The Marriage of Sense and Soul: Integrating Science and Religion

Ken Wilber, "The Marriage of Sense and Soul: Integrating Science and Religion"
Random House | 1998-03-24 | ISBN: 0375500545 | 225 pages | PDF | 1,6 MB

There is arguably no more critical and pressing topic than the relation of science and religion in the modern world. Science has given us the methods for discovering truth, while religion remains the single greatest force for generating meaning. Yet the two are seen as mutually exclusive, with wrenching consequences for humanity. In The Marriage of Sense and Soul, one of today's most important philosophers brilliantly articulates how we might begin to think about science and religion in ways that allow for their reconciliation and union, on terms that will be acceptable to both camps.
Ken Wilber is widely acclaimed as the foremost thinker in integrating Western psychology and the Eastern spiritual traditions. His many books have reached across disciplines and synthesized the teachings of religion, psychology, physics, mysticism, sociology, and anthropology, earning him a devoted international following. The Marriage of Sense and Soul is his most accessible work yet, aimed at guiding a general audience to the mutual accord between the spiritual, subjective world of ancient wisdom and the objective, empirical world of modern knowledge.
Wilber clearly and succinctly explores the schism between science and religion, and the impact of this "philosophical Cold War" on the fate of humanity. He systematically reviews previous attempts at integration, explaining why romantic, idealistic, and postmodern theories failed. And he demonstrates how science is compatible with certain deep features common to all of the world's major religious traditions. In pointing the way to a union between truth and meaning, Ken Wilber has created an elegant and accessible book that is breathtaking in its scope.

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Playing Cards: Predicting Your Future (Astrolog Complete Guide)

Hali Morag "Playing Cards: Predicting Your Future (Astrolog Complete Guide)"
Publisher: Astrolog Publishing House 1998 | 36 Pages | ISBN: 965494040X | PDF | 1.1 MB

Tarot card reading, dream symbolism, astrology, and the reading of body characteristics are explored in depth, as is the use of objects, such as crystals and coffee grounds, significant in their ability to connect humans with another realm of existence. Other avenues into otherworldly experience, such as channeling, the I Ching, meditation, and Wicca are also extensively discussed.

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Singing for the Gods: Performances of Myth and Ritual in Archaic and Classical Greece

Barbara Kowalzig, "Singing for the Gods: Performances of Myth and Ritual in Archaic and Classical Greece" (Oxford Classical Monographs)
Oxford University Press (2007) | English | ISBN 0199219966 | 530 pages | PDF | 4.44 MB

Singing for the Gods develops a new approach towards an old question in the study of religion - the relationship of myth and ritual. Focusing on ancient Greek religion, Barbara Kowalzig exploits the joint occurrence of myth and ritual in archaic and classical Greek song-culture. She shows how choral performances of myth and ritual, taking place all over the ancient Greek world in the early fifth century BC, help to effect social and political change in their own time. Religious song emerges as integral to a rapidly changing society hovering between local, regional, and panhellenic identities and between aristocratic rule and democracy. Drawing on contemporary debates on myth, ritual, and performance in social anthropology, modern history, and theatre studies, this book establishes Greek religion's dynamic role and gives religious song-culture its deserved place in the study of Greek history.

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The Irrational Augustine

Catherine Conybeare, "The Irrational Augustine" (Oxford Early Christian Studies)
Oxford University Press (2006) | English | ISBN 019926208X | 245 pages | PDF | 1.22 MB

The Irrational Augustine takes the notion of St Augustine as rigid and dogmatic Father of the Church and turns it on its head. Catherine Conybeare reads Augustine's earliest works to discover the anti-dogmatic Augustine, who values changeability and human interconnectedness and deplores social exclusion. The novelty of her book lies in taking seriously the nature of these early works as performances, through which multiple questions can be raised and multiple options explored, both in words and through their dramatic framework. The theological consequences are considerable. A very human Augustine emerges, talking and playing with friends and family, including his mother - and a very sympathetic set of ideas is the result.

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Magic and the Supernatural in Fourth Century Syria

Silke Trzcionka "Magic and the Supernatural in Fourth Century Syria"
Routledge | 2006-08 | ISBN:041539242X | PDF | 216 pages | 1 Mb

Magic and the Supernatural in Fourth Century Syria provides a general survey of magical practices in late antique Syria and Palestine, blending classical, Christian and Jewish traditions. It offers original research into an area that attracts much interest at present, examining both archaeological and literary sources, including: curse-tablets, amulets, historical texts, saints' lives, sermons and speeches. The book surveys a wide range of supernatural beliefs and magical practices, discussed with an aim for understanding their place within their social context.


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