31 ratings | 3 reviews | avg rating:4.26

Jeremy’s Year In Books

Jeremy’s 2025 Year in Books

Take a look at Jeremy’s Year in Books, including some fun facts about their reading.

Go to Jeremy’s 2025 Year in Books

Jeremy Lent’s Followers (181)

Jeremy’s Bookshelves

to-read (0)
currently-reading (78)
read (184)

Jeremy’s Friends (12)

Mike Damas

60 books | 25 friends

University of Chicago Magazine

2,032 books | 395 friends

John Ottinger

2,024 books | 905 friends

Suspense Magazine

629 books | 4,935 friends

Marcel

383 books | 4,952 friends

*elasticfate

321 books | 167 friends

Jonathan Latham

36 books | 1 friend

Bill Graham

236 books | 99 friends

More friends…

Jeremy Lent

Goodreads Author

Website

http://www.jeremylent.com

Member Since

August 2009

edit data

I’m author of The Patterning Instinct, (Prometheus Books, May 2017), and founder of the nonprofit Liology Institute. I’m passionate about doing my part to make a difference in humanity’s future trajectory. I’ve come to believe that our global society needs a transformational shift in our underlying values if we want a sustainable and flourishing future for the human race.

The Patterning Instinct: A Cultural History of Humanity’s Future, is based on a simple but compelling theme – culture shapes values, and those values shape history. The book identifies the root metaphors that cultures have used to construct meaning into their universe – from hunter-gatherer times to our current precarious civilization – and traces how these have affected th ...more

54 posts
Jeremy Lent's Blog

The Political Cataclysm: Causes, Implications, and a Way Forward

The re-election of Donald Trump to the US Presidency will have global implications for decades to come. This article identifies key underlying drivers that led to this event, explores the potential landscape of the next few years, and sheds light on a positive way forward. Out of the approaching turbulence, there remains a possibility of life-affirming potentialities that can be nurtured and br

Combine Editions
Jeremy Lent’s books

Average rating: 4.26 · 1,461 ratings · 217 reviews · 7 distinct works • Similar authors

	Patterning Instinct: A Cultural History of Humanity's Search for Meaning by Jeremy Lent (Goodreads Author), Fritjof Capra (Foreword) 4.27 avg rating — 874 ratings — published 2017 — 8 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Web of Meaning: Integrating Science and Traditional Wisdom to Find our Place in the Universe 4.26 avg rating — 554 ratings — published 2021 — 8 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Requiem for the Human Soul 3.92 avg rating — 25 ratings — published 2009 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Patterning Instinct: A Cultural History of Humanity’s Search for Meaning by Jeremy Lent (Goodreads Author), Derek Perkins (Narrator), Fritjof Capra - foreword 4.71 avg rating — 7 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Web of Meaning: Integrating Science and Traditional Wisdom to Find Our Place in the Universe by Jeremy Lent (Goodreads Author), Adam Henderson (Narrator) it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 1 rating	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Ecocivilization: Making a World that Works for All 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Ecocivilization: Making a World that Works for All 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

More books by Jeremy Lent…

Jeremy is Currently Reading

Jeremy Lent is currently reading

Slow Down: The Degrowth Manifesto

by Kōhei Saitō

bookshelves: currently-reading

Rate this book

Clear rating

1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

Dec 14, 2025 10:33PM

Jeremy Lent is currently reading

Emergency: This Book Will Save Your Life

by Neil Strauss (Goodreads Author)

bookshelves: currently-reading

Rate this book

Clear rating

1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

Dec 05, 2025 10:41PM

Jeremy Lent is currently reading

Our Biggest Deal: Pathways to Planetary Prosperity

by Aaron William Perry

bookshelves: currently-reading

Rate this book

Clear rating

1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

Dec 05, 2025 10:36PM

rss
Jeremy’s Recent Updates

Jeremy Lent is currently reading Slow Down: The Degrowth Manifesto by Kōhei Saitō	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
Dec 14, 2025 10:33PM · 1 like · like
Jeremy Lent is currently reading Emergency: This Book Will Save Your Life by Neil Strauss (Goodreads Author)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
Dec 05, 2025 10:41PM · like
Jeremy Lent is currently reading Our Biggest Deal: Pathways to Planetary Prosperity by Aaron William Perry	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
Dec 05, 2025 10:36PM · like
Jeremy Lent is currently reading Goliath's Curse: The History and Future of Societal Collapse by Luke Kemp	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
Sep 24, 2025 10:45PM · 2 likes · like
Jeremy Lent is currently reading The Tao of Spiritual Development: An Adapted Version of the Tao Te Ching by Sam Crowell	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
Sep 23, 2025 10:28PM · 1 like · like
Jeremy Lent is currently reading The Myth of Normal: Trauma, Illness, and Healing in a Toxic Culture by Gabor Maté	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
Apr 18, 2025 10:55PM · 2 likes · like
Jeremy Lent finished reading Wild Law: A Manifesto for Earth Justice by Cormac Cullinan	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
Apr 12, 2025 10:37PM · like
Jeremy Lent is currently reading Wild Law: A Manifesto for Earth Justice by Cormac Cullinan	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
Mar 17, 2025 10:50PM · like
Jeremy Lent finished reading Children of a Modest Star: Planetary Thinking for an Age of Crises by Jonathan S. Blake	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
Feb 04, 2025 10:44PM · like
Jeremy Lent is currently reading The Universal Republic: A Realistic Utopia? by Mathias Koenig-Archibugi	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
Jan 06, 2025 05:25PM · like

More of Jeremy's books…

Quotes by Jeremy Lent (?)

“Integrative intelligence is one that draws from all the sources of wisdom available to us as living organisms on Earth.”
― Jeremy Lent, The Web of Meaning: Integrating Science and Traditional Wisdom to Find Our Place in the Universe

4 likes

“The sense of separateness that our culture foists on us is, in Einstein’s words, ‘a kind of optical delusion of consciousness … a kind of prison for us, restricting us to our personal desires and to affection for a few persons nearest us’. This delusion of consciousness is not, however, our only available option. ‘Our task,’ he continues, ‘must be to free ourselves from this prison by widening our circles of compassion to embrace all living creatures and the whole of nature in its beauty.”
― Jeremy Lent, The Web of Meaning: Integrating Science and Traditional Wisdom to Find Our Place in the Universe

2 likes

“Heaven is my father and earth is my mother, and I, a small child, find myself placed intimately between them. What fills the universe I regard as my body; what directs the universe I regard as my nature. All people are my brothers and sisters; all things are my companions.70”
― Jeremy Lent, The Web of Meaning: Integrating Science and Traditional Wisdom to Find Our Place in the Universe

2 likes

See all Jeremy Lent's quotes »

Topics Mentioning This Author

topics	posts	views	last activity
Ultimate Popsugar...: Post your 2020 reading list!	882	5015	Apr 07, 2021 08:39PM
Science and Inquiry: November 2022 Nominations	15	106	Sep 22, 2022 01:52PM
Game Night: R2 Game Night Bingo - Rebecca (Adventurer)'s Card	10	21	Mar 04, 2023 08:12PM