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They've found another prehistoric cave in France, with engravings, silex and jewellery made of seashells. One of the major engravings is of a vulva and it's said to be 16 000 years old.
It's not the first time they find female engravings in french caves so I'll leave you with some more:
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Mark Laver, "Don't think twice, it's alright" / "When the sun comes up, it will be on your side"
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A bigger decorative piece with cave painting handprints. River pebble and tempera
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[ID: Photos of a clay rectangular relief sculpture of a Przewalski's horse. It starts on the left/hindquarters as a low relief cave painting and then becomes more realistic and higher relief to the right/front. The head is fully 3D and turned to look outward. The first photo shows it against a marbled paper background of blue, green, and white. The second photo is the same but leaning against a white wall. End ID]
Painted!
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Ancient and beautiful amber pendants worn by hunter-gatherers some 10,000 years ago. Mesolithic period.
📷 National Museum of Denmark.
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hey good faith question- do you mind elaborating on judaism’s belief of g-d not being the ‘one true g-d’ and just the ‘g-d of the hebrews?
sure, but keep in mind that I wasn't raised in a religious house, so I'm not an expert and this could be inaccurate, you could wait to see if other people would elaborate in reblogs or replies.
a lot of religions have the belief that they worship the true g-d(s) and everyone else is wrong and are worshipping (a) false g-d(s). I believe Christianity works like that.
in the Tanach, there is no claim that other religions' g-ds don't exist, in fact, there are instances were miracles from other g-ds happen, but the jewish g-d is described as unique and stronger than others.
for example, in the story of The Exodus (is that how יציאת מצרים is called in english), when Moses comes to the Pharaoh for the first time to ask to release the Hebrews, he showcases Hashem's (the Jewish g-d) strength by turning his staff into a snake, the Pharaoh's magicians(?) then proceed to also turn their staffs into snakes, but Moses's snake eats theirs. the story doesn't show their g-ds as non-existent, they gave the magicians the same powers as Hashem, but the power of Hashem was stronger and thus Moses's snake won over the other snakes.
foreign worship is banned in Judaism, not because the foreign g-ds are false, but because they're not Hashem, I don't know how to explain it but that's how it works.
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I love the concept of grave offerings. Like all the cultures across the world that have buried their dead with their own possessions, or things especially made for that. What an unique and universal human thing, to mourn the dead and think
"All I know of where you are going, is that I can't come with you now. But I think you would like to have this with you."
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list of mundane things that feel like ancient human rituals
cleaning or wipe your bare feet
breaking off a piece of bread and handing it to someone
putting the weight of a basket on your hip or head
eating nuts or berries while hunched over close to the ground
seeing something startling just out of your line of sight and very quickly stepping or leaping on to a larger object to get a better view
cupping your hands into running water to wash your face
the unanimous protection of a baby or child in a public space where women are present
when an elderly woman laughs and grips your forearm tightly
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Today's Take
The idea that:
practicing witchcraft
putting up protection spells
not putting up protection spells
communicating with spirits in any capacity
makes you:
more visible
more vulnerable
more prone
to:
potential attack
intrusion by baneful magics
malicious practitioners
evil spirits
demons
is an idea:
rooted in cultural religious bias
heavily influenced by pop culture
born of rhetoric meant to warn people away from witchcraft
This is a list of concurrent points, not an either/or or a multiple choice selection.
Discuss.
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in judaism, dance means freedom
jojo rabbit (2019), dir. taika waititi // hey alma articles by emily burack and molly tolsky // two rabbis, becca walker and her wife ariella rosen, dance the hora at their wedding // vintage tshirt with quote attributed to jewish anarchist emma goldman // still dancing: an interview with illya kaminsky
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as if nature isn't the most prolific storyteller out there!! with her layers of sediment and mountain-top fossils. with her trodden down paths and carved out river beds. with her fresh springs and billowing waterfalls. rotting branches and hollowed tree trunks... creeping coastlines and collapsing cliff faces... a living record of time immemorial; both an archiver and witness!!
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