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Book SynopsisHumankind evolved through three psychological stages - subconscience, conscience, and supraconscience. Ritual and myth, cosmology and theism marked phases of psychic integration, initiating our supraconscience evolution. Four archetypes: temperance, ''the great chain of being,'' Biblical interpretation, and Divinity became the Cosmic consciousness of secular man. Study of Scripture developed a communal supraconscience. Mystics'' dedication showed us the deeper meaning of a life purpose. Yet, heretics taught man faith in the superior power of the free mind. Heresy helped evolve humanity''s secular supraconscience. Indeed, the exponential growth of psyche''s powers and the continuous revelation of new, secular knowledge seems the fulfillment of Revelation. Finally, the enlightened understood that when God created the earth, he included evolution so that our kind would evolve a superior nature. Hence, religious and scientific, secular and humanistic developments reveal themselves to be the primary powers accelerating human evolution. Together, they have nurtured humankind''s ever-evolving supraconscience.
Trade ReviewThis book makes [Strauch] one of the true intellectuals in America. -- Dr. Charles Herberger, professor emeritus in literature
Of all your previous publications, this book is the crowning achievement of a lifetime. -- Dr. Frank P. King, professor of history
Table of ContentsChapter 1 Preface Part 2 Part One: The Psyche's Struggle for Survival Chapter 3 Chapter One: Conscience versus Subconscience Part 4 Part Two: The Beginning of the Supraconscience Chapter 5 Chapter Two: The Afterlife as World View: The Subconscience versus Supraconscience Chapter 6 Chapter Three: Myth, Ritual, Cosmologies, and Theism Chapter 7 Chapter Four: Four Archetypes of the Emerging Supraconscience Part 8 Part Three: The Bible as Evidence of Humanity's Evolving Supraconscience Chapter 9 Chapter Five: The Old Testament: The Law and Historical Books Chapter 10 Chapter Six: The Old Testament: The Poetical and Prophetic Books Chapter 11 Chapter Seven: The New Testament Part 12 Part Four: The Supraconscience: Historical and Modern Chapter 13 Chapter Eight: Mystics and Mysticism Chapter 14 Chapter Nine: A Twenty-First Century Version of Heresy Part 15 Part Five: The Inferior versus Superior Destiny of Humankind Chapter 16 Chapter Ten: The Conflict between Inferior and Superior Human Nature Chapter 17 Chapter Eleven: Psyche's Journey Through Time Chapter 18 Glossary Chapter 19 Bibliography Chapter 20 Index
