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Seeing Through the World: Jean Gebser and Integral Consciousness (Nuralogicals Book 1) Kindle Edition

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Seeing Through the World introduces the reader to the work of German-Swiss philosopher, poet, and intellectual mystic Jean Gebser (1905-1973). Writing in the midcentury during a period of intense cultural transformation and crisis in Europe, Gebser intuited a series of mutational leaps in the history of human consciousness, the latest of which emerging was the “integral” structure, marked by the presence of time-freedom. Gebser’s insights on the phenomenology of human consciousness has brought profound intellectual depth and spiritual transmission to the field of integral philosophy and consciousness studies, influencing the works of American historians such as William Irwin Thompson and the philosopher Ken Wilber. Further syncretic corroboration links Gebser’s integral age to those of the Indian revolutionary and yogi Sri Aurobindo’s “integral yoga” and Pierre Teilhard de Chardin’s evolutionary mysticism.

Arguably, Gebser’s structures of consciousness are as significant an ontological insight as C. G. Jung’s “reality of the psyche.”  Yet, until now, very little secondary literature has been available in the English-speaking world. Jeremy Johnson, the current president of the International Jean Gebser Society who has spent the last decade as an integral scholar and researcher, produces this introductory volume on the life and writings of Jean Gebser. Part companion piece to Gebser’s magnum opus, The Ever-Present Origin, part inspired treatise on an integral futurism, Jeremy guides the reader through the structures of consciousness and incepts integral scholarship as a divination that scries the age of ecological collapse and the ontological recodings of the Anthropocene.

It is the first volume in the NuraLogicals series, produced in partnership with Nura Learning.

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Jeremy Johnson, MA, is a scholar, writer, and editor for Revelore Press and founder of Nura Learning. He received his masters in Consciousness Studies from Goddard College, where he studied the intersections of media ecology, the structures of consciousness and depth psychology. He is the author of Seeing Through the World: Jean Gebser and Integral Consciousness (2018) and an editor for Mutations: Art, Consciousness and the Anthropocene (2019). Jeremy is the current president of the International Jean Gebser Society. His writing has been featured in OMNI, Conscious Lifestyle Magazine, Kosmos Journal, Integral Leadership Review, Evolve Magazine, and Evolve and Ascend. Find out more on his website, Twitter, or Patreon pages.

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  • ASIN ‏ : ‎ B07RN2C833
  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ Revelore Press (February 2, 2019)
  • Publication date ‏ : ‎ February 2, 2019
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • File size ‏ : ‎ 1.1 MB
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Jeremy Johnson, MA, is a scholar, writer, and editor for Revelore Press and founder of Nura Learning. He received his masters in Consciousness Studies from Goddard College, where he studied the intersections of media ecology, the structures of consciousness and depth psychology. He is the author of Seeing Through the World: Jean Gebser and Integral Consciousness (2018) and an editor for Mutations: Art, Consciousness and the Anthropocene (2019). Jeremy is the current president of the International Jean Gebser Society. His writing has been featured in OMNI, Conscious Lifestyle Magazine, Kosmos Journal, Integral Leadership Review, Evolve Magazine, and Evolve and Ascend. Find out more on his website, Twitter, or Patreon pages.

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“Seeing Through the World” is an indispensable introduction to Gebser’s writing.
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“Seeing Through the World” is an indispensable introduction to Gebser’s writing.
To read Gebser is to embark on a journey and one needs a guide. Jeremy Johnson is the guide and “Seeing Through the World” is the guidebook. It is also a refreshing read on its own. One can sense Johnson’s passion for learning and living this philosophy. He offers a kind of mission statement:“What we are invited to realize in our time, just like the artists and the scientists of the perspectival age, is the emergence of the aperspectival world.“Johnson’s phrase, “invited to realize”, sets the tone for this book. Johnson gently leads the reader through Gebser’s integral philosophy. With clear definitions every concept is offered in a way that the reader feels no urgency to understand right away. One can wear an idea lightly. When it becomes clear there is real joy in understanding. I found so much more pleasure reading Gebser after reading “Seeing Through the World”.
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  • Paul R. Smith
    5.0 out of 5 stars Beautiful condensed and articulate writing about Gebser's Ever Present Origin.
    Reviewed in the United States on November 18, 2020
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    I am a fan of Wilber's integral understanding, having written two books on it, but had never read Gebser who has been very influential in Wilber's work. I devoured Johnson's book and immediately ordered The Ever Present Origin. I also devoured that, although it took me three days! I am now absorbing both books and can feel a change in my own consciousness. Thanks, Jeremy, for so eloquently introducing me to Gebser and getting me ready to meet him!
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  • Sue Brooks
    5.0 out of 5 stars very thought provoking and hopeful
    Reviewed in the United States on November 16, 2021
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    I haven't read Gebser's Ever Present Origin. I have read and studied most of Wilber's books on Integral. Gebser's ideas, via Johnson, on process, time and space (versus hierarchy) are very compelling. I'm finding myself more hopeful about where in the world humans are and where we might be headed.
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  • Dapplegray
    5.0 out of 5 stars A very important book.
    Reviewed in the United States on December 27, 2020
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    This book makes Gerbser's profound insights into our time very accessible. Unimportant book for understanding the present and preparing for the future.
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  • Wleidia
    5.0 out of 5 stars Deeper dive!!!
    Reviewed in the United States on July 10, 2021
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    My head is still spinning!!! Wonder and awe!!! Must read for serious meditators!!
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  • R Rosen
    3.0 out of 5 stars not for a novice Gebser fan
    Reviewed in the United States on July 19, 2019
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    product description says this book "introduces" the reader to Gebser's work. i was hoping then that it would help me get a handle on some of Gebser's ideas in the Ever Present Origin. no such luck there, while i'm finding the book an interesting read, it's just about as abstruse as EPO. author uses Gebser's integral-influenced vocabulary without any explanation. what is waring again? how do we "concretize" time? i'm sure he feels he's writing an introductory book, but i think he's forgotten just how difficult Gebser's ideas can be for someone with an average education in American schools and universities. still, with all that said, if you're interested in Gebser's work, you might want to have a look at this book...
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  • B. Jackson
    5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent.
    Reviewed in the United States on March 20, 2019
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    There's very little about Gebser in English. This is a must have for anyone interested in the life and work of Jean Gebser.
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  • gary g tuttle
    5.0 out of 5 stars Complemented my meditation practice
    Reviewed in the United States on July 12, 2020
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    The concept of looking thru the world to objectify time.
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  • Gayle Owens
    1.0 out of 5 stars No clarity here.
    Reviewed in the United States on January 30, 2025
    I was disappointed. The author failed to clarify Gebser’s terminology or vision. In some ways this book is harder to understand than the original.
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  • Volpeblu
    5.0 out of 5 stars Bellissima introduzione a Jean Gebser
    Reviewed in Italy on May 16, 2024
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    Integral - a catch word. How do you live it? Not simply an idea but an in depth way of being, The ever present origin is a vital perception.”
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  • sally
    4.0 out of 5 stars Time and timelessness
    Reviewed in the United Kingdom on December 23, 2019
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    This is a small easy to handle edition of a breakdown and research into Gebser's originals. Easy to understand and informative.
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