The Seven Mysteries of Life: An Exploration in Science & PhilosophyAn American Book Award finalist, Guy Murchie's The Seven Mysteries of Life "embraces all the important information about everything humanity needs to know for continuance aboard planet Earth, or anywhere else in the universe" (Buckminster Fuller). "All life in all worlds"--this was the object of the author's seventeen-year quest for knowledge and discovery, culminating in this book. In a manner unmistakably his own, Murchie delves into the interconnectedness of all life on the planet and of such fields as biology, geology, sociology, mathematics, and physics to provide an astonishing journey into the essence of science, philosophy, and inspiration. "Murchie has a remarkably comprehensive knowledge of science and writes about it with the gifts of a poet plus a highly personal, visionary, mystical spirit."--Wall Street Journal "A good book to take to a desert island as sole companion, so rich is it in knowledge and insight."--New York Times best-selling author May Sarton |
Contents
PRELUDE | 1 |
PART ONE BODY | 9 |
The Animal Kingdom | 11 |
2 | 20 |
Realm of the Vegetable | 42 |
The World of Little | 80 |
The Body | 109 |
The Complement Called Sex | 126 |
The Abstract Nature of the Universe | 313 |
The Interrelatedness of All Creatures | 344 |
The Omnipresence of Life | 381 |
Lifes Analogies on Land Sea and Sky | 413 |
Doornail and Crystal Essence | 439 |
Living Geometry and Order | 457 |
The Polarity Principle | 471 |
Transcendence | 494 |
Secret Language of the Gene | 151 |
PART TWO MIND | 175 |
Eleven Senses of Radiation and Feeling | 177 |
Twentyone Senses of Chemistry Mind and Spirit | 211 |
Emergence of Mind | 241 |
The BodyMind Relation | 258 |
Memory Intelligence and States of Mind | 275 |
PART THREE THE SEVEN MYSTERIES of Life | 311 |
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The Seven Mysteries of Life: An Exploration in Science & Philosophy Guy Murchie No preview available - 1978 |
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