Creating Heaven on Earth
The Psychology of Experiencing Immortality in Everyday Life
Nonfiction, Health & Well Being, Psychology, Mental Health
| Author: | Paul Marcus | ISBN: | 9780429912382 |
| Publisher: | Taylor and Francis | Publication: | March 21, 2018 |
| Imprint: | Routledge | Language: | English |
| Author: | Paul Marcus |
| ISBN: | 9780429912382 |
| Publisher: | Taylor and Francis |
| Publication: | March 21, 2018 |
| Imprint: | Routledge |
| Language: | English |
The art of living the "good life" requires skilful attunement to the lovely presences in everyday life. Lodged in a psychoanalytic sensibility, and drawing from ancient and modern religious and spiritual wisdom, this book provides the details, conceptual structures, and inner meanings of a number of easily accessible, everyday activities, including gardening, sport, drinking coffee, storytelling, and listening to music. It also suggests how to best engage these activities, to consecrate the ordinary in a way that points to experiential transcendence, or what the author calls "glimpsing immortality", a core component of the art of living the "good life".
The art of living the "good life" requires skilful attunement to the lovely presences in everyday life. Lodged in a psychoanalytic sensibility, and drawing from ancient and modern religious and spiritual wisdom, this book provides the details, conceptual structures, and inner meanings of a number of easily accessible, everyday activities, including gardening, sport, drinking coffee, storytelling, and listening to music. It also suggests how to best engage these activities, to consecrate the ordinary in a way that points to experiential transcendence, or what the author calls "glimpsing immortality", a core component of the art of living the "good life".
