The metaphysics of ping-pong
Subtitle: table tennis as a journey of self-discovery
By: Guido Mina di Sospiro
Edition: First Quest Edition.
Publisher: Quest Books/Theosophical Publishing House
Published: 2015
Place of publication: Wheaton, Illinois
Language: eng
Number of pages: 226
ISBN-13: 9780835609425
Subjects: Table tennis players; Philosophy; Metaphysics; Biography; Sports
Notes: Originally published: London : Yellow Jersey Press, 2013.

Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Prelude; title: 1) True beginnings, and shock and awe; title: 2) The sandwich revolution; title: 3) Initiation, war tactics and Chinese hurricanes; title: 4) The humbleness of giants, and the Lingua Franca of table tennis; title: 5) Lost in translation, and prophecies; title: 6) Finding your way / the importance of the teacher; title: 7) Who wins the race: the thoroughbred or the mule?; title: 8) Intermezzo Giocoso: oddballs, and that female touch; title: 9) Two breeds of players and men: metaphysicians and empiricists; title: 10) The dark side / the secret workings of one's shadow; title: 11) A higher initiation, and the Theory of Chaos 101; title: 12) Homo Ludens; title: 13) Pilgrimage to the Holy Land; title: 14) Can the stars be outwitted?; title: Postlude.