The stories told about the Creation of the World have in the past been fundamental to our sense of meaning. They were what gave life purpose. As our belief in them has eroded, so has this sense of purpose. However, in the recent past, a new way of understanding these stories has begun to emerge, allowing us to form a very different view, one which is shattering to our sense of both contemporary meaning and of ancient prehistory.

The Web of Meaning

Meaning is the result of the resonance generated by any new experience impressing itself onto the underlying structure of our understanding. This underlying structure was first established by the telling of the stories of Creation. By exploring the origins of these stories we can begin to appreciate how they have conditioned our thinking about Meaning.

Prime Thought

Myth is popularly understood to be the product of the human mind in its infancy grappling with an overwhelming world. Looked at more closely, it can be seen that nothing could be further from the truth. Any body of Myth, unless it is totally degraded, presents a bewildering complexity of interlocking ideas, ideas which penetrate to the core of the society which maintains them. Rather than 'primitive' this might be more accurately described as 'Prime' thought.