## Metadata - Author: [[Emilie Conrad]] - Full Title: Life on Land - Category: #books ## Highlights - Retentive tissue structure mirrors rigidity of thought, the latter built up through the many inhibitors and cultural instructions about “who we are” overlaid on the Cosmic Anatomy as the embryo enters the Earth plane. In effect, amnesia sets in as Earth greets us. Each little muscle learning to grasp makes the memory of its cosmic connection dimmer until finally, standing up and, in our case, becoming Western bipeds, we have forgotten and become deaf to the cosmic song. - L.L. Whyte postulated in The Next Development in Man that society functions with a self-regulating ability. In times of great change, in an attempt to modify excessive acceleration, fundamentalism will rise as a way of slowing down the speed of change. - As part of the molting process, a snake must imbibe a tremendous amount of water in order to eventually shed its skin. Very simply we see the association here of water as a vital element for all life-changing rituals and practices.