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  • Chapter Five: Distant Longing

    It is the infinite for which we hunger, and we ride gladly on every little wave that promises to bear us towards it. – Havelock Ellis Modern Westerners typically experience themselves as isolated, self-contained units of consciousness disconnected from other human beings and life itself. An intuitive sense our true self is infinitely greater than…

  • Chapter Three: Wandering About

    There is nothing worse for men than wandering. – Loren Eiseley Despite its unprecedented wealth and affluence the modern West is blighted by epidemic levels of mental illness, loneliness, social disconnectedness, identity diffusion, and meaninglessness. Marked by rampant consumerism and addiction, a burgeoning culture of narcissism continues to undermine once-venerated social norms and hasten erosion of…