tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2437987686174727459.post5049799849796286570..comments2024-02-25T16:48:11.313-05:00Comments on PSYCHOSCAPES: Part II: Polytheistic Hunter-Gatherers Give Way to Monoculturepsychos capeshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02263194606464893181noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2437987686174727459.post-40766206642061951672014-04-14T08:27:23.955-04:002014-04-14T08:27:23.955-04:00Thank you for portraying a more nuanced view.Thank you for portraying a more nuanced view.psychos capeshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02263194606464893181noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2437987686174727459.post-42676494897190880902014-04-11T11:18:24.523-04:002014-04-11T11:18:24.523-04:00The problem with this article is that it assumes m...The problem with this article is that it assumes monotheism was an invention or innovation that came after polytheism. Actually it's more the other way around. Polytheism increasingly replaced monotheism with the development of agriculture, sedentary lifestyle, and civilization. Whereas it was common among hunter-gatherers to believe in a multitude of spirits (that's spirits not gods) that was created by a Creator god, as society became more complex, specialized, and mediated through institutions people started to view the divine as an complex array of gods specialized in their own area. Polytheism began as people started worshipping a set of intermediaries and idols to mediate between humans and the divine paralleling the mediation and specialization of civilization. This is reflected in the earliest civilizations-Mesopotamia,Egypt, Greece, Romans, Aztecs, Mayans all of whom were polytheists.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com