63. Written in Stone
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The episode explores the origins of inequality in Western cultures through the lens of an ancient alabaster vase from Mesopotamia.
Why does wealth have such a tight hold on people’s imaginations? Today we look at the origins of inequality in Western cultures, going back 5000 years to the carvings on an alabaster vase from Mesopotamia. The show a harvest ritual that was also a wedding, a culminating event that brought together heaven and earth. Looking closely at the images on the vase shows how hierarchy, when it gives a few people permission to control others, damages the whole society’s connection with nature. Get full access to Nature :: Spirit — Kinship in a living world at priscillastuckey.substack.com/subscribe
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