The Natural Origin of the Supernatural

How the Theory of Mind shaped our relationships with Nature and each other

Ted Wade

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Caney: Lake scene with fairies and swans, National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC

Though all the crannies of the world we filled
with elves and goblins, though we dared to build
gods and their houses out of dark and light,
And sow the seed of dragons, ’twas our right
(used or misused).

J.R.R. Tolkein, Mythopeia

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Ted Wade

3 life phases. Monkey sociobiology. Medical data search/AI. Now = Sentience: its limits and artifacts. https://medium.com/sentient-artifact