Sophos Ontology: On Post-Traditional Spirituality
Ebook
Sophos Ontology: On Post-Traditional Spirituality discusses religious plurality and post-traditional perspectives on emergent forms of sacred sensibility, particularly for those identifying as “spiritual but not religious.” This book is divided into three parts. The first part is a retrospective account of multiple religious traditions, with emphasis on esoteric thought as influenced by mystical writings, covering western, eastern, and Native American traditions. The second part discusses the need for a new conceptualization of the “sacred” as expressed through multiple spiritual perspectives relevant to a pansentient, post-traditional process ontology. Other topics in this section include the importance of an ethically shaped spirituality, collective influences, dreams, imagination, and the role of pluralism in shaping beliefs. Part three explores the role of faith, redefined as spiritual commitment, mysticism as direct experiential knowledge, and transpersonal theory influenced by comparative studies in altered states of consciousness, paranormal research, and the metaphysics of discovery — all contributing to the development of present and future spirituality.
Introduction
Part I: The Rise of Pluralism
Chapter One: The Historical Context
Chapter Two: Dialogues East and West
Part II: Ontological Reflections
Chapter Three: Sophos Ontology
Chapter Four: The Collective Challenge
Part III: New Horizons of Meaning
Chapter Five: Personal Transformations
Conclusion
Appendix: Temple of the Heart
References
About the Author
This book is a beautifully written exploration of modern spirituality. A true revision of Jung’s classic, Modern Man in Search of a Soul.
A deeply thoughtful meditation on a post-traditional spirituality including its modes of practice, its embodiment in everyday life, and its major philosophical themes and intentions. The work is informed by the author’s long study of comparative spirituality and will be useful for both scholars and serious seekers in today’s globalized, pluralistic, postmodern world.
Lee Irwin is the very model of a Teacher-Scholar-Practitioner of comparative religion and esotericism, and this beautifully written book is a distillation of a lifetime of his teaching, scholarship, and experience. Much of Prof. Irwin’s research is recapitulated here, including on Near Death Experience, Dreams, Reincarnation, the Hermetic Tradition, and Native American ontology, combined with unexpected and welcome autobiography, make for a spiritual masterpiece that is both practical and mystical, both scholarly and accessible.
- Title: Sophos Ontology: On Post-Traditional Spirituality
- Author: Lee Irwin
- Publisher: Lexington Books
- Print Publication Date: 2024
- Logos Release Date: 2024
- Language: English
- Resources: 1
- Format: Digital › Ebook
- ISBNs: 9781666948721, 9781666948714, 1666948713, 1666948721
- Resource ID: LLS:9781666948721
- Resource Type: Monograph
- Metadata Last Updated: 2024-03-10T02:05:15Z