Journeys East: 20th Century Western Encounters with Eastern Religious TraditionsWorld Wisdom, Inc, 2004 - 505 páginas This is the first book to treat the impact of religious, philosophical and psychological traditions of the East on Western intellectuals, artists, travellers and spiritual seekers in the twentieth century. Addressed to both general readers and scholars of religion, it is especially valuable for its penetrating and inter-religious analysis of two of the most compelling themes now facing the world: the emergence of cross-cultural religious understanding of the natural order and ecological crisis and the metaphysical basis for both the formal diversity and essential unity of religious traditions of both East and West. The West has long romanticized the "mysterious" East, but it has, also, judged its traditions as "uncivilized." Our notions about Eastern spirituality have been formed by a succession of travellers, scientists, artists, intellectuals, poets, philosophers and missionaries, as well as by Eastern travellers who have spent time in the West. This book helps us to recognize the influence of Eastern ideas upon modern Western thought by tracing the history of engagements between East and West up until the present day. It concludes with a section that helps us to perceive the timeless value of the many Eastern contributions to the West's current intellectual and spiritual state. |
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3 Five BridgeBuilders between West and East | 37 |
4 Theosophy and Western Seekers in the Subcontinent 19001950 | 63 |
5 Eranos and the Comparative Mythographers | 95 |
6 The Western Quest for Secret Tibet | 125 |
7 The Floating Worlds of China and Japan | 155 |
13 Eastern Currents in Western Philosophy and Science | 335 |
14 Oreientalism Ideology and Engagement | 364 |
IV Notes on Interreligious Revisionings | 391 |
Toward a CrossCultural Religious Understanding of the Natural Order | 393 |
16 Dialogue Pluralism and the Inner Unity of Religions | 420 |
A Checklist of Eastern Teachers in the West | 450 |
Sources | 455 |
Acknowledgements | 490 |
8 Traditionalism and the Sophia Perennis | 183 |
9 Christian Missionaries Monks and Mystics in India | 215 |
Beats Hippies and the Counterculture | 245 |
11 Eastern Teachings Western Teachers 19502000 | 270 |
III Eastern Influences on Western Thought | 305 |
12 The NotSoClose Encounters of Western Pyschology and Eastern Spirituality | 307 |
Biographical Notes | 491 |
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Other Titles in the Perennial Philosophy Series by World Wisdom | 506 |
Illustrations | i |
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Journeys East: 20th Century Western Encounters with Eastern Religious Traditions Harry Oldmeadow Sin vista previa disponible - 2004 |
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