Twelve Ways of Seeing the World: Philosophies and Archetypal Worldviews for Understanding Human Consciousness

by Mario Betti

Overview

Mario Betti strives to make sense of the world through different lenses framed as 12 archetypes; Phenomonalism, Sensualism, Materialism, Mathematism, Rationalism, Idealism, Psychism, Pneumatism, Monadism, Dynamism, Realism and Humanus.Betti draws on the research of Rudolph Steiner and his twelvefold typology of human and cosmic thought to explore and validate each world view from its own unique perspective. In this way he means to transform dogmatism and enable a deeper dialogue. The book includes a study guide, World View by World View, which comprises of templates for lesson structures and questions for discussion put together by the author Mario Betti and Kathelijne Drenth of the Cloverleaf Foundation, The Netherlands.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781912480227
Publisher:	Hawthorn Press
Publication date:	03/01/2020
Series:	Spirituality
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	240
File size:	1 MB

About the Author

Mario Betti is a former philosophy professor. The burning question which led to writing this book was, "How to develop ways of understanding every person, towards a 'Whitsun' of humanity where all languages will be understood in a community of inquirers." He says "This book is needed because humanity is getting more and more one-sided."

Table of Contents

Foreword Robert McDermott Matthew T. Segall vii

Introduction Kathelijne Drenth xi

Foreword to the 2001 German Edition Mario Betti xv

1 Goethe's 'The Mysteries', and Today's Multicultural Society 1

2 The Twelve Worldviews: What Is Meant by Them 9

3 Look at, and Listen to, the World - Phenomenalism 17

4 Human Carnality - Sensualism 27

5 'Earth Goes on Standing Firm' - Materialism 39

6 Measure, Number and Weight - Mathematism 53

7 'And Behold, It Was Very Good' - Rationalism 66

8 The Logos that Was at the Beginning - Idealism 81

9 I Am an I - Psychism 94

10 I Am the Universe - Pneumatism 110

11 The Jacob's Ladder - 'Spiritualism' 126

12 Universal Relation - Monadism 141

13 'I Am Dynamite' - Dynamism 154

14 The World Scales - Realism 170

15 Humanus: The New Human Being in the Third Millennium 190

Epilogue 206

Notes and References 208

Study/Discussion Guide, Worldview by Worldview Mario Betti Kathelijne Drenth 216