Valley of Horses: Spirituality, Early Man's Story and Man's Future (Script)

                                           Valley of Horses: Spirituality, Early Man's Story and Man's Future

Hello from NeverBird, I am MissNeverBird and welcome to my channel.

For this video - I will be talking about a book I finished recently - it was actually a re-read where in the past I skipped to a particular part as I was prone to do in the past but this time I chose to actively read and taking in all parts of the story and I did not regret this one bit.

You know those times that you read the right book at the right time - Valley of Horses was such a book for me

Other cases of this happening to me include Eat Pray Love which was such a game changer for me, a book I reviewed called the Insightful Reader by I C Robeldo and I’d Rather Be Reading by Anne Bogel which recommend to any bibliophile.

As a person who loves anthropology, history and spirituality - the Valley of Horses was quite a surprise for me when I re-read it again after some time. But what a read it was!

In previous readings, I was more focused on Ayla’s story but this time round I was more invested in the 2nd protagonist’s storyline - Jondalar.

To my delighted surprise, I discovered that the book contained some rather prominent spiritual themes and elements in a time where early man had a strong connection to the world around them as well as a deeper connection to the underlying forces of the Ice Age - this can be seen in their respect for the Earth and in their high regard for the Great Earth Mother and their theologies.

From both an anthropological and spiritual perspective - I found myself enjoying the story more than I thought

• What I enjoyed in the book was:Jondalar and Ayla being used by the author as a sort of narrative device to show what made us so successful as a species and in this series they act as a sort of bridge between Ice Age Homo sapiens and us

• The difficult but simple lifestyle of early Homo Sapiens is quite intriguing for me - in contrast to the quite complicated world we live in today

• Jondalar - Seems to be the ideal romance interest found in romance stories - but from what I understand this type of love interest was quite different in the time when the Valley Of Horses was published in the 80’s - but what caught my interest in him is that like Ayla he seemed to be an unusual individual and seemed to be what is known as a Highly sensitive person - because he experiences and feels everything so deeply - Twin Flame to Ayla

• Jondalar and Ayla are both highly Gifted individuals chosen by the Universe or the Great Mother and are each other's Twin Flames - where together and separately that each have a special purpose in the next stage of Man's Journey

• The exploration of the human condition with themes such as racism and prejudice

• There is also quite a diversity in the characters as well in terms of sexualities, genders and race - people were more openminded and there are appearances of same-sex couples in this universe

•                        Non-binary and transgendered individuals make an appearance

•        The research behind the series is amazing - from palaeo-anthropology, psychology, palaentology and the ecological and geographical landscape of Ice Age Europe and Eurasia

• The different cultures that evolved due to their environment and the development of their religion and how it shaped the people's psychology and culture is amazing

• Through the course of the series - you can see how a culture changes after new knowledge is brought and beliefs and prejudices challenged

• The big part the Danube River played in this universe

• The Neanderthal aspect is also quite fascinating especially the collective memory but also the concept that Neanderthals can't learn new things beyond what they already know

• Spirit Animals

• Cave Lion

• Spiritual Leaders

This was my take on the Earth’s Children Series starting with the Valley of Horses - for me it serves as the turning point in the series as the events of the story that played out will have significant effects on the rest of the series and the world the characters live in - changing humanity forever.

Also one last note : the concept of sexuality starts to become more significant as both characters cross paths and this takes quite a while (only 3/4 into the book) but the series itself has from the start has contained quite mature themes so please be aware of this as sexuality and gender seems to be quite a significant theme of the series.

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I am MissNeverBird and always remember to have a little faith, trust and pixie dust. Bye!