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COLLECTIONS | Fiction, Books |
TITLE | Out of Plato's Cave: A Dream Journey of Science, Philosophy, and Spirit, Featuring Crashes of Memoir, Dashes of Song and Rhyme, Florid Stagings of Drama, Wise Birds, Hungry Beasts, and a Garnish of Rebellious Footnotery |
AUTHOR 1 | Dana Paxson |
DATE_THIS | 2017 |
ABSTRACT | Book-length essay on the consistency of science and religion, treated as a work of fiction about the journey of the main character Will, who is accompanied by the mysterious Jeddin and other strange beings; includes many selections from the Writings. |
TAGS | - Philosophy; Dreams and visions; Science |
CONTENT | About: This book’s beginnings rooted themselves in a celebration: the bicentenary of the birth in 1817 in Tehrán, Persia, of Mírzá Ḥusayn-`Alí Núrí, titled Bahá’u’lláh, and the bicentenary of the birth in 1819 in Shiráz, Persia, of Siyyid ʿAli Muhammad Shirāzi, titled The Báb. These two dates, observed in the Bahá’í calendar as adjacent days, mark what Bahá’ís – followers of Bahá’u’lláh – often term the Twin Holy Festivals or Twin Holy Birthdays, resonating with the celebration in every religion of the birth into this world of its unique Manifestation from God: Mawlid for Muslims, Christmas for Christians, Vesak for Buddhists, Janmashtami for Hindus, and many more. Download: paxson_platos_cave.pdf.
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PERMISSION | author |
LANG THIS | English |
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