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21 " If you educate a man, you educate an individual. If you educate a woman, you educate a nation. "
― D.K. Publishing , Women: Our Story
22 " In the ancient world, chaos and death were never very far away and the desire to stave these off, if only for a short period, meant that magic was ever-present. "
― D.K. Publishing , A History of Magic, Witchcraft, and the Occult
23 " To understand such mysteries as the sun’s rising and setting, birth and death, and the daily struggle to hunt for food for survival, our earliest ancestors conceived of spirit forces that they could invoke to gain an advantage. A belief in supernatural forces and a human desire to use them to gain some sway over the physical world has been a feature of societies ever since. "
24 " Perhaps more potent than hunting, fertility, or the earth’s mysteries was the fear of death. Formal burials have been found, dating from as early as 60,000 BCE, containing bones scattered with red ocher (suggestive of blood). Some burials also included flowers or necklaces to accompany the deceased into the next life. At Kebara Cave in Israel, Neanderthals buried several skeletons and skull bones, probably as a post-mortem rite. Early peoples, too, seem to have had a fear of dead spirits. At Gough’s Cave in Somerset, incisions on bones that are around 15,000 years old indicate that they engaged in ritual cannibalism. The aim of this may have been to acquire the powers of the dead or to prevent their spirits from inflicting damage on the living. "
25 " downbeat reading" :) "
― D.K. Publishing , Disney Pixar Inside Out: The Essential Guide (Dk Essential Guides)