The Heart of History: Individuality in EvolutionIn 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 |
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Bibliography | 229 |
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Revolution and World Regeneration | 147 |
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