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Visionary worlds : the making and unmaking of reality

Title
Visionary worlds : the making and unmaking of reality / Lee Irwin.
Author
Irwin, Lee, 1944-
Publication
Albany : State University of New York Press, ©1996.

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Description
viii, 214 pages; 24 cm.
Summary
Visionary Worlds examines the role and significance of imagination and the myth-making processes that engage human beings in constructing a viable, living world of meaningful relations, beliefs, and social interactions. In this process of "world-building," we each draw on a wide variety of ideologies - religious, philosophical, aesthetic or scientific - which often conflict and clash with one another in the struggle to evolve a coherent and meaningful worldview. This unpredictable and fallible process often requires considerable readjustment or revisions as the complexities of an increasingly pluralistic society impinge upon us with greater divergence and multiplicity. This work examines the ways in which we all make and unmake our reality as part of the challenge of seeking greater spiritual maturity and relatedness to others.
Series Statement
SUNY series in Western esoteric traditions
Uniform Title
SUNY series in Western esoteric traditions.
Subject
  • Pluralism
  • Reality
  • Myth
  • Imagination
  • pluralism
  • myths
  • Imagination
  • Myth
  • Pluralism
  • Reality
  • Wirklichkeit
  • Vision
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references (p. 199-201) and index.
Contents
1. Creating the World. Myths of Beginning. History, then Civilization. Patterns of Truth. Falsehoods, then Denials -- 2. Destroying Illusion. Time Is Not Lineal. Space Is Not Empty. Life Is Not Suffering. Dreams Are Not Fantasy -- 3. Chaos and Confusion. Fear, Isolation, Death. Anger, Jealousy, Violence. Love, Passion, Possession. Ecstasy, Joy, Trauma -- 4. Recreating the World. Recalling the Past. Foreseeing the Future. Forgetting the Present. Unweaving the Woven -- 5. Accepting the Unacceptable. Neither Self Nor Selflessness. Both-and-or-Other. Neither Ignorance Nor Knowledge. Made, then Unmade.
ISBN
  • 0791428613
  • 9780791428610
  • 0791428621
  • 9780791428627
  • 0585043035
  • 9780585043036
LCCN
95016633
OCLC
  • ocm32468129
  • 32468129
  • SCSB-2080685
Owning Institutions
Princeton University Library