Tag: Planet

• The ‘Sober’ Truth about the Solstice

  The English word ‘solstice’ comes from the Latin ‘solstitium’, meaning the ‘Sun standing still’. Around the 20th/21st December, the Sun slumps down to lie at its lowest point above the horizon. It needs a few days to ‘chill out’ before beginning, so slowly at first, to clamber its long way back to higher things, with…

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  21st Dec 2022

  Christmas, Environment, History, Science

  December, Earth, Mars, Midwinter, Moon, Planet, Seasons, Solstice, Sun

• A Hand Shake across Thousands of Years

  When caves are mentioned, some of us may still imagine unwashed, unshaven, grunting brutes lumbering about, dragging women behind them by the hair. These hand prints from the Cave of El Castillo, made at least 37 centuries ago, tell a different story. Let’s think about how movingly astounding they are. Early humans worshipped the Earth…

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  22nd Nov 2022

  Consciousness, Environment, History, Mythology, Philosophy, Religion

  Animals, Archetypes, Art, Caves, Drawing, Earth Mother, Paintings, Planet, Racism, Stone Age