The Web of Meaning: Integrating Science and Traditional Wisdom to Find our Place in the Universe - Tapa blanda

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Jeremy Lent is the award-winning author of The Patterning Instinct: A Cultural History of Humanity's Search for Meaning and Requiem of the Human Soul. A former internet company CEO, he is founder of the non-profit Liology Institute dedicated to fostering an integrated, life-affirming worldview. He lives in Berkeley, California.

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A profound personal meditation on human existence and a tour-de-force weaving together of historic and contemporary thought on the deepest question of all: why are we here?
GABOR MATÉ, M.D. , author, In the Realm of Hungry Ghosts

The opportunity to plunge into this book will change my life. My gratitude, like spirit, is endless.
JOANNA MACY , author, World as Lover, World as Self

One of the most essential and compelling books of our time. It invites us to rethink at the deepest level who we are as a species and what we might become.
DAVID KORTEN , author, When Corporations Rule the World

I highly recommend this inspiring book, from one of today's most eloquent cultural observers, to anyone concerned about the future of humanity.
FRITJOF CAPRA , author, The Web of Life , co-author, The Systems View of Life

Moving from the ancient Tao to modern neuroscience and everything in between, Lent boldly weaves deep insights together to envision a better world.
FRANS DE WAAL , author, Mama's Last Hug

An important contribution to the urgently needed cultural shift from domination to partnership.
RIANE EISLER , author, The Chalice and the Blade

A beautiful synthesis of wisdom and empirical knowledge, this erudite journey offers an important way to construct a new narrative of our shared lives.
DANIEL J. SIEGEL, M.D. , author, IntraConnected, Aware, and Brainstorm

A good place to sit for anybody interested in binding the wounds of thoughtless progress and allowing the emergence of new patterns of being.
TYSON YUNKAPORTA , author, Sand Talk: How Indigenous Thinking Can Save the World