“There is no culture without a tomb and no tomb without a culture; in the end the tomb is the first and only cultural symbol. The above-ground tomb does not have to be invented. It is the pile of stones in which the victim of the unanimous stoning is buried. It is the first pyramid.”
René Girard, Things Hidden Since the Foundation of the World
So great James. Really deep. Just where I needed to go.
“There is no culture without a tomb and no tomb without a culture; in the end the tomb is the first and only cultural symbol. The above-ground tomb does not have to be invented. It is the pile of stones in which the victim of the unanimous stoning is buried. It is the first pyramid.”
René Girard, Things Hidden Since the Foundation of the World
I wonder what a field of Wildflowers would net. Maybe that's the 6th world.