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Conceiving God-Cognitive Origin/Religion by David Lewis-Williams
Category: Spirituality
Suitable for those interested in the origins of religious thought, and the respective roles of science and religion in contemporary society, this title explores how science developed within the cocoon of religion and then shows how the natural functioning of the human brain creates experiences that can ...Show more
Inside the Neolithic Mind... by David Lewis-Williams; David Pearce
Category: History
What do the headless figures found in the famous paintings at Catalhoyuk in Turkey have in common with the interlinked spirals carved on the monumental tombs at Newgrange and Knowth in Ireland? How can the concepts of "birth," "death," and "wild" cast light on the changes in relationships between people ...Show more
The Mind in the Cave: Consciousness and the Origins of Art by David Lewis-Williams
Category: Art
Emerging from the narrow underground passages into the chambers of caves such as Lascaux, Chauvet, and Altamira, visitors are confronted with symbols, patterns, and depictions of bison, woolly mammoths, ibexes, and other animals. Since its discovery, cave art has provoked great curiosity about why it a ...Show more
The Mind in the Cave: Consciousness and the Origins of Art by David Lewis-Williams
Category: Design | Series: 60th Anniversary Edition
The breathtakingly beautiful art created deep inside the caves of western Europe in the late Ice Age provokes awe and wonder in equal measure. What do these animals and symbols, depicted on the walls of such caves as Lascaux, Chauvet and Altamira, tell us about the nature of the atavistic mind? How did ...Show more
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