{"product_id":"supernatural-2","title":"Supernatural: Meetings With the Ancient Teachers of Mankind","description":"Less than 50,000 years ago mankind had no art, no religion, no sophisticated symbolism,  no innovative thinking. Then, in a dramatic and electrifying change, described by  scientists as “the greatest riddle in human history”, all the skills and qualities  that we value most highly in ourselves appeared already fully formed, as though bestowed  on us by hidden powers.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e In \u003ci\u003eSupernatural \u003c\/i\u003eGraham Hancock sets out to investigate this  mysterious “beforeand-after moment” and to discover the truth about the influences  that gave birth to the modern human mind. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e His quest takes him on a journey of adventure  and detection from the stunningly beautiful painted caves of prehistoric France,  Spain and Italy to remote rock shelters in the mountains of South Africa where he  finds a treasure trove of extraordinary Stone Age art. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e He uncovers clues that lead  him to travel to the depths of the Amazon rainforest to drink the powerful plant  hallucinogen Ayahuasca with Indian shamans, whose paintings contain images of “supernatural  beings” identical to the animal-human hybrids depicted in prehistoric caves and rock  shelters. And hallucinogens such as mescaline, also produce visionary encounters  with exactly the same beings. Scientists at the cutting edge of consciousness research  have begun to consider the possibility that such hallucinations may be real perceptions  of other “dimensions”.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Could the “supernaturals” first depicted in the painted caves  and rock shelters be the ancient teachers of mankind? Could it be that human evolution  is not just the “blind”, “meaningless” process that Darwin identified, but something  else, more purposive and intelligent, that we have barely even begun to understand?","brand":"None","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":46176673005745,"sku":"9780385662178","price":26.0,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0655\/8980\/5233\/files\/1_4cd9e23d-c953-4885-ad84-57623a49e7c0.jpg?v=1763637769","url":"https:\/\/www.indigo.ca\/products\/supernatural-2","provider":"Indigo","version":"1.0","type":"link"}