Cattle Cult Theology and You: A Discourse
Gouache on board, c. 1896–1902, at the Jewish Museum, New York
The original caste system of the warrior horse tribes of the Eurasian plateau, those of the Yamnaya expansion diaspora, consisted of five tiers. At the top ranked the priestly caste, then the warrior caste, from which came war leaders, chiefs, and eventually royalty and royal lineages. Then came the caste of artisans and, eventually, merchants. Then came the caste of the farmers and those who worked the land. Then, under them, the lowest of the low, the un-caste or so-called Untouchables — the serfs, or Dalits, who carried the most pollution, came from conquered populations thought of as Others, or captive strangers, and who were assigned to carry out all the most “polluted” tasks — handling of night soil, of corpses, street cleaning, unpaid servitude, etc. In time, the warrior caste usurped the priestly caste everywhere but in India, and despotic royal lineages began to rule over all, so that priests, shamans, priestesses and seers began to serve power, but pretty much keeping the rest of the hierarchical structure intact. This can still be seen in the British class system, with the exact hierarchical breakdown extant.
In India, of course, many sub-castes have formed over the nearly five thousand years since it was first introduced (one should properly say imposed, by the conquering invaders), and even Dalits have managed to gain wealth and increased status. But there…
