{"product_id":"compassion-a-new-philosophy-of-the-other-9789042009035","title":"Compassion: A New Philosophy of the Other","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis 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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eEditorial 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","brand":"Brill","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53210889912663,"sku":"9789042009035","price":56.84,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/compassion-a-new-philosophy-of-the-other-9789042009035","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}