Bucke Richard M. : Cosmic Consciousness (Pbk) - Couverture souple

Bucke Dr, Richard Maurice

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 0525472452 ISBN 13 : 9780525472452

Editeur : Penguin Books Ltd, 1969

Synopsis

Book by Bucke Richard Maurice

A propos du livre

Présentation de l'éditeur

In 1872, while in London, England, Bucke had the pivotal experience of his life, a fleeting mystical experience that he regarded as a few moments of "cosmic consciousness." Bucke described the characteristics and effects of this "faculty" as follows: sudden appearance; subjective experience of light (inner light); moral elevation; intellectual illumination; sense of immortality; loss of fear of death; loss of a sense of sin. However, the term "cosmic consciousness" more closely derives from yet another feature: the vivid sense of the universe as a living presence, rather than as basically lifeless, inert matter. This direct perception, which Bucke took great pains to try to explain, vivifies Johann Wolfgang von Goethe's theory of Nature.

Biographie de l'auteur

An adventurer during his youth, Bucke later studied medicine and practiced psychiatry in Ontario. He was a friend of several noted men of letters in Canada, the United States, and England. Besides publishing professional articles, Bucke wrote three books: Man's Moral Nature, Walt Whitman, and Cosmic Consciousness, a study of mystical experience which is his best-known work.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Penguin Books Ltd
• Date d'édition: 1969
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0525472452
• ISBN 13: 9780525472452
• Reliure: Broché
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
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