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Post by denis on Apr 30, 2024 6:34:31 GMT
The Birth of Gods in the Neolithic - The Ideas of Jacques Cauvin deconstructingtime.blogspot.com/2017/12/birth-of-gods-in-neolithic-ideas-of-jacques-cauvin.html?m=1In 1994 French archaeologist Jacques Cauvin published his masterwork The Birth of the Gods and the Origins of Agriculture. Writing about the transition from Paleolithic to Neolithic, he put forward a radical idea. He claimed that before the Neolithic Revolution could occur and before agriculture could change the life of humans forever, there was a mental and psychological revolution, a "Revolution of the Symbols." He wrote that this thought-revolution had to occur first before the physical revolution of planting and domesticating animals came about, i.e., the Neolithic Revolution which led to cities and civilizations and the world we live in today Cauvin rejects the "unverified 'materialist' premises concerning human nature" in which one con- fuses "science with ideology", preferring a 'panpsychic' view
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Post by denis on Apr 30, 2024 6:51:54 GMT
www.academia.edu/79453566/Relevance_of_Educational_Thoughts_of_Paulo_Freire_Perceived_Meaning_and_Essence_in_The_Indian_Context?uc-sb-sw=101613781Relevance of Educational Thoughts of Paulo Freire: Perceived Meaning and Essence in The Indian Context IDr. Uday Mehta, IIDr. Shefali Pandya ILecturer, Pal Rajendra B. Ed. College, Mumbai IIProfessor and Former Head, Dept. of Education, University of Mumbai Abstract Social reality in India persists in the form of deprivation, oppression, and inequality. In general, Indian education is largely characterized by teacher-centred classrooms, wherein students are generally discouraged from asking too many questions or from participating in a discussion. In the present study, a qualitative approach was followed to understand how student-teachers of B. Ed. colleges make sense of Freirean pedagogy and philosophy of education and how it influences their ideas about critical and liberating education. It was based on the participants’lived experiences of oppression in Indian society and system of education in India and their perceived meaning and essence of Freire’s theory of ‘pedagogy of the oppressed’in the present day context. The research study used the empirical, transcendental phenomenological method. The intervention program of 24 hours was followed by focus group interviews for 6 hours at the same college with 15 B. Ed. student-teachers of a private aided college of education. Major theme emerged from the data namely ‘Relevance of critical pedagogy in future’. This research paper emphasizes significance and practicability of Freirean pedagogy to Indian classroom and suggests practical suggestions for improvement in the system of education to become a pivotal tool for social change and democracy and for critical orientation toward the world with Freire’s pedagogic and theories. www.newdawnmagazine.com/articles/secret-wisdom/nothings-shadow-ethics-education-and-the-contemporary-relevance-of-the-samuraiIn the dominant culture of today, education is highly valued. The Samurai, too, held education with the awe and fervour of a dark ages scholar, they idealised a life of the higher senses, a life of learning. But they were contemptuous of all bookish erudition and regarded intellectualism as a child’s game. They were extremely dismissive of what was known as ‘calculating men.’ This does not mean sly or deceitful, but any endeavour or profession where calculation was intrinsic. Scientists, doctors, academics, lawyers, musicians, engineers, intellectuals, economists, and psychologists are all ‘calculating men’ – technicians – and they were all viewed in quite a different light from today. In today’s society, where science has become a religion, ‘calculating men’ have a position of much greater importance than the Samurai would ever have allowed them. We have faith in their spreadsheets, hope for their discoveries, we rely on their research. We presently live in a technocracy, a world dictated and managed by experts, by specialists. Academia has cloistered all centres of power. Like infants in a gigantic school, we have learned to do what “teacher” says without question. The cramming in of information and the capacity to manipulate and regurgitate it was regarded in the Samurai worldview as an abuse of the spirit, the reduction of a person to a function. It was certainly not education. The Samurai had a different view of education, a vast, profound, and certain insight. True intelligence arrives as realisation. What we learn is only what we consider our life depends on. Learning is a survival mechanism, almost identical to bladder control, calming the existential panic of our true ignorance. It is essential, as it is with bladder control, that we learn. Yet to take refuge in our learning is like treating our urine as wine. We are far more than what we’ve learned as we are also far more than what we have drunk. In life there is only one true teacher, and that is Death, the sword. Only the continuous awareness of death gives us the sobriety we require to assess the circumstances of life, to truly know anything for its own sake. This is a distinction of true knowledge that we find in many great traditions from Don Juan to Gurdjieff. Gurdjieff, who declared that the purpose of his work was that people would not “die like dogs,” dramatised the situation succinctly.
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Post by denis on Apr 30, 2024 7:28:00 GMT
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Post by denis on May 2, 2024 10:33:29 GMT
Sal’s article archive www.bgtent.com/naturalcma/index.htmSal Canzoneiri— Umm, the Shaolin temple was burned down in 1925, the monks were dispersed to the countryside. The martial arts and scriptures library was evacuated and much of it had been copied before then in case of such a thing happening. Once the temple was reopened in 1980, the materials from the Shaolin library were returned and they began publishing it book by book. I was able to purchase these books. Ultimately In 1992, Shaolin monk Shì Déqián (釋德虔) completed the "Shàolín Sì Wǔshù Bǎikē Quánshū" (少林寺武術百科全書), known as the Shaolin Encyclopedia. It collected together all the preserved information they had. I was contacted to help sell these into the US through various outlets, because of all my articles that I had written about the true history of the Shaolin martial arts (which eventually helped them receive World Treasure status by the UN and they have since made a fortune teaching martial arts). Anyways, there is a huge amount of information that was not available in 1930 by Tang Hao. I have used his research material extensively and he contradicts himself a lot. to be polite, So I have had to go to his sources. Or go around to side sources. Anyways, much more is known now than back in 1930 that is for sure, especially with the discoveries of the Li documents and the discovery of the temple documents. (By the way, I was the person who discovered that the salt store was owned by a member of the Li family, hence the reason why the Tai Chi Classics would be there, another martial art document was discovered there as well.) It is not theory but fact the TJQ is derived from both Taoist 13 Postures Tong Bei (which in turn has roots in Shaolin Long fist via its founder who studied Hong Quan, Pao Quan and Tai Tzu Quan and Tong Bei Quan) and from Shaolin (which is only 50 miles from Chen village) martial arts. Which the Chen family has openly acknowledged has roots in their style from its earliest days. The Li family, cousins of the Chens, were famous for the Shaolin Long Fist, And, Shaolin Qigong can actually be used for self defense, with open hand and with weapons, esp, the staff. It is old news in China, very old news, read my book on Amazon, if you want the whole history.
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Post by denis on May 2, 2024 11:38:52 GMT
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Post by denis on May 2, 2024 19:44:06 GMT
Ageing and the Galenic tradition: A brief overview www.researchgate.net/publication/271664627_Ageing_and_the_Galenic_tradition_A_brief_overviewAgeing and longevity have been central to the concerns of Western natural philosophy since their origins in Classical Greece. Greek medicine formulated the idea that the humours constituted the physiological basis of all living beings. Hippocrates identified these as blood, phlegm, black and yellow bile. Several hundred years later, Galen elaborated this Hippocratic doctrine, formulating the outlines of a theory of ageing and a regime to maintain health in old age. Formalised in Alexandria, the Galenic canon was later revised and expanded by physicians and philosophers from the Islamic world. The result was a theoretical superstructure linking together the humours, the elements (air, earth, fire and water) and the four qualities (heat, coldness, moisture and dryness) that constituted the basis of life, its development, decline and end. This ‘superstructure’ was further refined and revised during the Middle Ages, providing the theoretical basis for regimes for living well in later life that were written and published during the Renaissance. Although the ‘scientific revolution’ of the 17th century challenged Galenic medicine, many aspects of it survived into the modern period. This paper reviews the rise and demise of this tradition while also recognising that through much of this period other, more controversial approaches to the problems of ageing were espoused. In concluding, continuing points of contact with contemporary gerontological theory are emphasised. archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.218435/page/n2/mode/1up?view=theaterPsyche: The cult of Souls and the Belief in Immortality among the Greeks by Erwin Rohde
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Post by moxohol on May 3, 2024 12:05:06 GMT
Copyright infringement! U stole my favorite word!
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Post by denis on May 3, 2024 16:05:41 GMT
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Post by denis on May 3, 2024 16:07:06 GMT
systemavasiliev.com/store/product/agility-downloadable/In this film, study with Tommy how to use your training stick in creative ways, both with and without partners. Learn how to move your hands, feet, and body quickly while dropping, throwing, catching, and avoiding the stick. Tommy demonstrates: Stick exercises to enhance your agility through push-ups, squats, and legs raises. Excellent balance drills to tie together speed and effort, and range of movement. Application of your body agility to simultaneous defense and attack.
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Post by denis on May 4, 2024 0:37:49 GMT
www.colinfalconerbooks.com/blog/the-silk-road-of-the-sea/?fbclid=IwAR3WHf2ZrEpXAdVTFLjqTQv-MCQz9Yq87vHOCaTCGkgirpLiSX7PORaugzY_aem_ARf7Odbb8-hQL3gufCEkfSw0ZvcVAtELg-1l5bB9IyZwGeKLftxgEMCb1I88Uyba5x82B_L-BQIXtNMw-P1ZNHKnwww.indigo-herbs.co.uk/natural-health-guide/benefits/myrrh#:~:text=A%20study%20published%20in%20the,may%20support%20healthy%20liver%20function.&text=A%20study%20conducted%20at%20the,cannot%20–%20in%20particular%2C%20ammonia. Myrrh has an ORAC (Oxygen Radical Absorbance Capacity) of a staggering 379,800 µTE/100g. Just for comparison, goji berries have a score of 4,310 µTE/100g and blueberries 4,633 µTE/100g. A study published in the journal "Food and Chemistry Toxicology", found that the antioxidant potential of Myrrh is so high that it may support healthy liver function. Liver Health A study conducted at the Beni-Suef University in Egypt found that Myrrh can actually detoxify what the liver cannot – in particular, ammonia. When the liver cannot remove harmful substances sufficiently, they build up in the bloodstream. For example, ammonia, a by-product of protein digestion, needs to be converted into urea in the liver and eliminated via the kidneys. Accumulation of ammonia in the blood, called hyperammonaemia, is toxic to nerves and can lead to a decline of brain functions known as hepatic encephalopathy. Excessive ammonia is particularly dangerous because it provokes the over-production of nitrogen and oxygen free radicals. Free radicals steal electrons from the lipids in cell membranes, leading to cell damage. The team of researchers looked for a remedy in Myrrh, whose antibacterial, anti-inflammatory, antioxidant, sugar-reducing and liver-protective properties have been used traditionally for the treatment of several diseases. They found that Myrrh induced the production of several antioxidant and detoxifying proteins in the liver, kidneys and cerebrum.
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