Contents
Acknowledgments
Introduction
1. The Problem of Transcendence
Experiences of Transcendence
Symbols of Transcendence
Recovery of Transcendence
2. The Terror of History
The Search for the Ground in Cosmological Existence and the Discovery of Transcendence
The Modern Eclipse of Transcendence and the Problem of World-Immanent History
History as a Process Grounded in Transcendence
3. History and Transcendence
Between Time and Eternity
The Differentiation of Time and Eternity
Apocalypse
Gnosticism
Historiogenesis
Modern Versions of the Deformations
The “Stop History” Movements and the Need for Appropria teHistorica lSymbols
Cosmopolis
Culture
Art
6. Ezra Pound and the Balance of Consciousness
Pound on Divine Reality and Historical Truth
Pound’s Resistance to Radical Transcendence
Coda
7. Cosmology: The Problem of Divine Presence in the World
The Primary Experience of the Cosmos
Myth, Aberrant Myth, and Neopaganism
Ambient Vision
8. Anthropology: The Problem of Divine Presence in Human Consciousness
Differentiation
Multiple Differentiations
Integration
The Dilemma of Ernest Becker
Conclusion: The Drama of Universal Humanity
Bibliography
Index