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Cosmos and Psyche - by Richard Tarnas (Paperback)

Cosmos and Psyche - by  Richard Tarnas (Paperback)
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<p/><br></br><p><b> About the Book </b></p></br></br>Tarnas demonstrates the existence of a consistent correspondence between planetary movements and the unfolding of human history. He maintains the present is most comparable to the period 500 years ago, an era of extraordinary turbulence and creativity.<p/><br></br><p><b> Book Synopsis </b></p></br></br>From a philosopher whose magisterial history of Western thought was praised by Joseph Campbell and Huston Smith comes a brilliant new book that traces the connection between cosmic cycles and archetypal patterns of human experience. Drawing on years of research and on thinkers from Plato to Jung, Richard Tarnas explores the planetary correlations of epochal events like the French Revolution, the two world wars, and September 11. Whether read as astrology updated for the quantum age or as a contemporary classic of spirituality, <i>Cosmos and Psyche</i> is a work of immense sophistication, deep learning, and lasting importance.<p/><br></br><p><b> Review Quotes </b></p></br></br><br>Breathtaking in the scope and scale of its vision, this extraordinary book shatters our cosmological assumptions . . . Spellbinding, eloquent, compelling.--<b>Christopher Bache, professor of philosophy and religious studies, Youngstown State University</b> <p/>Majestic, sweeping, and profoundà This will be a book for the ages.--<b>William Van Dusen Wishard, author of <i>Between Two Ages: The 21st Century and the Crisis of Meaning</i></b><br><p/><br></br><p><b> About the Author </b></p></br></br>Richard Tarnas is a Harvard-educated historian and professor of philosophy and psychology, and the author of <b>The Passion of the Western Mind</b>. He is the founding director of the Philosophy, Cosmology, and Consciousness graduate studies program at the California Institute of Integral Studies, and also teaches on the faculty of Pacifica Graduate Institute.

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