Table of Contents
FOREWORD Brian Thomas Swimme p.viii
Introduction p.x
Part I—Where Are We?
CHAPTER 1: The Truth Quest p.2
CHAPTER 2: Abandonment of the Quest—A Path with No Heart p.24
CHAPTER 3: Recovery of the Quest, Part I—Anamnesis: Searching with My Life p.64
CHAPTER 4: Recovery of the Quest, Part II—Politics of Mystery p.102
Part II—Where Do We Come From?
CHAPTER 5: Out of Wilderness p.136
CHAPTER 6: Lost Worlds p.170
CHAPTER 7: Primal Politics p.196
CHAPTER 8: “If You Don’t Dance, You Die p.220
CHAPTER 9: Boundary Crossing p.260
CHAPTER10: The Outer Reaches of Inner Wilderness p.286
CHAPTER 11: The Primal Polis: Socrates as Shaman p.312
Part III—Where Should We Be Going?
CHAPTER 12: Our Primal Future p.340
EPILOGUE: A Tao of Politics p.380
APPENDIX: Future Primal Toolkit p.384
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS p.393
Endnotes p.398
Index p.437
ABOUT THE AUTHOR p.465
Introduction p.x
Part I—Where Are We?
CHAPTER 1: The Truth Quest p.2
CHAPTER 2: Abandonment of the Quest—A Path with No Heart p.24
CHAPTER 3: Recovery of the Quest, Part I—Anamnesis: Searching with My Life p.64
CHAPTER 4: Recovery of the Quest, Part II—Politics of Mystery p.102
Part II—Where Do We Come From?
CHAPTER 5: Out of Wilderness p.136
CHAPTER 6: Lost Worlds p.170
CHAPTER 7: Primal Politics p.196
CHAPTER 8: “If You Don’t Dance, You Die p.220
CHAPTER 9: Boundary Crossing p.260
CHAPTER10: The Outer Reaches of Inner Wilderness p.286
CHAPTER 11: The Primal Polis: Socrates as Shaman p.312
Part III—Where Should We Be Going?
CHAPTER 12: Our Primal Future p.340
EPILOGUE: A Tao of Politics p.380
APPENDIX: Future Primal Toolkit p.384
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS p.393
Endnotes p.398
Index p.437
ABOUT THE AUTHOR p.465
Mandala Diagram of Future Primal
The primal truth quest includes a core politics which in becoming self-consciousness promises a “leap in being.” All four quadrants and all the concentric circles are in continual back-and-forth, balancing relationship with one another, partially represented by the arrows connecting the quadrants.
The Southern Tip of Africa
