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Creating Heaven on Earth : The Psychology of Experiencing Immortality in Everyday Life.

By: Marcus, PaulPublisher: London : Routledge, 2015Copyright date: ©2015Description: 1 online resource (257 pages)Content type: text Media type: computer Carrier type: online resourceISBN: 9781782413233Subject(s): Humanity.;Religion and social problems.;Social action.;Social problemsGenre/Form: Electronic books. Additional physical formats: Print version:: Creating Heaven on Earth : The Psychology of Experiencing Immortality in Everyday LifeDDC classification: 152.42 LOC classification: BJ1533.H9 -- .M373 2015ebOnline resources: Click to View
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COVER -- CONTENTS -- CHAPTER ONE Introduction: The quest for earthly immortality -- CHAPTER TWO "Take time to smell the roses: "The delights of gardening -- "Magical myths": The passion for sport -- CHAPTER FOUR "Wake up and smell the coffee": The pleasures of drinking coffee -- CHAPTER FIVE "The shorthand of strong emotion": Listening to great music -- CHAPTER SIX "Once upon a time there was …": On storytelling -- CHAPTER SEVEN Conclusion: Reflections on creating earthlyimmortality -- WEBSITE RESOURCES -- REFERENCES -- INDEX -- ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS -- ABOUT THE AUTHOR.
Summary: 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".
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COVER -- CONTENTS -- CHAPTER ONE Introduction: The quest for earthly immortality -- CHAPTER TWO "Take time to smell the roses: "The delights of gardening -- "Magical myths": The passion for sport -- CHAPTER FOUR "Wake up and smell the coffee": The pleasures of drinking coffee -- CHAPTER FIVE "The shorthand of strong emotion": Listening to great music -- CHAPTER SIX "Once upon a time there was …": On storytelling -- CHAPTER SEVEN Conclusion: Reflections on creating earthlyimmortality -- WEBSITE RESOURCES -- REFERENCES -- INDEX -- ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS -- ABOUT THE AUTHOR.

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".

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Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2019. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.

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