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Book SynopsisThis book makes compassionate caring and connectedness the central themes. Imbedded in the human psyche we find a deep yearning for connection. This book explores the many roadblocks that human beings put in the way of a healthy and respectful dialogue with each other, with nature, and with the universe. It also cites numerous examples from literature, philosophy, and society of a reawakening sense of connectedness.
Table of ContentsEditorial Foreword by Riane Eisler Guest Foreword by Sonja Servomaa Introduction PART I Transcendental Perspectivism: A New Enlightenment ONE The Voodoo Connection TWO The Sacred Wheel THREE Perspectives from the Edge of Chaos PART II The Human Perspective FOUR The Quest for Happiness: Perspectivist Ethics, A Way Out of the Confusion FIVE The Partnership Way SIX The Years of the Horses Came: The Roots of Domination SEVEN Chasing Amy: Our Sexual Selves EIGHT Men Are from Mars, Women Are from Venus NINE Healing the Body and the Mind TEN Mission or Mission Impossible: Rediscovering Community? PART III The Animal Perspective ELEVEN Animals: Our Teachers and Healers, Our Brothers and Sisters TWELVE Horse Whispering PART IV Inanimate Nature THIRTEEN Where Does Mind Originate? Plotting Out a New Science of Awareness FOURTEEN Panexperientialism, Panpsychism, and Quantum Animism PART V: Infinity: The Super Perspective of the Absolute FIFTEEN Numinous and Mystical Experiences SIXTEEN Holotropic States of Consciousness and Mystical Encounters: Two Case Histories SEVENTEEN Transcendental Meditation and Nowtime: The Experience of Emptiness PART VI Breaking New Ground: Principles and Trends of Transcendental Perspectivism EIGHTEEN Pleasure and Pain: Are We a Generation of Vampires? NINETEEN Travel in Safety: The Perspective of Evil TWENTY Sacred Pleasure: Re-Evaluating Cultural Priorities TWENTY-ONE Life Control and Self-Empowerment: Can Perspectivist Techniques Reverse the Course of Self-Destruction? TWENTY-TWO The E3 Revolution: Entertainment, Education, Empowerment TWENTY-THREE Emotional Intelligence: The Third Enlightenment TWENTY-FOUR Multiple Intelligences: The Perspectivist Brain TWENTY-FIVE Teaching Perspectives: The Partnership Way TWENTY-SIX In Memoriam Easter Island: Whither Humanity? TWENTY-SEVEN Talking to Heaven: The Communicating Universe TWENTY-EIGHT: Toward a Cosmic Consciousness Afterword Notes Bibliography About the Author Index
