Author: Mircea EliadePublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Dreams
Languages : en
Pages : 264
Book Description
Myths, Dreams, and Mysteries
Author: Mircea EliadePublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Dreams
Languages : en
Pages : 264
Book Description
Myths, dreams and mysteries : the encounter between contemporary faiths and archaic reality
Author: Mircea EliadePublisher:
ISBN: 9780006416784
Category : Dreams
Languages : en
Pages : 256
Book Description
Myths, Dreams, and Religion
Author: Joseph CampbellPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Body, Mind & Spirit
Languages : en
Pages : 268
Book Description
Private Myths
Author: Anthony StevensPublisher: Harvard University Press
ISBN: 9780674216396
Category : Medical
Languages : en
Pages : 400
Book Description
Discusses the development of theories relating to dreams and the techniques used for discovering their meaning, reviews the findings of dream science in the areas of psychology, neurology, and biology, looks at how dreams are formed, and provides advice on how to decipher them.
Myth and Religion in Mircea Eliade
Author: Douglas AllenPublisher: Psychology Press
ISBN: 9780415939393
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 406
Book Description
This is an interesting study with a great deal of information on Eliade's main themes and a detailed account of his understanding of myth.
Myths, Dreams & Mysteries: the Encounter Between Contemporary Faiths and Archaic Reality
Author: Mircea EliadeMyth and Modernity
Author: Milton ScarboroughPublisher: SUNY Press
ISBN: 9780791418796
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 176
Book Description
This book surveys selected modern theories of myth from philosophy, religion, anthropology, sociology, and psychoanalysis to demonstrate a common commitment to a dualistic ontology and/or epistemology. With help from the work of Maurice Merleau-Ponty and Michael Polanyi, the author proposes a new theory of myth which goes beyond these dualisms. It argues that although the Enlightenment sought to banish myth, it was itself animated by myths which it could neither recognize nor accredit. Moreover, it argues that myth is a primordial, articulate grasp of the life-world and is essential for providing a fundamental orientation to all human activities, including theorizing. The myths of Timaeus and Genesis are shown tacitly to shape modernity's most sophisticated theories in science and philosophy, including the criteria for truth.
When Brains Dream
Author: Antonio ZadraPublisher: National Geographic Books
ISBN: 1324020296
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
"A truly comprehensive, scientifically rigorous and utterly fascinating account of when, how, and why we dream. Put simply, When Brains Dream is the essential guide to dreaming." —Matthew Walker, author of Why We Sleep Questions on the origins and meaning of dreams are as old as humankind, and as confounding and exciting today as when nineteenth-century scientists first attempted to unravel them. Why do we dream? Do dreams hold psychological meaning or are they merely the reflection of random brain activity? What purpose do dreams serve? When Brains Dream addresses these core questions about dreams while illuminating the most up-to-date science in the field. Written by two world-renowned sleep and dream researchers, it debunks common myths that we only dream in REM sleep, for example—while acknowledging the mysteries that persist around both the science and experience of dreaming. Antonio Zadra and Robert Stickgold bring together state-of-the-art neuroscientific ideas and findings to propose a new and innovative model of dream function called NEXTUP—Network Exploration to Understand Possibilities. By detailing this model’s workings, they help readers understand key features of several types of dreams, from prophetic dreams to nightmares and lucid dreams. When Brains Dream reveals recent discoveries about the sleeping brain and the many ways in which dreams are psychologically, and neurologically, meaningful experiences; explores a host of dream-related disorders; and explains how dreams can facilitate creativity and be a source of personal insight. Making an eloquent and engaging case for why the human brain needs to dream, When Brains Dream offers compelling answers to age-old questions about the mysteries of sleep.
Familiar Mysteries
Author: Shirley Park LowryPublisher: Oxford University Press, USA
ISBN:
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 358
Book Description
This enthralling study of myths examines what exactly they are and why they are so important, even in modern life. The author shows what they share in common with folk tales, dreams, and fantasies; how we developed a symbolic language, defining such symbols as blood, mik, sunlight, and monsters; how heroes from Moses and Jesus to Charlemagne and Superman are related; and how myths reconcile us to life's limitations. It is an unforgettable study of the foundations of human consciousness.
Structure and Creativity in Religion
Author: Douglas AllenPublisher: Walter de Gruyter
ISBN: 9789027975942
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 298
Book Description
Sinceits founding by Jacques Waardenburg in 1971, Religion and Reason has been a leading forum for contributions on theories, theoretical issues and agendas related to the phenomenon and the study of religion. Topics include (among others) category formation, comparison, ethnophilosophy, hermeneutics, methodology, myth, phenomenology, philosophy of science, scientific atheism, structuralism, and theories of religion. From time to time the series publishes volumes that map the state of the art and the history of the discipline.