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1 online resource (257 pages) |
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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 |
How does one best fashion an ""internal"" world, a personal identity, that creates the conditions of psychological possibility to apprehend immortality, that almost magical Infinite-conceived as something-outside-everything, God, or the Other-from everyday living? The art of living the ""good life""--Following Freud, one of deep and wide love, creative and productive work, one that is guided by reason and ethics and is aesthetically pleasing-requires skillful attunement to these lovely presences in everyday life. Lodged in a psychoanalytic sensibility, and drawing from ancient and modern religio. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
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Psychology -- Social aspects.
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Psychology -- Social aspects. |
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Psychology. |
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Immortality.
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Immortality. |
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Electronic books.
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Print version: Marcus, Paul. Creating Heaven on Earth : The Psychology of Experiencing Immortality in Everyday Life. London : Karnac Books, ©2015 9781782201786 |
| ISBN |
9781782413233 (electronic book) |
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1782413235 (electronic book) |
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