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Cosmos and Psyche by Richard Tarnas

shays860shays860
edited October 2011 in General Banter
Anyone read this? I'm about a hundred pages in and it seems pretty amazing. It's not Buddhist at all so that's why it's in general banter. I hope that's okay.

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  • DakiniDakini Veteran
    This is why the category "General Banter" exists. :)
    Could you tell us a little about the book?
  • shays860shays860
    I won't be explaining this as well as i wish i could especially since i havn't finished it yet but here it goes. The author wrote what is hailed by joseph campbell and huston smith amongst others as one of the best overviews of western intellectual history just as groundwork for this book. It is bascially about the "disenchantment" of the universe that resulted indirectly from the finding that the earth is not the center of the universe and the scientific revolution that followed and the authors attempt to provide evidence for the falsity of the materialistic view of the universe that we have largely taken for granted. He uses Carl Jung work as a bit of a launch pad for this endeavor. Specifically his work on synchronicity, archetypes and, less well known, astrology. In short he provides a lot of evidence for the validity of astrology. But not the kind of astrology you get in the newspaper... Like i said I havn't finished it so that's all I've got so far, but I am hooked. I was specifically wondering if he gets into applying these astrological principles in individual daily life or if he just presents the evidence and leaves you to work out the rest for yourself.
  • DakiniDakini Veteran
    Great synopsis! Sorry, I haven't read the book. Sounds like a good one for the book club we had going briefly.
  • shays860shays860
    Yeah. I hope I still find it worth recommending when I'm done with it. It's funny, I read these kinds of books all the time but I'm still brainwashed by the materialist perspective for some reason. In a way it seems like the most logical perspective... I dunno. I go back and forth constantly and can never seem to make up my mind. But I seem to always operate from a materialist perspective. If I could even gather my thoughts on the matter I might start a separate thread for it...
  • DakiniDakini Veteran
    Sounds like a great topic-in-the-making. Carry on!
  • shays860shays860
    Eh. I guess it's obvious enough that there are no etched in stone answers at this point. I'll keep researching and maybe I'l find or gradually develop a perspective that doesn't instantly crumble when weighed against materialism... I think there are a lot of people out with a lot of good ideas, a lot of mature, tenable spiritual perspectives. but they are a bunch of individuals instead of a group. It will never become a cultural phenomena until they come together... sorry, just clarifying my own thoughts. blogs and forums are great for that.
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