Prof A V Ashok says, ‘The archaic is a condition, structure of immersion, embeddedness in dumb aduality- state of slumber in subconsciousness and a pre-temporal blank mist without shadows'. In other words, during the archaic era the development of the human being recapitulates the evolution and history of conscious of the human race. But nearly 20,000 years ago, there was a paradigmatic shift from the archaic to the magic. There was a kind of 'pulling away' from the adualism of the archaic towards the dualism of the magic. A fledgeling separation was underway to mark a streak of differentiation between the two non-compartamentalized epochs. Thus, the differentiation seems to be responsible for the chasm that developed with the due course of times between the epochs. And for the first time (as coincided with the disappearance of the Neanderthanls), it was observed that a consciousness of the human being for the body-self emerged slowly.
The Magic Epoch
The magic epoch was marked with the consciousness for the body-self, the Narcissistic symptoms, and plastic overlapping. The thanatophobia was soon ushered in in the consciousness of the human being and the two primary processes in the conscious - condensation an displacement marked the arrival of the magic era. This was an embryonic state where pre-mental intermingling took place without the awareness of the yesterdays or the tomorrows. Only the present existed. Further illustrations can be drawn from the paintings occurred between 16,000 BC to 13,000 BC in the settings of Lascaux in South West Fance and Altamira in North East Spain. These two caves consists paintings of the prehistoric eras. The paintings show mammals, animals and human beings in different gestures- fierce, timid, wounded, sacred, etc. In short, the consciousness became tensed. This epoch was entirely divorced from the rational and mental intervention and in turn, the supremacy of magical omnipotence was persistent.
A painting in the cave of Lascaux, South-West France
The Mythic Era
This epoch spread between 10,000 BC and 1,500 BC coincided with the discovery and development of the agriculture. Marija Gimbutas (1921-1994), American feminist archaeologist argues that the mythic era with the best epoch as far as the liberation of the women is concerned. Never ever women were so free and liberated than during 7,000 BC to 2,800 BC. She reinforces her argument with further statement that in the mythic consciousness the right part of the human brain was more active than its left counterpart. Because the right brain, argues Princeton University Professor Julian Jaynes (1920-1997) in The Origin of the Consciousness in the Breakdown of the Bicameral Mind (1977), executes function out of holistic experiences. This part of bicameral brain is able to make out perspectives and wields mostly from the interiority and from the undivided subjectivity. On the other hand, the left brain functions from a distance and looks at things objectively and separately. Hence, if Gimabutas is considered to some extent in this context, a great spell of 4,800 years of human history had been non-patriarchal when womenfolk enjoyed maximum liberty. In words, the right brain is matriarchal and mythic consciousness while the left brain is patriarchal and mental consciousness.
This painting depicts the grandeur of a woman (An Indian beauty).
The Magic Epoch
The magic epoch was marked with the consciousness for the body-self, the Narcissistic symptoms, and plastic overlapping. The thanatophobia was soon ushered in in the consciousness of the human being and the two primary processes in the conscious - condensation an displacement marked the arrival of the magic era. This was an embryonic state where pre-mental intermingling took place without the awareness of the yesterdays or the tomorrows. Only the present existed. Further illustrations can be drawn from the paintings occurred between 16,000 BC to 13,000 BC in the settings of Lascaux in South West Fance and Altamira in North East Spain. These two caves consists paintings of the prehistoric eras. The paintings show mammals, animals and human beings in different gestures- fierce, timid, wounded, sacred, etc. In short, the consciousness became tensed. This epoch was entirely divorced from the rational and mental intervention and in turn, the supremacy of magical omnipotence was persistent.
A painting in the cave of Lascaux, South-West France
The Mythic Era
This epoch spread between 10,000 BC and 1,500 BC coincided with the discovery and development of the agriculture. Marija Gimbutas (1921-1994), American feminist archaeologist argues that the mythic era with the best epoch as far as the liberation of the women is concerned. Never ever women were so free and liberated than during 7,000 BC to 2,800 BC. She reinforces her argument with further statement that in the mythic consciousness the right part of the human brain was more active than its left counterpart. Because the right brain, argues Princeton University Professor Julian Jaynes (1920-1997) in The Origin of the Consciousness in the Breakdown of the Bicameral Mind (1977), executes function out of holistic experiences. This part of bicameral brain is able to make out perspectives and wields mostly from the interiority and from the undivided subjectivity. On the other hand, the left brain functions from a distance and looks at things objectively and separately. Hence, if Gimabutas is considered to some extent in this context, a great spell of 4,800 years of human history had been non-patriarchal when womenfolk enjoyed maximum liberty. In words, the right brain is matriarchal and mythic consciousness while the left brain is patriarchal and mental consciousness.
This painting depicts the grandeur of a woman (An Indian beauty).
