The Time Falling Bodies Take To Light

Author : William Irwin Thompson
Publisher : Palgrave Macmillan
Page : 301 pages
File Size : 47,7 Mb
Release : 1996-04-15
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9780312160623

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The Time Falling Bodies Take To Light by William Irwin Thompson Pdf

In the opening passages of his classic book, The Time Falling Bodies Take to Light, William Irwin Thompson asks the question, "But what is myth that it returns to mind even when we would most escape it?" Acknowledging the pervasive power of myth to create and inform culture, Thompson answers this question by weaving descriptions of the human abilities to create life and to communicate through symbolic myths based on male and female forms of power. Taking us from the earliest periods of prehistory through the time of female goddess worship to the rise of the male-dominated warrior state, Thompson shows the passage of humankind's relationship to nature from initial awe to persistent conquest. At the end of his journey, Thompson finds an answer to his original question: myth is the history of the soul; its creation is ongoing and its power is never-ending. This is a beautiful and fascinating book now being reissued for a new generation of readers, as well as for those it inspired originally.

Author : William Irwin Thompson
Publisher : St Martins Press
Page : 280 pages
File Size : 41,7 Mb
Release : 1981
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 0312805128

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The Time Falling Bodies Take to Light by William Irwin Thompson Pdf

Investigates the intersection of science, history, art, and religion in myth as a way of illuminating human nature and providing a new understanding

Author : William Irwin Thompson
Publisher : SteinerBooks
Page : 198 pages
File Size : 43,6 Mb
Release : 1997-10
Category : Poetry
ISBN : 9781584202011

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Worlds Interpenetrating and Apart by William Irwin Thompson Pdf

In this volume of poems written over thirty-five years, William Irwin Thompson presents a remarkable range of work--from the personal and lyrical, through the narrative and mythological, to the scientific and cosmological--that traces many of the major themes that have affected contemporary culture for the past half century. His book opens with a mythological sequence on Quetzalcoatl, "Blue Jade from the Morning Star," which john Bierhorst has called "a fresh reading." In the words of Kathleen Raine: "There is a great difference between merely academic translation and the imaginative participation which Dr. Thompson has brought to these 'versions' and verse commentaries on the great vision of Quetzalcoatl." Books Two and Three contain mostly lyrical work, while Book Four concludes with a vision of the evolution of life that extends the lyrical into the cosmological in a sequence built on and addressed to the work of his four scientific friends: Ralph Abraham, James Lovelock, Lynn Margulis, and Francisco Varela.

Author : William Irwin Thompson
Publisher : SteinerBooks
Page : 347 pages
File Size : 53,8 Mb
Release : 2007
Category : History
ISBN : 9781584205418

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Imagination of an Insurrection: Dublin, Easter 1916 by William Irwin Thompson Pdf

We know from our literary histories that there was a movement called the Irish Literary Renaissance, and that Yeats was at its head. We know from our political histories that there is now a Republic of Ireland because of a nationalistic movement that, militarily, began with the insurrection of Easter Week, 1916. But what do these two movements have to do with one another?... Because I came to history with literary eyes, I could not help seeing history in terms and shapes of imaginative experience. Thus Movement, Myth, and Image came to be the way in which the nature of the insurrection appeared to me. This method of analyzing historical event as if it were a work of art is not altogether as inappropriate as it might seem when the historical event happens to be a revolution. The Irish revolutionaries lived as if they were in a work of art, and this inability to tell the difference between sober reality and the realm of imagination is perhaps one very important characteristic of a revolutionary. The tragedy of actuality comes from the fact that when, in a revolution, history is made momentarily into a work of art, human beings become the material that must be ordered, molded, or twisted into shape. (from the preface)

Author : William Irwin Thompson
Publisher : Palgrave Macmillan
Page : 352 pages
File Size : 51,8 Mb
Release : 1998-06-15
Category : Body, Mind & Spirit
ISBN : 9780312176921

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Coming Into Being by William Irwin Thompson Pdf

A stunning New Age tour through literature, sculpture, and science that looks at the archetype of the human ascent to the heavens

Author : William Irwin Thompson
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 284 pages
File Size : 51,5 Mb
Release : 1996
Category : Consciousness
ISBN : OCLC:1029291563

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Coming Into Being by William Irwin Thompson Pdf

In his best-selling The Time Falling Bodies Take to Light, William Irwin Thompson intrigued readers with his thoughts on mythology and sexuality. In his newest book, Coming into Being: Artifacts and Texts in the Evolution of Consciousness, he takes the reader on a journey from the preverbal communications of early stone carvings to the writings of Marcel Proust and around the monumental wrappings of Christo to the rebirth of interest in the Taoist philosophy of Lao Tsu. Owing as much to the rhythmic constructions of jazz as to established methods of scholarship, Thompson riffs on biology and culture, seeing the birth of the mind in Proust's madeleine, the displacement of humanity in Christo's wrappings of the Reichstag, and the path forward into a new planetary culture in the Tao Te Ching. In Coming into Being, William Irwin Thompson presents a fascinating vision of our past, our present, and our future that no one will want to miss.

Author : Rita J. McNamara
Publisher : Motilal Banarsidass Publ.
Page : 216 pages
File Size : 54,8 Mb
Release : 2002-05-31
Category : Chakras
ISBN : 8120818326

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Energetic Body Work by Rita J. McNamara Pdf

This introductory guide is aimed at anyone who is interested in working with the chakra system, meridiens and vibrational techniques, and includes chapters on vibrational therapies such as sound and colour therapy, aromatherapy, gemstone therapy and homeopathy.

Author : D.J. Conway
Publisher : Crossing Press
Page : 513 pages
File Size : 40,6 Mb
Release : 2001-10-01
Category : Body, Mind & Spirit
ISBN : 9781580910927

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Wicca by D.J. Conway Pdf

This is the ultimate guide to the ancient religion of Wicca by best-selling Pagan author, D. J. Conway. WICCA: THE COMPLETE CRAFT offers a comprehensive overview of Wiccan philosophy, dispels the common misconceptions, and is a useful primer for practicing Wicca as a spiritual lifestyle. Included are chapters on sacred space, ritual tools, holy days, meditations and visualizations, spells and the art of spell casting, as well as terminology.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 480 pages
File Size : 51,8 Mb
Release : 1982
Category : Humanities
ISBN : UCAL:B3782110

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The Kentucky Review by Anonim Pdf

Author : Judith Bluestone Polich
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Page : 176 pages
File Size : 52,8 Mb
Release : 2001-08-01
Category : Body, Mind & Spirit
ISBN : 9781591439264

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Return of the Children of Light by Judith Bluestone Polich Pdf

A personal exploration of the conjunction between ancient Mesoamerican prophesy and New Age higher consciousness. • Selected by the Independent Publisher's Book Awards as one of the top two New Age books of the year. • Explores ancient prophesies and their relevance in the contemporary world. The Incan and Mayan cultures saw themselves as “children of light”--descended from celestial realms--and their prophecies foretell a time of great spiritual awakening. They prophesied a time when the gateways to higher consciousness would open once again. That time is now. Award-winning author Judith Bluestone Polich draws on her extensive research in quantum physics, archeoastronomy, holography, cosmology, and pioneering studies of human consciousness to show how science and contemporary thought are consistent with this ancient knowledge. As the ancients predicted, the human god-seed is beginning to awaken, and modern civilization is finally beginning to perceive human potential in ways that the ancient cultures accepted as truth. Polich introduces techniques for awakening our own human potential through dreaming, meditations, and the power of sacred sites.

Author : Anna Alexander,Mark S. Roberts
Publisher : State University of New York Press
Page : 418 pages
File Size : 55,5 Mb
Release : 2012-02-01
Category : Psychology
ISBN : 9780791487587

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High Culture by Anna Alexander,Mark S. Roberts Pdf

Addresses the place of addiction in modern art, literature, philosophy, and psychology, including its effects on the works of such thinkers and writers as Heidegger, Nietzsche, DeQuincey, Breton, and Burroughs.

Author : William Irwin Thompson
Publisher : SteinerBooks
Page : 484 pages
File Size : 54,5 Mb
Release : 1990
Category : History
ISBN : 0940262320

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At the Edge of History and Passages about Earth by William Irwin Thompson Pdf

Seminal works of cultural history that changed the way we think about ourselves.

Author : Robbie Pfeufer Kahn
Publisher : Rutgers University Press
Page : 338 pages
File Size : 44,7 Mb
Release : 2008
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9780813543710

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Milk Teeth by Robbie Pfeufer Kahn Pdf

Written as a year-long journal, Milk Teeth chronicles sociologist Robbie Pfeufer Kahn’s struggle to achieve a loving relationship with her black Labrador puppy, Laska. Mirthful, mischievous, intelligent, and strong-willed, Laska challenges her owner’s attempts at leadership and affection.

Author : Diana Claire Douglas
Publisher : FriesenPress
Page : 365 pages
File Size : 40,9 Mb
Release : 2022-03-18
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781039114753

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Whole Systems Design by Diana Claire Douglas Pdf

Whole Systems Design: Inquiries in the Knowing Field is an open invitation and an inspiration for Innovators, System Designers, Leaders, Change Agents, and Constellators—anyone who wishes to live and work from a whole systems perspective. It is for people new to working with complex systems as well as for those who will enjoy engaging with its practitioners, its concepts, and its emerging history. It is a book of stories, conversations, and interviews, about finding ways to serve Life, to serve humanity, to serve the Whole, through a process which has been emerging through the author—Constellating for the Collective—a process that itself has emerged from Systemic Constellation Work and the Knowing Field. Whole Systems Design opens with the author’s journey, letting readers behind the curtain of facilitation. She describes the pragmatic steps and tools she has developed with deep dedication over many years. She includes a succinct description of the impact of this work on participants and for the Collective. Lively conversations with colleagues trace the collaboration and co-creation vital in this evolving field. Nine interviews with long-time facilitators and trainers of Constellation Work—who share their insights about Collective Constellation Work—provide a rich resource.

Author : Andri Gerber,Brent Patterson
Publisher : transcript Verlag
Page : 303 pages
File Size : 46,7 Mb
Release : 2014-03-31
Category : Architecture
ISBN : 9783839423721

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Metaphors in Architecture and Urbanism by Andri Gerber,Brent Patterson Pdf

Architecture and urbanism seem to be »weak« disciplines, constantly struggling for a better understanding of their nature and disciplinary borders. The huge amount of metaphors appearing in the discourse of both not only reference to their creative nature but also indicate their weakness and the missing piece strengthening their own understanding: a definition of space for architecture and of city for urbanism. But using metaphors in this field implies a problem - though metaphors achieve to bring opposites together, there remains the question how literal they can actually become in order to relate to these subjects properly. In this volume, several authors from various fields using different approaches discuss this question.