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Body of Myth : Mythology, Shamanic Trance, and the Sacred Geography of the Body by J. Nigro Sansonese (1994, Trade Paperback)

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PublisherInner Traditions International, The Limited

ISBN-100892814098

ISBN-139780892814091

eBay Product ID (ePID)230743

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Book TitleBody of Myth : Mythology, Shamanic Trance, and the Sacred Geography of the Body

Number of Pages384 Pages

LanguageEnglish

Publication Year1994

TopicShamanism, Mysticism, Folklore & Mythology, General, Spiritualism

IllustratorYes

GenreReligion, Body, Mind & Spirit, Social Science, Psychology

AuthorJ. Nigro Sansonese

FormatTrade Paperback

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Item Height0.9 in

Item Weight24.7 Oz

Item Length11 in

Item Width8.5 in

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LCCN92-046586

Reviews. . . a fresh and innovative view. What Sansonese has discovered and very nicely documented, is the symbolic presence of the human organism in those least 'physical' of all events, myth and dream. Even the very attentive and sophisticated reader will marvel at the detail and subtlety Sansonese has brought to his investigation., "Much like a musical composition by Claude Debussy, this is an impressionistic book, full of mythological and physiological allusions that affect the reader with "Eureka"-type discoveries. The book's organization is unorthodox, yet it succeeds in convincing the reader that there is definitely a physical connection between the human body and mythologies. Sansonese, who has practiced raja yoga for years and here shows how yoga can be used as an effective means of attaining a deeper self-consciousness, reveals himself to be a natural successor to Joseph Campbell and Carl Jung. Readers in public and academic libraries who appreciate and delight in the juxtaposition of science and religion, East and West, will especially enjoy this esoteric volume."

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Dewey Edition20

Dewey Decimal291.13

Table Of ContentList of Figures Acknowledgments Prologue Introduction: Mythology Resurrected PART ONE: TRANCE 1. The Sound of One Hand Clapping 2. Proprioception 3. Sublime Trance PART TWO: MYTH Indo-European Myth 4. What is Myth 5. Greco-Roman Esoterism 6. Sisyphus and the Stone 7. Myth and Animals 8. Recapitulation 9. The Three Worlds * The First World * The Second World * The Third World * Three-World Trance 10. The Number of the Beast 11. The Mantras of Myth 12. Sacred Geography 13. Sacred Architecture and Art 14. The Siege of Troy 15. The Crack in the Cosmic Egg 16. Dream, Death, Birth 17. The Mysteries of Eleusis 18. Jason and the Argonauts Judeo-Christian Myth 19. Judeo-Christian Esoterism 20. The Myth of The Christ 21. Sin and Salvation The Legacy of Myth 22. Myth: The Historical Foundation of Western Learning PART THREE: SCIENCE Myth and Science 23. The Three ages of Man 24. On the Possibility of an A Priori Experience Psychoscience 25. Master Mechanic Isaac Newton 26. Clerk Maxwell Waves Goodbye 27. Heisenberg Isn't Sure 28. Darwin and the Temple of Solomon APPENDICES Appendix A: Newton's Three Laws Appendix B: Maxwell's Equations Appendix C: Quantum Mechanics and Psychogeometry Bibliography Index

SynopsisLong ago the ancestors of the Greeks, Romans, and Hindus were one people living on the Eurasian steppes. At the core of their religion was the "shamanic trance," a natural state but one in which consciousness achieves a profound level of inner awareness. Over the course of millennia, the Indo-Europeans divided and migrated into Europe and the Indian subcontinent. The knowledge of shamanic trance retreated from everyday awareness and was carried on in the form of myths and distilled into spiritual practices--most notably in the Indian tradition of yoga. J. Nigro Sansonese compares the myths of Greece as well as those of the Judeo-Christian tradition with the yogic practices of India and concludes that myths are esoteric descriptions of what occurs within the human body, especially the human nervous system, during trance. In this light, the myths provide a detailed map of the shamanic state of consciousness that is our natural heritage. This book carries on from the works of Carl Jung and Joseph Campbell to show how the portrayal of consciousness embodied in myth can be extended to a reappraisal of the laws of physics; before they are descriptions of the world, these laws--like myths--are descriptions of the human nervous system.

LC Classification NumberBL313.S326 1994