tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20312680.post7401146913702810338..comments2023-12-31T00:57:46.133-08:00Comments on New Leafs: A Land Before EgoJasunhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06645623536130682696noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20312680.post-79255174843226632512010-03-15T18:01:10.919-07:002010-03-15T18:01:10.919-07:00"Perhaps the tradition of storytelling began ..."Perhaps the tradition of storytelling began when members of the tribe, returning from adventures inner or outer, having experienced new realms literal or figurative, wished to communicate their experiences to others."<br /><br />It might also be possible that story-telling goes hand-in-hand with the use of language, and the adventures acted less as inspiration and more as *content* for the the sotrytelling impulse.<br /><br />Not saying that this or isn't so, (and if is so, then it's probably not as cut-and-dried as I mentioned above), but it's something to think about.<br /><br />Most of my train of thought in this regard comes from reading _Anatomy of Criticism_, which was spawned by Northrop Frye's treatment of the works of William Blake, _Fearful Symmetry_.<br /><br />I know it seems kinds of off-topic, but what I mentioned above comes from _Anatomy_, and leads into other topics that have special interest to the magickian.<br /><br />(Also, his short book _The Educated Imagination_ describes three different ways of using language that any good magickian can relate to, plus the book can be read in a single afternoon.)<br /><br />I know this probably seems kind of random and off-topic but it's the chain of thought that part of your post inspired in me, and the works cited to have some interesting significance to the magickian who cares to spend them time on them.satanicnuitisthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09371137301781622776noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20312680.post-12418887776513040492010-02-08T15:32:49.876-08:002010-02-08T15:32:49.876-08:00thanks for the email and your latest podcast. I r...thanks for the email and your latest podcast. I recommend reading "The Harmless People" by Elizabeth Marshall Thomas. It was the first book on the Bushmen San people -- the original shamans, and the original human culture from 100,000 BCE to 10,000 BCE. It was the defining human culture -- 90% of the males were trained as shamanic healers and there was no warfare -- it was a peaceful culture.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20312680.post-5107537064891945562010-02-07T01:46:09.160-08:002010-02-07T01:46:09.160-08:00interesting but challenges my existing model of th...interesting but challenges my existing model of thinking.I had kind of thought that our self relective human conciousness developed as humans brains developed and our ability to manipulate symbols abstractly via language developed. Hence i thought that mythical archetypal symbols would have been at the root of the development our language and the hive mind conciousness is something we are developing towards rather than away fromJSteveKanehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06380658865163675306noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20312680.post-45819914659752622372010-02-06T21:56:13.950-08:002010-02-06T21:56:13.950-08:00That makes perfect sense to me.That makes perfect sense to me.Ezra Sandzer-Bellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14323507654138155959noreply@blogger.com