The Arc of Ascent: The Purpose of Physical Reality II

by John S. Hatcher

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• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0853983712
• ISBN13: 9780853983712
• Release Date: January 1993
• Publisher: George Ronald
• Length: 385 Pages
• Weight: 1.22 lbs.

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The arc of ascent : the purpose of physical reality II

A brilliantly written book. It tackles the 'big' issues(philosophy, religion, spirituality) that people for ages have been fearful to attempt to describe and analyze with the encorporation of proper methods. John Hatcher starts with looking at the individual and what living a life of spirituality really is all about (translating abstract spiritual qualities in metaphorical expression). As a Bahai, he draws on the vast ocean of its text and writings to construct his points. The ark of Ascent puts the history of the world, which is the history of religious revelation in perspective, while showing the phenomenal process that is in action as we speak. The process that is ultimately fashioning a divine civilization. Hatcher also demonstrates the unity of religions as well how theodicy is operating in a seemingly unjust world. We are spiritual being who's purpose in life is to use this physical world as class room to enable us to reflect and live a spiritual life. At the moment of birth we are not, as some seem to think on a enevitable descent to death, but rather on the ark of ascent to the spritual world.