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THE FUTURE OF THE ANCIENT WORLD sheds new light on the evolution of consciousness from antiquity to modern times. The twelve essays in this book examine developments in human consciousness over the past five thousand years that most history books do not touch. In ancient times, human beings were finely attuned to the invisible world of the gods, spirits and ancestors. Today, by contrast, our modern scientific consciousness regards what is physically imperceptible as unreal. Our experience of the natural world has shifted from an awareness of the divine presence animating all things to the mere scientific analyses of physical attributes, a deadened mode of awareness that relies on our ability to believe only in what we can see. In these richly illustrated and wide-ranging essays that span the cultures of ancient Egypt, Mesopotamia, Greece, Rome and the early Christian period, Jeremy Naydler shows how the consciousness that prevailed in ancient times may inspire us toward a future in which we once again reconnect with invisible realms. If the history of consciousness bears witness to the loss of visionary and participatory awareness, it also shows a new possibility - the possibility of developing a free and objective relationship to the spirit world. Naydler urges us not only to draw inspiration from the wisdom of the ancients but to carry this wisdom forward into the future in a renewed relationship to the spiritual that is based on human freedom and responsibility. * Shows how scientific consciousness, which gives primacy to the sense of sight, estranged us from the participatory spiritual consciousness of antiquity * Explores the vital importance of the imagination in reconnecting us to the spirit world

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Kategoria Książki po angielsku Humanities Philosophy Popular philosophy

• Pełny tytuł: Future of the Ancient World
• Podtytuł: Essays on the History of Consciousness
• Autor: Jeremy Naydler
• Język: Angielski
• Oprawa: Miękka
• Liczba stron: 320
• EAN: 9781594772924
• ISBN: 1594772924
• ID: 05088090
• Wydawca: Inner Traditions Bear and Company
• Waga: 342 g
• Wymiary: 231 × 154 × 20 mm
• Data wydania: 24. July 2009

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