This Tree Grows Out of Hell: Mesoamerica and the Search for the Magical Body - Couverture rigide

Tompkins, Ptolemy

Couverture rigide

ISBN 10 : 0062508660 ISBN 13 : 9780062508669

Editeur : HarperSanFrancisco, 1991

Synopsis

An investigation into the history, archaeology and mythology of ancient Mesoamerica, in order to understand the motivations that lay behind the building of pyramidal cities and bizarre rituals. The author dismisses New Age ideas about the origin and nature of these societies.

A propos du livre

Présentation de l'éditeur

Ptolemy Tompkinss spellbinding plunge into the history and meaning of Mesoamerican civilisations - first published a decade ago - is more compelling now than ever. Combining scholarly knowledge with visionary perception and sensitivity, he examines the Mayan, Aztec, and other related cultures from the perspective of each region's shifting understanding of the human soul. A profoundly spiritual and ecological thread runs through this enlightening work: despite their amazing achievements, these civilisations eventually crumbled because they lost touch with their sense of community, their true natures, and their environments. Above all, Tompkins vividly reveals how violence became a deeply flawed but powerful strategy for accessing the ever-retreating realm of the spirit, which had once guided and directed human life.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: HarperSanFrancisco
• Date d'édition: 1991
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0062508660
• ISBN 13: 9780062508669
• Reliure: Relié
• Nombre de pages: 192
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
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