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Record Nr.

UNINA9910463850303321

Autore

Marcus Paul

Titolo

Creating Heaven on Earth : The Psychology of Experiencing Immortality in Everyday Life / / by Paul Marcus

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Boca Raton, FL : , : Routledge, , [2018]

©2015

ISBN

0-429-89815-0

0-367-10302-8

0-429-47338-9

1-78241-323-5

Edizione

[First edition.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (257 p.)

Disciplina

128

Soggetti

Humanity

Religion and social problems

Social action

Social problems

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

COVER; CONTENTS; CHAPTER ONE Introduction: The quest for earthly immortality; CHAPTER TWO "Take time to smell the roses: "The delights of gardening; "Magical myths": The passion for sport; CHAPTER FOUR "Wake up and smell the coffee": The pleasures of drinking coffee; CHAPTER FIVE "The shorthand of strong emotion": Listening to great music; CHAPTER SIX "Once upon a time there was ...": On storytelling; CHAPTER SEVEN Conclusion: Reflections on creating earthlyimmortality; WEBSITE RESOURCES; REFERENCES; INDEX; ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS; ABOUT THE AUTHOR

Sommario/riassunto

The art of living the "good life" requires skilful attunement to the lovely presences in everyday life. Lodged in a psychoanalytic sensibility, and drawing from ancient and modern religious and spiritual wisdom, this book provides the details, conceptual structures, and inner meanings of a number of easily accessible, everyday activities, including gardening,



sport, drinking coffee, storytelling, and listening to music. It also suggests how to best engage these activities, to consecrate the ordinary in a way that points to experiential transcendence, or what the author calls "glimpsing immortality", a core component of the art of living the "good life".