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3.1 COLOROLOGY – INTRODUCTION
From the dawn of antiquity, color has been a strong yet subtle force in the shaping of human behavior. So prevalent is color in our natural surroundings that primitive man not only was swayed by its variations; he tried to imitate them and to seek their aid in furthering his luck or warding off evil.
The ancients coupled colors with natural forces. To them, red symbolized fire, because of its ruddy glow. Orange or golden yellow represented the sun; green, the foliage of springtime; blue, the sky and sea. Even in modern times, savages have donned war paint to frighten enemies, and they have traded away property and belongings for beads and cloth of gay hues.
1.PSYCHIC SCIENCES – INTRODUCTION
The lure of the unknown and the lore of the hidden things have long intrigued the human mind. Along with such skills as throwing rocks and fashioning flintstone spearheads, primitive man developed more subtle crafts, as foretelling the weather by the ways the birds flew or the winds blew. From those beginnings came modern sciences like ballistics and meteorology and the same applies in many other instances.
Two factors were present in most primitive sciences; the psychic and the occult. The practitioner of a craft usually claimed and often believed that he possessed a special faculty not given to ordinary mortals, enabling to gain unique results and issue reliable forecasts. He backed this by professing knowledge of secret subjects which he was pledged not to reveal.
This combination of psychic power and occult learning has persisted into modern times. Skilled artists often regard their work as “inspired” or rely on “trade secrets” for results. So the pattern is similar, even though many things that once created awe and wonderment are explainable by modern science. Now the cycle may be bringing us to new wonders, perhaps including some revivals from the past.
