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"A New Faith" tinjar.ghost.io/a-new-faith

Why $1/year #subscription ?

1. It is a #symbolic #compact between the #author and #reader
2. #Money is not the point of this #endeavor; #engagement is
3. Subscription allows for sending #updates to long-term readers when I add new aspects to the #world .

Selling your email to a 3rd party - see item 2 above. #Ghost guarantees full #privacy

TinJar · A New FaithParts 1 and 2 are available for free to all - online or download in DRM-free EPUB/PDF formats.

Anyone who wants to know about the #archaeology and #anthropology of how we became human, follow my colleague @ochrewatts

He's a world expert on our earliest #symbolic record in the #African #MiddleStoneAge -- specifically the red #ochre pigment record -- and has encyclopedic knowledge of #huntergatherer #myth and #ritual practice with pigments

Here are a few of his key contributions

sciencedirect.com/science/arti

Oh this is special, a documentary film on the 16,000 year-old record of human use of #redochre on the N American continent (Sunrise, Wyoming).

#Blood-red #pigment is very precious to us, it is the hallmark of human #symbolic culture, taken all around the world as #Homosapiens migrated. The #African record of ritual use goes back half a million years (the Zambian dates at Twin Rivers referred to here are NOT the oldest, I think it's an error of ill-informed AI).

Our very own Ian Watts researched the very oldest cosmetics of humankind at Wonderwerk (Northern Cape, S Africa). I post his paper 👇

#archaeology #anthropology #culture

aeon.co/videos/at-a-prehistori

AeonAt a prehistoric pigment mine, researchers glimpse our earliest moments in the Americas | Aeon VideosIn the ghost mine town of Sunrise, Wyoming, archaeologists uncover fragments of humanity’s earliest presence in the Americas

youtu.be/dvgZkm1xWPE

{I used to rule the world
Seas would rise when I gave the word
Now in the mornin', I sleep alone
Sweep the streets I used to own

I used to roll the dice
Feel the fear in my enemy's eyes
Listened as the crowd would sing
"Now the old king is dead, long live the king"

One minute I held the key
Next, the walls were closed on me
And I discovered that my castles stand
Upon ... pillars of sand ...} CRISPR_rEvolution #symbolic #Hanfgeschichten #WEEDMoB 😎 👯 🙏 #Coldplay 🎵

An interesting piece here on difference between human and other species' #cultural complexity, highlighting the aspect of #diversity.

True enough, but this is not dealing with the #symbolic, the shared #imaginary. Humans share their dreams about things that don't exist. Crows, chimps, elephants, whales, they don't.

Try Rainbow Snakes, for instance. Instead of being diverse, they are astoundingly similar around the world. Come and and hear our talk with Ivan Tacey on Tuesday for more on that.

theconversation.com/humans-are

The ConversationHumans aren’t the only animals with complex culture − but researchers point to one feature that makes ours uniqueAnimals can learn from each other, maintaining their cultures for long periods of time. What sets people apart may be the uniquely open-ended ways we invent new ideas and share and build on them.
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by the way if you are in the #uk and you need your #retro #computer or #video #game #console repaired i am a highly skilled technician that cannot be legaly employed in the uk so send me a #paypal donation of a #symbolic ammount and ship your computer to the southwest devon and i will repair it for you i have clients who can vouch for me thank you. i have an oscilloscope and everything, which is more than some thousand-follower retro tech youtubers can say. :boost_ok: