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How to Make Tofu at Home with Nigari
How to Make Tofu with Nigari Ingredients 1 cup of dry soybeans & 72 oz of water 3 tsp of Nigari (crystals) & ½ cup of water Prepare Soybeans Add 1 cup of soybeans to a quart jar and fill water to the curved rim. Let soak for 12-24 hours. Blend soybeans and...
Totemism as seen in Europe: 50,000 years ago, mainly the Aurignacian culture
Damien Marie AtHope’s Art ref, ref, ref, ref, ref, ref, ref, ref, ref, ref, ref, ref, ref, ref, ref, ref, ref, ref, ref, ref, ref, ref, ref This is my thoughts/speculations on the origins of Totemism Totemism as seen in Europe: 50,000 years ago, mainly the Aurignacian...
Seeming Connections: Totem poles, Ceremonial poles, Spirit poles, Sacred poles, Deity poles, Deities with poles, Pole star, Axis Mundi, Sacred trees, World tree, Maypole, Sun Dance with poles, etc.
Damien Marie AtHope’s Art ref, ref, ref, ref, ref, ref, ref, ref, ref, ref, ref, ref, ref, ref, ref, ref, ref, ref, ref Here are my thoughts/speculations on where I believe is the possible origin of shamanism, which may have begun sometime around 35,000 to 30,000...
Investigating Asian Shamanism: “Wu” (Chinese shaman) and (Chinese shamanism) “Wuism” or “Wu” religion as well as Others to Understand
Damien Marie AtHope’s Art ref, ref, ref, ref, ref, ref, ref, refRitual, Religion, Elites, Language, and Civilization relating to Neolithic and Ancient ChinaChinese Wu, Ritualists, and Shamans: An Ethnological Analysis "Abstract: The relationship of wu (巫) to shamanism...
Culture Wars: What is this Stupidity you call Masculinity?
The above pic is from MORNING JOE: Why men have turned to 'awful models of masculinity' and how to change it. ref This is related to: Opinion in the Washington Post: Men are lost. Here’s a map out of the wilderness. By Christine Emba "I started noticing it a few...
Bigotry Related to and with Religious or Nonreligious Terms?
Damien Marie AtHope’s Art Adapted from (Living Religions: A Brief Introduction by Mary Pat Fisher) http://books.google.com/books/about/Living_Religions.html?id=ITnlAAAAMAAJReligious and nonreligious terms, labels, or definitions have been used and may still be used as...