The Crack in the Cosmic Egg: New Constructs of Mind and Reality
by Joseph Chilton Pearce
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The classic work that shaped the thought of a generation with its powerful insights into the true nature of mind and reality. * Defines culture as a "cosmic egg" structured by the mind's drive for logical ordering of its universe. * Provides techniques allowing individuals to break through the vicious circle of logic-based systems to attain expanded ways of creative living and learning. The sum total of our notions of what the world is--and what we perceive its full potential to be--form a show more shell of rational thought in which we reside. This logical universe creates a vicious circle of reasoning that robs our minds of power and prevents us from reaching our true potential. To step beyond that circle requires a centering and focus that today's society assaults on every level. Through the insights of Teilhard, Tillich, Jung, Jesus, Carlos Castaneda, and others, Joseph Chilton Pearce provides a mode of thinking through which imagination can escape the mundane shell of current construct reality and leap into a new phase of human evolution. This enormously popular New Age classic is finally available again to challenge the assumptions of a new generation of readers and help them develop their potential through new creative modes of thinking. With a masterful synthesis of recent discoveries in physics, biology, and psychology, Pearce reveals the extraordinary relationship of mind and reality and nature's blueprint for a self-transcending humanity. show lessTags
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His psychological perspective may seem 'old hat' now, but Pearce posits that unless we have learned how to create our own reality as children (utilizing creative play), we tend to suffer from morose feelings of anxiety and isolation. See, also, _The Continuum Concept_ - a book that makes an even stronger case.
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I was introduced to the concept of infinite possibility in a way that no minister could. His comparison of the teaching of Christ and the ways of Don Juan is profound. Carlos Castaneda, Peruvian-born writer, imparts the truths of the Mesoamerican culture. It is as relevant today as it ever was. The paradigm is worth a look. It may bring out the spiritual warrior in you
I was introduced to the concept of infinite possibility in a way that no minister could. His comparison of the teaching of Christ and the ways of Don Juan is profound. Carlos Castaneda, Peruvian-born writer, imparts the truths of the Mesoamerican culture. It is as relevant today as it ever was. The paradigm is worth a look. It may bring out the spiritual warrior in you
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Joseph Chilton Pearce was born in Pineville, Kentucky on January 14, 1926. During World War II, he served in the U.S. Army Air Corps. He received a Bachelor of Arts degree from the College of William and Mary, a Master of Arts degree from Indiana University, and did post-graduate studies at Geneva Theological College. He taught college humanities show more until the mid-1960s, and then wrote and lectured full-time. He taught workshops and gave lectures on the changing needs of children and the development of human society. He wrote several books including The Crack in the Cosmic Egg, The Biology of Transcendence, The Death of Religion and the Rebirth of Spirit, The Heart-Mind Matrix, Magical Child, Evolution's End, and The Bond of Power: Meditation and Wholeness. He died on August 23, 2016 at the age of 90. (Bowker Author Biography) show less
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- Original title
- The Crack in the Cosmic Egg - Challenging constructs of mind and reality
- Original publication date
- 1973
- Epigraph
- There was a child went forth every day,
And the first object he looked upon, that object he became,
And that object became part of him for the day or a certain part of the day,
Or for many years or stretching cycl... (show all)es of years.
—Walt Whitman - Dedication
- to the memory of my wife
Patrcia Ann
mother of our five - First words
- Almost a decade has passed since I first experience the crack in my own cosmic egg, and made tentative attempts to translate it into communicable form. • • Introduction
There is a relationship between what... (show all) we think is out there in the world and what we experience as being out there. • • 1. circles and lines - Last words
- (Click to show. Warning: May contain spoilers.)So I find that my concern and love for life, my longing and desire, have sowed a wind within this orb of skull, and here in this spiraled fire I reap the whirlwinds of all the worlds. • • 10. vision and reflection
- Blurbers
- Watts, Alan; Houston, Jean; Lilly, John C.
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