Religion development

Circa 10,000 Humans enter the Neolithic Period, or New Stone Age, begin to farm, and live in villages shamans adapt to the needs of farmers and new religions develop with priests who practice ceremonial magic. 

Rajan, Raj G. "Religion and the development of an alchemical philosophy of transmutation in ancient India." In Alchemy revisited, ed. Z.R.W.M. von Martels, 101-106. Leiden Brill, 1990. 

The point of view which has developed as a result of this study has important implications not only for biology and medicine, but also for anthropology, psychology, child development, education, and even religion, business, law, and politics. These implications are, of course, outside the scope of this volume. 

Circa 3150 The Egyptians setde in the Nile Valley and develop a complex religion centered on magical rites designed to assure the immortality of the soul. 

The Persian religion, Zoroastrianism, develops a complex system of angelology and demonology. 

Thinking about Proust s strange realities, I developed several novels that dealt with what I call neorealities. Charles L. Harper, Jr., Executive Director and Senior Vice President of the Templeton Foundation, was so intrigued with my ideas that he asked me to expound on them in a book he edited titled Spiritual Information. The John Templeton Foundation was established in 1987 by renowned international investor Sir John Templeton to act as a catalyst for ideas at the boundaries between science and religion. In the following pages I cover many of the topics discussed in my work for this foundation. 

The atomic concept developed differently in the various religions prevalent in ancient India. These views survived until after the British conquest in the 18th century when the educational system was revamped to emulate the British educational system. 

Studying cultural ceramics first of all requires a thorough knowledge of history. Should you limit this study to a particular area, then you will inevitably find that surrounding fields have to be included. Outside influences, from trade and war, have always affected art and religion and consequently also ceramic activities. Of course all the dates of the development described here are approximate. 

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