The secret history of the soul: Physiology, magic and spirit forces from Homer to St Paul
TABLE OF CONTENTS; ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS; ABBREVIATIONS; INTRODUCTION; CHAPTER ONE; CHAPTER TWO; CHAPTER THREE; CHAPTER FOUR; CHAPTER FIVE; CHAPTER SIX; CONCLUSION; NOTES; INDEX
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| Format: | Print Book |
| Language: | English |
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Newcastle upon Tyne
Cambridge Scholars Publ.
2013
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| In: | Year: 2013 |
| Edition: | 1. publ. |
| Further subjects: | B
Soul -- History of doctrines
B Soul -- Philosophy B Soul -- History |
| Summary: | TABLE OF CONTENTS; ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS; ABBREVIATIONS; INTRODUCTION; CHAPTER ONE; CHAPTER TWO; CHAPTER THREE; CHAPTER FOUR; CHAPTER FIVE; CHAPTER SIX; CONCLUSION; NOTES; INDEX What would Christianity be like without the soul? While most people would expect the Christian bible to reveal a highly traditional opposition of matter and spirit, the spirit forces of the Old and New Testaments are often surprisingly physical, dynamic, and practical, a matter of energy as much as ethics. The Secret History of the Soul examines the forgotten or suppressed models of body, soul, and human consciousness found in the literature, philosophy and scripture of the ancient and classi |
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| ISBN: | 1443848069 |