
The Emergence of I
John H. Payne
The universe wakes up through you.
We see history as an unceasing flow of causality and time; an endless series of past events leading up to the present. We feel ourselves as the detached observers of it, somehow standing on the outside watching the...
Location:
United States
Description:
The universe wakes up through you. We see history as an unceasing flow of causality and time; an endless series of past events leading up to the present. We feel ourselves as the detached observers of it, somehow standing on the outside watching the world go by. But the truth is we’re not on the outside. We’re at the very center of it all. Interweaving history, mythology, psychology, and mystical experience, author John Payne charts the journey of I from its Paleolithic origins through the emergence of language and literacy, forward through the worldviews of the Greeks and Hebrews, and on to the present time. The premise of this book is that the Universe’s most sincere project is the creation of a self-reflection point called I. Climbing up out of the universe’s primordia using the rungs of matter, animal biology and cultural enterprises such as myth, religion, literacy and science, Consciousness has constricted itself to a place two inches behind your forehead. And it has been waiting for you to wake up. Duration - 6h 22m. Author - John H. Payne. Narrator - Jonathan Waters. Published Date - Thursday, 19 January 2023. Copyright - © 2023 John H. Payne IV ©.
Language:
English
Opening
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Part 1 - The Fall
Duration:00:00:05
Chapter 1: I Am That
Duration:00:16:00
Chapter 2: A New Historical Perspective
Duration:00:19:09
Chapter 3: Wandering in the Garden
Duration:00:14:51
Chapter 4: The Reptile Within
Duration:00:15:14
Chapter 5: Old Dreams: Hunter versus Goddess
Duration:00:09:45
Chapter 6: Paradise Lost
Duration:00:09:23
Chapter 7: High Hopes for Prehistoric Utopias
Duration:00:12:19
Chapter 8: The Hero and the Dragon
Duration:00:15:47
Part 2: After the Fall
Duration:00:00:07
Chapter 9: A Quantum Leap of Self-Consciousness
Duration:00:15:59
Chapter 10: The Family Who Started It All
Duration:00:10:14
Chapter 11: Ego:God
Duration:00:17:23
Chapter 12: Job: The Archetype of Personal Tragedy
Duration:00:14:47
Chapter 13: When the West Learned How to Think
Duration:00:07:44
Chapter 14: How the Alphabet Changed Our Minds
Duration:00:18:14
Chapter 15: Fusing Greek and Hebrew Thought
Duration:00:18:49
Chapter 16: The Lord of the East
Duration:00:13:00
Chapter 17: The God-Man
Duration:00:15:53
Part 3: The Simulacrum of the Universe
Duration:00:00:07
Chapter 18: The Collapse of Civilization
Duration:00:12:19
Chapter 19: Saint Augustine: Prototype for Western Man
Duration:00:09:22
Chapter 20: Medieval Mary: An Interval of Unconsciousness
Duration:00:08:55
Chapter 21: Man, The Measure of All Things
Duration:00:11:26
Chapter 22: The Rebirth of Nationhood
Duration:00:14:32
Chapter 23: Faust: Modern Man’s Myth
Duration:00:22:20
Chapter 24: Modernity: Discovering the Unconscious
Duration:00:17:39
Chapter 25: Dionysus: Antidote for Ego-Consciousness
Duration:00:11:26
Chapter 26: The Crisis of Art and Science
Duration:00:17:38
Chapter 27: The Union of Opposites
Duration:00:11:38
Closing
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