What is the physical, materialist explanation for these cycles that, according to modern scientific thought, should not really affect/matter to/be noticed by prehistoric man?
You say it’s like gravity, but gravity has tangible effects on these people, they throw a spear up and it comes down, but the precession of the equinoxes I just don’t get how they would have first noticed, MUCH LESS determined it was something worth tracking.
Autumn brings with it a new average temperature, a new day length, the death or atleast temporary hibernation of most trees plants and animals...
I can understand the yugas/precession of the equinoxes/whatever absurdly long cycle you want to talk about symbolically being similar to the seasons or the day or whatever micro-cycle you want to compare it to, BUT I don’t get how they could physically matter/effect humans (in a materialist world view, if they represented “spiritual” seasons or ages, that makes sense, but last I checked you didn’t think we lived in a non-material or spiritual world? I could be misinterpreting your words lol, I’ve done that before.
What is the physical, materialist explanation for these cycles that, according to modern scientific thought, should not really affect/matter to/be noticed by prehistoric man?
You say it’s like gravity, but gravity has tangible effects on these people, they throw a spear up and it comes down, but the precession of the equinoxes I just don’t get how they would have first noticed, MUCH LESS determined it was something worth tracking.
Autumn brings with it a new average temperature, a new day length, the death or atleast temporary hibernation of most trees plants and animals...
I can understand the yugas/precession of the equinoxes/whatever absurdly long cycle you want to talk about symbolically being similar to the seasons or the day or whatever micro-cycle you want to compare it to, BUT I don’t get how they could physically matter/effect humans (in a materialist world view, if they represented “spiritual” seasons or ages, that makes sense, but last I checked you didn’t think we lived in a non-material or spiritual world? I could be misinterpreting your words lol, I’ve done that before.
Supposedly brought about by a combination of factors that basically boils down to “you’re getting less sunlight”
What’s the physical reality behind the yugas?