Coming Into Being: Artifacts and Texts in the Evolution of Consciousness
- ISBN-10
- 0312176929
- ISBN-13
- 9780312176921
- Category
- Body, Mind & Spirit
- Pages
- 336
- Language
- English
- Published
- 1998-06-15
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Author
- William Irwin Thompson
Description
The author of The Time Falling Bodies Take to Light provides an incisive analysis on the evolution of human consciousness, from early stone carvings to the writings of Proust and the art of Christo, to renewed interest in the Taoist philosophy of Lao Tzu.
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