 | The Awakening Earth: Our Next Evolutionary Leap Subjects: Environment & Agriculture; Behavioral Sciences; Bioscience; Earth Sciences; Humanities; Social Sciences; Natural History - Evolution and general biology; Biology; Natural History; Anthropology; Psychological Science; Earth Sciences; Religion; Evolutionary Psychology; Cell Biology; Earth Systems Science; Gaia Theories; Religion and Philosophy; Alternative Traditions & Esotericism; Originally published in 1982 The Awakening Earth explores the idea of the Earth as a collective, self-regulatory living organism, and considers in this context, the function of the human race. The book provides an exploration of humanity's potential and explores the possibility of mankind's evolutionary future. Drawing on the work of physicists, psychologists, philosophers and mystics, the book argues that humanity is on the verge of another evolutionary leap and explores evolution in the context of spiritual growth, arguing that widespread inner awakenings could lead to a more analogous society, functioning as a single social super-organism, much in the way cells in a body function as a biological organism. Sir Peter Russell was until his retirement King Alfonso XIII Professor of Spanish Studies and for many years also director of Portuguese Studies at the University of Oxford. (Bowker Author Biography) |
