Aug 4, 2010 21:51:01

Replying to revnox

revnox wrote:

Tiompan heres a clue in the words of another "much wider corpus of signs that expressed the cosmological and spiritual beliefs of the Neolithic age.
Now consider a pre-egoic culture without the consideration of a cosmo-spiritual dichotomy between landscape and self.......where would that lead us?

Can I suggest that "mapping " might be more appropriate than map (s) .
If you believe that maps or a mapping are "what it is all about " what is it about rock art that makes you believe that and could provide some evidence for others to see your point .

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juamei Aug 5, 2010 15:27:44

Replying to revnox

revnox wrote:

Tiompan heres a clue in the words of another "much wider corpus of signs that expressed the cosmological and spiritual beliefs of the Neolithic age.
Now consider a pre-egoic culture without the consideration of a cosmo-spiritual dichotomy between landscape and self.......where would that lead us?

Given we know nothing of the cosmological and spiritual beliefs of the rock art makers, any map(ping) from the images carved into the rocks to something linked to those beliefs is unlikely to be spottable in this "egoic" culture. No matter how much explorers of the esoteric would have us believe of their amazing transformations of self, they are still based in modern culture and will always be fundamentally based in modern culture with its social and reflected physiological rules.

Asking questions like that is nought but smoke and mirrors...

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Littlestone Aug 5, 2010 16:13:11

Replying to revnox

revnox wrote:

Tiompan heres a clue in the words of another "much wider corpus of signs that expressed the cosmological and spiritual beliefs of the Neolithic age.
Now consider a pre-egoic culture without the consideration of a cosmo-spiritual dichotomy between landscape and self.......where would that lead us?

Romford on a Friday night ;-)