Twelve Ways of Seeing the World: Philosophies and Archetypal Worldviews for Understanding Human Consciousness

In Twelve Ways of Seeing the World, Mario Betti strives to make sense of the world through various lenses framed as twelve archetypes; Phenomonalism, Sensualism, Materialism, Mathematism, Rationalism, Idealism, Psychism, Pneumatism, Monadism, Dynamism, Realism, and Humanus. He draws on the research of Rudolf Steiner and his twelvefold typology of human and cosmic thought to explore and validate each worldview from its own unique perspective. In this way he intends to transform dogmatism and enable deeper and more meaningful dialogues.

The book includes a study guide, "World View by World View," comprising templates for lesson structures and questions for discussion gathered by the author and Kathelijne Drenth of the Cloverleaf Foundation in The Netherlands

"...might well change your life as much as it did mine...empowers us to deal more constructively with the world. Framing one's understanding of the world with the twelve worldviews is extraordinarily powerful, inspiring, and transformative." (from the introduction)

C O N T E N T S

Foreword by Robert McDermott and Matthew T. Segall
Introduction by Kathelijne Drenth
Foreword to the 2001 German Edition by Mario Betti

1. Goethe's "The Mysteries," and Today's Multicultural Society
2. The Twelve Worldviews: What Is Meant by Them?
3. Look at, and Listen to, the World--Phenomenalism
4. Human Carnality--Sensualism
5. "Earth Goes on Standing Firm"--Materialism
6. Measure, Number, and Weight--Mathematism
7. "And Behold, It Was Very Good"--Rationalism
8. The Logos that Was at the Beginning--Idealism
9. I Am an I--Psychism
10. I Am the Universe--Pneumatism
11. The Jacob's Ladder--Spiritualism
12. Universal Relation--Monadism
13. "I Am Dynamite"--Dynamism
14. The World Scales--Realism
15. Humanus: The New Human Being in the Third Millennium

Epilogue
Notes and References
Study/Discussion Guide: Worldview by Worldview, by Mario Betti and Kathelijne Drenth

Binding Type: Hardcover
Publisher: Hawthorn Press
Published: 11/15/2019
ISBN: 9781912480128
Pages: 240
Weight: 0.90lbs
Size: 9.10h x 6.10w x 0.60d