I was reading through some of the TPODs I've missed (Yeah I know, "missed" a TPODs? OMG!) when I came across the June 13, 2011 entry "Heading for the stars".
Mr. Peratt's idea is very interesting- that they're based on plasma formations seen in the sky.
Hmmm....I can't help but think that the reference might be considerably more "local".
If the Earth's interplanetary energy interactions were so easily visible, what effects would such an increase to the plasma envelope have "downstream"? We know that under certain conditions, the human EM field can become visible (recordable as Aura & Kirlian photography). Might such ion rich conditions bring these aural forms into the range visible to the naked eye for those creatures living within the zone?
History and lore says that the field varies greatly by individual. In ancestral times, Chiefs and leaders were often said to have the most intense fields, with the Shamans and Healers having greater sensitivity.
If such conditions be possible, then we must also imagine the incredible influence it would have on such "primitive" cultures when everyone could look and SEE the "cords" connecting all living things to the sky.
Would they not be more likely to model their headdresses to mimic patterns that they actually saw on or around their bodies?
Consider then what impact of the loss of the "sky-signs" might have on the indigenous peoples.
Suddenly, not only have their "Gods" fled, but with them the best evidence of their own link to the stars.
Such headdress would then become even more valuable to the leaders and elders...
as reminders to future generations of their connections to the heavens.
Eventually their true meanings get lost in legend...
or at least our intrepretations of them.