The mind in the cave

consciousness and the origins of art

by J. David Lewis-Williams & David Lewis-Williams

First published:
21st century
Language: English

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Description

Offers an explanation for the origins of prehistoric cave art, providing a glimpse into the mind of mankind's earliest ancestors and insights on the relationship between consciousness and artistic representation.

Provenance

Why this book is in the catalog

Included because retained bibliographic metadata links this work to Consciousness, mysticism, and metaphysics, Rock art, geoglyphs, and ancient symbols, and Shamanism and spirit practice.

Shamanism and spirit practice
Controlled discovery queries from openlibrary-title-seed matched “The Mind in the Cave”. Retained metadata contains “The Mind in the Cave” in the title and “The Mind in the Cave” in the edition title.
- “The Mind in the Cave”· via Open Library
- “The Mind in the Cave”· in title
- “The Mind in the Cave”· in edition title
Rock art, geoglyphs, and ancient symbols
Controlled discovery queries from openlibrary-title-seed and wellcome matched “rock art” and “The Mind in the Cave”. Retained metadata contains “The Mind in the Cave” in the title, “cave art” in the description, and “The Mind in the Cave” in the edition title.
- “The Mind in the Cave”· via Open Library
- “rock art”· via Wellcome Collection
- “The Mind in the Cave”· in title
- “cave art”· in description
- “The Mind in the Cave”· in edition title
Consciousness, mysticism, and metaphysics
Retained metadata contains “Consciousness” in the subtitle, “Consciousness” in the description, and “Consciousness” in the edition subtitle.
- “Consciousness”· in subtitle
- “Consciousness”· in description
- “Consciousness”· in edition subtitle

Membership records how this book met the catalog’s discovery criteria — relevance to a tradition, not a judgment of the book’s claims.

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Editions

3 editions cataloged here.

Edition	Date	Publisher	Language	ISBN	Access	Links
consciousness and the origins of art Open Library record	2008	Thames & Hudson	English	9780500600399 0500600392	No ebook	Open Library (opens in a new tab)
Consciousness and the Origins of Art Open Library record	April 2004	Thames & Hudson	English	9780500284650 0500284652	No ebook	Open Library (opens in a new tab)
consciousness and the origins of art Wellcome Collection bibliographic record 320 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm	[2002]	Thames & Hudson	English	9780500051177 0500051178	Catalog record	Wellcome Collection (opens in a new tab)