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> [“Sexual arousal and penal erections are associated with both altered states of consciousness and sleep.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-david-lewis-williams/sexual-arousal-and-penal-erections-are-associated-with-both-altered/)

[James David Lewis-Williams](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-david-lewis-williams/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/60b/james-david-lewis-williams-144_altered-states_sexual-arousal-and-penal-erections-are-a_883654.jpg)

> [“In southern Africa, a great many figures are ithyphallic. This feature has generally – and rather vaguely – been taken to refer to ‘masculinity’, but the painted contexts of the figures seems to confirm that, as in North America, sexual…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-david-lewis-williams/in-southern-africa-a-great-many-figures-are-ithyphallic-this-feature/)

[James David Lewis-Williams](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-david-lewis-williams/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/438/james-david-lewis-williams-144_altered-states_in-southern-africa-a-great-many-figures_2313675.jpg)

## Other authors on Arousal

## More by James David Lewis-Williams

> [“I now argue that entry into Upper Palaeolithic caves was probably seen as virtually indistinguishable from entry into the mental vortex that leads to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-david-lewis-williams/i-now-argue-that-entry-into-upper-palaeolithic-caves-was-probably/)

[James David Lewis-Williams](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-david-lewis-williams/)

> [“For the makers, the paintings and engravings were visions, not representations of visions.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-david-lewis-williams/for-the-makers-the-paintings-and-engravings-were-visions-not/)

[James David Lewis-Williams](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-david-lewis-williams/)

> [“The principal aim of a vision quest is to ‘see’ a spirit animal that will become the quester’s animal-helper and source of his power.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-david-lewis-williams/the-principal-aim-of-a-vision-quest-is-to-see-a-spirit-animal-that/)

[James David Lewis-Williams](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-david-lewis-williams/)

> [“I suggest that the type of consciousness – not merely the degree of intelligence – that Neanderthals possessed was different in important respects from…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-david-lewis-williams/i-suggest-that-the-type-of-consciousness-not-merely-the-degree-of/)

[James David Lewis-Williams](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-david-lewis-williams/)

> [“To understand the ‘wounded men’ of Upper Palaeolithic art, I now consider somatic hallucinations; these include attenuation of the body and limbs, polymelia (having…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-david-lewis-williams/to-understand-the-wounded-men-of-upper-palaeolithic-art-i-now/)

[James David Lewis-Williams](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-david-lewis-williams/)

> [“The picture of change in human society that emerges from this recent research throws new light on that aspect of the Transition that has…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-david-lewis-williams/the-picture-of-change-in-human-society-that-emerges-from-this-recent/)

[James David Lewis-Williams](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-david-lewis-williams/)

> [“Perhaps the most striking feature of the west European Upper Palaeolithic, one on which many writers comment, is a sharp increase in the rate…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-david-lewis-williams/perhaps-the-most-striking-feature-of-the-west-european-upper/)

[James David Lewis-Williams](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-david-lewis-williams/)

> [“The first point to notice is that the Transition cannot be explained by climatic change alone: human change was not the direct result of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-david-lewis-williams/the-first-point-to-notice-is-that-the-transition-cannot-be-explained/)

[James David Lewis-Williams](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-david-lewis-williams/)

> [“The world’s oldest ‘art’ (77,000 years old) comes from Blombos Cave on the southern coast of South Africa.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-david-lewis-williams/the-world-s-oldest-art-77-000-years-old-comes-from-blombos-cave-on/)

[James David Lewis-Williams](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-david-lewis-williams/)

> [“Improved memory made possible the long-term recollection of dreams and visions and the construction of those recollections into a spirit world.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-david-lewis-williams/improved-memory-made-possible-the-long-term-recollection-of-dreams/)

[James David Lewis-Williams](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-david-lewis-williams/)

> [“Under certain social circumstances, which may have varied from time to time and place to place, certain people (shamans) saw a relationship between the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-david-lewis-williams/under-certain-social-circumstances-which-may-have-varied-from-time-to/)

[James David Lewis-Williams](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-david-lewis-williams/)

> [“Primary consciousness is a state of being aware of things in the world – of having mental images in the present.But it is not…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-david-lewis-williams/primary-consciousness-is-a-state-of-being-aware-of-things-in-the/)

[James David Lewis-Williams](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-david-lewis-williams/)

> [“Art was not simply a foregone conclusion, the final link in a causal chain. It was not the inevitable outcome of an evolving ‘aesthetic…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-david-lewis-williams/art-was-not-simply-a-foregone-conclusion-the-final-link-in-a-causal/)

[James David Lewis-Williams](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-david-lewis-williams/)

> [“Once human beings had developed higher-order consciousness, they had the ability to see mental images projected onto surfaces and to experience afterimages.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-david-lewis-williams/once-human-beings-had-developed-higher-order-consciousness-they-had/)

[James David Lewis-Williams](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-david-lewis-williams/)

> [“The ‘wounded men’ may, I argue, represent a form of shamanistic suffering, ‘death’ and initiation that was closely associated with somatic hallucinati”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-david-lewis-williams/the-wounded-men-may-i-argue-represent-a-form-of-shamanistic-suffering/)

[James David Lewis-Williams](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-david-lewis-williams/)

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