About Wisdom Web Networking Hi Everyone! It's also a great way of learning about DNA which seems to become more mysterious the more science learns about it. This not. Certainly, the shaman’s work deserves retribution, but, by definition, the sacred is not for sale; the use of this knowledge for the accumulation of personal power is the definition of black magic.”, “classic Shamanism: Archaic techniques of ecstasy. Admittedly, I was on the lookout for anything unusual, as my investigation had led me to consider that DNA and its cellular machinery truly were an extremely sophisticated technology of cosmic origin. Proteins and enzymes were described as 'miniature robots,' ribosomes were 'molecular computers,' cells were 'factories,' DNA itself was a 'text,' a 'program,' a 'language,' or 'data.' The Cosmic Serpent: DNA and the Origins of Knowledge Jeremy Narby, Author Putnam Publishing Group $22.95 (257p) ISBN 978-0-87477-911-0 More By and About This Author To this day, it is the only attempt at a world synthesis on the subject.”, “Ayahuasca visions: The religious iconography of a Peruvian shaman, by Luis Eduardo Luna and Pablo Amaringo.”, “Shamanism: Archaic techniques of ecstasy.”, “We see what we believe, and not just the contrary; and to change what we see, it is sometimes necessary to change what we believe.”, “All things considered, wisdom requires not only the investigation of many things, but contemplation of the mystery.”, The Cosmic Serpent: DNA and the Origins of Knowledge, The Cosmic Serpent, DNA and the Origins of Knowledge. Every time I had doubted one of my consultants' explanations, my understanding of the Ashaninca view of reality had seized up; conversely, on the rare occasions that I had managed to silence my doubts, my understanding of local reality had been enhanced — as if there were times when one had to believe in order to see, rather than the other way around.”, “People’s bodies sometimes know things before people themselves do. It is the gaze of the specialist, who sees the fine grain of a necessarily restricted field of vision. In the Northern Flinders Ranges reigns the Arkaroo, a serpent who drank Lake Frome empty, refuges into the mountains, carving valleys and waterholes, earthquakes through snoring. He had not seen it because the rational gaze is forever focalized and can examine only one thing at a time. One only had to do a literal reading of contemporary biology to reach shattering conclusions; yet most authors display a total lack of astonishment and seem to consider that life is merely 'a normal physiochemical phenomenon.”, “Shamanism resembles an academic discipline (such as anthropology or molecular biology); with its practitioners, fundamental researchers, specialists, and schools of thought it is a way of apprehending the world that evolves constantly. The Cosmic Serpent has ratings and reviews. There was not a single article about another species. ”, “What if it were true that nature speaks in signs and that the secret to understanding its language consists in noticing similarities in shape or in form?”, “An indigenous culture with sufficient territory, and bilingual and intercultural education, is in a better position to maintain and cultivate its mythology and shamanism. Certainly, the shaman’s work deserves retribution, but, by definition, the sacred is not for sale; the use of this knowledge for the accumulation of personal power is the definition of black magic.”, “classic Shamanism: Archaic techniques of ecstasy. Apr 15, 2013 - The Cosmic Serpent book. ”, “One thing became clear as I thought back to my stay in Quirishari. See all formats and editions. Bumped on it by chance and decided, although very dubiously, to give it a go. Click and Collect from your local Waterstones or get FREE UK delivery on orders over £25. There was not a single article about another species.”, “Arikawa is the scientist who discovered that butterflies have color vision, and that their tiny brains contain sophisticated visual systems. Outside, the pale light of an April sun was shining down on a suburb. Start by following Jeremy Narby. I found refreshing that a scientist with a traditional western education and a down-to-earth research approach is prepared to take savages' words and experiences seriously. The Cosmic Serpent has much to say about the possible nature of a universal knowledge, the limits of scientific rationalism and the importance of respecting and listening to the 'science' of so called 'primitive people'. The Cosmic Serpent. ”, “If one stretches out the DNA contained in the nucleus of a human cell, one obtains a two-yard-long thread that is only ten atoms wide. One thing is certain: Both indigenous and mestizo shamans consider people like the Shipibo-Conibo, the Tukano, the Kamsá, and the Huitoto as the equivalents to universities such as Oxford, Cambridge, Harvard, and the Sorbonne; they are the highest reference in matters of knowledge. We cut ourselves off by living in cement blocks, moving around in glass-and-metal bubbles, and spending a good part of our time watching other human beings on television. Outside, the pale light of an April sun was shining down on a suburb. I opened a newspaper and all I could find were pictures of human beings and articles about their activities. We cut ourselves off by living in cement blocks, moving around in glass-and-metal bubbles, and spending a good part of our time watching other human beings on television. It belongs to the indigenous people of Western Amizonia, who hold the keys to a way of knowing that they have practiced without interruption for at least five thousand years. One only had to do a literal reading of contemporary biology to reach shattering conclusions; yet most authors display a total lack of astonishment and seem to consider that life is merely 'a normal physiochemical phenomenon.”, “Shamanism resembles an academic discipline (such as anthropology or molecular biology); with its practitioners, fundamental researchers, specialists, and schools of thought it is a way of apprehending the world that evolves constantly. ― Jeremy Narby, quote from The Cosmic Serpent: DNA and the Origins of Knowledge “All the peoples in the world who talk of a cosmic serpent have been saying as much for millennia. The Cosmic Serpent: DNA and the Origins of Knowledge Paperback – April 5 1999. It also shows that the body plays a role in the reasoning process. #1 Best Seller in Biochemistry in Bioengineering. Relatively speaking, it is as if your little finger stretched from Paris to Los Angeles. One thing is certain: Both indigenous and mestizo shamans consider people like the Shipibo-Conibo, the Tukano, the Kamsá, and the Huitoto as the equivalents to universities such as Oxford, Cambridge, Harvard, and the Sorbonne; they are the highest reference in matters of knowledge. Jeremy Narby is a trained anthropologist, accustomed to the study of "primitive" societies. The Cosmic Serpent is probably the most interesting serpent day because the energy is so well matched. This means that it prefers pejorative, and even wrong, answers to admitting its own lack of understanding.”, “This is an old problem: Knowledge calls for more knowledge,”, “According to Eliade, the shamanic ladder is the earliest version of the idea of an axis of the world, which connects the different levels of the cosmos, and is found in numerous creation myths in the form of a tree.”, “All the peoples in the world who talk of a cosmic serpent have been saying as much for millennia. 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