Contents of Gnosis #33

	#33: The Earth
	"Science and religion are still fighting their tired old battles for control of the world - a cheap wrestling match which has long since ceased to interest any but the most deeply hypnotized marks." - Peter Lamborn Wilson, from Chaos, Eros, Earth, and Old Night


	Contents		Fall 1994
	2 Up Front 3 Forum 6 News & Notes Including Dr. Stylianos Atteshlis (Daskalos) speaks in N.Y.C., False Memory Syndrome, Enneagram Conference Report, 10 Introduction: Heaven, Earth, and Us by Richard Smoley An attempt to sort meaning from noise in today's ecological discourse. 14 Earth and Spirit by Igor Kungurtsev and Olga Luchakova How different places on earth affect emotions, moods, and spiritual practice. 22 The Fate of the Earth According to Rudolf Steiner by Gary Lachman Is the earth just a waystation for us on our way to Jupiter? 28 Geomancy: A New Form for the Making of Cities by Gail Thomas What today's city planners ought to be thinking about. 30 Nature and the Numinous: The GNOSIS Interview with Sterling Bunnell by Jay Kinney and Richard Smoley A "shaikh of nature" discusses biology, spirituality, and the planet's future. 38 Snakes and Ladders by Erik Davis How can we reconcile the urge for transcendence with life on the physical plane? 45 Earth, Shamanism, and the Catholic Church by John Perkins How the Church has given shelter to native traditions in South America. 50 Chaos, Eros, Earth, and Old Night by Peter Lamborn Wilson Can the Hermetic myth of the living earth help revivify modern culture? 58 Sacred Earth, Sacred Earthling by Arthur Waskow What Judaism has to say about improving relations with our home planet. 63 Animals in the Muslim World by Denys Johnson-Davies A capsule summary of Islamic teachings about kindness toward animals. 68 The Meaning of Ecstasy by Richard Squires A glimpse of ecstasy in its original sense: as out-of-body experience. 74 Book Reviews Gnosis: An Esoteric Tradition of Mystical Visions and Unions by Dan Merkur Blasphemy: Verbal Offense against the Sacred from Mose to Salman Rushdie by Leonard W. Levy Three Books of Occult Philosophy by Henry Cornelius Agrippa, edited by Donald Tyson The Good Wine: Reading John from the Center by Bruno Barnhart Millennium Prophecies: Predictions for the Year 2000 by A. T. Mann A History of God by Karen Armstrong The Esoteric Emerson by Richard Geldard American Transcendentalism and Asian Religions by Arthur Versluis Conscious Eating by Gabriel Cousens Mystical Diets: Paranormal, Spiritual, and Occult Nutrition Practices by Jack Raso Nourishing Wisdom: A Mind-Body Approach to Nutrition and Well-Being by by Marc David The Making of a Spiritual Movement: The Untold Story of Paul Twitchell and Eckankarby David Christopher Lane Women in Praise of the Sacred: 43 Centuries of Spiritual Poetry by Women by Jane Hirshfield The Transcendental Universe by C. G. Harrison

#33: The Earth

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