The Cracking Tower | Free Book
Beginning with a lively memoir of the author’s experiences in the ’60s, the book goes on to explore apocalyptic thinking through perennial philosophy, shamanism, gnostic mysticism, the body as a vessel of consciousness (and death as “an extended out-of-body experience”), and psychedelics. Shaping the discussion is the fascinating metaphor of the cracking tower, an apparatus for distilling gasoline, as a vehicle for distilling our awareness. Rather than speculating on what might occur in 2012, DeKorne proposes vigilance of a more introspective sort. “The important thing,” he says, “is to ignore the finger and strive to comprehend the moon,” to see what our apocalyptic tendencies reveal about ourselves.
In The Press
“Jim DeKorne expertly weaves together diverse threads…into a coherent
vision of the challenges and potential that inhabit our modern
psyche.”
—Erowid
“The collection of sources,
woven together by DeKorne’s keen intellect, becomes, not so much
eclectic, as a multifaceted view of a numinous path unfolding in a
common language of the Perennial Philosophy. This is a good book,
intellectually stimulating, with diverse and always relevant
quotations.”
—Circles of Light
"This is an
interesting philosophical exploration of two opposing views of the
world- materialist vs. perennial. One holds that what you see is what
you get, the other that there is more to life than meets the eye and
that we are all a part of the divine being… If you are interested in
philosophy and spirituality, you will find it a fascinating read."
—My Spirit Radio
- Title: The Cracking Tower | Free Book
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