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In everypart of the world, already thousands of years ago, humans have speculated about some kind of life force. In China it is called qi (also spelled chi), in India prana, in ancient Greece pneuma, in Latin Spiritus, and in Hebrew ruach. There are hundreds of life energy beliefs, which have many
The encyclopedia presents and explains them all. In the introduction, distant origins of human thought are traced, examining how spiritual beliefs and life force ideas emerged, and how they were developed through time.
Stefan Stenudd is an author and historian of ideas, who researches the thought patterns of myth in general and creation myths in particular. He is also a high-grade instructor of the peaceful and spiritual martial art aikido, since more than 30 years. Aikido, too, evolved from ideas of a life energy.
Contents
Foreword
Introduction
Homo rudis
Life and death
The mover
Prime mover
Air
Bodily fluids
Survival
The dead
Spirits
Hell
Change
Agricultural order
A demanding spirit
Magic
The scientific revolution
Mechanical man
Subversive spirits
Alien forces
Future speculations
Encyclopedia
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similarities.The encyclopedia presents and explains them all. In the introduction, distant origins of human thought are traced, examining how spiritual beliefs and life force ideas emerged, and how they were developed through time.
Stefan Stenudd is an author and historian of ideas, who researches the thought patterns of myth in general and creation myths in particular. He is also a high-grade instructor of the peaceful and spiritual martial art aikido, since more than 30 years. Aikido, too, evolved from ideas of a life energy.
Contents
Foreword
Introduction
Homo rudis
Life and death
The mover
Prime mover
Air
Bodily fluids
Survival
The dead
Spirits
Hell
Change
Agricultural order
A demanding spirit
Magic
The scientific revolution
Mechanical man
Subversive spirits
Alien forces
Future speculations
Encyclopedia
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