The Fall The Insanity of the Ego in Human History and the Dawning of A New Era

by Taylor, Steve

• ISBN13: 9781905047208
• ISBN10: 1905047207
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2005-09-08
• Publisher: Iff Books

Summary

"It is not "natural" for human beings to kill each other, for men to oppress women, for individuals to accumulate massive wealth and power, or to abuse nature. The roots of our current malaise lie in an "ego explosion" which occurred several thousand years ago. "Primitive," pre-civilization men and women were largely free of our social ills and had a more unified and harmonious state of being than us. This intensively-researched, highly praised book explains the origins of our problems and suggests what we can do to return to a state of harmony. It overturns the wisdom of the last few centuries and changes the way we think about the human race's past and future."--BOOK JACKET.

Author Biography

Steve Taylor is the best-selling author of several books on psychology and spirituality, including The Fall, Waking From Sleep, Out of the Darkness and Back to Sanity. He is also a university lecturer and researcher in transpersonal psychology. One of Eckhart Tolle's favourite authors.His website is http://www.steventaylor.talktalk.net/

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Table of Contents

Foreword
What's wrong with human beings?	p. 12
The pre-fall era	p. 29
The fall	p. 50
Unfallen peoples	p. 69
The ego explosion	p. 104
The new psyche	p. 126
Escaping from psychic disharmony	p. 147
The origins of social chaos 1 - war	p. 160
The origins of social chaos 2 - patriarchy	p. 177
The origins of social chaos 3 - inequality and child oppression	p. 190
The origins of God	p. 202
Separation from the body	p. 216
The origins of time	p. 232
The end of nature	p. 241
The first wave	p. 262
The second wave	p. 283
A question of time	p. 307
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