{"id":56377,"date":"2024-02-20T13:55:38","date_gmt":"2024-02-20T12:55:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/paricenter.com\/?post_type=journals&#038;p=56377"},"modified":"2024-04-25T16:51:47","modified_gmt":"2024-04-25T14:51:47","slug":"return-of-the-sacred","status":"publish","type":"journals","link":"https:\/\/paricenter.com\/journals\/return-of-the-sacred\/","title":{"rendered":"Return of the Sacred"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-group has-yellow-white-background-color has-background has-global-padding is-layout-constrained wp-container-core-group-is-layout-9bf84538 wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\" style=\"padding-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--30);padding-right:var(--wp--preset--spacing--30);padding-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--30);padding-left:var(--wp--preset--spacing--30)\">\n<div data-block-name=\"woocommerce\/single-product\" data-product-id=\"56374\" data-wp-context=\"woocommerce\/products::{&quot;productId&quot;:56374,&quot;variationId&quot;:null}\" data-wp-interactive=\"woocommerce\/single-product\" class=\"wp-block-woocommerce-single-product\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-f56f613f wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-container-core-column-is-layout-c5e9cb7f wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\"><h3 style=\"text-transform:uppercase\" class=\"wp-block-post-title has-medium-font-size\"><a href=\"https:\/\/paricenter.com\/product\/pari-perspectives-16-return-of-the-sacred-digital-edition\/\" target=\"_self\" >Pari Perspectives 16: Return of the Sacred &#8211; Digital Edition<\/a><\/h3>\n\n<div data-block-name=\"woocommerce\/product-price\" data-is-descendent-of-single-product-block=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-woocommerce-product-price\" ><div class=\"wc-block-components-product-price wc-block-grid__product-price\" >\n\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"woocommerce-Price-amount amount\"><bdi><span class=\"woocommerce-Price-currencySymbol\" translate=\"no\">&euro;<\/span>7,00<\/bdi><\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div><\/div>\n\n<div data-block-name=\"woocommerce\/add-to-cart-form\" data-is-descendent-of-single-product-block=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-add-to-cart-form wc-block-add-to-cart-form wc-block-add-to-cart-form--input wp-block-woocommerce-add-to-cart-form\" >\n\t\n\t<form class=\"cart\" action=\"https:\/\/paricenter.com\/product\/pari-perspectives-16-return-of-the-sacred-digital-edition\/\" method=\"post\" enctype='multipart\/form-data'>\n\t\t\n\t\t<div class=\"quantity\">\n\t\t<label class=\"screen-reader-text\" for=\"quantity_6aa19e6a022be\">Pari Perspectives 16: Return of the Sacred &#8211; Digital Edition quantity<\/label>\n\t<input\n\t\ttype=\"number\"\n\t\t\t\tid=\"quantity_6aa19e6a022be\"\n\t\tclass=\"input-text qty text\"\n\t\tname=\"quantity\"\n\t\tvalue=\"1\"\n\t\taria-label=\"Product quantity\"\n\t\t\t\tmin=\"1\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tstep=\"1\"\n\t\t\tplaceholder=\"\"\n\t\t\tinputmode=\"numeric\"\n\t\t\tautocomplete=\"off\"\n\t\t\t\/>\n\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t<button type=\"submit\" name=\"add-to-cart\" value=\"56374\" class=\"single_add_to_cart_button button alt wp-element-button\">Add to cart<\/button>\n\n\t\t\t<\/form>\n\n\t\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em><strong>Return of the Sacred: Seven Encounters between Science, the Arts, and the Sacred<\/strong> <\/em>is a late offering by holistic philosopher-scientist and writer F. David Peat.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The author brings the reader into an exploration of the sacred in life as it has evolved through time and found expression in an array of characters and cultural spaces. Drawing together threads of more than a dozen of his previously published works and interweaving them with new strands, the writing creates a broad tapestry of fresh understanding. <em>Return of the Sacred <\/em>is a point-in-time culmination of the wide-ranging explorations over decades of F.&nbsp;David Peat\u2019s eclectic mind.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A hallmark of the work is its plenitude of examples and stories. The reader journeys with Peat in times and spaces of the ancient Mediterranean, Mesopotamia, and China; medieval and later Middle Ages Europe; indigenous North America; and modern Western cultural spaces; along with others, Polynesian life for example\u2014and spanning the sciences, visual arts, literature, music, psychology, philosophy, and spirituality, all of which together knit a contextual backdrop. Against this field the author plays out the drama of \u2018the sacred.\u2019<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Peat\u2019s writing explores his perception of \u2018the sacred\u2019 in culture, in which the vital spirit of ancient ways declines in a Fall and, then in time, in our time, begins to re-emerge in a scientifically, intellectually different world. This evolution is the story, which, chapter by chapter, he tells through a series of different contexts: a broad historical overview, alchemy, music, art, space, and psychology. A final chapter focuses on praxis.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">And what is the \u2018sacred\u2019? What is the significance of the word in this writing? This is important because this term has been used with varying meanings. Here is Peat\u2019s perception:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>We live in a participatory universe but its ultimate origins remain a mystery. It is here that we reconnect with the sacred. To touch the sacred is to have a sense of something much greater than oneself. It means touching the transcendent. It is to know that we are active players and participators in the world around us, a world replete with meaning and a cosmos that is alive.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Around this sense of the sacred and his vision of a return, throughout <em>Return of the Sacred <\/em>David Peat builds a picture of humankind\u2019s journey to wholeness.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Return of the Sacred: Seven Encounters between Science, the Arts, and the Sacred is a late offering by holistic philosopher-scientist and writer F. David Peat. 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