dialect; apecilie so «min beadlands, we can aenieye
snnilnr ingghls il one ear lm bird dialed is named, so
ibni mug and posnaral sxgnih lioni oliier spesaes mall:
a rich eneyclopaedia ol a world “mm is iinnob-eed by
mode wno lack paiiem knowledge, People who ran lnll
by Inducing iibiillallon in lean neryes liaye a prameal
insight inlo pialser sbresa induciloin many iribespeople
can induee siaeli behaviour in oiber animal species, or
in people (voodoo or "singulgl

nie anesnpb ial inbal shamans io loiesee she «nine
and lo eoniiol dreams at yls m by sensory deprivlv
bori, Io mad lonunes by smoke, eniialls, wakr, or ibe
movemene ol wpenis, or m sbudy random asaliers o4
bones or pzbbls are nor more peculiar ilian our elloies
lo do {he same by ibe siudy ol lne dlsinbnrion ol
smups ol measures or lbe wrliliin; ol lines on
mmpum seieens By subrd'ing ourselves lo isolanon,
danger, and slress, we may pass azmss ine lolds oi
lime and San preseni and mine wbile we rnainiein
inese absenl" scales, as desenbed by Dunn new in
his Expolmm' will. Time. and as rel-ted by parndpanis
in ine sun danees ol lne sbosnone “anon As we
drown, or lsll lrom eliils, our liyes “piss belore our
eyes" (we can see ibe peer and liiniiel

We need to rliink more on iliese older ways dl
imparung useliil or iradiiional inionnaiion, nnd ol
keeping aeeounl ol pbenpmena so inai lliey Arr
anailable ioall people Number and alpbabei alone Will
mu do iliis railrrn, song, and danee may be ol gieai
assisianee io our edueanon, and of greai ieleyance lo
our lire, ibey are me eaixz-sk or ”Hugs to aeeuraiely
reproduce

Appammly sirnple pailerns my eneode complex
mlurlnahon 1'nere may be no bener example elian nial
bribe Amsan spiral, wlin lv iniemepbon' s "honzan‘
-liorieon“ line lrieuae 4.2m This appaienily simple
spiral lorm IS lnssnbed on u roeli surfaze near die lop
ul a mess in desert courury in rlie southwcsl usia.
niree mck slabs have been ureliilly balaneed arid
sloped, as gnumns which rasi moon-sindows or lby
ineir curvature) direci yerueial diam! ol sunligbr '0
me poinls ol me splnly nie I? polnls ai wliien ibe
spiral iniersms ine huriwmal ixls are abuse ai wnien
ibe shadnw oi (ht moon is easi by a gnomom on ibe
spinal, and indieare ine moon eleyaiion or lfiryux
laminlly lsbl eyele earned by ibe sway ol ine enrlh's
aids

Tnus, one simple spiral eeeords lunar and sollr
cycles lor rbe mgulauml oi plinhngy me (lining of
eeiemonies nnd lns modei-ii seienee nas yusr realised),
ine pre ion ol lbe Wryear (“3.6 yearl eycle ol
drougm and flood A very simple panerri eneodemeni
ibus iopiesenis s praeiieal long—berm calendar lor all
pmpIe wliii liye nearby The Anasan eulnue is earinei,
and only a peisieleni invesngaiion by Anna Soaer lan
ariisr wnb .riiiiiliib obseryailonal skills! lias revealed
ine signilieanee m‘ lbia arrangemeni 5eieniisis liaye
nfien doubled ibe oapaeary ial ii-ibal peoples to pairern
suen long-lain. and mmpltx erenrs, wbieb in ieriris ol
our clumsy alphabefial and numerical symbols are noi

 

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FIEHIE u:

A peiioolyan (may Erwin) iii me Amulsl Indians (Mann Amncal
ms a lam-mi ulullhl 01 mm and moon L'yblls

 

 

only lurgzluble, bul wnuld lake a small library io
Encodes 'lbe knowledge so presenled is available |u
very few mac Tv Science plugnmflw, Auslrallia, zail.
linuiry '54) However. wile-ever lnbos remain iniaci,
lbere are many soen sophisiicaled panena-meanmgs
siill lrnaei, all as mmplex and mfumlahan-densey

ln llie complex ol nme-(Dncep's eyolyed by
Ansrralian Abongints, only one land me leasi
impoiranrl is ilie linear eoneepl lbai wa use lo govzm
our liie and lime oi lar grenler everyday use was
pnenomenologieal lor phlnolnglul) hme', ibe runs as
giyen run by elocks, hm by llie Xxlbphcnnmeua ol
“owns, birds, arid weaiber An example [rm-n real lile
is ilial ol an old nbabannarn woman who poinied out
a small desera ndwer comlng inlo bloom sbe lnld irie
lbar elie dingoes, in ibe rangrs ol bills lar lo ibe nonb,
were now rearing pups, and dial n was iime lnr ineir
gmup in leave liar ibe hills in eolleei ibesn pops
noosands ol siieii relaiionsbips in: known Io inbal
peoples Some sueb signals may run oesui in \00 ur all
years llike ibe [Iowrnng ol a bambool, bin when ii
does oeeui, speeial actions and eeremonies are
indiealed. and linked pbenomenn are known

Fmally, in iribal sonny, one is noi Wise by years, ban
by degree of ieyelniiori niose who undersland and