6 asaNa Magazine | March 2017

W

ar is hell.” William

Tecumseh Sherman

Wars are armed

conflicts. We have

been marching off

to them for the past

14,000 years. Since the rise of the nation-

state as we know it tens of thousands of

wars have been fought, costing more than 3.

billion human lives. Other deaths, like those

of horses, mules, and camels are incalculable.

The Confederate cavalryman J. O. Shelby had 24 horses shot out from under

him in two-and-a-half years during the Civil War. General Shelby died of old

age in 1897.

Nearly all people all societies all states have gone to war with one another.

95% of all known societies have either fought wars or fought wars constantly.

In the past 14,000 years there have been only approximately 300 years of

non-raising Cain.

yOGA FEAtURE

6 asaNa Magazine | March 2017