Coming Into Being: Artifacts and Texts in the Evolution of Consciousness

by William Irwin Thompson

Hardcover, 1996

Status

Available

Call number

155.7

Tags

Consciousness Studies, Mythology, Evolution, Mysticism, Rudolf Steiner, Ramayana, Upanishads, Bhagavad-Gita, Tao Te Ching, Rig Veda, Enuma Elish, Osiris, Gilgamesh, Ecology and Natural History, Catal Hoyuk, Great Mother, Great Goddess, Inanna, Sri Aurobindo

Genres

Collection

Gifts

Publication

St. Martin's Press (1996), Edition: 1st, 284 pages

Description

The author of this book takes the reader on a journey through the evolution of consciousness from the preverbal communications of early stone carvings, to the writings of Marcel Proust, around the monumental wrappings of Christo and up to the rebirth of interest in the Taoist philosophy of Lao Tzu.

Language

English

Original language

English

Physical description

284 p.; 9.49 inches

ISBN

0312176929 / 9780312176921

Local notes

FB Former library copy

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