The Ever-Present Origin
10 best books like The Ever-Present Origin (Jean Gebser): The Tree of Knowledge: The Biological Roots of Human Understanding, The Life Divine, When the Drummers Were Women: A Spiritual History of Rhythm, New Self, New World: Recovering Our Senses in the Twenty-First Century, Philosophies of India, Essays on a Science of Mythology: The Myth of the Divine Child and the Mysteries of Eleusis, Esalen: America and the Religion of No Religion, Spiral Dynamics: Mastering Values, Leadership and Change, The Evolving Self: Problem and Process in Human Development, Sex, Ecology, Spirituality: The Spirit of Evolution
The Tree of Knowledge: The Biological Roots of Human Understanding
| Author | Humberto R. Maturana |
| ISBN | 0877736421 |
"Knowing how we know" is the subject of this book. Its authors present a new view of cognition that has important social and ethical implications, for, they assert, the only world we humans can have is the one we create together through the actions of our coexistence. Written for a general audience as...
| Author | Sri Aurobindo |
| ISBN | 8170586399 |
This book is impossible to describe, you have to read it. If you feel intimidated by its sheer size, start at the last chapter and then work you way through it in bits and pieces. It is a stunning preview of what is to come in human evolution, written with soul and courage, and stretching you beyond where you...
| Author | Layne Redmond |
| ISBN | 0609801287 |
Redmond's thesis is quite fascinating, and it is wonderful to see this area of oft-overlooked women's spirituality and religion come to light. However, I was a little disappointed in the writing of this book, finding it straying too far from the intended topic of the history of women's drumming practices....
| Author | Philip Shepherd |
| ISBN | 1556439113 |
New Self, New World challenges the primary story of what it means to be human, the random and materialistic lifestyle that author Philip Shepherd calls our “shattered reality.” This reality encourages us to live in our heads, self-absorbed in our own anxieties. Drawing on diverse sources and...
| Author | Heinrich Robert Zimmer |
| ISBN | 0691017581 |
The volume is divided into four sections: The introduction places the position of the Buddhist Tantras within Mahayana Buddhism and recalls their early literary history, especially the Guhyasamahatantra; the section also covers Buddhist Genesis and the Tantric tradition. The foundations of...
Essays on a Science of Mythology: The Myth of the Divine Child and the Mysteries of Eleusis
| Author | C.G. Jung |
| ISBN | 0691017565 |
Essays on a Science of Mythology is a cooperative work between C. Kerenyi, who has been called "the most psychological of mythologists," and C. G. Jung, who has been called "the most mythological of psychologists." Kerenyi contributes an essay on the Divine Child and one on the Kore (the Maiden),...
Esalen: America and the Religion of No Religion
| Author | Jeffrey J. Kripal |
| ISBN | 0226453693 |
Jeffrey Kripal here recounts the spectacular history of Esalen, the institute that has long been a world leader in alternative and experiential education and stands today at the center of the human potential movement. Forged in the literary and mythical leanings of the Beat Generation, inspired...
Spiral Dynamics: Mastering Values, Leadership and Change
| Author | Don Edward Beck |
| ISBN | 1405133562 |
Spiral Dynamics introduces a new model for plotting the enormous economic and commercial shifts that are making contemporary business practice so complex and apparently fragmented. Focusing on cutting-edge leadership, management systems, processes, procedures, and techniques, the authors...
The Evolving Self: Problem and Process in Human Development
| Author | Robert Kegan |
| ISBN | 0674272315 |
The Evolving Self focuses upon the most basic and universal of psychological problems--the individual's effort to make sense of experience, to make meaning of life. According to Robert Kegan, meaning-making is a lifelong activity that begins in earliest infancy and continues to evolve through...
Sex, Ecology, Spirituality: The Spirit of Evolution
| Author | Ken Wilber |
| ISBN | 1570627444 |
In this tour de force of scholarship and vision, Ken Wilber traces the course of evolution from matter to life to mind and describes the common patterns that evolution takes in all three of these domains. From the emergence of mind, he traces the evolution of human consciousness through its major stages...
| Author | Pierre Teilhard de Chardin |
Pierre Teilhard De Chardin was one of the most distinguished thinkers and scientists of our time. He fits into no familiar category for he was at once a biologist and a paleontologist of world renown, and also a Jesuit priest. He applied his whole life, his tremendous intellect and his great spiritual...
Evolutionary Enlightenment: A New Path to Spiritual Awakening
| Author | Andrew Cohen |
| ISBN | 1590792092 |
THE NEW SPIRITUALITY IS ALL ABOUT EVOLUTION
In Evolutionary Enlightenment: A New Path to Spiritual Awakening, Cohen redefines spirituality for our contemporary world* a world characterized by exponential change and an ever-expanding appreciation for the processes of...
The Presence of the Past: Morphic Resonance and the Habits of Nature
Rupert Sheldrake's theory of morphic resonance challenges the fundamental assumptions of modern science. An accomplished biologist, Sheldrake proposes that all natural systems, from crystals to human society, inherit a collective memory that influences their form and behavior. Rather than...
Evolutionaries: Unlocking the Spiritual and Cultural Potential of Science's Greatest Idea
| Author | Carter Phipps |
| ISBN | 0062100602 |
When it comes to evolution, we’ve all heard about fossils and fruit flies, Darwin and Dawkins. But the idea of evolution is far more profound—and far-reaching. Today, a movement of visionary scientists, philosophers, and spiritual thinkers is forging a new understanding of evolution that honors...
| Author | Alexander Lowen |
| ISBN | 0140194711 |
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Lowen takes a different approach to the body and translates the language of the body. Doctors should be doing more of this, rather than just prescribing drugs.
Ever heard of "body language?" Explore your own, and see what it's actually telling...
