Nexus Void | Were Cave Paintings Inspired by Altered States of Consciousness? @nexusvoid314 | Uploaded March 2019 | Updated October 2024, 1 hour ago.
In this video we examine the neuropsychological model as a way to explain cave paintings. Cave paintings may be depictions of hallucinated phenomena caused by altered states of consciousness.
Schlebusch et al. 2012. Genomic Variation in Seven Khoe-San Groups Reveals Adaptation and Complex African History. Science. 338: 374-379.
Lewis-Williams et al. 1988. The Signs of All Times: Entoptic Phenomena in Upper Palaeolithic Art. Current Anthropology, 29(2): 201-245.
Shamanism : archaic techniques of ecstasy. Eliade, Mircea, 1907-1986. Doniger, Wendy. Princeton, NJ : Princeton University Press 2004.
Hancock, G. (2005). Supernatural: Meeting with the Ancient Teachers of Mankind. London: Arrow.
africanrockart.org/rock-art-gallery/south-africa for some of the pictures
In this video we examine the neuropsychological model as a way to explain cave paintings. Cave paintings may be depictions of hallucinated phenomena caused by altered states of consciousness.
Schlebusch et al. 2012. Genomic Variation in Seven Khoe-San Groups Reveals Adaptation and Complex African History. Science. 338: 374-379.
Lewis-Williams et al. 1988. The Signs of All Times: Entoptic Phenomena in Upper Palaeolithic Art. Current Anthropology, 29(2): 201-245.
Shamanism : archaic techniques of ecstasy. Eliade, Mircea, 1907-1986. Doniger, Wendy. Princeton, NJ : Princeton University Press 2004.
Hancock, G. (2005). Supernatural: Meeting with the Ancient Teachers of Mankind. London: Arrow.
africanrockart.org/rock-art-gallery/south-africa for some of the pictures
