Apparently, the proto-Shiva discovered in the Indus Valey is the
original horned god of world mythology, Lord of Animals. This tradition
originated in South India about 4,000 B. C. and then spread to North
India via the Indus Valley Civilization. By all accounts, this early
South Indian tradition was Shamanistic in nature and Totemic in
character, based on a belief in the Fertility and the Tree of Plenty,
which was inherited from Southeast Asia.
When the Vedic Aryans arrived in what is now Pakistan, having come from
the steppes of Eurasia, by way of Asia Minor, the Aryan, that is, the
Indo-European speaking people, adopted many traditions from the native
population, such as the worship of the Shiva/Rudra, and worship of the
Goddess of Fertility, the Bhairav/Durga nexus.
On 10/12/2013 8:48 PM, nelsonriddle2...@yahoo.com wrote:
Interesting observation that.
Did they turn red after they got here and, they must have all left
together as there don't seem to be any left there from what I have heard.
---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, <fairfieldlife@yahoogroups.com>
wrote:
They don't call Native Americans "Indians" for nothing, since they all
came from Asia in the first place. Go figure.
According to what I've read, a recent study of a 40,000 year old
skeleton from China "showed that early modern humans present in the
Beijing area 40,000 y ago were related to the ancestors of many
present-day Asians as well as Native Americans."
So, what is a shaman anyway?
A shaman is anybody who contacts a spirit world while in an altered
state of consciousness.
The idea is based on the notion that the visible world is of the
senses is pervaded by invisible forces or spirits which affect the
lives of living people. Shamans can reach altered states of
consciousness in order to encounter and interact with the spirit world
and channel transcendental energies.
"For me there is only the traveling on the paths that have heart, on
any path that may have heart. There I travel, and the only worthwhile
challenge for me is to traverse its full length. And there I
travel—looking, looking, breathlessly." - Don Juan Matus
Only known photography of Don Juan Matus:
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