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Universe, Adorned: Ornament in Culture, Cosmos, and Consciousness

The Emerald

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The First Characteristic of Pandora, Adornment

Ritual adornment is exactly how we make patterns out of what can seem to be chaos, writes Ravi Agrawal. In traditional Hinduism, there are 16 such rituals that are the protective adornments of life," he says. To be adorned is to be human - why put on the robe and ring the bell? Asks one's and co-aunt. The ancient Chinese word for culture, David Hinton tells us, when refers to a design,. A pattern appearing upon a surface, veins on a rock, ripples in water. Pattern is culture.

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