Author: George Van Vrekhem
Publisher: Rupa
Year: 2002
Language: English
Pages: 238
ISBN/UPC (if available): 8171677681
Description
A companion volume to Overman: The Intermediary Between the Human & the Supramental Being by the same author, Patterns of the Present is a profound and enjoyable account of the present situation of mankind and the world it lives in. On the threshold of the new millennium, countless pages have been written on the meaning of our world and its possible development. The conclusion in most cases was depressing-man would become an automation in a sci-fi world. The author puts the present situation of humanity in the perspective of the evolutionary vision of Sri Aurobindo and The Mother. The result is a positive interpretation of the global situation.
The meaning of history, the globalization of our planet, the values represented by East and West, their meeting and reciprocal fertilization, the future evolution of mankind- all these topics and more are presented here in a fresh, often surprising, perspective.
Contents
Introduction
The Big picture
The avataric field
East and west
Reason on trial
Science, scientism, modern technology
The supramental" catastrophe"
The future of humanity
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