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Needleman, Jacob was born on October 6, 1934 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States. Son of Benjamin and Ida (Seltzer) Needleman.
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"With this one compact statement, Jacob Needleman has forced the discussion of both science and religion in our time into a new, more mature and discriminating phase. . . . It is a way station where those who are seriously exploring the transformation of consciousness will have to stop, take thought, and perhaps re-plot their course."—Theodore Roszak "I want to strongly recommend it to every reader seriously interested in our present cultural situation."—Fritjof Capra "Needleman is unique; he is really on to something. . . . A fine book"—Harvey Cox Western science has operated for centuries on the assumption that we can understand the universe without understanding ourselves. We are just now seeking to make the necessary connection between the general laws of nature to those of our own (inner) nature. But the job won’t be done with "massive injections of the new consciousness"; we cannot democratize the sacred by cheapening its demands. "My aim in this book therefore" says Needleman, "has not been to speak of the convergence of science and spirituality, but of their separation. As in nature itself, organic unity is a reciprocal relationship between separate but interdependent entities. In human life as well, there can be no real unity except through the awareness of real divisions. One may then hope to experience the magic power of sustained awareness by itself to bring the harmony that we have until now fruitlessly attempted to impose on ourselves and on our endangered civilization." Jacob Needleman is a professor of philosophy at San Francisco State University and the author of many books, including Money and the Meaning of Life, and The American Soul. In addition to his teaching and writing, he serves as a consultant in the fields of psychology, education, medical ethics, philanthropy, and business, and has been featured on Bill Moyers’s acclaimed PBS series A World of Ideas.
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(Unavailable for several years, Lost Christianity is a pro...)
Unavailable for several years, Lost Christianity is a profound reexamination of the essence of Christian thought and faith. Philosopher and bestselling author Jacob Needleman has sought out the ancient texts and modern practitioners of essential Christianity, whose message speaks directly to contemporary seekers.
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(In this series of brilliant essays, Jacob Needleman uncov...)
In this series of brilliant essays, Jacob Needleman uncovers the heart of religion, psychiatry, philosophy, culture, science, and medicine in the forgotten life of the soul. He sees these contemporary disciplines without deep roots in the contemplative life and calls his readers to re-establish these roots. 'Much in our world, much in our modern way of living, is at the end of its tether.' says Needleman. 'Not only philosophy, but medicine, religion, and technology have reached a profound impasse, where motion accelerates but without direction. Almost every human endeavor, every pattern and form of life, seems to have broken from its moorings. And every one of us is riding in one of these rapidly accelerating vessels looking for a way, a direction, and a means of guiding it and ourselves.' Dealing with such themes as Eastern and Western spirituality, existentialism, spiritual traditions in our contemporary materialistic culture, disease and meaning, the loss of wholeness, being as a mystery, Needleman encourages every human being to begin 'the long and difficult work of awakening to himself.' CONTENTS: Introduction * Why Philosophy is Easy * Man's Nature and Natural Man * Notes on Religion * The Used Religions * Psychiatry and the Sacred * The Two Sciences of Medicine * Magic, Sacrifice, and Tradition * The Art of Living in the Cultural Revolution * The Search for a Wise Man * Gurdjieff, Ouspensky, and Esoteric Philosophy
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(Philosophy as it is frequently taught in classrooms bears...)
Philosophy as it is frequently taught in classrooms bears little relation to the impassioned and immensely practical search for self-knowledge conducted by not only its ancient avatars but also by men and woman who seek after truth today. In The Heart of the Philosophy, Jacob Needleman provides a "user's guide" for those who would take philosophy seriously enough to understand its life-transforming qualities.
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(Unavailable for several years, Lost Christianity is a pro...)
Unavailable for several years, Lost Christianity is a profound reexamination of the essence of Christian thought and faith. Philosopher and bestselling author Jacob Needleman has sought out the ancient texts and modern practitioners of essential Christianity, whose message speaks directly to contemporary seekers.
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(If we understood the true role of money in our lives, wri...)
If we understood the true role of money in our lives, writes philosopher Jacob Needleman, we would not think simply in terms of spending it or saving it. Money exerts a deep emotional influence on who we are and what we tell ourselves we can never have. Our long unwillingness to understand the emotional and spiritual effects of money on us is at the heart of why we have come to know the price of everything, and the value of nothing. Money has everything to do with the pursuit of an idealistic life, while at the same time, it is at the root of our daily frustrations. On a social level, money has a profound impact on the price of progress. Needleman shows how money slowly began to haunt us, from the invention of coins in Biblical times (when money was created to rescue the community good, not for self gain), through its hypnotic appeal in our money-obsessed era. This is a remarkable book that combines myth and psychology, the poetry of the Sufis and the wisdom of King Solomon, along with Jacob Needleman's searching of his own soul and his culture to explain how money can become a unique means of self-knowledge. As part of the Currency paperback line, it includes a "User's Guide" an introduction and discussion guide created for the paperback by the author -- to help readers make practical use of the book's ideas.
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El tema de estudio planteado en este libro ofrece una opor-tunidad única para examinar la viabilidad de la búsqueda espiritual en el mundo moderno, un mundo que ha diluido de forma significativa la sensibilidad de los seres humanos para el lenguaje y las formas de la tradición religiosa. Lo que aquí se denominan «formas de espiritualidad esotérica en la modernidad» redefine e incluso elimina por completo el elemento de creen-cia que subyace en lo que las grandes religio-nes monoteístas de Occidente exigen del individuo. El papel que estas enseñanzas esotéricas conceden a las facultades del conoci-miento, la imaginación, la observación y la especulación coloca a estos movimientos, al menos en cuanto a su tono y atmósfera general, más cerca del talante cien-tífico moderno que de la fe, la confianza y la esperanza que han caracterizado a la cultura religiosa de Occidente. De todos modos, el lector puede preguntarse: ¿cómo se puede concebir un trabajo colectivo sobre esoterismo cuando no existe acuerdo sobre el significado mismo de la palabra «esoterismo»? Para evitar cualquier impresión de ambigüedad en el título de esta obra, los compiladores han optado por no utilizar el término en cuestión, sino la expresión «espiritualidad esotérica», con la que se designa una pluralidad de formas espirituales. Por otra parte, se limitan a los últimos cinco siglos, excepto en un capítulo introductorio dedicado a las raíces antiguas y medievales de esos. Y, por último, circunscriben su investigación al mundo occidental y a una idea concreta y restringida de lo que se conoce por «esoterismo».
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(This address to practising doctors discusses matters of m...)
This address to practising doctors discusses matters of medical ethics, but is especially aimed at re-establishing idealism in the face of increasing disillusionment and materialism among physicians. The main theme of the book is the question - what is it to be a healer rather than a mechanical fixer of bodies? Typically, this book transcends medicine and broaches principles which apply generally.
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In a time when the greatest controversy of medical care seems to be about how best to pay for it, philosopher Jacob Needleman returns our attention to fundamental questions of what makes a true healer, what’s involved in the uniquely intimate relationship of doctor and patient, and how we all face the inevitable challenges of maintaining health, dealing with illness, and dying. Medicine for the practitioner and the patient alike, this book says that we need to train doctors to be wise healers working on the heart, not mechanics who fix bodies. Carrying resonances of Robert M. Pirsig’s classic standard Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance, it points to the physician’s quest, now, as our own: to rediscover the moral wonder that will enable us “to do the right thing and do it well.” “As Robert Pirsig did, Jacob Needleman has taken an elusive set of ideas and made of them a drama that even the hidebound materialist is bound to attend.” —The New York Times “His arguments are poetic and persuasive.” — Kirkus Review
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In essays examining our technocratic world, philosophy, religion, medicine, and other fields, the author argues that what is missing in all of them today iscultivation of a power of awareness of ourselves.
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This inaugural-and all new-Tarcher Cornerstone Edition presents a stunningly relevant and reliable translation of the thoughts and aphorisms of the Stoic philosopher and Roman emperor Marcus Aurelius, properly placing the philosopher-king's writings within the vein of the world's great religious and ethical traditions. The late antique world possessed no voice like that of Roman emperor Marcus Aurelius (121-180 CE). His private meditations on what constitutes a good life have withstood the centuries and reach us today with the same penetrating clarity and shining light as the words of Shakespeare, Emerson, or Thoreau. In this remarkable new translation, bestselling religious philosopher Jacob Needleman and classics scholar John P. Piazza have retained the depth of Marcus's perspective on life. They have carefully selected and faithfully rendered those passages that clarify Marcus's role as someone who stood within the great religious and ethical traditions that extend throughout every culture in human history. The voice that emerges from their translation is a universal one, equally recognizable to students of Christ, Buddha, the Vedas, the Talmud, and to anyone who sincerely searches for a way of meaning in contemporary life.
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(Why the works and writers considered the guardiansof trad...)
Why the works and writers considered the guardiansof traditional human values -- Heraclitus, Chuang Tzu, St. Augustine, the Upanishads, and others -- are essential tools for rediscovering our moral worth and understanding our place in the universe.
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Money & the Meaning of Life by Needleman,Jacob. [1994] Paperback
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(Looking at the lives of America's founders-including Wash...)
Looking at the lives of America's founders-including Washington, Jefferson, and Franklin-scholar and bestselling author Jacob Needleman explores their core of inner beliefs; their religious and spiritual sensibilities; and their individual conception of the purpose of life. The founders, Needleman argues, conceived of an "inner democracy": a continual pursuit of wisdom and self-improvement that would undergird the outer democracy in which we live today. Any understanding of America as a nation of spiritual values will in the years ahead require Needleman's work as a point of reference.
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Who can deny that our world is starved for a new understanding of love, of what it means to live together and work at love and not give up?” What is the antidote to romantic love that all too often exhausts itself over night? Might it be to join with a partner in a spiritual search? Love to . . . awaken us: Body and Soul to a greater unknown.” Further, what is the work which will sustain a love over a lifetime? By searching for the sacred with our lover we might well find the divine within them. Philosopher and teacher Jacob Needleman suggests love can be a reflection of our spiritual being. He asserts that by the time we are living together something beyond passion is required;” something intentional and conscious is needed. In The Wisdom of Love, philosopher Jacob Needleman draws wisdom from myth, religion, philosophy and sacred poetry in an exploration of that which brings two people together in love of what love is, why we need to give it and receive it, and how it can be sustained beyond the passion and mystery that first draws us together.
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(Looking at the lives of America's founders-including Wash...)
Looking at the lives of America's founders-including Washington, Jefferson, and Franklin-scholar and bestselling author Jacob Needleman explores their core of inner beliefs; their religious and spiritual sensibilities; and their individual conception of the purpose of life. The founders, Needleman argues, conceived of an "inner democracy": a continual pursuit of wisdom and self-improvement that would undergird the outer democracy in which we live today. Any understanding of America as a nation of spiritual values will in the years ahead require Needleman's work as a point of reference.
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(Philosophy as it is frequently taught in classrooms bears...)
Philosophy as it is frequently taught in classrooms bears little relation to the impassioned and immensely practical search for self-knowledge conducted by not only its ancient avatars but also by men and woman who seek after truth today. In The Heart of the Philosophy, Jacob Needleman provides a "user's guide" for those who would take philosophy seriously enough to understand its life-transforming qualities.
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Experience the miracle called love... What is the purpose of love? Is the storm of ecstasy that we call love simply a biological urge that eventually passes--or the first stage in something much more? Is it possible for love to last, literally, forever? In this extraordinary book, philosopher Jacob Needleman explores the greatest works of philosophy, myth, and sacred wisdom to offer a bold new interpretation of why two people are brought together in the first place. The radiant poetry of the great Sufi mystic Rumi, the revelations of St. Paul, the moving tale of Philemon and Baucis, and the words of the world's sages become, with Needleman's gentle guidance, an enthralling journey of discovery--one that reveals the secret to finding love...and staying together for a lifetime. Resonating with hope and wisdom, A Little Book on Love shows us how true love can transcend time and the difficulties of daily life. It is a precious resource for anyone who wants a relationship to last a lifetime--and beyond.
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(Looking at the lives of America's founders-including Wash...)
Looking at the lives of America's founders-including Washington, Jefferson, and Franklin-scholar and bestselling author Jacob Needleman explores their core of inner beliefs; their religious and spiritual sensibilities; and their individual conception of the purpose of life. The founders, Needleman argues, conceived of an "inner democracy": a continual pursuit of wisdom and self-improvement that would undergird the outer democracy in which we live today. Any understanding of America as a nation of spiritual values will in the years ahead require Needleman's work as a point of reference.
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(Looking at the lives of America's founders-including Wash...)
Looking at the lives of America's founders-including Washington, Jefferson, and Franklin-scholar and bestselling author Jacob Needleman explores their core of inner beliefs; their religious and spiritual sensibilities; and their individual conception of the purpose of life. The founders, Needleman argues, conceived of an "inner democracy": a continual pursuit of wisdom and self-improvement that would undergird the outer democracy in which we live today. Any understanding of America as a nation of spiritual values will in the years ahead require Needleman's work as a point of reference.
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(Philosopher Jacob Needleman's groundbreaking study of Ame...)
Philosopher Jacob Needleman's groundbreaking study of America's alternative spiritual movements is back in print with a new introduction by the author. Originally published in 1970, The New Religions was the first full-scale study of alternative spirituality in America. It remains unparalleled for the intellectual depth and seriousness with which it regards Eastern, New Age, and alternative faiths on the American landscape. Needleman’s writing and reportage are unfailingly thoughtful and incisive as he illuminates topics that other scholars failed to consider or could not fully grasp.
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Time is the greatest modern scarcity. What used to be considered signs of success--being busy, having many responsibilities, being involved in many projects or activities--are today being felt as afflictions. The bestselling author of Money and the Meaning of Life, philosopher Jacob Needleman, shows how to take a bold and unconventional approach to time. The aim: to get more out of it by breaking free of our illusions about it. Needleman dispenses with tricks and techniques that only serve to make our obsessiveness more "efficient." Instead he shows how we can understand what our days are for. It's this understanding that allows time to finally begin to "breathe" in our lives. People can learn to experience time more purposefully and meaningfully. We need not be at time's mercy. Needleman rejects time-management techniques in order to reveal ancient and little-known modern practices for exploring one's internal clock. He reveals how time is experienced by the soul. Drawing on the wisdom literature that chronicles the ways of Buddhists, poets, and philosophers, one learns: What it could mean to chart one's real past, unclouded by emotions How memory can lie to us Why we need not be obsessed with the future How to experience time so that it is not an enemy robbing us of the joy of life How to have more "nonpsychological time," or "time of the heart [that] does not move," such as moments of ecstasy or joy in which time is cut off from the physical world How to experience the gifts of time
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Needleman, Jacob was born on October 6, 1934 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States. Son of Benjamin and Ida (Seltzer) Needleman.
Bachelor, Harvard University, 1956. Graduate, University Freiburg, 1958. Doctor of Philosophy, Yale University, 1961.
Clinical psychology trainee West Haven (Connecticut) Veterans Hospital Administration, 1960-1961. Research associate Rockefeller Institute, New York, 1961-1962. From assistant professor to associate professor philosophy San Francisco State University, 1962-1966, professor philosophy, since 1967, chair department philosophy, 1968-1969.
Visiting scholar Union Theological Seminary, 1967-1968. Director Center Study New Religions, 1977-1983. Lecturer psychiatry, consultant medical ethics University California, 1981-1984.
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(This inaugural-and all new-Tarcher Cornerstone Edition pr...)
( Who can deny that our world is starved for a new unde...)
(El tema de estudio planteado en este libro ofrece una opo...)
(Looking at the lives of America's founders-including Wash...)
(Looking at the lives of America's founders-including Wash...)
(Looking at the lives of America's founders-including Wash...)
(Looking at the lives of America's founders-including Wash...)
(Philosophy as it is frequently taught in classrooms bears...)
(Philosophy as it is frequently taught in classrooms bears...)
(In essays examining our technocratic world, philosophy, r...)
(This address to practising doctors discusses matters of m...)
(In this series of brilliant essays, Jacob Needleman uncov...)
( "With this one compact statement, Jacob Needleman has f...)
(If we understood the true role of money in our lives, wri...)
(Philosopher Jacob Needleman's groundbreaking study of Ame...)
(Unavailable for several years, Lost Christianity is a pro...)
(Unavailable for several years, Lost Christianity is a pro...)
(Why the works and writers considered the guardiansof trad...)
(Lost Christianity by Needleman, Jacob [Tarcher, 2003] (Pa...)
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Author: Being-in-the-World, 1963, The New Religions, 1970, Religion for a New Generation, 1973, A Sense of the Cosmos, 1975, On the Way to Self-Knowledge: Sacred Tradition and Psychotherapy, 1976, Lost Christianity, 1980, Consciousness and Tradition, 1982, The Heart of Philosophy, 1982, Sorcerers, 1986, Sin and Scientism, 1986, Lost Christianity: A Journey of Rediscovery to the Centre of Christian Experience, 1990, Money and the Meaning of Life, 1991, Modern Esoteric Spirituality, 1992, The Way of the Physician, 1993, The Indestructible Question, 1994, A Little Book on Love, 1996, Time and the Soul, 1998. The American Soul, 2002, The Wisdom of Love, 2005, Why Can't We Be Good?, 2007, What Is God?, 2009. (translations) The Essential Marcus Aurelius, 2008, The Primary World of Senses, 1963, Essays on Ego Psychology, 1964.Editor Care of Patients with Fatal Illness, 1969, The Sword of Gnosis, 1973, Sacred Tradition and Present Need, 1974, Understanding the New Religions, 1978, Speaking of My Life: The Art of Living in the Cultural Revolution, 1979, Real Philosophy: An Anthology of the Universal Search for Meaning, 1991, The American Soul, 2002. Contributor Death and Bereavement, 1969, To Live Within, 1971, My Life with a Brahmin Family, 1972, The New Man, 1972, The Universal Meaning of the Kabbalah, 1973, The Phenomenon of Death.
Married Carla Satzman, August 30, 1959 (divorced 1989). Children: Raphael, Eve. Married Gail Anderson, December 1989.