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Post by anansi on Apr 27, 2010 5:15:38 GMT -5
The Dogon cosmology Hidden meanings
Like the African fractals African high culture is just now openly sharing their secrets, or maybe they have been sharing but no one was listening it is high time to really get to know what they knew and understand what they they long understood and perhaps changing the direction of our civilization for the better.
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Post by homeylu on May 3, 2010 23:44:38 GMT -5
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Post by anansi on May 4, 2010 2:03:04 GMT -5
Good videos Thanks homeylu These are a very fascinating people more of Africa's secrets need to come to light, I first got introduced to the Dogan yrs ago through Carl Sagan series Cosmos and then through Ivan Van Sertima's Blacks in Science ancient and Modern..(.@ St Tigarey you need to use this book in your class)..he was rather dismissive of their claims that they discovered the companion star to Sirius supposing that they might have gotten their info from... some get this!! "Wondering European" leaving aside the fact that no European ever discovered that Sirius had a companion star till the middle of last century..not only that but he didn't even thought about the fact that not too far from the Dogan was a university city called Timbuktu..not saying that' where the Dogans got their knowledge but that would be my reasonable explanation if I was looking for a possible explaination of how they could received their information.   The Dogon representation of ‘Sirius’ as reported
by Marcel Griaule and Germaine Dieterlen, drawn
by Ogotemmêli. The oval represents Amma, the
primordial egg and contains:
A: Sirius
B: Pô tolo
C: Emma ya
D: The Nommo
E: The Yourougou (a mythical male, destined
to pursue his female twin)
F: The star of women, a satellite of Emma Ya
G: The sign of women
H: Woman’s reproductive organs, represented
by a uterusGriaule Griaule is remembered for his work with the blind hunter Ogotemmeli and his elaborate exegeses of Dogon myth (including the Nommo) and ritual. His study of Dogon masks remains one of the fundamental works on the topic. A number of anthropologists are highly critical of his work and argue that his claims about Sirius and his elaborate accounts of cosmic eggs and mystic vibrations do not accurately reflect Dogon belief. In 2007, Laird Scranton offered new evidence in support of Griaule and Dieterlen's Dogon cosmology by demonstrating abiding parallels between Dogon cosmology as evoked by a Dogon granary and classic Buddhist cosmology - expressed in terms that closely match Griaule's - as derived from a ritual aligned stupa. Such parallels support the notion that Griaule's Dogon cosmology represents a known, legitimat classic cosmological form. Griaule is the father of anthropologist Geneviève Calame-Griaule. DieterlenDieterlen began her ethnographic research in Bandiagara, Mali in 1941. Perhaps most controversially, Dieterlen was criticized by her peers for her publications with Griaule on Dogon astronomy, which professed an ancient knowledge of the existence of a dwarf white star, Sirius B also called the Dog Star, invisible to the naked eye. This ancient indigenous knowledge (the Nommo) and the supposition that extraterrestrials might have been in contact with the Dogon was popularized by Robert K. G. Temple in his book The Sirius Mystery (1976) and Tom Robbins Half Asleep in Frog Pajamas (1995). Dutch anthropologist W.E.A. van Beek, who spent seven years with the Dogon, seriously critiqued the research methods of Griaule and Dieterlen, suggesting, based on a conceived scenario presented by Brecher and Sagan, that they relied heavily on one primary informant who may have been influenced by the teachings of a Jesuit missionary who may have lived in the region prior to their arrival (Dogon Restudied [1991]). He accuses Griaule of misinterpreting and influencing results.[1] However, daughter and colleague of Marcel Griaule, Genevieve Calame-Griaule, came to defend the project, dismissing van Beek's criticism as misguided speculation and being rooted in an apparent ignorance of esoteric tradition.[2] In addition, skeptic and space journalist, James Oberg in his investigation of the Dogon mystery, found no substantial evidence that would indicate outside influence, and sees such proposed scenarios as being "entirely circumstantial".[3] In 2007, Laird Scranton offered new evidence in support of Griaule and Dieterlen's Dogon cosmology by demonstrating abiding parallels between Dogon cosmology as evoked by a Dogon granary and classic Buddhist cosmology as derived from a ritual aligned stupa. Such parallels undermine claims that Griaule's Dogon cosmology could have been a casual fabrication of the Dogon priests as asserted by Professor Van Beek. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Germaine_Dieterlen |
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