Nature, Man and Woman

Nature, Man and Woman
Title Nature, Man and Woman PDF eBook
Author Alan Watts
Publisher Vintage
Pages 226
Release 1991-02-27
Genre Religion
ISBN 0679732330

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From “perhaps the foremost interpreter of Eastern disciplines for the contemporary West—and an author who ‘had the rare gift of ‘writing beautifully the unwritable’” (Los Angeles Times)—a guide that draws on Chinese Taoism to reexamine humanity’s place in the natural world and the relation between body and spirit. Western thought and culture have coalesced around a series of constructed ideas—that human beings stand separate from a nature that must be controlled; that the mind is somehow superior to the body; that all sexuality entails a seduction—that in some way underlie our exploitation of the earth, our distrust of emotion, and our loneliness and reluctance to love. Here, Watts fundamentally challenges these assumptions, drawing on the precepts of Taoism to present an alternative vision of man and the universe—one in which the distinctions between self and other, spirit and matter give way to a more holistic way of seeing.

Nature, Man and Woman

Nature, Man and Woman
Title Nature, Man and Woman PDF eBook
Author Alan W Watts
Publisher Random House
Pages 187
Release 2022-02-03
Genre Philosophy
ISBN 1473590868

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'The perfect guide for a course correction in life' Deepak Chopra To be forever looking beyond is to remain blind to what is here In this engaging and enduring work, pioneering Zen scholar Alan Watts examines humanity's place in the natural world and the spirit's connection to the body. Drawing on the precepts of Taoism, Watts offers an alternative vision of our place in the universe that will revolutionise the way you think, feel and live.

Eastern Wisdom, Modern Life

Eastern Wisdom, Modern Life
Title Eastern Wisdom, Modern Life PDF eBook
Author Alan Watts
Publisher New World Library
Pages 258
Release 2006
Genre Philosophy
ISBN 1577311809

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Alan Watts introduced millions of Western readers to Zen and other Eastern philosophies. But he is also recognized as a brilliant commentator on Judeo-Christian traditions, as well as a celebrity philosopher who exemplified the ideas — and lifestyle — of the 1960s counterculture. In this compilation of controversial lectures that Watts delivered at American universities throughout the sixties, he challenges readers to reevaluate Western culture's most hallowed constructs. Watts treads the familiar ground of interpreting Eastern traditions, but he also covers new territory, exploring the counterculture's basis in the ancient tribal and shamanic cultures of Asia, Siberia, and the Americas. In the process, he addresses some of the era's most important questions: What is the nature of reality? How does an individual's relationship to society affect this reality? Filled with Watts's playful, provocative style, the talks show the remarkable scope of a philosopher at his prime, exploring and defining the sixties counterculture as only Alan Watts could.

Nature, Man and Woman

Nature, Man and Woman
Title Nature, Man and Woman PDF eBook
Author Alan Watts
Publisher Vintage
Pages 226
Release 2012-07-11
Genre Religion
ISBN 0307822982

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From “perhaps the foremost interpreter of Eastern disciplines for the contemporary West—and an author who ‘had the rare gift of ‘writing beautifully the unwritable’” (Los Angeles Times)—a guide that draws on Chinese Taoism to reexamine humanity’s place in the natural world and the relation between body and spirit. Western thought and culture have coalesced around a series of constructed ideas—that human beings stand separate from a nature that must be controlled; that the mind is somehow superior to the body; that all sexuality entails a seduction—that in some way underlie our exploitation of the earth, our distrust of emotion, and our loneliness and reluctance to love. Here, Watts fundamentally challenges these assumptions, drawing on the precepts of Taoism to present an alternative vision of man and the universe—one in which the distinctions between self and other, spirit and matter give way to a more holistic way of seeing.

Woman and Nature

Woman and Nature
Title Woman and Nature PDF eBook
Author Susan Griffin
Publisher Catapult
Pages 252
Release 2016-08-22
Genre History
ISBN 1619028751

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In this famously provocative cornerstone of feminist literature, Susan Griffin explores the identification of women with the earth—both as sustenance for humanity and as victim of male rage. Starting from Plato's fateful division of the world into spirit and matter, her analysis of how patriarchal Western philosophy and religion have used language and science to bolster their power over both women and nature is brilliant and persuasive, coming alive in poetic prose. Griffin draws on an astonishing range of sources—from timbering manuals to medical texts to Scripture and classical literature—in showing how destructive has been the impulse to disembody the human soul, and how the long separated might once more be rejoined. Poet Adrienne Rich calls Woman and Nature "perhaps the most extraordinary nonfiction work to have merged from the matrix of contemporary female consciousness—a fusion of patriarchal science, ecology, female history and feminism, written by a poet who has created a new form for her vision. ...The book has the impact of a great film or a fresco; yet it is intimately personal, touching to the quick of woman's experience."

The Nature, Dignity, and Mission of Woman

The Nature, Dignity, and Mission of Woman
Title The Nature, Dignity, and Mission of Woman PDF eBook
Author Karl Stehlin
Publisher
Pages 106
Release 2013
Genre Catholic women
ISBN 9781937843229

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No Greater Joy

No Greater Joy
Title No Greater Joy PDF eBook
Author Michael Pearl
Publisher No Greater Joy Ministries
Pages 120
Release 1999-04
Genre Family & Relationships
ISBN 9781892112071

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To respond to the many letters that Michael and Debi Pearl received after publishing their first book, To Train Up a Child, they started the No Greater Joy magazine. No Greater Joy Volume Two includes articles from the first two years of publication and covers the subjects of rowdy boys, homeschooling, grief, and much more.