Humanity and the Divine: An Eternal Odyssey Through Time, Cultures and the Human Soul is a monumental fresco that traces the greatest quest of our species: its tumultuous and uninterrupted relationship with the sacred. Beginning with the first spark of consciousness in prehistoric caves, the book takes us on a journey through the millennia. It explores the birth of polytheistic pantheons that have reflected the complexity of the world, from Egypt to Greece, India and indigenous traditions. He then analyzes the radical revolution of monotheism, the invention of a One God that reshaped morality, time, and the meaning of history through Judaism, Christianity, and Islam. The book does not stop at established religions. It plunges into the heart of the lived experience of the divine, bringing into dialogue the testimonies of the great mystics of all traditions with the discoveries of neuroscience and psychology, revealing the universal foundations of spirituality. Then, the odyssey addresses the dramatic confrontation with modernity: the "death of God" proclaimed by philosophy, the wave of secularization, and the unexpected return of the sacred in new and individualistic forms - from personal development to Eco spirituality. Finally, the book boldly projects itself into our future, exploring the dizzying scenarios of a world where artificial intelligence becomes an oracle, where transhumanism promises digital immortality, and where awareness of our place in the cosmos could give rise to a planetary ethic. At the crossroads of history, theology, science and philosophy, Humanity and the Divine is not an encyclopedia of beliefs, but an epic narrative. It is the story of humanity as an eternal pilgrim, which, from the clay of the first idols to the silicon of the new gods, has never ceased to seek its own reflection in the infinite mirror of mystery. The work concludes not with an answer, but with a call for tolerance and an open question, inviting us to recognize that the source of the divine may well reside in the very heart of human consciousness, waiting to be revealed.
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