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List of contents
Preface , Introduction , Initial situation , The first step in the mutation of consciousness , The second step in the mutation of consciousness , The impact on our conception of God , New spirituality and ethics , At the threshold of a fundamentally new age , Autobiographical notes concerning my work
About the author
Willy Obrist (1918-2013) studied philosophy, history, and medicine, and became an enthusiastic scientist in the field of human studies. After he had worked for a number of years as an internist (specializing in angiology) in his own practice in Switzerland, he decided to study depth psychology and completed his studies by becoming a training analyst. From 1979 to 2013 he was a lecturer at the C. G. Jung Institute in Zurich. He was a member of staff of the Stiftung fur Humanwissenschaftliche Grundlagenforschung (Zurich), conducting fundamental research focusing on the evolution of consciousness. He was a co-founder of the Swiss Society of Religious Studies, of the Foundation of Analytical Psychology (Zurich), and of the Foundation to Foster Philosophy (Monchengladbach, Germany).
Summary
What is new about the present study is that the author approaches the religious metamorphosis from the perspective of the evolution of consciousness itself. The result of his exploration made the author realize that the development of European consciousness was not just an accidental historical process.
