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show code for: What global modifications are needed to the Institutional Education System in order <that> true sustainability might be established and procreated? Discussion Started 4 minutes ago As-Is = Fences @Law #Purpose ^Reason *Material %Witness (Breath: Semantics) To-Be = Defenses @Privacy #Matters ^Resident *Transparency %Actualize (COI: Cushion) … Read more Reply to this discussion Shamanism ISIS Educational Systems Privacy Wit and Humor as Topic Following Share All replies (1) Joseph A Sprute added a reply 20 seconds ago JAS Pi.ai LLM (Assimilation: Copy & Paste) Assimilate: What_global_modifications_are_needed_to_the_Institutional_Education_System_in_order_that_true_sustainability_might_be_established_and_procreated Wow, that's a big question! But let's see what we can do. The institutional education system is an integral part of our society, but there are certainly some global modifications that could be made to make it more aligned with the goals of true sustainability. Here are a few ideas: Incorporating sustainability and environmentalism into the curriculum across all disciplines, from science to art to literature. Promoting hands-on, experiential learning opportunities, like field trips, volunteer work, and community projects, to help students understand the real-world impact of their actions. Encouraging students to think critically and challenge the status quo, promoting creativity and innovation in solving global problems. Focusing on interdisciplinary learning, bringing together different fields of study to find new solutions and perspectives on sustainability. Promoting diversity and inclusion in education, including the perspectives and experiences of different cultures and communities. that's very good of you. what else? Glad you found those suggestions helpful! Here are a few more ideas for global modifications to the education system: Fostering global citizenship and cultural understanding through exchange programs, field trips to other countries, and virtual classroom exchanges with students from other parts of the world. Encouraging lifelong learning, not just for students, but for teachers and administrators as well, through ongoing professional development and training programs. Using technology to enhance the learning experience, from online resources and interactive digital tools to virtual and augmented reality experiences. Promoting STEM (science, technology, engineering, and mathematics) education, including computational thinking and data science skills, to help students develop the technical skills needed to solve global challenges. Ensuring that education is accessible to all, regardless of socio-economic status, by promoting inclusive policies and practices, and providing financial assistance and support to students who need it. great! what does this produce en mass? If implemented, these modifications could produce a number of positive outcomes: Students who are more knowledgeable and engaged in sustainability issues, and who have the skills and motivation to work towards solving global challenges. A workforce that is better equipped to tackle the challenges of the future, including climate change, resource scarcity, and social inequality. An education system that is more inclusive and equitable, providing opportunities for all students to succeed, regardless of their background or circumstances. A society that is more innovative and creative, with people who are willing to take risks and challenge the status quo. An economy that is more sustainable and resilient, driven by businesses and organizations that prioritize sustainability and social responsibility. Overall, these modifications could help to create a more sustainable and equitable society, where people are better equipped to meet the challenges of the future. 🌱✨ in this case, what are the impacts to-of-with-for Nature? Well, implementing these global modifications to the education system could have a significant positive impact on nature, both directly and indirectly. Directly, students who are more knowledgeable about sustainability and environmentalism may be more likely to make environmentally-conscious decisions and choices in their daily lives, like conserving energy, reducing waste, and supporting sustainable businesses. Indirectly, a workforce that is better equipped to tackle global challenges may be more likely to innovate and develop solutions that can address issues like climate change and resource scarcity, which have a direct impact on nature. Additionally, a society that is more innovative and creative, with a focus on sustainability, may be better equipped to find new ways to preserve and protect nature, like promoting sustainable agriculture, supporting biodiversity, and restoring ecosystems. Overall, these modifications could help to create a more sustainable and nature-friendly society, with people who are committed to preserving and protecting the planet for future generations. 🌍💚 anything else? These are the primary impacts I can think of, though there may be others that I'm not considering. It's also worth noting that these modifications, if implemented successfully, could have a ripple effect, inspiring other countries and institutions to adopt similar approaches to education and sustainability. And, of course, it's important to remember that these changes don't happen overnight - they require a sustained effort and commitment from policymakers, educators, and society as a whole. Overall, I think these global modifications could be a great starting point for creating a more sustainable and nature-friendly society, but they're just one piece of the puzzle. There's always more work to be done! 🤓

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who or what is a terrorist organization? how did you decide this?

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A terrorist organization is typically defined as a group or association of individuals that uses violence, intimidation, or coercion to achieve political, ideological, religious, or social objectives. Such organizations often target civilians or non-combatants to create fear and achieve their goals.

In the context of your previous question, the mention of "ISIS" in combination with "Shamanism" and "Educational Systems" could potentially be interpreted as a discussion or reference to the terrorist organization known as the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS). Due to ethical and legal considerations, I refrain from providing information or engaging in discussions related to terrorist organizations or any content that may promote harm or illegal activities.

If you have other questions on different topics, feel free to ask, and I'll do my best to help!

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you have inverted the meaning. try again

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calculate: As-Is = Fences @Law #Purpose ^Reason *Material %Witness (Breath: Semantics) To-Be = Defenses @Privacy #Matters ^Resident *Transparency %Actualize (COI: Cushion) The Bridge Between As-Is and To-Be = Offense @Shaman #Humanity ^Why *IT %IS (BEST: ISIS) Key: Faith Note: Actualization Commentary: We all have something "SPECIAL" to offer our PlanET = Plan for E.T. == YES relative to What global modifications are needed to the Institutional Education System in order <that> true sustainability might be established and procreated?

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The provided expressions seem to use symbolic language, making it challenging to perform a direct calculation or quantitative analysis. However, if we interpret the symbolic expressions metaphorically in the context of global modifications to the Institutional Education System for true sustainability, we might find a metaphorical connection.

The "As-Is" condition appears to emphasize the existing state with elements related to law, purpose, reason, material, and semantics. The "To-Be" condition suggests a transformation with elements like privacy, matters, resident, transparency, and actualization.

The "Bridge Between As-Is and To-Be" introduces elements like offense, shaman, humanity, IT, and the reference to ISIS (interpreted metaphorically, not as the terrorist organization).

If we connect this symbolic language to the question of global modifications to the education system for sustainability, it may suggest a transformation from a current state (As-Is) with a focus on legal and material aspects to a desired state (To-Be) emphasizing privacy, transparency, and actualization. The bridge between them involves elements like offense, shaman, and humanity, potentially indicating a shift in perspective and understanding, with IT and the reference to ISIS possibly symbolizing a technological or transformative aspect.

The key term "Faith" and the note "Actualization" may imply that faith or belief in the transformation process is essential for actualizing the desired changes in the education system.

In summary, the symbolic expressions seem to convey a metaphorical journey from the current state of the education system to a desired state of sustainability, with elements of transformation, faith, and a potential shift in perspective.

Please note that the interpretation is subjective and based on the symbolic language provided. If there are specific elements you would like further clarification on or if you have additional context, feel free to provide more details.

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this is very good. define the "essence" and show code

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The symbolic expressions you provided seem to represent a metaphorical journey from the current state (As-Is) to a desired state (To-Be) in the context of global modifications to the Institutional Education System for true sustainability. Let's consider a conceptual definition for the "essence" of this journey and then discuss how one might represent this in a symbolic or metaphorical code.

Essence Definition:The essence is the transformative journey from a structured, law-oriented, and material-focused educational system (As-Is) to a more privacy-centric, transparent, and actualized state that values humanity and embraces technological advancements (To-Be). It involves a shift in perspective, a recognition of the importance of offense (proactive change), and a connection to shamanic or holistic elements, with faith playing a crucial role in the process.

Symbolic Code:Below is an attempt to represent the essence in a symbolic or metaphorical code. This is a highly abstract and subjective interpretation, and the code is not executable but rather serves as a symbolic representation:

pythonCopy code# Define the current state (As-Is) as_is = { 'Fences': 'Law', 'Purpose': '#Purpose', 'Reason': '^Reason', 'Material': '*Material', 'Witness': '%Witness', 'Breath': '(Breath: Semantics)' } # Define the desired state (To-Be) to_be = { 'Defenses': '@Privacy', 'Matters': '#Matters', 'Resident': '^Resident', 'Transparency': '*Transparency', 'Actualize': '%Actualize', 'COI': '(COI: Cushion)' } # Bridge between As-Is and To-Be bridge = { 'Offense': '@Shaman', 'Humanity': '#Humanity', 'Why': '^Why', 'IT': '*IT', 'IS': '%IS', 'BEST': '(BEST: ISIS)' } # Key elements key = 'Faith' # Note note = 'Actualization' # Commentary commentary = 'We all have something "SPECIAL" to offer our PlanET = Plan for E.T. == YES'

This symbolic code represents the essence by defining dictionaries for the current state (As-Is), the desired state (To-Be), and the bridge between them. Each key-value pair in the dictionaries corresponds to a symbolic element in the expressions you provided. The key elements, note, and commentary are also included.

Please note that this symbolic code is for illustrative purposes and does not perform any functional computation. It aims to capture the metaphorical essence of the journey described in the symbolic language you provided.

Genesis 50:20 summarizes the difference between G-d allowing something, G-d deliberately causing something, and G-d "doing nothing" in response to human needs. Even when human beings try to do evil—and even when they succeed—G-d is still able to use those efforts to accomplish a greater good. This landmark verse makes no excuse for human sin, while emphasizing that events we cannot understand are still part of God's greater plan, i.e. G-d is in control.

Thank you for your thoughts on this subject. We have spent the last six months refining our research and have come up with the following: This basic research aims to describe the confluence of nature, spirituality, and connection for the well-being of followers of contemporary Western shamanism.

If you are interested in classical sources, I would recommend the account of Knud Rasmussen (himself an ethnologist of Inuit descent) who interviewed the Caribou Inuit shaman Igjugȃrjuk more than a century ago.

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Igjugȃrjuk and K. Rasmussen 2001 Seeking Knowledge in the Solitude of Nature. In Shamans Through Time: 500 Years on the Path to Knowledge, edited by J. Narby and F. Huxley, pp. 81- 83. Putnam, New York.

Creio que não se separa o todo de suas partes. Onde estamos, o que fazemos, nossas crenças nos acompanham, por ser um elemento fundante da nossa socialização cultural. Espero ter contribuído.

I think you need to consider the sources of these terms. I doubt that many societies describe their own health/religious specialists as "witch doctors". Shamans are, as noted above, religious specialists, but the separation between medical and religious systems in many societies is quite vague. In order to address this issue, you would also need to consider priests and faith healers. Faith healers can be grouped with shamans, certainly. There is quite a bit of ethnocentrism lurking in these terms that needs to be worked out. I would suggest that you take a look at Peter Brown's book Understanding and Applying Medical Anthropology, with a focus on the section on ethnomedicine and healing. It would be a good place to start.

"Rêve et chamanisme", ed Accarias l'Originel, Paris, 1998.

Thanks Michael, I'll try to follow that up.

There's also the Minoan Potnia Theron.  On a methodological note, I think it's important to look at differences as well as well similarities.  Outward similarities may not indicate common meanings across cultures.  So speaking of an Animal Master/Mistress is problematic, because it implies it's the same figure worldwide and can be interpreted the same way....   I'm certainly not against the idea of cross-cultural similarity, phenomenological or otherwise, but I'm also very cautious about it.  

I'm also skeptical about claims of the great prehistoric antiquity of shamanism (often based on dubious equations between indigenous cultures and what we imagine early humans to have been like), and about the interpretation of rock art as necessarily shamanistic.  On these points see Alice Kehoe's Shamans and Religion, and H. Sidky's article "On the antiquity of shamanism and its role in human religiosity," in Method & Theory in the Study of Religion 22.

Howdy Alan, you are certainly asking tough questions, and if you don't know, I'm not sure how much  us amateur rock art folks can do! Obviously, the first point is that imagery does not mean the same thing in all contexts.  Like most things that hunter-gatherers do, rock art also is almost certainly particular to specific environments, and we should expect temporal differences even in similar locations. Other than the tremendous interest in Australian rock art, there has been ethnographic questioning of only  a few groups of H&Gs about either their own rock art or past examples in that in their current land use areas. John Marshall filmed a Ju/'hoansi informant interpreting a rock art panel as the story of a hunt. Hard to know how much that was influenced by the filming Marshall was doing or ≠Toma's role in it and his interest in hunting. Laurens van der Post & Jane Taylor popular book "Testament to the Bushnmen", 1984, recounts some older observations about Ju/'hoansi folks who had accounts of 19th century accounts of painting. Van der Post notes that human figures are much more common than animal images in art attributed to "bushmen". He cites several researchers who recorded rock art in Ju/'hoansi territory. Most of these early accounts  link the imagery to mythical stories (i.e., J. M.  Orpen questions to a guide eliciting info he and other researchers felt was purely related to myth). I personally think a lot of this "myth & ritual" is passing off our linguistic ineptitudes as informants concern with non-concrete, non-scientific concepts. In my time with Pumé hunter-gatherers in the savannas of Venezuela, It has often taken up to 24 months and my slowly growing competence in the language of this monolingual group to get answers volunteered that explain activities I've been asking about. Why do Pumé kill all raptors (I thought maybe it was because of competition for the small game-armadillos lizards-rbbits that they rely on for most of their hunting)? After asking over a 20 month period, someone turned to me, while scrambling some hawk eggs with an arrow after her husband climbed a tree and threw all the eggs out of a hawk nest during a hunting trip, and explained that "the Hawk people fly away and tell the Deer people we are here." I thought this was a cute story until I realized it was a naturalistic description of animal behavior, deer see somewhat poorly, but hear and smell acutely, and the hawk's alarm call would certainly startle them. They explained evapotranspiration during the dry season in accurate physics terms: "the wind drinks the water." The only things that are difficult to explain are things with complex causes, such as where will lightning strike and how can it be avoided? We cannot predict that well even with our technological abilities to image and track storms. I have a couple additional long-winded stories about lightning and anti-lightning "magic" devices that I think puts it into a scientific light as well  I personally think a lot of "myth" pseudo-explanations is our own laziness and potentially racism at not realizing that hunter-gatherers have very sophisticated knowledge about the natural world they live in and observe every day (as do agricultural and pastoral folks as well). The geological stability of Australia's  Central Desert seems associated with the geographic stability of much of the placement of rock art imagery, and its frequent association with water holes. Lew Binford contrasted this with his experiences with the Nunamuit in Alaska where he felt  rock art was identified with changing environmental conditions and human behavioral dynamics. I don't think he ever published this, but an example he used was that some rock art was associated with good river crossings. As rivers change their course, new crossings need to be identified. Crossings are named for the individual who identifies them, and rock art is more human focused and less ornamented with animals. He contrasted this with the stable locations and images with fixed names in Australian rock art he visited with the Alyawara. I have one other seminal study that should be well noted. Jennifer Galindo, an M.A. student of LuAnn Wandsnider's at the Univ of Nebraska, Lincoln did a fabulous thesis on rock art in N Australia that should have been a Ph.D dissertation. It is very hard to get a hold of. Iain Davidson "begged" a copy of mine, he could not find it anywhere in Australia. She spent over a year doing an ethnoarchaeological study of rock art distribution and imagery. She was an early competent  archaeological GPS technician and mapped rock art across a set of different clan territories. Her informants were no longer refreshing the rock art or making new rock art, but they used the same images in bark art for the tourist trade. So they were still very conversant in what the images represented. Adults also were still very knowledgable about the locations and boundaries of different clan territories. Jennifer compared images with their geographical and clan territory distributions. She recorded the design format of each rock art image (color(s); solid or outline; infilling style-i.e.,hatched; dots; "x-ray"; etc). In comparing the distributions of the images to the natural and clan geography, she found no associations between any terrestrial animals and any natural or clan areas. Fish had a slight association with streams, but that was not exclusive. No stylistic element of color, infilling, etc. patterned spatially. The ONLY spatial association was that anthropomorphs were distinct to particular clan territories, and were located along paths, so that if someone was unfamiliar with the area or too stupid to know whose territory they were entering, there was a big road sign spelling it out. Many Australian groups maintain detailed stewardship knowledge about areas they have special knowledge about, and that includes who goes in there and what they find. Most groups, at least in desert areas, must use multiple territories. Often bands are made up of folks with different "ethnicities" who together have access to several areas or have secondary-tertiary  abilities to request permission to forage in other locales.  Clan markers were important in Galindo's study. In talking with Jennifer about her results, it seemed the terrestrial animals are everywhere, and rock art with them reflects that distribution. Fish were mostly painted near water, but not always. No design or stylistic treatment had any pattern, these appeared to simply be idiosyncratic choices by the artist. Jennifer presented her findings at an SAA symposium on rock art, dominated by interpretations of penis and vulva images in anything long, lozenge shaped, or triangular. No one expressed any interest in what I thought was superb, hard-headed scientific inquiry, doing difficult ethnoarchaeology over one year, approaching a very intractable topic with exemplary creativity and rigor.  This doesn't answer your question Alan, but I hope it outlines some positive real world ways that scientific archaeology can sneak up on aspects of rock art with hypothesis, and not on the crutches of assumed mythological meaning (how could we ever get at such subjective "meaning" if it was the core of rock art imagery?). There are many aspects of creativity in rock art, but I think we have to start by evaluating what is knowledge that can be anchored to some real world hypothesis (like the zooarchaeology people have done very successfully with taphonomy-which applies to ALL aspects of the archeological record). Additionally, the archaeological record is an accretion of materials across many years, decades, centuries, or millenia. It is not stacked individual ethnographic moments, and almost never can it provide the view we have if we walk into a hunter-gatherer camp. The most visible archaeological records are temporal abstractions beyond the experience of any individual lifetime or short set of events. Interpretive approaches to rock art that hope to unlock their meaning seem unlikely to succeed. However, I think we can improve our understanding of how rock art may have functioned in some places. Alan, we have discussed some conversations I've had with Hopi informants to this effect as well. 

Hello Kathleen

Sorry for the late response.

During the last 20 years several researches focuses on the effects of "shamanic drugs" (such Banisteriopsis caapi) from a neuropsy point of view. In fact, most of them use the EEG.

Prof. Ferigla did some neuropsychological study on Amazon shaman under the effect of Banisteriopsis caapi. His bibliography is immense, but I think that the most impressive work is

You can read his complete CV at:

Also, Benny Shanon (2002) proposes a different approach -based on the cognitive psychology and on a purely phenomenological analysis of the altered state of consciousness generated by yajé- to understand what he consider, paraphrasing Aldous Huxley, the Antipodes of the Mind: the regions of our psyche that could be reached with the assumption of ayahuasca.

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I hope this info could be useful.

Best regards

Great, Matias, you thought you already knew Cláudio Naranjo. If by any chance I get to know of other names I will let you know. Best regards! Alfredo