Improved memory made possible the long-term recollection of dreams and visions and the construction of those recollections into a spirit world.

Shamanism is not simply a component of society: on the contrary, shamanism, together with its tiered cosmos, can be said to be the overall framework of society.

Consciousness has evolved biologically and can therefore be explained biologically.

Primary consciousness is a state of being aware of things in the world – of having mental images in the present.But it is not accompanied by any sense of a person with a past and future…

Primary consciousness is a kind of ‘remembered present’…

I believe it is reasonable to assume that higher-order consciousness developed neurologically in Africa before the second wave of emigration to the Middle East and Europe.

Once human beings had developed higher-order consciousness, they had the ability to see mental images projected onto surfaces and to experience afterimages.

For the makers, the paintings and engravings were visions, not representations of visions.

In Lascaux and other sites, hoofs are depicted to show their underside, or hoofprint.

The portable animal statuettes were therefore far more than decorative trinkets: they were reified three-dimensional spirit animals with all their prophylactic and other powers.

Shamans submit to death in order to serve their communities.

History is disappointed with us human being.

Yoga is bringing fitness in body, calmness in mind, kindness in heart and awareness in life.

But then I remembered: the universe was closed, and so very small. There was really nowhere else to go.

For me, campaigning and good business is also about putting forward solutions, not just opposing destructive practices or human rights abuses.

Alas, if our children lose the crown of life, it will be but a small consolation that they have won the laurels of literature or art.

Paul Ryan looks around, sees three unemployed workers for every job opening in America, and blames the people who can't find a job.

Misery motivates, not utopia.

By putting the gift of yearning for God into every human being's heart, God at the same time draws all people made in God's image to God's self and into their own true selves.

I have no objection to the concept of domestic partnership.