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I like this: "Humans are evolutionarily designed to be paranoid, and they believe in God because they are paranoid," says Kanazawa. .... intelligent people think more about things and tend to break the mold ... isn't that all he's saying?

energies awake but forgot to set alarm body still asleep.

If you mean do they (the Egyptologists) understand the religion - you are right they don't (although there are few who make valiant efforts to get some meaning e.g Hornung). On linguistics and standard archeology you can't fault them. I'm agnostic on Atlantis - although I am absolutely sure that there was a tradition which preceded recorded history.

We grew a lot of lettuce, tomatoes and potatoes last year. But I have to admit we haven't done anything yet this year. Thanks for the reminder. PS I don't remember those Spring-like Days!

Hi, Is this the one you mean? I ching I still use Wilhelm ... but will buy this if you think its better. Cheers. A.

That's interesting - Mt Beluhka sounds a place worth visiting. A lot of what is powerful in Ancient Egypt seems to go back to the kind of nomadic hunter gatherer pre-dynastic culture which existed in the Saharan region (prior to climate change to desert) - based on cattle ... hence the predominance of Hathor and other goddesses as cows and bulls-gods. The Sem priest wears a leopard skin but seems to be wrapping himself in cow hide.

A lot a Egyptologists would dispute the shamanic nature of the religion ... because they don't understand it .. but putting this aside a few things are clear. The methods would involve a) contemplating death + after death states b ) ritual including gesture (mudra) and the use of incense c) dream state work d) chanting/ repetition of verses and so on. I don't know about the use of drugs although they had a good medical knowledge and used herbs and so on. I'm interested in the way in which the Sem priest wraps himself in animal skin. This is a recuring theme which appears in what is called the Sed festival - the king goes through this at his jubilee (usually after 30 year reign) where he wraps himself up to be 'reborn' or renewed, also there is a symbol related to Anubis (the god of embalming) called Imy-Ut ('he who is in his wrappings'). It seems like a kind of cocooning which allows internal transformation to occur. I don't know if other traditions have this.

Which way's the wight Way?! The road to the chalk cliffs, Grey sea and green sward.

Hello and welcome to TTBs. Look forward to your posts. A.

GiH, Good points. But I understood this from CC's books so without checking I would say all these points are in there somewhere. A.

jing provides the rope the body provides the neck you will swing for sure.

Dubya meets Shakespeare Wherefore art thou, William? Smell the roses, George.

just flower out, bloom! please lift up your sorry heads well, hey there buddy!

From what I can determine the book was withdrawn and never published.

We've had the coldest winter for at least 30 years. It snowed again last night. It was nice at first to see everything white but now its just a drag ... been going on since Christmas Eve. What I need is for you to use shamanistic powers to direct some warmth across the Atlantic so I can save on my heating bills.

Welcome to TTBs I hope you enjoy your stay.

fly up in the air go on, prove you're a yogi! no more charlatans.

Obviously if I wasn't so spiritually advanced I would be feeling jealous ... its freezing here. A.

look behind, ahead twist your body, bend a leg, you contortionist!

Muito bem sifusufi

Still feels like winter here - bloody cold. Sunny today though so I suppose that's something. Anybody got a good exercise specifically for 'end of winter' blues????? Cheers. A.

Iran is just the latest 'bogey man' for the west now that Saddam Hussein is no more. India, Pakistan and Israel all have working nuclear armaments - so why not disarm them? We invaded Iraq but not North Korea, Burma or Zimbabwe - where the human rights violations are as bad if not worse. There is a lot of spin going on - which will be (yet again) used to justify military action. Yours cynically, A.

yet been here before I think it was yesterday logged on to Taobums.