Hancock's Book
Posted: Wed Jan 03, 2007 3:37 am
Interesting, good thread Chiggerbit. One of the best I've seen recently.
Graham Hancock's latest book touches on prehistoric Cave Art. Imagine this; in a time without electric or gas light; climbing deep into a cave and making art in it. Don't know if you guys have ever done spelunking but it is psychologically challenging with electric light and would be orders of magnitude higher with only torches or periods of no light at all. (Obviously at some point the ancients must have had fires or torches or wouldn't have been able to draw the art.......)
Anyways; a thesis in Hancock's book is that the ancient people used plants to get high, have mystical experiences, which were recorded on the cave walls. Much like we decorate the walls of a church.
Taking that hypothesis and combining with the previously described weird shit that happens in caves especially when people do rituals and there may be some meat to this general idea.
FYI a review on Hancock's book (I admit I haven't finished it yet LOL!)
[url]http://www.andrewcollins.com/page/articles/Graham_Hancock_Supernatural_review.htm
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Graham Hancock's latest book touches on prehistoric Cave Art. Imagine this; in a time without electric or gas light; climbing deep into a cave and making art in it. Don't know if you guys have ever done spelunking but it is psychologically challenging with electric light and would be orders of magnitude higher with only torches or periods of no light at all. (Obviously at some point the ancients must have had fires or torches or wouldn't have been able to draw the art.......)
Anyways; a thesis in Hancock's book is that the ancient people used plants to get high, have mystical experiences, which were recorded on the cave walls. Much like we decorate the walls of a church.
Taking that hypothesis and combining with the previously described weird shit that happens in caves especially when people do rituals and there may be some meat to this general idea.
FYI a review on Hancock's book (I admit I haven't finished it yet LOL!)
[url]http://www.andrewcollins.com/page/articles/Graham_Hancock_Supernatural_review.htm
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