Description |
1 online resource (xi, 126 pages) : illustrations |
Contents |
Contents -- List of Tables and Illustrations -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- 1 Foundations of the Research -- The “Religious� Problem and the Origins of Consciousness -- The Entoptic Phenomena -- The Psychoactive “Psychedelic� Substances -- Origins of Shamanism -- Evolutionary Models -- 2 Sites of the Research -- Preface -- The American Colorado Plateau -- Latin America -- Tassili in the Sahara Desert -- Far-Eastern Siberia -- Europe and the New Sites -- The Cup Marks Phenomenon -- 3 The Significance of the Research |
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Rock Art and PsychologyFoundation Myths -- The Crisis of the Cultural Paradigm -- 4 Origins of Psychedelia (Peter Webster) -- The Most Human Universal -- What Makyth a Man? -- Evolutionary Scenario -- Genetics to the Rescue -- The Trigger Event -- Climate Change -- The Long Winter -- Ethiopia -- Notes -- Index |
Summary |
"Examines the relationship between rock art, shamanism, and the origins of human existence"--Provided by publisher |
Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
Notes |
Print version record |
Subject |
Petroglyphs.
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Rock paintings.
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Art, Prehistoric.
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Shamanism in art.
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rock paintings.
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rock engravings.
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ART -- History -- General.
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Art, Prehistoric
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Petroglyphs
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Rock paintings
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Shamanism in art
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Form |
Electronic book
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Author |
Webster, Peter (Chemist)
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ISBN |
9781438448763 |
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1438448767 |
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