Cosmos and psyche : intimations of a new world view / Richard Tarnas.
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TextPublisher: New York, N.Y. : Plume, 2006Description: xv, 569 p. : ill. ; 24 cmISBN: 0452288592 (pbk.); 0670032921 (bound)Subject(s): Cosmology -- History | Consciousness -- History | Civilization, Western -- History| Item type | Current location | Call number | Materials specified | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item holds |
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| 專區-宋泉盛牧師 | 圖書館 | IL-7 T189 | Not for loan | 0085292 |
First Plume printing, May, 2007; previously published in Viking edition. -- t.p. verso.
I. The transformation of the cosmos. The birth of the modern self -- The dawn of a new universe -- Two paradigms of history -- Forging the self, disenchanting the world -- The cosmological situation today -- II. In search of a deeper order. Two suitors: a parable -- The interior quest -- Synchronicity and its implications -- The archetypal cosmos -- III. Through the archetypal telescope. The evolving tradition -- Archetypal principles -- The planets -- Forms of correspondence -- Personal transit cycles -- Archetypal coherence and concrete diversity -- Assessing patterns of correlation -- IV. Epochs of revolution. From the French Revolution to the 1960s -- Synchronic and diachronic patterns in history -- Scientific and technological revolutions -- Awakenings of the Dionysian -- The liberation of nature -- Religious rebellion and erotic emancipation -- Filling in the cyclical sequence -- The individual and the collective -- A larger view of the sixties -- V. Cycles of crisis and contraction. World Wars, Cold War. and 9/11 -- Historical contrasts and tensions -- Conservative empowerment -- Splitting, evil, & terror -- "Moby Dick" and nature's depth -- Historical determinism, realpolitik, and apocalypse -- Moral courage, facing the shadow, and the tension of opposites -- Paradigmatic works of art -- Forging deep structures -- VI. Cycles of creativity and expansion. Opening new horizons -- Convergences of scientific breakthroughs -- Social and political rebellions and awakenings -- Quantum leaps and peak experiences -- From Copernicus to Darwin -- Music and literature -- Iconic moments and cultural milestones -- Great heights and shadows -- Hidden births -- VII. Awakenings of spirit and soul. Epochal shifts of cultural vision -- Spiritual epiphanies and the emergence of new religions -- Utopian social visions -- Romanticism, imaginative genius, and cosmic epiphany -- Revelations of the numinous -- The great awakening of the Axial Age -- The late 20th century and the turn of the millennium -- VIII. Towards a new heaven and a new earth. Understanding the past, creating the future -- Observations on future planetary alignments -- Sources of the world order.