[PDF] Nature Worship And Taboo eBook

Author : W. C. Willoughby
Publisher :
Page : 306 pages
File Size : 15,50 MB
Release : 2013-10
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ISBN : 9781494078218

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This is a new release of the original 1932 edition.

Author : Private Printing
Publisher : Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
Page : 136 pages
File Size : 20,69 MB
Release : 2016-09-30
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ISBN : 9781539159469

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"Nature Worship" is an account of phallic practice especially within Hindu and ancient Greek tradition. Speaking of temple prostitution, phallic symbolism, yoni veneration, and the Maharaja of India among other topics, at the time of its printing such works were taboo and thus privately released. Speaking of the strictest occult traditions of the sensual and of the left hand, feminine path, it attempts to project its Eurocentrism and Christian philosophy onto mystery schools far more ancient, but provides a plethora of knowledge for any academic or spiritualist nonetheless, twain with many dozens of secondary spiritual sources.

Author : Department of Religious Studies University of California B. Alan Wallace Visiting Lecturer, Santa Barbara
Publisher : Oxford University Press, USA
Page : 234 pages
File Size : 27,92 MB
Release : 2000-11-09
Category : Religion
ISBN : 0195351096

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This book takes a bold new look at ways of exploring the nature, origins, and potentials of consciousness within the context of science and religion. Alan Wallace draws careful distinctions between four elements of the scientific tradition: science itself, scientific realism, scientific materialism, and scientism. Arguing that the metaphysical doctrine of scientific materialism has taken on the role of ersatz-religion for its adherents, he traces its development from its Greek and Judeo-Christian origins, focusing on the interrelation between the Protestant Reformation and the Scientific Revolution. He looks at scientists' long term resistance to the firsthand study of consciousness and details the ways in which subjectivity has been deemed taboo within the scientific community. In conclusion, Wallace draws on William James's idea for a "science of religion" that would study the nature of religious and, in particular, contemplative experience. In exploring the nature of consciousness, this groundbreaking study will help to bridge the chasm between religious belief and scientific knowledge. It is essential reading for philosophers and historians of science, scholars of religion, and anyone interested in the relationship between science and religion.

Author : B. Alan Wallace
Publisher : Oxford University Press, USA
Page : 229 pages
File Size : 13,34 MB
Release : 2004
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 0195173104

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"This book takes a bold new look at ways of exploring the nature, origins, and potentials of consciousness within the context of science and religion. Alan Wallace draws careful distinctions between four elements of the scientific tradition: science itself, scientific realism, scientific materialism, and scientism. Arguing that the metaphysical doctrine of scientific materialism has taken on the role of ersatz-religion for its adherents, he traces its development from its Greek and Judeo-Christian origins, focusing on the interrelation between the Protestant Reformation and the Scientific Revolution. Wallace argues that the metaphysical principles of scientific materialism have long impeded scientific research into subjective states of awareness, including the nature of consciousness itself. Drawing on the writings of William James, Hilary Putnam, Augustine, and Indian Buddhist contemplatives such as Buddhaghosa, Asanga, and Padmasambhava, he presents a theoretical framework and mode of inquiry into human consciousness that combines both extraspective and introspective methods of research. He also looks at scientists' long-term resistance to the first-hand study of consciousness, detailing the ways in which subjectivity has been deemed taboo within the scientific community. In tracing the impact of scientific materialism in modern scientific writing, journalism, and education, Wallace shows that the empirical facts of scientific research are often fused with materialistic interpretations and argues that we must take greater care in distinguishing between the two. In conclusion, Wallace draws on William James's idea for a 'science of religion' that would study the nature of religious and, in particular, contemplative experience. In exploring the nature of consciousness, this groundbreaking study will help to bridge the chasm between religious belief and scientific knowledge. It is essential reading for philosophers and historians of science, scholars of religion, and anyone interested in the relationship between science and religion."--front and back flaps.