Ebook: The Global Heart Awakens: Humanity's Rite of Passage from the Love of Power to the Power of Love

Front Cover; Copyright; Contents; Acknowledgments; Foreword By James O'Dea; Author's Preface; 1. Introduction: Setting the Stage; Part One: THE DRAMA OF OUR TIME; 2. WHO ARE WE?: Adolescent Initiates; 3. WHERE DO WE COME FROM?: Culture on the Couch; 4. WHERE ARE WE GOING?: Coming of Age in the Heart; 5. INITIATION: Answering the Call; Part Two: OUR LONG JOURNEY HOME; 6. IN THE BEGINNING: The Great Mother; 7. WATERING THE SOUL: The Neolithic; 8. IGNITING THE FLAME OF POWER: The Dynamic Masculine; 9. FROM ARCHETYPES TO IDEAS: The Static Masculine.;Positing that modern society is an adolescent culture, driven by greed and power and lying on the cusp of an era of spiritual growth and shifting values, this book explores mythic themes in various historical eras to explain the past, present, and future of the human experience. It suggests that the world is facing a rite of passage into adulthood and that a time of cooperation, stabilization, and sharing is approaching. With an original theory of history based on developmental psychology, including an analysis of masculine and feminine archetypes, this thoughtful guide weaves the narratives o.