{"product_id":"a-quest-for-wisdom-inspiring-purpose-on-the-path-of-life-9781913504762","title":"A Quest for Wisdom: Inspiring Purpose on the Path","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eA comprehensive exploration of spirituality and philosophy\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003eThe essays explore philosophy, meaning and spirituality; consciousness, death and transformation; and responsibility, ethics and society. Perceptive and illuminating, they examine the nature of life and death, questions of meaning and purpose, and the challenge of how we can live more harmoniously together.\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eA Quest for Wisdom\u003c\/em\u003e is a wide-ranging volume which brings together 25 of David Lorimer's highly acclaimed essays. David hopes that readers will be inspired, as Dr Albert Schweitzer put it, in our common task 'to become more finely and deeply human.'\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eCONTENTS\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eFOREWORD xvii\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003ePREFACE xxi\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cem\u003eDr Peter Fenwick\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eFORMATIVE BACKGROUND xxiii\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003ePHILOSOPHY, SPIRITUALITY AND MEANING\u003cbr\u003e Victor Frankl and the Human Search for Meaning 3 \u003cbr\u003e The Absurd and the Mysterious 13 \u003cbr\u003e John Moriarty Memorial Lecture—\u003cem\u003eRhythmica Mythica\u003c\/em\u003e: \u003cbr\u003e   Separation and Union, Exile and Homecoming 29 \u003cbr\u003e The Principles of Love and Wisdom in Swedenborg\u003cbr\u003e   and Beinsa Douno (Peter Deunov) 45\u003cbr\u003e Beinsa Douno (Peter Deunov, 1864–1944)—a Prophet \u003cbr\u003e   for our Times 55 \u003cbr\u003e Tao and the Path towards Integration 63\u003cbr\u003e Cultivating a Sense of Beauty 75\u003cbr\u003e The Encounter of Eastern and Western Cosmologies—\u003cbr\u003e   Speculations on Radhakrishnan and the “Implicate Order” 85\u003cbr\u003e Consciousness and Spirituality: Widening the Scientific\u003cbr\u003e   Perspective 101\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003eCONSCIOUSNESS, DEATH AND TRANSFORMATION\u003cbr\u003e The Challenge of Death 115 \u003cbr\u003e Religious and Scientific Implications of the Near-death\u003cbr\u003e   and Related Experiences 119 \u003cbr\u003e Aspects of the Near-death Experience in the Light of the Tibetan\u003cbr\u003e   Book of the Dead and the Experiences of Swedenborg 127 \u003cbr\u003e Swedenborg and Survival 135 \u003cbr\u003e Swedenborg, the Soul and Modern Consciousness Studies 151 \u003cbr\u003e The Near-death Experience and the Perennial Wisdom 159\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003eTAKING RESPONSIBILITY—ETHICS AND SOCIETY \u003cbr\u003e A Life as an Argument: The Plight of the Individual\u003cbr\u003e  in Modern Society 173 \u003cbr\u003e The Ethic of “Reverence for Life” and the Problem of Peace 183 \u003cbr\u003e The Ethical Mysticism of Dag Hammarskjöld 195 \u003cbr\u003e Religion, Society and Spiritual Renewal in Radhakrishnan 209 \u003cbr\u003e Ethics and the Nature of the Human 217 \u003cbr\u003e Beyond Fanaticism—the “Pneumatocratic” Perspective 227 \u003cbr\u003e Voltaire and Russell—the Crusade against Dogma\u003cbr\u003e   and Fanaticism 235 \u003cbr\u003e The Spiritual Perspective and Political Responsibility 247 \u003cbr\u003e Fear of Freedom 257 \u003cbr\u003e Some Aspects of the German Democratic Republic 263 \u003cbr\u003e Towards a Culture of Love—an Ethic of Interconnectedness 269\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eAFTERWORD 279\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eBIBLIOGRAPHY 285\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eINDEX 305\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Aeon Books Ltd","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51043208790359,"sku":"9781913504762","price":28.49,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781913504762.jpg?v=1750957427","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/a-quest-for-wisdom-inspiring-purpose-on-the-path-of-life-9781913504762","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}