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A Passion for the Possible

Disciplines:
psychology
spirituality

Summary

A practical guide by Jean Houston to realizing greater human potential at the levels of senses, psychology, mythology, and spirituality.

Core Contribution

A structured map of human development across four levels: sensory, psychological, mythic, and unitive/spiritual. Exercises for each level. The argument that the global crisis of modernity calls for a massive upgrade in human capacities — and that such upgrading is possible.

Historical Influences

Pierre Teilhard de Chardin Abraham Maslow

Intellectual Lineage

Human Potential Movement

Allied Works

The Possible Human The Search for the Beloved

Contemporaries & Peers

Care of the Soul

Minds Influenced

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Intellectual Posterity

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