"The Universe is made of stories, not atoms." 
  - Muriel Rukeyser

 

What is this site about?

Showing that cultures aware of the Continuum Concept
are evidence that civilization doesn't have to be like this.

Dedicated to the inspiring memory of Bob Swann.

 

Related Resources

Illuminating books

How to sustainably give your gift to the world

Some encouragement and practical insight

 

 

"Most of us spend too much time on the last twenty-four hours
and too little on the last six thousand years." 
   - Will Durant
  

Ancient Light Case Study 1   -   Island of Kalliste   (about the island's names)

 

The Sword and Sneer     vs.     The Community         

           mercenary   vs.   Minoan               

 
The black sand of Kalliste,
where 3,250 years ago a massive volcanic eruption shattered Minoan society, unfortunately one of the last in the area not to glorify violence.
Riane Eisler aptly calls the three millennia since the "Dominator Detour." 
Mediterranean Bronze Age culture still shines in artifacts such as frescoes and jewelry, in traditions of circle dance and music, and perhaps was the source of much innovation usually attributed to more familiar successors.

 

(more coming)

 

("Ancient Lights" has many meanings.)

 

       paul @ ancientlights.org         belfast, maine