Beginning with the myth of Sophia, the Soul of the World, Sardello evokes a sense of the world as filled with her presence. He goes on to suggest that the soul's primary parts--its arts of concentration, meditation, imagination, contemplation--rather than belonging to individual consciousness, constitute a giving over of subjective, personal states to the consciousness that is the soul of the world. He shows how, practicing these arts, we can begin to approach daily life in a new way. The chapters that follow build up a psychology of the world--of architecture, money, the city, medicine, food and technology.
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| FOREWORD TO THE SECOND EDITION |
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15 | (6) |
| LETTER I: THE SOUL OF THE WORLD |
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21 | (24) |
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35 | (10) |
| LETTER II: HOUSE AND CITY |
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45 | (20) |
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59 | (6) |
| LETTER III: LEARNING THROUGH SOUL |
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65 | (20) |
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79 | (6) |
| LETTER IV: DISEASE |
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85 | (22) |
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99 | (8) |
| LETTER V: ECONOMICS AND MONEY |
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107 | (22) |
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121 | (8) |
| LETTER VI: TECHNOLOGY |
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129 | (18) |
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143 | (4) |
| LETTER VII: THINGS |
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147 | (24) |
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161 | (10) |
| LETTER VIII: VIOLENCE AND THE LONGING FOR BEAUTY |
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171 | (22) |
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185 | (8) |
| LETTER IX: FOOD: A CASE HISTORY |
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193 | (20) |
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207 | (6) |
| LETTER X: WORLD SOUL AND HERMETIC CONSCIOUSNESS |
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213 | (22) |
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227 | (8) |
| IN LIEU OF REFERENCES |
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