Reality - Softcover

Kingsley, Peter

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1890350095 ISBN 13: 9781890350093

Publisher: The Golden Sufi Center, 2004

Synopsis

Reality introduces us to the extraordinary mystical tradition that lies right at the roots of western culture.
This is the true story of Parmenides, Empedocles, and those like them: spiritual guides and experts in other states of consciousness, healers and interpreters of dreams, prophets and magicians who laid the foundation for the world we now live in. Reality documents the excruciating process that led to their work and teaching being distorted, covered over, forgotten. And most importantly, it presents these original teachings in all their immediacy and power -- revealing their ability, just as vibrant now as at the dawn of the western world, to awaken us to what reality truly is.

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About the Author

Peter Kingsley, PhD, is internationally recognized for his groundbreaking work on the origins of western spirituality, philosophy and culture. Through his writings as well as lectures he speaks straight to the heart and has helped to transform many people's understanding not only of the past, but of who they are. He is the author of five books which together have exerted the profoundest and most far-reaching influence outside as well as inside academia: Ancient Philosophy, Mystery and Magic (1995); In the Dark Places of Wisdom (1999); Reality (2004); A Story Waiting to Pierce You (2010); and most recently Catafalque (2018). He has worked together not only with Native American elders and western spiritual teachers but also with many of the most prominent figures in the fields of classics and anthropology, philosophy and religious studies, ancient civilizations and the history of both healing and science. His latest book on Carl Jung brings his work full circle, connecting his researches into the distant past with the crisis of the modern world. He is the recipient of numerous academic awards and holds honorary professorships or fellowships at universities in Canada, the United Kingdom and United States. For further information, visit peterkingsley.org

Review

"This book is a journey back to the source -- not only of western civilization but, more importantly, to the source within you. Read it! To understand it is to be transformed." --Eckhart Tolle, author, The Power of Now

"There are few writers today you must read. Peter Kingsley is one of them. With absolute clarity he writes about the most challenging issues, and at the same time is inspiring in the most ancient sense: filling us with spirit and hope. His words will change the way you imagine your life." --Thomas Moore, author, Care of the Soul and Dark Nights of the Soul

"Peter Kingsley is a successor to Carl Jung and Joseph Campbell. His lectures and writings -- especially his latest book, Reality -- reveal hidden dimensions of consciousness and how it manifests in the world. His message conveys hope and meaning, and reveals majestic qualities of the mind we have forgotten and which have been ignored by Western 'authorities' for centuries. Peter Kingsley is a transformative and life-changing force in our world. Never have we needed such a message as now." --Larry Dossey, M.D., author, Healing Beyond the Body, Reinventing Medicine, and Healing Words

"This epochal work is not only a seminal study of the origins of Western thought. It also is a guide for the rediscovery of truths which lie hidden in the souls and minds of men and women today -- and which urgently need to be brought to light in a world groping in so much spiritual and intellectual darkness. It seeks nothing less than to reveal the original nature of Western philosophy in its true, but long forgotten, sense. And through doing so it forces contemporary human beings to reexamine what it means to be human." --Seyyed Hossein Nasr, author, Knowledge and the Sacred and Religion and the Order of Nature

"With its startling blend of spiritual passion and the bold vision of a consummate scholar, this remarkable book invites us -- even to the point of demanding us -- to open our eyes to the unseen realities nourishing the ancient roots of our civilization. Of even more importance, it invites us to the great work of opening ourselves to the mystical reality that is calling from within to each and every one of us." --Jacob Needleman, author, The Heart of Philosophy and The American Soul

"Peter Kingsley is probably the only person alive who understands the Presocratics." --Richard Smoley, author, The Dice Game of Shiva and Forbidden Faith

About this edition

• Publisher: The Golden Sufi Center
• Publication date: 2004
• ISBN 10: 1890350095
• ISBN 13: 9781890350093
• Binding: Paperback
• Language: English
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 600