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3 timestamped hits 1 source reading 1 extracted note Newest source: 2024-09-05, day precision Aliases: figurines

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Figurine

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A transcript-matched topic anchored by excerpts such as "and complex and its main purpose is to celebrate the unity of life and to ask permission and to ask for forgiveness as the..."

Most recent Jiang source touching this topic: The World More Real Than Reality (2024-09-05, day precision).

Most connected source reading: The World More Real Than Reality.

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He links animal-shaman transformation to prehistoric dolls, cave paintings, and the belief that shamans can become animals to communicate with animals.

Timestamped Evidence

The World More Real Than Reality

2024-09-05, day precision · Civilization #3: The Religious Imagination

Transcript

"...through shamanism. Okay? Does that make sense, guys? Yes? It's a figurine. It's a doll. Okay? So, they believe that these dolls have religious..."

Relevant Lectures And Readings

The World More Real Than Reality

2024-09-05, day precision · claims, semantic-ref, alias-match

Reading

For most of human history, Jiang argues, humans were peaceful, egalitarian, and artistic because the forest, animals, ancestors, and spirit world were not scenery.

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