Tim Mackie
👤 SpeakerAppearances Over Time
Podcast Appearances
How do I visualize a force of nature outside of me that I think actually is a being?
And the animals become the portfolio of creatures to think of them through.
Maybe one more question related to just this ancient practice of idolatry.
Okay, so if I'm an ancient, I live in a world where I...
Perceive that there are other worldly powers above and beyond, invisible, that influence me and have their own personality and they can become happy with me.
They can get frustrated with me.
And so if the rain comes or doesn't come or if there's a storm or if there's a plague or if there's...
If I could have kids or not have kids.
It's all about the emotions and the desires of these beings.
And so the very tangible way that I interact with them.
is through creating carvings and engraved kind of images that represent them.
So it becomes the thing by which now I have access to this other greater thing.