Soul: An Archaeology--Readings from Socrates to Ray Charles

by Phil Cousineau

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What does soul mean? Is it, as in Aristotle's classic definition, the "life-giving principle"? Is it the shiver up your spine when Aretha Franklin sings the blues? Or is it the simple, breathtaking beauty of a Pablo Neruda poem? Soul defies definition, yet it surrounds us, permeating every aspect of our lives and culture--from art, music, and literature to religion, society, and identity. Long fascinated by the conundrum of the soul, author Phil Cousineau set out to follow its elusive trail show more by collecting the voices of those who have, since ancient times, sought their own understanding of the "inner universe." Scanning "history's long bookshelf," Cousineau harvested a rich collection of writings that trace the evolving definition of soul, from an ancient Sufi master's eternal question to a reflection on soul food, which somehow makes you feel "that all's right with the world." A captivating "soul reader," Soul offers a spectacular range of stories, essays, poems, myths, and songs that sample the ways in which soul has been expressed through the ages and explores its myriad dimensions--philosophical, spiritual, theological, and even alchemical. show less

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Phil Cousineau
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Phil Cousineau, author of seventeen books, is an award-winning documentary filmmaker who lectures worldwide on topics such as mythology and creativity. He now lives in San Francisco, but still roots for his Detroit hometown teams

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Andrews, Valerie (Contributor)
Aquinas, Thomas (Contributor)
Aristotle (Contributor)
Bachelard, Gaston (Contributor)
Barrett, William (Contributor)
Baulieu, Etienne-Emile (Contributor)
Bayazid of Bistun (Contributor)
Bettelheim, Bruno (Contributor)
Bird, Christopher (Contributor)
Black Elk (Contributor)
Blake, William (Contributor)
Blavatsky, H. B. (Contributor)
Bly, Robert (Contributor)
Bosch, Juan (Contributor)
Brennert, Alan (Contributor)
Browning, Elizabeth Barrett (Contributor)
Campbell, Joseph (Contributor)
Carus, Carl Gustav (Contributor)
Carver, Raymond (Contributor)
Cather, Willa (Contributor)
Chagnon, Napoleon A. (Contributor)
Charles, Ray (Contributor)
Cicero (Contributor)
Cleaver, Eldridge (Contributor)
Codrington, R. H. (Contributor)
Coles, Robert (Contributor)
Critchlow, Keith (Contributor)
Curtis, Heber D. (Contributor)
Dame Julian of Norwich (Contributor)
Deren, Maya (Contributor)
Descartes, René (Contributor)
Dickinson, Emily (Contributor)
Downing, Christine (Contributor)
Eberhardt, Isabelle (Contributor)
Eckhart, Meister (Contributor)
Eliade, Mircea (Contributor)
Eliot, Alexander (Contributor)
eloisa (Contributor)
Emerson, Ralph Waldo (Contributor)
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Giamatti, A. Bartlett (Contributor)
Goethe, Johann Wolfgang von (Contributor)
Griffin, Susan (Contributor)
Guralnick, Peter (Contributor)
Hildegard of Bingen (Contributor)
Hillman, James (Contributor)
Hughes, J. Donald (Contributor)
Hultkrantz, Åke (Contributor)
Huxley, Aldous (Contributor)
Johnson, Samuel (Contributor)
Jones, Alan (Contributor)
Joyce, James (Contributor)
Jung, Carl (Contributor)
Kabir (Contributor)
Kandinsky, Wassily (Contributor)
Kazantzakis, Nikos (Contributor)
Keats, John (Contributor)
Keen, Sam (Contributor)
Kerouac, Jack (Contributor)
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Kundera, Milan (Contributor)
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Lawrence, D. H. (Contributor)
Longfellow, Henry David (Contributor)
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Nance, John (Contributor)
Nathanson-Elkin, Sue (Contributor)
Needleman, Jacob (Contributor)
Neruda, Pablo (Contributor)
Orpingalik (Contributor)
Otto, Rudolf (Contributor)
Paracelsus (Contributor)
Pessoa, Fernando (Contributor)
Piggott, Stuart (Contributor)
Plato (Contributor)
Plotinus (Contributor)
Pouillon, Fernand (Contributor)
Ramakrishna, Sri (Contributor)
Ranke-Heinemann, Uta (Contributor)
Raymo, Chet (Contributor)
Read, Herbert (Contributor)
Ritz, David (Contributor)
Rumi, Jalal-Uddin (Contributor)
Saint John of the Cross (Contributor)
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Schweitzer, Albert (Contributor)
Shelley, Mary Wollstonecraft (Contributor)
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Singer, June (Contributor)
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Underhill, Evelyn (Contributor)
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von Franz, Marie-Louise (Contributor)
Walker, Alice (Contributor)
Whitman, Walt (Contributor)
Wolkstein, Diane (Contributor)
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Yeats, William Butler (Contributor)
Young, Al (Contributor)
Zukav, Gary (Contributor)
Zweig, Paul (Contributor)

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Nonfiction, Religion & Spirituality, Philosophy
DDC/MDS
128.1 — Philosophy & psychology Epistemology (how do you know what you know?) Humankind Soul
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BL290 .S68 — Philosophy, Psychology and Religion Religions. Mythology. Rationalism Religions. Mythology. Rationalism The soul
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