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“The dreamer enters the unknown world. . . . The dreamer, in the course of such journeys, meets other beings and speaks with them. She may sometimes meet other dreamers, in the form of energy. She is able to make speedy departures and returns between the known world and the unknown world, which always gives the impression of being outside time.”

—Mimerose Beaubrun,

Nan Domi

“Understandably enough, they would have believed that caves led to that subterranean tier of the cosmos. The walls, ceilings, and floors of the caves were therefore little more than a thin membrane between themselves and the creatures and happenings of the underworld. The caves were awesome, liminal places in which to be.”

—Jean Clottes and David Lewis-Williams,

The Shamans of Prehistory

“The acoustics magnify every sound, and it takes the brain a few minutes to accept the totality of the darkness—your sight keeps grasping for a hold. Whatever the art means, you understand, at that moment, that its vessel is both a womb and a sepulchre.”

—Judith Thurman, “First Impressions:

What does the world’s oldest art say about us?”