ith such painting, symbolizing the cosmos with a stair-shaped roof (Figure 8). Th
- e jagged ornament symbolizes
a stair, a
- nd indeed not a perpendicular, square stair but rather a
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- much more primitive form of a stair, carved from a tree, which s
till exists among the Pueblos (Figure 9).
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- epresentation of the evolution, ascents, and descents of nature, steps and ladders embody the primal expe
- riences of humanity. They are the symbol for upward and downward strugg
le in space, just as the circle the coiled serpent-is the symbol for the rhythm of time. Ma
n, who no longer moves on four limbs but walks upright and is therefore in need o