Esoteric Science: Volume 2

by J.S. Williams, Joyce Luck (Editor)

Esoteric Science, Volume Two tells a scholarly story about archetypes that are evident in both the external and internal worlds. This story first vivifies the patterns within the heroic mythologies uncovered on all habitable continents. These patterns demonstrate that after going through many tribulations, the hero slays a dragon or a beast that is devastating the geographic area, which symbolizes the hero as a revolutionary. In each mythology the hero is also guided by metaphysical reality. From the congruent motifs of these mythologies, Williams transitions into contemporary culture, by showing that the two great modern myth-tellers, J.R.R. Tolkien and J.K. Rowling, embodied these motifs. With the same patterns embedded in the works of history’s top-selling book series authors, an expansion on the theory that archetypes are present in existence—a theory that had the attention of intellectuals such as the Nobel Physicist, Wolfgang Pauli, the pioneer of Psychology, Carl Jung, and the master Linguist and Religious Studies Professor, Mircea Eliade—is demonstrated in a comprehensible fashion. The third part renders the archetype theory sound, by showing that the heroic and revolutionary archetype that is found within the global mythologies of Part One, has manifested within the biographies of the revolutionary individuals of the counter-culture movement of the 1960’s and 70’s. Williams looks into artists such as John Lennon, Bob Dylan, Jimi Hendrix, and Jimmy Page, showing that these people led very esoteric lives. These three harmonious parts, in synapse, beckon the reader to reflect upon the importance of our own heroic journeys.

142 pages, Paperback

First published June 18, 2013

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