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    The Dogon’s Extraordinary Knowledge of the Cosmos and the Cult of Nommo Source: Acient Origins France, 1920: Marcel Griaule is a young man who is very well-established in his studies, especially in mathematics. He has recently served as a volunteer in the French Air Force and aspires to attend the prestigious Lycée Louis le Grande. Although his future already seems marked, fate has other plans for him - a new road that begins to take shape when he decides to attend a conference that same year. The speakers are Marcel Mauss, anthropologist, sociologist, and historian of religions, and Marcel Cohen, linguist. Griaule is struck by their words and decides to devote himself entirely to the study of anthropology. Between 1928 and 1933 he took part in two ethnographic expeditions, and in this period (1930) he came into contact with a mysterious African tribe: the Dogon. Did Ancient Aliens Impart Advanced Astronomical Knowledge to the Dogon Tribe? Those Who Once Reigne...

Thinking about the importance of the Indigenous. The love of plants, the healing roots, leaves and barks of trees...We have lost our way in our Modernization of all things and we need to retreat and move backwards to see our way forwards.  I am reminded of a story I heard in Ghana when an Humanitarian Group from Outside where so worried about the children suffering from water shortages and starvation and they demanded they stepped in to assist in this CRISIS. They went to the Chiefs and said, "You need Wells, you need clean water to save your people.." and the Tribal Elders said, "We will consult with our Gods."  They consulted and came back to the Humanitarians and said, "Thank you for your concern but the Gods say we should leave you be!"  But the Humanitarians wouldn't take that from the Village Elders thinking them primitive, cruel and foolish. So they went to the Higher Powers in Government to assist...They drilled out Wells and did what they coul...