Title: The supraconscience of humanity /
Authors: Strauch, Eduard Hugo, 1925-
Publisher: University Press of America,
Year: 2010
Subjects: Humanity.; Humanity Religious aspects.; Philosophical anthropology.; Theological anthropology; Psychology and religion.; Consciousness Philosophy.; Cosmology.; Conscience
Abstract: "This book makes [Strauch] one of the true intellectuals in America."--Dr. Charles Herberger, professor emeritus in literature.
Contents: pt. 1. The psyche's struggle for survival. Conscience versus subconscience -- pt. 2. The beginning of the supraconscience. The afterlife as world view: the subconscience versus supraconscience ; Myth, ritual, cosmologies and theism ; Four archetypes of the emerging supraconscience -- pt. 3. The Bible as evidence of humanity's evolving supraconscience. The Old Testament: the law and historical books ; The Old Testament: the poetical and prophetic books ; The New Testament -- pt. 4. The supraconscience: historical and modern. Mystics and mysticism ; A twenty-first century version of heresy -- pt. 5. The inferior versus superior destiny of humankind. The conflict between the inferior and superior human nature ; The psyche's journey through time.