This book carries on from the works of Carl Jung and Joseph Campbell to show how the portrayal of consciousness embodied in myth can be extended to a reappraisal of the laws of physics; before they are descriptions of the world, these laws--like myths--are descriptions of the human nervous system.
This book carries on from the works of Carl Jung and Joseph Campbell to show how the portrayal of consciousness embodied in myth can be extended to a reappraisal of the laws of physics; before they are descriptions of the world, these laws--like myths--are descriptions of the human nervous system.
J. Nigro Sansonese teaches physics and mathematics and has practiced raja yoga for twenty years.
Inhaltsangabe
List of Figures Acknowledgments Prologue Introduction: Mythology Resurrected PART ONE: TRANCE 1. The Sound of One Hand Clapping 2. Proprioception 3. Sublime Trance PART TWO: MYTH Indo-European Myth 4. What is Myth 5. Greco-Roman Esoterism 6. Sisyphus and the Stone 7. Myth and Animals 8. Recapitulation 9. The Three Worlds • The First World • The Second World • The Third World • Three-World Trance 10. The Number of the Beast 11. The Mantras of Myth 12. Sacred Geography 13. Sacred Architecture and Art 14. The Siege of Troy 15. The Crack in the Cosmic Egg 16. Dream, Death, Birth 17. The Mysteries of Eleusis 18. Jason and the Argonauts Judeo-Christian Myth 19. Judeo-Christian Esoterism 20. The Myth of The Christ 21. Sin and Salvation The Legacy of Myth 22. Myth: The Historical Foundation of Western Learning PART THREE: SCIENCE Myth and Science 23. The Three ages of Man 24. On the Possibility of an A Priori Experience Psychoscience 25. Master Mechanic Isaac Newton 26. Clerk Maxwell Waves Goodbye 27. Heisenberg Isn't Sure 28. Darwin and the Temple of Solomon APPENDICES Appendix A: Newton's Three Laws Appendix B: Maxwell's Equations Appendix C: Quantum Mechanics and Psychogeometry Bibliography Index
List of Figures Acknowledgments Prologue Introduction: Mythology Resurrected PART ONE: TRANCE 1. The Sound of One Hand Clapping 2. Proprioception 3. Sublime Trance PART TWO: MYTH Indo-European Myth 4. What is Myth 5. Greco-Roman Esoterism 6. Sisyphus and the Stone 7. Myth and Animals 8. Recapitulation 9. The Three Worlds • The First World • The Second World • The Third World • Three-World Trance 10. The Number of the Beast 11. The Mantras of Myth 12. Sacred Geography 13. Sacred Architecture and Art 14. The Siege of Troy 15. The Crack in the Cosmic Egg 16. Dream, Death, Birth 17. The Mysteries of Eleusis 18. Jason and the Argonauts Judeo-Christian Myth 19. Judeo-Christian Esoterism 20. The Myth of The Christ 21. Sin and Salvation The Legacy of Myth 22. Myth: The Historical Foundation of Western Learning PART THREE: SCIENCE Myth and Science 23. The Three ages of Man 24. On the Possibility of an A Priori Experience Psychoscience 25. Master Mechanic Isaac Newton 26. Clerk Maxwell Waves Goodbye 27. Heisenberg Isn't Sure 28. Darwin and the Temple of Solomon APPENDICES Appendix A: Newton's Three Laws Appendix B: Maxwell's Equations Appendix C: Quantum Mechanics and Psychogeometry Bibliography Index
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