Comments on: Head Shrinking and the Power of Dreaming http://dreamstudies.org/2008/07/21/head-shrinking-and-the-power-of-dreaming/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=head-shrinking-and-the-power-of-dreaming the dream studies portal Fri, 10 Feb 2012 14:34:56 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Craig http://dreamstudies.org/2008/07/21/head-shrinking-and-the-power-of-dreaming/comment-page-1/#comment-325 Craig Thu, 24 Jul 2008 04:25:50 +0000 http://dreamstudies.org/2008/07/21/head-shrinking-and-the-power-of-dreaming/#comment-325 Yes, it was Lewis Williams. You know how certain years stand out like peaks on a graph? '88 was one of those.I was rocked by the reality of human evolution and intrigued by the sophistication of the 'backward'San - especially their trance ritual. Hey - why don't you travel to SA and visit the department sometime? Yes, it was Lewis Williams.

You know how certain years stand out like peaks on a graph?

’88 was one of those.I was rocked by the reality of human evolution and intrigued by the sophistication of the ‘backward’San – especially their trance ritual.

Hey – why don’t you travel to SA and visit the department sometime?

]]> By: Dungan http://dreamstudies.org/2008/07/21/head-shrinking-and-the-power-of-dreaming/comment-page-1/#comment-324 Dungan Wed, 23 Jul 2008 17:09:39 +0000 http://dreamstudies.org/2008/07/21/head-shrinking-and-the-power-of-dreaming/#comment-324 Thanks Ice 9 - is that a Vonnegut reference? And Craig, I'm jealous of your year at Witwatersrand. Did you study with David Lewis-Williams? He's a hero of mine because he's one of the few cognitive archaeologists to take dreaming seriously. Thanks Ice 9 – is that a Vonnegut reference?

And Craig, I’m jealous of your year at Witwatersrand. Did you study with David Lewis-Williams? He’s a hero of mine because he’s one of the few cognitive archaeologists to take dreaming seriously.

]]> By: Craig http://dreamstudies.org/2008/07/21/head-shrinking-and-the-power-of-dreaming/comment-page-1/#comment-323 Craig Wed, 23 Jul 2008 14:12:03 +0000 http://dreamstudies.org/2008/07/21/head-shrinking-and-the-power-of-dreaming/#comment-323 Hey Ryan I also studied archaeology - but only first year at Wits. We looked, in part, at shamanism among the San. I remember vividly (sic) the images of fish painted on the top of cave walls. Why fish? The shaman experienced his trance (lucid dream?) as an underwater experience and expressed this on the rock face as fish swimming above him. If I remember correctly, the whole ritual was aimed at healing and/or group cohesion. They also painted spots and lines connecting different trance images. Some were interpreted as entoptic phenomena experienced during the waking dream. I'm sure the study of "the bushmen" has moved on substantially since Archeaology 101 way back in '88! Hey Ryan

I also studied archaeology – but only first year at Wits. We looked, in part, at shamanism among the San. I remember vividly (sic) the images of fish painted on the top of cave walls. Why fish? The shaman experienced his trance (lucid dream?) as an underwater experience and expressed this on the rock face as fish swimming above him.

If I remember correctly, the whole ritual was aimed at healing and/or group cohesion. They also painted spots and lines connecting different trance images. Some were interpreted as entoptic phenomena experienced during the waking dream.

I’m sure the study of “the bushmen” has moved on substantially since Archeaology 101 way back in ’88!

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