| Description |
1 online resource (xvi, 190 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates) : illustrations (some color) |
| Physical Medium |
polychrome |
| Description |
text file |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 183-184) and index. |
| Contents |
Front Cover; Copyright Page; Contents; List of Plates; Foreword by Chungliang Al Huang; Preface by Prof. John Clarke; Author's Preface; Introduction; 1 The Quality of Mystery; 2 The Mystery of Being; 3 The Mystery of Consciousness; 4 The Diamond and the Star in Poetry; Heaven and Earth; Male and Female; Fire and Water; Good and Evil; 5 Towards a Symbolic Attitude; The Symbol in Psychology; The Symbol in Western Experience; The Symbol in Eastern Thought; 6 The Nature of the Unconscious; 7 Dreams and Myths; 8 Human Differences; 9 Two-Dimensional Symbolism: The Star. |
| Summary |
Describing the use of symbols in philosophy and religion, this book connects the Taoist symbol of the self--the diamond body--to the tetrahedron, as well as to the four valences of the carbon molecule, the basis of all life. Following these ideas further, the discussion details the close correspondence between the ancient wisdom of Lao Tsu and the symbolism of Jungian psychology--and also conjectures about the possibility of a more image-oriented view of science. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Symbolism.
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Symbolism. |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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| Cover Title |
Diamond & the star |
| Other Form: |
Print version: Warden, John. Diamond and the star. London : Shepheard-Walwyn, 2009 9780856832550 0856832553 (OCoLC)223910707 |
| ISBN |
9780856833076 (electronic book) |
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085683307X (electronic book) |
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9780856833083 (electronic book) |
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0856833088 (electronic book) |
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0856832553 |
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9780856832550 |
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