─The Shaman as protector and provider
But not only had the Shaman discovered the control of psychoactive
plants. Also the control over pristine nature and uncivilized customs,
where he put him in a confrontation to dominate the animals and make
them his subjects. He learned the qualities of free-range fruits and
vegetables as well as their generosity (^) [ 6 ]. Classical depictions of
shamans included gatherings of animals such as moose, wolves, snakes
and aurochs. Such graphic gatherings were made possible by the
ability to discover pigments. So in the caves we see natural enemies in
peaceful communion with each other. This ability may have made the
Shaman a protector and provider among the early rural tribes and
hunter-gatherers.
Similarly, early cults developed to fertility or to the process of
life and death. In early societies the natural world was the origin of all
life. Under this scheme, "god" is nature and would also have served as
the "god" of death, creation and destruction are celebrations that begin
to be identified with natural phenomena. Humanization is a non-
antagonistic relationship, requiring dialectics, for there to be a link
between nature and culture. This anthrop-cultural evolution is linked to
biological nature evolution. So the - first culture- emerges from a
natural process and at the same time it acts and intervenes on this
natural process, we were a "primordial culture" in harmony with the
environment. But the beasts in the wild places showed the Shaman that
the Horned (^) [ 7 ] was a weapon and a symbol of hierarchy. It became a