{"product_id":"the-dream-of-the-cosmos-a-quest-for-the-soul","title":"The Dream of the Cosmos: A Quest for the Soul","description":"\u003cp\u003eDorset, England: Archive Publishing, 2013.  Quarto in purple pictorial wraps; 608 pages: illustrations (black and white); 25 cm + audio CD in pocket attached to inside back cover. Very fine. CD in rear pocket still sealed. Nearly as new. . Paperback. ISBN: 9781906289249\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eContents: \tPrologue: Civilization \/ William Anderson -- Introduction: A mythic time of choice -- pt. 1. My quest begins. The awakening dream; The Tree of Life -- pt. 2. The lunar era: original participation. The Great Mother: participation in cosmic soul; The shamanic vision: kinship with all creation -- pt. 3. The dissociated psyche and the pathology of separation and loss. The solar era: the separation from nature and the battle between good and evil; The myth of the fall and the doctrine of original sin; Misogyny: the origin and effects of the oppression of women; A one-eyed vision -- Interlude 1. The sleeping beauty: a fairy-tale for our time Pt. 4. Recovering the connection to the soul. The resurgence of the feminine: the awakening of the soul; Jung and the rediscovery of the soul; The shadow, the dragon and the primordial soul; War as a rape of the soul -- pt. 5. A new vision of reality. A metaphysical revolution: science and a conscious universe; The soul of the cosmos; Instinct and the body as a manifestation of the soul; New wine in new bottles: a new image of god -- Interlude 2. The way of the Tao Pt. 6. Transformation: final participation. The great work of alchemy: the process of the soul's transmutation; Seeing beyond the veil: the survival of the soul and life beyond death; Light and love as the pulse of the cosmos -- Appendix 1. Lament for the tragedy of war \/ a poem by Anne Baring -- Appendix 2. Mellen-Thomas Benedict: a story in his own words. Soul. Consciousness. Cosmogony. Âme. Conscience. Cosmogonie. Consciousness. Cosmogony. Soul.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Baring, Anne","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46055486456066,"sku":"94165.0","price":56.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0675\/4412\/1602\/files\/holder_7_d9c9e5f4-b0a5-4ea2-add9-bc67c15217e0.jpg?v=1744068527","url":"https:\/\/bibliope.com\/products\/the-dream-of-the-cosmos-a-quest-for-the-soul","provider":"Bibliope","version":"1.0","type":"link"}