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eagle rock and the wolf's avatar

This is so poignant to me right now as my first child has just cut her first two teeth, a fantastic read, thankyou ❤️❤️❤️

Jess Neary's avatar

Wow so enjoyed reading this! Agreed the tree ring comparison is fascinating- and also crazy that our decay levels are so high. Maybe the paleo diet is where it’s at.

neanderthal paganism's avatar

Thanks Jess! I agree. We need to be neander maxxing.

Jess Neary's avatar

Yessss omg love that

Clare B's avatar

my goodness, incredible writing! i felt this so deeply, as my eldest approaches his changing of the teeth, and as animists I want to honor this rite of passage at the deepest level. i was wondering when you were going to mention Steiner; at my kiddos waldorf school they discuss dentition a lot and shape the pedagogy around it as you say. much food for thought here, thank you!

neanderthal paganism's avatar

Thanks for reading, Clare!

Katriena Emmanuel's avatar

Brilliant writing! Missed your essays! Hopefully not too long apart from the next one! This was just so succinctly expressed these ideas.

And how funny the teeth enamel has growth rings not unlike trees and what do teeth all have in common with trees, but root systems

neanderthal paganism's avatar

Exactly. Thanks for reading!!

Eleanor's avatar

What a superlative article; bravo, bravo!