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Possible earliest shaman grave found
Posted: Tue Nov 04, 2008 2:59 am
by Ishtar
... and she's a woman!
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/27520235/
12,000-year-old shaman grave site found
Scientists in Israel unearth one of the earliest known shaman burial sites
LONDON - An ancient grave unearthed in modern-day Israel containing 50 tortoise shells, a human foot and body parts from numerous animals is likely one of the earliest known shaman burial sites, researchers said on Monday.
The 12,000-year-old grave dates back to the Natufian people who were the first society to adopt a sedentary lifestyle, Hebrew University of Jerusalem researcher Leore Grosman and colleagues said.
"The interment rituals and the method used to construct and seal the grave suggest this is the burial of an ancient shaman, one of the earliest known from the archaeological record," they wrote in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.
Posted: Tue Nov 04, 2008 10:16 am
by kbs2244
I guess it has been a Holy Land for a long time.
Posted: Tue Nov 04, 2008 11:05 am
by Minimalist
Shamans play an important role in many cultures, mediating between the human and spiritual worlds and acting as messengers, healers, magicians to serve the community, the researchers said.
Kind of like the pope.
Congrats, Ish.
Posted: Tue Nov 04, 2008 11:14 am
by Ishtar
Minimalist wrote:
Kind of like the pope.
Congrats, Ish.
...although I've never heard of a pope acting as a messenger or a healer or a magician .... much less serving the community.
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Posted: Tue Nov 04, 2008 11:17 am
by Minimalist
Once a year he makes a big show of washing somebody's feet.
Pious old bastard.
Posted: Tue Nov 04, 2008 11:25 am
by Ishtar
Oh well, then. Shamans never wash anyone's feet. They have enough trouble remembering to wash their own.
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Posted: Tue Nov 04, 2008 11:59 am
by Minimalist
Shamans
Posted: Tue Nov 04, 2008 7:33 pm
by Cognito
... and she's a woman!
Well, of course. What else did you expect?
