The Voice of the Thunder

by Laurens Vander Post (Author)

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  Hardcover
  1994

  $7.38

• Used

  Paperback
  1994

  $3.21

  From the beginning, Laurens Van Der Post has been aware of a dimension in life far larger and more significant that the outer eventfulness of everyday living. He has never lost his sense of the over-riding purpose and awesome continuity of life, and the ultimate wisdom lodged in its keeping. His perception of life's mysterious power began with the Bushmen, the first people of his native Africa. It grew in his exploration of the imagery of dreams, the legends and stories of ancient civilization, the teaching of the prophets and poets, and other pioneers, among them Carl Gustav Jung, explorer of mankind's collective unconscious with whom he shared a close friendship and rapport. In this book he has brought together two of his most far-reaching essays, reissued here as The Little Memory and The Great Memory in which he traces the Odyssean pattern that exists in the unconscious of every human being - for each to fulfil their individual destiny. This book is an urgent manifesto for renewal of the human spirit, a clarion call for recognition of life's great imperatives and a vision of hope for the world.

• Used

  Hardcover
  1993

  $5.63

  From the beginning, Laurens van der Post has been aware of a dimension in life far larger and more significant than the outer eventfulness of everyday living. His perception of life's mysterious power began with the Bushmen, the first people of his native Africa, and grew in the universal imagery of dreams, the fertile legends and stories of ancient civilization, the intuitive teaching of prophets, poets and other pioneers of human awareness. In this text, he has brought together two of his most deeply-felt and far-reaching essays, and has extended their message by exploring the potential in all men and women to acquire self-knowledge and to live life according to its fundamental precepts.