Sacred Forms: Harmonies, Patterns, Ratios

Angkor Wat (YouTube)

Cathedral-David Macauley (YouTube)

Donald Duck Learns Sacred Geometry (YouTube)

Fibonacci Sequence (Wikipedia)

Fractal (Wikipedia)

Fractals and Human Biology (PDF)

Golden Ratio (Wikipedia)

Gothic Cathedrals (YouTube)

Mathematics and Architecture (Wikipedia)

Patterns in Nature (Wikipedia)

Pyramid-David Macauley (YouTube)

Sacred Geometry (Wikipedia)

Flourishing Vegetation

Entheogens (Wikipedia)

Ethnobotany and Religion (YouTube)

Guns, Germs, and Steel-Agricultural Origins (Wikipedia) 

How Stuff Works: Corn (YouTube)

Kisa Gotami (Wikipedia)

Maize (Wikipedia)

Sowing, Weeds, and Seeds (BibleGateway)

The World Tree (Wikipedia)

Animals and Religion

Gundestrop Cauldron (Wikipedia)

Lion Man of of the Hohlenstein Stadel (Wikipedia)

The Sacred Animals of the Pharaohs (YouTube)

The Sorcerer of Trois-Frères (Wikipedia)

Threads: Clothing, and Movement

Backstrap Loom Weaving (YouTube)

Continuity and Change in Maya Weaving Traditions (YouTube)

History of Tapa Making (YouTube)

UK Niqab Debate (YouTube)

Niqab and the Law (YouTube)

Pieces of Cloth, Pieces of Culture: Tapa making (YouTube)

Prehistoric Clothing (YouTube)

Iconoclasm & Idolatry

Iconoclasm (Wikipedia)

Idolatry (Wikipedia)

The Commandments (Exodus 20)

The Golden Calf (Exodus 32)

Destruction of the Amalekites (1 Samuel 15)

Embodiment

Inattentional and Change Blindness

George Lakoff, How Brains Think -- The Embodiment Hypothesis (YouTube)

McGurk Effect (YouTube)

Rubber Hand Illusion (YouTube) 

What is meaning? (YouTube)

Soul

Soul (Wikipedia)

Dualism (Wikipedia)

Brain & Belief: An Exploration of the Human Soul (PDF)

Music, Sound, and Consciousness

Binaural Beats

Brainwave Entrainment (Wikipedia)

Brainwave Entrainment (YouTube) 

Hallucinogens/Entheogens

Infrasound  

Trance and Sensory Driving  

Music, Religion, and Coordination

Kodo - "O-Daiko" (Taiko Drumming) 

Circadian Rhythm

FOLI (there is no movement without rhythm)

How Rhythm Works - The Raw Basics

How Music Works with Howard Goodall - Rhythm

Nakai: Earth Spirit - Native American Music

Cherokee Pow Wow 2014

Instrumental Music (Sitar) by Sri Partha Bose

Hildegard Von Bingen Canticles of Ecstasy 

Sacred Music: Tomás Luis Victoria - God's Composer 

Gyuto Monks Tantric Choir: Tibetan Chants for World Peace 

Traditional Sufi Ceremonies Ensemble - Sufi Devran  

The Mission - Gabriel's Oboe 

Video of highly skilled coordination I

Video of highly skilled coordination II

The science of team performance

The Biology of Olfaction and Gustation

The Importance of Olfaction Beyond Smell (Prof. Stuart Firestein)

The Evolutionary Paradox of Our Sense of Smell (Prof. Stuart Firestein)

Unlocking the Mysterious Connection Between Taste, Smell, and Memory (Prof. Stuart Firestein)

From Nose to Brain: The Neurology of Smell (Prof. Stuart Firestein)

The Difference Between Taste and Flavor (Prof. Stuart Firestein)

From Tongue to Brain: The Neurology of Taste (Prof. Stuart Firestein)    

The Frankincense Trail (YouTube)

Pet Rocks

When you look at a rock that has a face do you perceive the rock differently?  Look at these images of "pet rocks," a fad from the 1970s.

Spirituality and Sensuality

S. Brent Plate, author of A History of Religion in 5½ Objects, has an online course accessible for free that includes lots of multimedia content.

Maya Spirituality

Maya Spirituality: A photographic exploration of contemporary Maya ritual in Guatemala (blog post) 

Stones and Humans

Human Evolution (Wikipedia entry)

Humans, Hominids, Tools (Ars Technica)

Stone Tool Technology (YouTube)

Wade Davis: The worldwide web of belief and ritual

Syllabus

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