Episodes
Thursday Jul 26, 2018
3. The Ancestors ~ death, life & spirit
Thursday Jul 26, 2018
Thursday Jul 26, 2018
Recorded on location in Asturias, Cantabria and Castilla y Leon in northern Spain: join us, Colin Williams and Ian Rowlands, as we look at how our ancestors approached death, life and spirit, through our exploration of ancient sites and the manner in which they are located in the landscape.
These sites provoked some lasting emotions and questions in us: our place in time and bones of the land; what is the import of posterity; our relationship with our far-distant ancestors; their relationship to the creatures they shared their world with; and their relationship to the rituals, spirits and places that were of such importance to them.
THEME MUSIC BY DAVID ROTHENBERG. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED. USED BY KIND PERMISSION OF THE ARTIST http://www.davidrothenberg.net
Some of the ideas and references we make in this podcast can be found here:
Asturias https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Asturias
Cantabria https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cantabria
Castilla y Leon https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Castile_and_León
Dolmen de Busnela https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dolmen_de_Busnela
Dolmen de Las Arnillas http://www.turismoburgos.org/es/destino/cultural/dolmen-de-las-arnillas
The sacred hoop http://nativeamerican.proboards.com/thread/450/sacred-hoop-circle-life
R S Thomas https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poets/r-s-thomas
Hornos de la Peña http://cuevas.culturadecantabria.com/hornos-de-la-pena-2/
El Castillo http://cuevas.culturadecantabria.com/el-castillo-2/
Bullroarer https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bullroarer
Graham Hancock https://grahamhancock.com
The Divine Spark https://grahamhancock.com/divinespark/
The Mind in the Cave: Consciousness and the Origins of Art https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Mind_in_the_Cave
Jean Clottes https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jean_Clottes
What is Paleolithic Art? https://www.bradshawfoundation.com/books/what_is_paleolithic_art_jean_clottes.php
Thursday Jul 19, 2018
2. Ritual and Ceremony ~ cycles and creation
Thursday Jul 19, 2018
Thursday Jul 19, 2018
The power and diversity of ritual and ceremony: join us, Colin Williams and Ian Rowlands, as we look at how the cycles of the natural, human and non-human world can be viewed and recognised through ritual. Why do humans create rituals? How do they relate to our experience of a world of ‘other’?
THEME MUSIC BY DAVID ROTHENBERG. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED. USED BY KIND PERMISSION OF THE ARTIST http://www.davidrothenberg.net
Some of the ideas and references we make in this podcast can be found here:
Carpathian Mountains https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carpathian_Mountains
Walbiri rain ceremony https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zSyp65n9AZk
Gamilaraay people https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gamilaraay
Watership Down, Hampshire, UK https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Watership_Down,_Hampshire
Falmouth Harmony Choir https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=idN5ZBXDllk
Papua New Guinea spirit house http://www.abc.net.au/radionational/programs/archived/creativeinstinct/sepik-spirit-art/4404386
Wagogo Marriage Ritual https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8t1TcTzeF7A
Silurian Morrismen http://www.silurianmorris.org.uk
Oak Apple Day https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oak_Apple_Day
Crying the Neck https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crying_the_Neck
Soul Caking https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Soul_cake
On Silbury Hill, by Adam Thorpe https://www.littletoller.co.uk/shop/books/little-toller/on-silbury-hill/
Folk Song in England, A L Lloyd https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A._L._Lloyd
Navajo corn grinding songs https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zR7Z4vGIHbs
Sky burial https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sky_burial
Dolmen https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dolmen