The diamond and the star : an exploration of their symbolic meaning in an insecure age / John Warden.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Warden, John.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Symbolism.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (176 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Other Title:

Diamond & the star

Place of Publication:

London : Shepheard-Walwyn (Publishers) Ltd., 2009.

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.

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

10 Three-Dimensional Symbolism: The Diamond 1 Psychology11 Three-Dimensional Symbolism: The Diamond 2 Chemistry; 12 Twilight; 13 In Search of the Soul; 14 The Final Sin; Appendix I 'Participation Mystique' and Mysticism; Appendix II Excerpts from the original essay Foreword; Drawing the Mandalas; The Diamond Mandala; The Star Mandala; The Creation of the Text; Bibliography of Sources; Index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 183-184) and index.

ISBN:

0-85683-307-X

OCLC:

430340041