The Heart of History: Individuality in Evolution

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SUNY Press, Jan 1, 1987 - Psychology - 249 pages
In a broad perspective of psychological, historical, and evolutionary considerations, Perry investigates factors that enable cultures in crisis to reorganize. He pursues historical antecedents of cataclysmic times, focusing on man's relation to his spiritual center and his societal setting. He shows clearly the parallelism of processes of transformation in psyche and society, citing historical examples in which the unbalanced assertion of individuality and dominance has been countered through the emergence of compassionate social concern.
 

Contents

The Psyche and the Evolution of Cultures
3
Lo They Beheld
21
World Images in Turmoil and Transition
39
A Legacy of Pharaohs
61
Sages and Sons of Heaven
77
Kingship and Compassion
97
Agape and Anointed Ones
111
Quests and a Kingdom of the Heart
129
Individuality in Evolution
171
Modern Myth and Nuclear Nemesis
189
Ahead
199
Notes
209
Bibliography
229
Author Index
239
Subject Index
241
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Revolution and World Regeneration
147

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John Weir Perry is a Jungian Psychotherapist and a leading transpersonal theorist. His degree is from Harvard Medical School. This is his fourth book.

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