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Comment on OS ep 35 – Laird Scranton and the Dogon Mysteries by russell maycumber

russell maycumber — Sun, 19 Feb 2012 18:29:38 +0000

-swiped directly from Dogon Wiki-I have also read excerpts from van Beek’s work on this subject and the characterization would make a great movie. -”More recently, doubts have been raised about the validity of Griaule and Dieterlein’s work.[23][24] In a 1991 article in Current Anthropology anthropologist Walter van Beek concluded after his research among the Dogon that,
“Though they do speak about sigu tolo [which is what Griaule claimed the Dogon called Sirius] they disagree completely with each other as to which star is meant; for some it is an invisible star that should rise to announce the sigu [festival], for another it is Venus that, through a different position, appears as sigu tolo. All agree, however, that they learned about the star from Griaule”[25]
Griaule’s daughter Genevieve Calame-Griaule responded in a later issue, arguing that Van Beek did not go “through the appropriate steps for acquiring knowledge” and suggesting that van Beek’s Dogon informants may have thought that he had been “sent by the political and administrative authorities to test the Dogon’s Muslim orthodoxy.” [26] An independent assessment is given by Andrew Apter of the University of California.[27]“

Comment on OS ep 35 – Laird Scranton and the Dogon Mysteries by Chris

Chris — Fri, 07 Oct 2011 05:41:44 +0000

Miss your podcasts! Please don’t stop!

Comment on OS ep 35 – Laird Scranton and the Dogon Mysteries by Sean

Sean — Sat, 25 Jun 2011 22:18:42 +0000

Joe,

Thanks for the podcast. It was worth the wait. One of your best yet. I thought you contributed a great deal to the interview with your knowledge and complemented Laird very well. You should invite him back again to go into further detail as this is a vast topic.

Comment on OS ep 35 – Laird Scranton and the Dogon Mysteries by joe

joe — Thu, 16 Jun 2011 17:06:58 +0000

Thanks Braeden, Could you tell me about your site? I don’t fully understand. Thanks for listening!!

Comment on OS ep 35 – Laird Scranton and the Dogon Mysteries by Braeden

Braeden — Tue, 14 Jun 2011 23:02:28 +0000

as always, great work again Joe thank u for the many wonderful podcasts.

may these eclipses be auspicious to you & Goddess bless

Comment on OS ep 35 – Laird Scranton and the Dogon Mysteries by joe

joe — Tue, 14 Jun 2011 03:14:09 +0000

Thanks Greg, I appreciate the kind words. Took me forever to get this one out.

Comment on OS ep 35 – Laird Scranton and the Dogon Mysteries by Greg

Greg — Tue, 14 Jun 2011 01:12:27 +0000

This episode was excellent! Probably the best interview with Laird that I’ve ever heard. Great work Joe! Your questions really elicited very accessible explanations about the Dogon symbol systems and Laird’s work.

Comment on OS ep 34 – James Curcio – Immanence of Myth by Sean

Sean — Sun, 05 Jun 2011 23:33:11 +0000

Hi Jo,

Hope all is well with you. Have been missing your podcast. Any plans to do any more?

Comment on OS ep 24 – Legba and Critical Mass – Andrieh Vitimus by Austin

Austin — Tue, 26 Apr 2011 11:35:48 +0000

I really enjoyed this podcast. However, I do have one small thing I’d like to point out. John Dee was alive during Elizabethan times, not Victorian (about 300 years apart).

Comment on OS ep 34 – James Curcio – Immanence of Myth by joe

joe — Fri, 01 Apr 2011 17:42:14 +0000

Here it is – http://feeds.feedburner.com/Occultsentinel
Put it back on the top of the column.