If 40,000 years ago shamans were sages, then many peoples of Asia and Africa, South and North America, Siberia and the Far East had their faith in spirits. Since the time of Shamanism, people have believed in invisible worlds and the souls that inhabited them. Faith in the world of ancestors has existed on the planet for tens of thousands of years. And until now, we observe the ritual of funeral and farewell to relatives and loved ones who go into the unknown.
Different religions define the world of the departed in their own way. But what is interesting is that we all see our loved ones in our dreams or meditation and it seems to us that we are talking to them. This is not available to everyone. Some people's hearts are so cold that they cannot generate love or happiness from within their hearts. And this is one of the tragedies of our time. When we observe a person who cannot love and be happy, we said that his heart is colder than ice. If a person radiates love and happiness around him, we say that his heart carries an inner fire or light.
The "Acupuncture Today" article "Ice Age Acupuncture?"
Study of Mummified Body Raises Questions about Practice's Origin. June 2000.
The General source of information - check Wiki article "Ötzi, also called the Iceman".
On Wiki article - nothing about Acupuncture, but all about Archeological Discovery.
"At the time when Otzi was around, I'm sure that many shamanistic cultures worldwide might have practiced it," added Dr. Moser.
"But only the Chinese formalized it and saved it into modern times."
The research team, led by Drs. Leopold Dorfer and Max Moser, first calculated the mummy's cun by measuring its femur, tibia and radius. They then converted the measurements of the tattoos to cun and overlaid the locations of the tattoos to topographical representations of Chinese acupuncture points.
"The locations of the tattoos are similar to points used for specific disease states in the traditional Chinese and modern acupuncture treatment," the scientists concluded. "É This raises the possibility of acupuncture having originated in the Eurasian continent at least 2000 years earlier than previously recognized."
Also, check other articles:
1 - What Ötzi the Iceman’s Tattoos Reveal About Copper Age Medical Practices. New study argues that the 5,300-year-old Iceman’s community boasted surprisingly advanced health care techniques. By Meilan Solly. Associate Editor, History. September 10, 2018.
"The Iceman's tattoos align with classic acupuncture points, and the plants found amongst his belongings have well-known medical applications".
2 - Ötzi the Iceman's Tattoos May Have Been a Primitive Form of Acupuncture. News. By Tia Ghose published September 26, 2018.
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The History of Acupuncture: the Eight Principles of TCM:
Cold-Heat, Yin-Yang, Excess-Deficiency, Internal-External.
TCM and Acupuncture. Traditional Chinese Medicine is based on these images. On 8 principles of Acupuncture: Cold-Heat, Yin-Yang, Excess-Deficiency, Internal-External.
