Dio d'acqua

A fascinating introduction to an ancient traditional society and its patterns of thought. The book is written up from a series of conversations with a Dogon elder. From seemingly simple beginnings, a complex system of thought and classification is gradually built up. The overall impression that the

Ancient cities rise again forever, descending spiralwise from dogstar gulfs --- listen as the old man mumbles blood prayers in the night -- frail sabbath of our eternity. This truth will twist your ears retortwise into gleaming mind-walls older than the tales your grandma sang. Read and forget, read Leggi tutto

I initially intended to read this book in 33 days. A chapter a day, but as I delved into it, I realized that I needed to ruminate after every chapter. I read it bit by bit, over a course of months, simultaneously reading other things that were related. I have, for some time been interested in our Do Leggi tutto

This book includes trans/poly sexed incestuous river spirits, silent dialects housed in the noses of hyenas used to ask the fox about its own death, and more. As I understand it, no one's been able to find Dogon folks who corroborate the stories Marcel dug up. Whether the Dogon folks decided to stop Leggi tutto

Being twins and all, I couldn't help but imagine the Nummo as Nukie and Miko the whole time I was reading. That bit of callous (but true!) thought aside, this is an incredible account of a very unique worldview that I still am mystified by in a lot of ways. There's no discussion of Sirius B and that Leggi tutto

Una dele pietre miliari dell'antropologia

There are two parts to this book, the first is the conversation with Ogotemmeli and the second is the surrounding activities in the Dogon village happening during the conversation. Both parts are insightful and interesting. It would seem the Ogotemmeli was the wisest elder and according to the lingu Leggi tutto