Where God Comes From
Reflections on Science, Systems, and the Sublime
Nonfiction, Religion & Spirituality, Philosophy, Mind & Body
| Author: | Ira Livingston | ISBN: | 9781780994017 |
| Publisher: | John Hunt Publishing | Publication: | October 26, 2012 |
| Imprint: | John Hunt Publishing | Language: | English |
| Author: | Ira Livingston |
| ISBN: | 9781780994017 |
| Publisher: | John Hunt Publishing |
| Publication: | October 26, 2012 |
| Imprint: | John Hunt Publishing |
| Language: | English |
Where God Comes From explores how the sublime and miraculous can be found in a whole range of processes-- from chemistry and biology to language and literature and social interactions -- and how they loop back on themselves to form complex systems, stitching themselves and their environments together. The book traces an arc that passes through a series of different essay forms: a prose poem in Twitter-length units, a philosophical dialogue, traditional essays, and finally a story. Each is a metacognitive investigation of mystical experience as what happens when consciousness discovers its family resemblances with other recursive processes. |
Where God Comes From explores how the sublime and miraculous can be found in a whole range of processes-- from chemistry and biology to language and literature and social interactions -- and how they loop back on themselves to form complex systems, stitching themselves and their environments together. The book traces an arc that passes through a series of different essay forms: a prose poem in Twitter-length units, a philosophical dialogue, traditional essays, and finally a story. Each is a metacognitive investigation of mystical experience as what happens when consciousness discovers its family resemblances with other recursive processes. |
