Bücher
Bücher, die ich gerade lese
- An introduction to the study of man (J. Z. Young)
- Chaos, Creativity, and Cosmic Consciousness (T. McKenna, R. Sheldrake, R. Abraham)
- So lügt man mit Statistik (Walter Krämer)
- The Power of Focusing (Ann Weiser Cornell)
- The Spiral Dance (Starhawk)
T. McKenna, R. Sheldrake, R. Abraham: Chaos, Creativity, and Cosmic Consciousness
Also, das ist ein echtes Erleuchtungsbuch. Ich kriege Knoten ins Hirn, wenn ich versuche, das alles mit dem Kopf zu verstehen – oder auch nur die Hälfte –, aber es wirkt quasi ganzheitlich auf mich, und löst irgendwo in mir drin ein ziemliches Feuerwerk aus. Und den Wunsch, noch eine Menge mehr Sheldrake-Bücher zu lesen. Dauert sicher noch, bis ich durch bin, aber hier mal meine momentane Lieblingsstelle:
"The point I want to make is that between the ego and the full understanding of reality is a barrier: the fear of the ego to surrender to the fact of chaos. In a premodern society, no woman could escape chaos because of the automatic birth script that had women giving birth over and over and over until death. Women are biologically scripted into being much closer to chaos simply because there are certain episodes in the life of a female that are guaranteed to be boundary dissolving. The psychology of feminine sexuality, which involves the acceptance of penetration, creates an entirely different relationship to boundary than does the male need to fulfill the potential to penetrate." (Terence McKenna, Kapitel 3, Chaos and the Imagination)
Und noch eine hübsche Stelle:
"The shift from the psychology of a psilocybin-mushroom cult to the psychology of an intoxicating mead cult, for example, would have led precisely to the difference in interpersonal dynamics that would have shifted a group from partnership relationships to patriarchal relationships. [...] The patriarchy and the mead evolved together, along with the concern for male paternity and the suppression of orgies.The critical decision was the choice between fun, on the one hand, and the full knowledge of the flow of one's genes, on the other. Once male paternity became an important issue, then the concept of 'me and mine' came into existence: 'my women', 'my children', 'my food', 'my weapons', 'my land'. This is the attitude that the orgiastic, psychedelic, boundary-dissolving mushroom religion held at bay." (Terence McKenna, Kapitel 7, The Unconscious)
Und mein Lieblingszitat:
"The purpose of science should be understanding, not only technique." (Terence McKenna, Kapitel 8, The Resacralization of the World)
