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Practicing Transcendence - Axial Age Spiritualities for a World in Crisis (Hardcover, 1st ed. 2019)
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Practicing Transcendence - Axial Age Spiritualities for a World in Crisis (Hardcover, 1st ed. 2019)
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This book introduces readers to the concept of the Axial Age and
its relevance for a world in crisis. Scholars have become
increasingly interested in philosopher Karl Jaspers' thesis that a
spiritual revolution in consciousness during the first millennium
BCE decisively shaped world history. Axial ideas of transcendence
develop into ideologies for world religions and civilizations, in
turn coalescing into a Eurasian world-system that spreads globally
to become the foundation of our contemporary world. Alongside ideas
and ideologies, the Axial Age also taught spiritual practices
critically resisting the new scale of civilizational power: in
small counter-cultural communities on the margins of society, they
turn our conscious focus inward to transform ourselves and overcome
the destructive potentials within human nature. Axial
spiritualities offer humanity a practical wisdom, a profound
psychology, and deep hope: to transform despair into resilience,
helping us face with courage the ecological and political
challenges confronting us today.
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