The Cosmic Codex
4. Palaeolithic Cave Art: the Origins of Artistic Expression with Professor Paul Pettitt
[Podcast previously entitled Sacred Wisdom]
Professor of Archaeology at Durham University, Paul Pettitt, joins me for a riveting discussion on Ice Age Cave Art, and the origins of humanity's artistic expression.
Professor Paul and I deep-dive into the lives of the pre-historic peoples who walked the Earth many tens of thousands of years ago. We discuss the art that these people were painting, often kilometres into remote and dangerous cave systems – how they did it, and what it meant for them. Professor Paul tells us about the scientific methodologies used to discern such information, as well as the philosophical theory of mind, animism, totemism, Palaeolithic funerary rites, and what the Sacred might have meant to these ancient people.
This is one of my favourite episodes; because, along with language, human creativity and the artistic urge is what makes us so fundamentally different from other animals.
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[Podcast previously entitled Sacred Wisdom]
Professor of Archaeology at Durham University, Paul Pettitt, joins me for a riveting discussion on Ice Age Cave Art, and the origins of humanity's artistic expression.
Professor Paul and I deep-dive into the lives of the pre-historic peoples who walked the Earth many tens of thousands of years ago. We discuss the art that these people were painting, often kilometres into remote and dangerous cave systems – how they did it, and what it meant for them. Professor Paul tells us about the scientific methodologies used to discern such information, as well as the philosophical theory of mind, animism, totemism, Palaeolithic funerary rites, and what the Sacred might have meant to these ancient people.
This is one of my favourite episodes; because, along with language, human creativity and the artistic urge is what makes us so fundamentally different from other animals.
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Please consider supporting me on patreon
https://www.patreon.com/sacredwisdom
https://www.arabellathais.com