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The Caretakers of the Cosmos

Living Responsibly in an Unfinished World
  • ISBN-13: 9781782500025
  • Publisher: FLORIS BOOKS
    Imprint: FLORIS BOOKS
  • By Gary Lachman
  • Price: AUD $54.99
  • Stock: 6 in stock
  • Availability: Order will be despatched as soon as possible.
  • Local release date: 14/10/2013
  • Format: Paperback (234.00mm X 156.00mm) 304 pages Weight: 405g
  • Categories: Theosophy & Anthroposophy [HRQC5]
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Why are we here? Human beings have asked themselves this question for centuries. Modern science largely argues that human beings are chance products of a purposeless universe, but other traditions believe humanity has an essential role and responsibility in creation.Lachman brings together many strands of esoteric, spiritual and philosophical thought to form a counter-argument to the nihilism that permeates the twenty-first century. Offering a radical alternative to postmodern apathy, he argues that we humans are indeed the 'caretakers' of the universe, entrusted with a daunting task: that of healing and repairing creation itself.This is an important book from a key thinker of our time, addressing some of the most urgent questions facing humanity.
'This is a cracking book on a cracking subject by a cracking author.' -- Lynn Picknett, Magonia Review of Books '[Lachman's] views are set out lucidly, engagingly, tentatively and accompanied by a cloud of illustrious witnesses from the Hermetic tradition and the the Kabbalah, to Blake and Goethe through to Berdyaev and Cassirer (amongst many others).' -- Nicholas Colloff, Golgonooza blog 'I found Lachman's user friendly treatment refreshing. Although the caretaker theme is common in enlightened circles such comprehensive expositions in this type of evolutionary context are rarer. Lachman's depth of reading and research are admirable, and he weaves the story well, developing what is becoming increasingly obvious - that all of human history reflects the evolution of consciousness.' -- Martin Lockley, Scientific and Medical Network Review 'This is a book not short of accessibility, guts and wry, dry humour... Caretakers of the Cosmos is about our relationship to each other, the planet and the Universe - which superficially might sound rather New Age. But as I hope you might realise by now, this book could hardly be further from such glib platitudes. It's about consciousness, quantum physics, intention and engagement. In other words about the acceptance of a distinct role and a conscious commitment to it. If it all sounds like hard work, this might be the moment to remember that this relationship is about joy. But most - and to some of us, best - of all, is this book's insistence on the 'fallacy of [human] insignificance'. And indeed this is a far from insignificant book.' -- Lynn Picknett, Magonia Review of Books
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