Rock Art Research

The ‘Three Stages of Trance’ has become a leitmotif in discussions on the origin of rock art imagery. Here I challenge the validity of this paradigm including the algorithm that has developed whereby geometric motifs equate to entoptic imagery that equates to first stage of trance and therefore indicates shamanism. New approaches to the study of consciousness and brain activity are changing out-dated models and allowing new ways of conceptualising the beginnings of art.