Subtitle:
Individuality in evolution
Series Title:
SUNY series in transpersonal and humanistic psychology
Place of Publication:
Albany, New York
Publisher:
State University of New York Press
Copyright Date:
1987
ISBN / SBN / ISSN:
0887063993
Source:
Selma Hyman
Media Type:
Print (Non-Serial)
Media Sub-type:
Book
LoC Call Number:
BF 697 .P46 1987
Accession Number:
062406
Keyword Subject Headings:
Cultures, evolution of
Mythology
Ritual
Individuality -- social aspects
Mythology
Ritual
Individuality -- social aspects
User Notes:
Trade paperback, ix + 249 pp. including notes, bibliography, and indexes.
Contents:
I. Myth, ritual, and visions
1. The psyche and the evolution of cultures
2. Lo! they beheld
3. World images in turmoil and transition
II. Cultural transitions
4. A legacy of Pharaohs
5. Sages and sons of heaven
6. Kingship and compassion
7. Agape and anointed ones
8. Quests and a kingdom of the heart
9. Revolution and world regeneration
III. Conclusions for our times
10. Individuality in evolution
11. Modern myth and nuclear nemesis
12. Ahead
