Dances with Spirits: Ancient Wisdom for a Modern World

Dances with Spirits: Ancient Wisdom for a Modern World

by Calvin Helin
Dances with Spirits: Ancient Wisdom for a Modern World

Dances with Spirits: Ancient Wisdom for a Modern World

by Calvin Helin

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Overview

Scientific and technological advances have provided the means for destroying planetary life, but does humanity have the wisdom necessary to choose survival? While facing impending danger, cultures worldwide can benefit by exploring tried-and-true perspectives on humankind’s place in the world. One proven measure for greater balance comes through reclaiming the spirit-infused views that ensured the survival of our ancestors for millennia.

Product Details

ISBN-13: 9781497693982
Publisher: Open Road Integrated Media, Inc.
Publication date: 10/21/2014
Pages: 242
Product dimensions: 6.00(w) x 8.90(h) x 2.60(d)

About the Author

Calvin Helin is a bestselling author, international speaker, entrepreneur, lawyer, and activist for self-reliance. The son of a hereditary chief, Helin grew up in an impoverished, remote Native American village. Written to help eradicate the sort of poverty he faced as a child, Helin’s first book, Dances with Dependency: Out of Poverty through Self-Reliance, is a seven-time bestseller. His second book, The Economic Dependency Trap: Breaking Free to Self-Reliance, is a multi-award winner. A leading authority on fiscal independence, Helin has been widely featured in the print and broadcast media addressing rising poverty, unemployment rates, and empowerment issues. Helin has received numerous distinctions as an entrepreneur, social activist, and community leader.

Table of Contents


Preface
Introduction

PART I. WHEN MYTHS MAKE A MESS

1. Economic Model Out of Balance

Looking into the Fiscal Abyss
Vicious Cycle of Consumption

2. Fallacy of the Growth Imperative

3. Getting Caught in Our Own Mousetrap

When Debt Leads to Slavery
When Stress Leads to Distress
When the Rich Hold the Reins
When Market Magic Leads to Madness

4. The Growth Imperative and the Environment

Taking Too Much
Addressing Need Without Greed

5. When the Moral Bank Needs a Deposit

6. When Time Is Money

Time Poverty
Indian Time
Time-Out

PART II . VEILS TO VISION

7. From Holistic to the Atomistic

8. The Place of People in the Cosmos

The Unbearable Lightness of Being a Flea

9. Rationing Rationality Is Rational

When Science Becomes Religion
Striking a Balance

10. The Technology Trap

Faking Experience
Digital Realities
Media Immersion
Nature Deficit and Social Isolation

11. Common Dog Fxxk

Uncommon Sense

12. Funnel Vision

Investing in Culture
Saving Our Cultural Legacy

PART III . CREATING HARMONY

13. Balancing Act

14. Economic Reform for Social and Spiritual Dividends

An Economic Model Based on Money Mania

15. Historical Wisdom

16. A New Definition of Wealth and Progress

17. A New Social Contract with a Rebuilt Economic Engine

The Fairy Tale of Growth Forever
Effecting Change in Tumultuous Times

18. Finding Common Ground

19. Embracing Our Primal Nature

Connecting to Other Species
Relating to Our Spiritual Dimension

20. The Place of the Tribe in an Anonymous World

Understanding the Tribal Map
Hardwired for the Tribe
The Importance of Belonging
Creating the Neo-Tribe

21. Finding Community in the Urban Desert

22. The Importance of Myth, Ritual, and Ceremony

The Power and Place of Myth
The Value of Ritual and Ceremony in Modern Life

Conclusion

Notes

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