Radical Anthropology<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://kolektiva.social/@DoomsdaysCW" class="u-url mention">@<span>DoomsdaysCW</span></a></span> <br />from my perspective the only &#39;original&#39; religion is <a href="https://c.im/tags/Hadza" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Hadza</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/Epeme" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Epeme</span></a> which thrives in darkness under a sparkling ethereal Milky Way. The entities of Epeme, a dark moon healing ritual, will of course be described by patriarchal so-called &#39;world religions&#39; as demons and devils. </p><p>But Epeme is two orders of magnitude older than any of these recent inventions by farmers built on gender (and caste) hierarchy.</p><p>Only a few dozen or hundreds of people know about Epeme, and I am one of them, at least partly. A tenacious resilient group of <a href="https://c.im/tags/huntergatherers" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>huntergatherers</span></a> keep it going. In a court of law, I would identify as a celebrant of Epeme. And next year, if my health is good, I have the scintillating prospect of getting back to one of those healing rituals!</p><p><a href="https://c.im/tags/anthropology" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>anthropology</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/religion" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>religion</span></a></p>