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The Art of Losing Control: A Guide to Ecstatic Experience

Jules Evans

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Description:In the great complex web of modern life, our rational minds spend every second of our conscious hours scanning the horizon for opportunities and threats. We must get ahead, win friends, influence people, attract praise and avoid blame. But why should our lives be governed only by rationalism, when we are capable of so many more states of experience? We need to find a way to escape the isolation of our egos - not simply for our wellbeing, but because our understanding of life is less rich, less profound and less rigorous without doing so. Drawing on his research as policy director at the Centre for the History of Emotions at Queen Mary, University of London, as well as his own ecstatic experience, Jules Evans mounts an investigation into what we can gain from escaping our own thoughts and mastering the art of losing control. Jules's exploration of ecstasy is an intellectual and emotional odyssey balancing personal experience, interviews and readings from ancient and modern philosophers that will change the way you think about how you feel. From Aristotle and Plato, via Brian Eno and the Bishop of London, radical Muslims and New Age wizards, The Art of Losing Control illuminates a rational science of ecstasy which can motivate us, free us, and transform our relationship with the world.We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with The Art of Losing Control: A Guide to Ecstatic Experience. To get started finding The Art of Losing Control: A Guide to Ecstatic Experience, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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Format: PDF, EPUB & Kindle Edition

Publisher: Canongate Books Ltd.

Release: 2017

ISBN: 1782118683

Description: In the great complex web of modern life, our rational minds spend every second of our conscious hours scanning the horizon for opportunities and threats. We must get ahead, win friends, influence people, attract praise and avoid blame. But why should our lives be governed only by rationalism, when we are capable of so many more states of experience? We need to find a way to escape the isolation of our egos - not simply for our wellbeing, but because our understanding of life is less rich, less profound and less rigorous without doing so. Drawing on his research as policy director at the Centre for the History of Emotions at Queen Mary, University of London, as well as his own ecstatic experience, Jules Evans mounts an investigation into what we can gain from escaping our own thoughts and mastering the art of losing control. Jules's exploration of ecstasy is an intellectual and emotional odyssey balancing personal experience, interviews and readings from ancient and modern philosophers that will change the way you think about how you feel. From Aristotle and Plato, via Brian Eno and the Bishop of London, radical Muslims and New Age wizards, The Art of Losing Control illuminates a rational science of ecstasy which can motivate us, free us, and transform our relationship with the world.We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with The Art of Losing Control: A Guide to Ecstatic Experience. To get started finding The Art of Losing Control: A Guide to Ecstatic Experience, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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