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Psyche, Culture and the New Science - The Role of PN (Paperback)
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Psyche, Culture and the New Science - The Role of PN (Paperback)
Series: Psychology Revivals
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Originally published in 1985, this distinguished and constructive
critique of modern culture introduced into our language a brand-new
term, 'PN', standing for 'psychic nutrition', which at the time
promised to become a household expression. Drawing on his
first-hand knowledge of oriental civilizations; on discoveries of
Jung, especially his concept of psychic energy; on the ideas of the
cultural anthropologists; and not least on the New Science implicit
in microphysics and microbiology, E.W.F. Tomlin, whose
philosophical books have been translated into several languages,
shows how the human psyche requires its own kind of nourishment
just as urgently as the body needs food. In the industrial
societies of the West, this need has often been ignored. Reformers,
in their earnest though sometimes inept endeavours to create a
better world, have too often exposed us to the dangers of psychic
starvation and the noxious effects of what may be called 'neg-PN'.
Here lie the roots of violence and the lack of direction so
conspicuously afflicting modern man and woman. Examples of PN,
positive and negative, are given, lending the book an immediacy and
practical character often lacking in studies of this kind. In the
new scientific approach here adopted, the divisions between matter
and life, and life and mind, are discarded, and the old conflict
between science and religion shown to belong to an out-of-date
world view. The result is a radical reappraisal of the nature and
function of religion and art, the two great psychic forces in
history. Indeed, the present crisis is shown to originate in the
psychic sphere rather than in the political and economic order.
Deeply felt and elegantly written, yet not lacking in wit and
humour, the book ends with some concrete ideas on how a more
balanced culture may be achieved.
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