The Evolution of the Priestly Class

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In indigenous cultures, music and art are in the heart of the culture. Music is a way of representing memory and knowledge. We've separated it all into nice little silos - we're not taking advantage of the fact that our brain works with music and art. And if you think about dementia, people can be completely unresponsive to anything even when they haven't said anything for years. They'll stand up and sing the words from their deep past where they don't recognise them at all. I am so besotted by everything. It's not just the clinged, clinged, simian hider,. those totem poles tell stories. But, and they've just put up new ones

Dr. Kelly is a science writer and Adjunct Research Associate at LaTrobe University, specializing in the study of memory methods used by oral cultures, particularly indigenous societies. She is a mnemonist and uses indigenous memory technologies to commit large amounts of information to memory. She has authored several books, including "The Memory Craft," "The Memory Code," "Song Lines" and "Knowledge and Power in Prehistoric Societies." She has a diverse background in engineering, physics, mathematics, information technology, and gifted education.

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