Table of Contents

PREFACE

10
     

PART ONE: Who Are We?

 

1 THE CURTAIN RISES: The Drama of Our Time 17
2 THE CALL: Unsuspected Longings 39
3 PREPARATION: The Underworld Journey 45
     

PART TWO: Where Did We Come From?

 
4 IN THE BEGINNING: The Realm of the Mother 57
5 WATERING THE SOUL: The Neolithic 71
6 FROM WILL TO POWER: The Dynamic Masculine 87
7 BIRTH OF THE HERO: Bronze and Iron Ages 109
8 FROM ARCHETYPES TO IDEAS: The Dawn of the Static Masculine 127
9 LIKE FATHER, LIKE SON: Early Christianity and the Biblical Myth 141
10 SHEDDING LIGHT ON THE DARKNESS: The Dark Ages to the Reformation 161
11 FROM FAITH TO REASON: The Enlightenment 179
12 SPIRALING INTO ECSTASY: The Dynamic Feminine 199
13 NO TIME LIKE THE PRESENT : The Power of Now 219
     

PART THREE: Where Are We Going?

 
14 DON'T AGONIZE, SELF ORGANIZE : Better Living through Living Systems 237
15 I, THOU AND WE: Joining X, Y, and Z 256
16 REALMS OF THE HEART: Opening the Global Chambers 287
17 WEAVING A NEW STORY: The Coming Age of the Heart 313
     

TIMELINE

330

END NOTES

342

BIBLIOGRAPHY

354

INDEX

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