Reading shelf

[novapsyche]

I finished Religions, Values, and Peak-Experiences today. Remaining on my to-read shelf (at least as far as philosophical, sociological, or religious topics are concerned):

The Physics of Immortality, Frank J. Tipler
Philosophy of Language, William P. Alston
The Perennial Philosophy, Aldous Huxley
I and Thou, Martin Buber
Grammars of Creation, George Steiner
What Is Religion?, Paul Tillich
The Hidden Gospel, Neil Douglas-Klotz
The Coming of the Cosmic Christ, Matthew Fox

The sooner I finish these, the sooner I can check out new material from the library.

Comments

[mylastsigh.livejournal.com]

how do you find the time?!

[novapsyche.livejournal.com]

I'm unemployed at the moment; I have few other ways to spend my time. I probably will not have the time when I again am gainfully employed....

[waxphallusophic.livejournal.com]

You too?

...seems like everyone's unemployed these days.
I've been teaching myself calculus, I think I'm going to learn latin next, because it's not that different from ancient greek [which i learned] and
I was decent enough to do homework for beginning latin classes for my
ex girlfriend [don't ask, yo ;)] given a dictionary.

I need to get my unemployed butt down to the library, my dad's math
philosophy books are gettin' old, I need some variety.

[vaxjedi]

I'd add The Dancing Wu Li Masters, which is an excellent description of quantum physics and it's implications.

Also Promethius Rising by Robert Anton Wilson, which is an excellent discussion of symbolic brain function.

[novapsyche.livejournal.com]

Thanks, Blade.

(My list keeps getting longer....)

[novapsyche.livejournal.com]

If I get into grad school, I'll be learning ancient Greek (because of all the ancient languages, Greek interests me the most--well... besides Sumerian--and I'll have to take a course in order to get my degree).

Seriously, I think you might like Grammars of Creation, by George Steiner. (That's a title I forgot above... I'll go amend my original post now.) I've only gotten through a few pages, but apparently he's going to examine the creation myth (I assume the Judeo-Christian creation myth) in terms of how language sculpts understanding. It looks really interesting.

Re:

[waxphallusophic.livejournal.com]

I'll look into it,
I can't promise I'll like it though - I got my degree in cognitive/linguistic anthropology so I tend to be very uhh.... what's that word - "elitest" and "critical" and "suspicious" in my acceptance of any language type theories.

[it's bad, but... those things happen ;)]

However, I am always up for an interesting read.