Journey of the Universe by Brian Thomas Swimme (Author), Mary Evelyn Tucker (Author). Today we know what no previous era knew: the historical past of the universe and of the unfolding of life on Earth. Via the astonishing combined achievements of pure scientists worldwide, we now have a detailed account of how galaxies and stars, planets and living organisms, human beings and human consciousness got here to be. And yet . . . We thirst for solutions to questions that have haunted humanity from the very beginning. What's our place within the 14-billion-year historical past of the universe? What roles can we play in Earth's historical past? How will we connect with the intricate internet of life on Earth?
In Journey of the Universe Brian Thomas Swimme and Mary Evelyn Tucker tell the epic story of the universe from an inspired new perspective, weaving the findings of modern science along with enduring knowledge found within the humanistic traditions of the West, China, India, and indigenous peoples. The authors discover cosmic evolution as a profoundly wondrous course of based mostly on creativity, connection, and interdependence, and they envision an unprecedented opportunity for the world's people to deal with the daunting ecological and social challenges of our times.
Journey of the Universe transforms how we understand our origins and envision our future. Though a bit of a guide, it tells a big story-one which conjures up hope for an approach by which Earth and its human civilizations might flourish together.
This ebook is part of a larger venture that includes a documentary movie, an educational DVD series, and a website. The movie and the DVD series will be released in 2011. For extra info, please seek the advice of the web site, journeyoftheuniverse.org.
This wonderful little ebook is an invite and an information to a means of experiencing yourself that is deeply related to the remainder of the cosmos. Do not simply learn the book. Experience it and combine it into your on a regular basis life. Read it whereas sitting under a tree or by the campfire or flashlight sitting underneath the stars with friends. What our world wants maybe most of all proper now's house to really talk to each other (about what we imagine, what we care about, what we are afraid of) from a non-threatening, large picture, cosmic perspective. This e-book provides the context for these a lot-needed conversations.
Journey of the Universe helps to inspire a way of the intimate human connection to the "deep time," slow emergence of the Universe. The book narrates the most effective present science in clear prose, together with philosophical-religious reflection. Swim and Tucker don't only ask splendid questions, but probe into present difficulties. Their insights on the mechanization of time in the last ~150 years, for example, helps clarify why we feel so pressurized as we are run by the machine-oriented society wherein we participate. They then open attainable doorways--wonder, creativity, intimacy with the world round us--inviting us to step by means of to new territory.
I will use this book in my Intro to Spiritual Studies class at a public college, in the latter part of the course. Religions have all the time helped their adherents to answer such questions as, "Where did we come from and to whom are we associated?" [the metaphysics] and "How ought we to live?" [the morality]. Journey of the Universe restores a "practical cosmology" for our occasions, and can, I suspect, provoke vigorous dialogue of ways the everlasting questions would possibly orient people in our still unfolding universe today.
Journey of the Universe
Brian Thomas Swimme (Author), Mary Evelyn Tucker (Author)
175 pages
Yale University Press (June 28, 2011)
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