Aldous Huxley Describes Dancing Shiva - CERN

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Today we go back in time to 1961 and we hear from Aldous Huxley as he describes the dancing Shiva. Most people know it today for being a statue at CERN https://thatslifebutnotasweknowit.com

Nataraja, (Sanskrit: “Lord of the Dance”) the Hindu god Shiva in his form as the cosmic dancer, represented in metal or stone in many Shaivite temples, particularly in South India.(wiki)

Aldous Huxley, in full Aldous Leonard Huxley, (born July 26, 1894, Godalming, Surrey, England—died November 22, 1963, Los Angeles, California, U.S.), English novelist and critic gifted with an acute and far-ranging intelligence whose works are notable for their wit and pessimistic satire. He remains best known for one novel, Brave New World (1932), a model for much dystopian science fiction that followed.(Britannica)

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