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2 timestamped hits 2 source readings 1 extracted note Newest source: 2025-10-24, day precision Aliases: courtship, courtships, hunting-as-courtships, hunting-courtship, hunting-courtships

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hunting as courtship

A source-grounded reading of Jiang's lecture on temples, pyramids, farming, ritual ecology, and the modern inability to build wonders: people once organized around heaven on earth; now the religion is capitalism.

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A source-grounded reading of Jiang's lecture on temples, pyramids, farming, ritual ecology, and the modern inability to build wonders: people once organized around heaven on earth; now the religion is capitalism.

Most recent Jiang source touching this topic: Heaven on Earth Is Built by Common Sacrifice (2025-10-24, day precision).

Most connected source readings: Heaven on Earth Is Built by Common Sacrifice; The World More Real Than Reality.

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hunting as courtship

Glossary

A quoted comparison in which hunting seeks the blessing of a greater authority for taking a precious being into one's family.

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Timestamped Evidence

The World More Real Than Reality

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

Transcript

"...brassarana compared to marriage for hunting too is a form of courtship in which one seeks the blessings of a greater authority for the..."

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Relevant Lectures And Readings

The World More Real Than Reality

2024-09-05, day precision · glossary, semantic-ref

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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