Foundation for a  new consciousness
Subtitle: an essay on art, science, and meditation
By: John Caris.
Publisher: Westgate House
Published: 1987
Place of publication: San Francisco
Language: eng
Format: Softcover
Number of pages: 135
ISBN-13: 9780960732012
Subjects: Meditation -- Miscellanea.; Consciousness -- Miscellanea.; Alchemy; The Arts
Description: Guided by Hermes’ art, Caris finds the path to a higher consciousness, one grounded in a holistic and alchemical matrix that encourages the growth of a healthy mind. All the arts—including music, art, and literature—are rooted in the sacred tradition and form the center of meditation. From ancient times the arts have conveyed mystical knowledge besides practical skills of their crafts. The treasure discovered on the golden path is paradoxical thinking, the key to a higher consciousness.

Offering the reader a dare, Caris shines light on the path to cultivate a higher consciousness. Many examples selected from literature, philosophy, art, and music illustrate paradoxical thinking and its blossoming. Among  those artists and philosophers discussed are Bela Bartok, M. C. Escher, Frank Herbert, Hermann Hesse, Carl Jung, Ursula Le Guin, Pablo Picasso, Plato, Tom Stoppard, and Edgar Varese. Some of the important ideas investigated include personal transformation, microcosm-macrocosm, gender duality, perceptual viewpoints, magic theater of the mind, intuitive use of signs, paradoxical thinking, sacred geometry, and continuing the quest.

The full text of Foundation for a New Consciousness is online at http://westgatehouse.com/fchplist.html
Notes: Illustrations.
Bibliography: p. [117]-127.
Includes index.