Babylonian Gilgamesh’s Herbs and Oracle of the Dead

Guest article by Edmond Furter: Author of Mindprint (2014, Lulu.com); Stoneprint (2016, Four Equators Media); and editor of Stoneprint Journal (Lulu.com). Visit www.edmondfurter.wordpress.com / www.stoneprintjournal.blog / www.mindprintart.wordpress.com

“The oldest known story in the world, the Gilgamesh epic of Sumeria, is of a king weary of war and the spoils of domestic exploitation, on a quest to seek an ancestor who survived the Flood, and his inner Self. Sumerian cuneiform tablets reveal the source of the Biblical Flood account, not surprising since the Old Testament books were first collated by Hebrews in exile in Babylon…”

Ayahuasca Oracle of the Dead Challenges Social and Personal Cohesion

Guest article by Edmond Furter: Author of Mindprint (2014, Lulu.com); Stoneprint (2016, Four Equators Media); and editor of Stoneprint Journal (Lulu.com). Visit www.edmondfurter.wordpress.com / www.stoneprintjournal.blog / www.mindprintart.wordpress.com

“Ayahuasca visions have an apparently ‘exotic’ pedigree, vary with place and time, and have uncertain individual outcomes, posing the triple allure of a social challenge, a gamble, and a test of personal strength. Oracles of the dead are one of the rites of coming of age, taking personal stock, and quest or grand tour in every era and every culture…”

Ayahuasca Artists Express Universal Meaning

Guest article by Edmond Furter: Author of Mindprint (2014, Lulu.com); Stoneprint (2016, Four Equators Media); and editor of Stoneprint Journal (Lulu.com). Visit www.edmondfurter.wordpress.com / www.stoneprintjournal.blog / www.mindprintart.wordpress.com

“Artworks inspired by ayahuasca visions are part of the structuralist anthropology data that revealed about 100 recurrent motifs in subconscious behaviour since 2010. Features and spacing of characters in artworks enabled my discovery of five layers of perception and expression in all styles and cultures…“