Visionary Worlds: The Making and Unmaking of Reality (SUNY series in Western Esoteric Traditions) - Tapa dura

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Lee Irwin is Director of the Religious Studies Program at the College of Charleston.

Lee Irwin is Director of the Religious Studies Program at the College of Charleston.

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Visionary Worlds examines the role and significance of imagination and the myth-making processes that engage human beings in constructing a viable, living world of meaningful relations, beliefs, and social interactions. In this process of "world-building", we each draw on a wide variety of ideologies - religious, philosophical, aesthetic or scientific - which often conflict and clash with one another in the struggle to evolve a coherent and meaningful worldview. This unpredictable and fallible process often requires considerable readjustment or revisions as the complexities of an increasingly pluralistic society impinge upon us with greater divergence and multiplicity. This work examines the ways in which we all make and unmake our reality as part of the challenge of seeking greater spiritual maturity and relatedness to others.