Dreaming the end of the world : apocalypse as a rite of passage / Michael Ortiz Hill.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Hill, Michael Ortiz.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Dreams.

End of the world.

Physical Description:

xxi, 210 pages ; 23 cm

Edition:

Second edition.

Place of Publication:

Putnam, Conn. : Spring Publications, 2004.

Summary:

Michael Ortiz Hill looks closely into one hundred end-of-world dreams and uncovers the myths ruling our fears and hopes.

Contents:

Section I The Dream at the End of the World

1 The Radiance of a Thousand Suns 9

2 What Rough Beast 24

3 The Dream at the End of the World 38

Section II Entering the Wilderness: The Apocalyptic Rite of Initiation

4 Suffer the Little Children 56

5 No Refuge 67

6 Taking Refuge 73

7 Things Fall Apart 81

8 Invisible Poison 90

9 The Unnatural 96

10 Because Thou Lovest the Burning Ground 101

11 Saving the World 110

12 The Emergence of the Sacred 118

13 Therefore Cultivate Compassion 129

14 Joy of Man's Desiring 136

15 The Bomb Lost in Its Own Dark Dreaming 146

Healing the Dream of Apocalypse: A Ritual 159

Near Trinity Site, The Day After the June Moon Went Full 166.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages [209]-210).

ISBN:

0882145568

OCLC:

56064997