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Coming Into Being - by William Irwin Thompson (Paperback)

Name: Coming Into Being - by William Irwin Thompson (Paperback)
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In his best-selling The Time Falling Bodies Take to Light, William Irwin Thompson intrigued readers with his thoughts on mythology and sexuality.
About the Author: William Irwin Thompson is the author of At the Edge of History, The Time Falling Bodies Take to Light and Imaginary Landscapes.
284 Pages
Psychology, General

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About the Book

This stunning New Age tour through literature, sculpture, and science looks at the archetype of the human ascent to the heavens, offering a fascinating vision of past, present, and future that's not to be missed. Illustrations.

Book Synopsis

In his best-selling The Time Falling Bodies Take to Light, William Irwin Thompson intrigued readers with his thoughts on mythology and sexuality. In his newest book, Coming Into Being: Artifacts and Texts in the Evolution of Consciousness, he takes the reader on a journey through the evolution of consciousness from the preverbal communications of early stone carvings, to the writings of Marcel Proust, around the monumental wrappings of Christo and up to the rebirth of interest in the Taoist philosophy of Lao Tzu. Owing as much to the rhythmic constructions of jazz as to established methods of scholarship, Thompson plays a riff on biology and culture seeing the birth of the mind in Proust's Madeleine, the displacement of humanity in Christo's wrapping of the Reichstag and, in Lao Tzu's Tao Te Ching, the path forward to a new planetary culture. In Coming Into Being, William Irwin Thompson presents a fascinating vision of our past, our present, and our future that no one will want to miss.

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"wide-ranging and deep essays...Thompson [is] an adventurous thinker." --Publishers Weekly

About the Author

William Irwin Thompson is the author of At the Edge of History, The Time Falling Bodies Take to Light and Imaginary Landscapes. He lives in Switzerland.

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Dimensions (Overall): 9.22 Inches (H) x 6.09 Inches (W) x .95 Inches (D)

Weight: 1.1 Pounds

Suggested Age: 22 Years and Up

Number of Pages: 284

Genre: Psychology

Sub-Genre: General

Publisher: St. Martin's Griffin

Format: Paperback

Author: William Irwin Thompson

Language: English

Street Date: June 15, 1998

TCIN: 90808948

UPC: 9780312176921

Item Number (DPCI): 247-42-3228

Origin: Made in the USA or Imported

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Estimated ship weight: 1.1 pounds

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