Publisher's Synopsis
This first comprehensive theory of the Order-Disorder Paradox (ODP) focuses on the interplay of order and disorder in creativity and its transformative role in human relationships, including a theory of psychic energy. Drawing on nearly five decades of research as well as 45 years working as a psychoanalyst, Nathan Schwartz-Salant explains that, in a world where vast amounts of order is being created through the growing success of science and technology, the concomitant disorder is having devastating effects upon relationships, society, and the environment. He considers the ODP from the vantage point of science, mythology, and a higher-dimensional consciousness, including a cross-cultural study of ways the ODP has been described for over several millennia, and examines how the ODP appears and illuminates many experiences in everyday life, in alchemy, and in attitudes towards order and disorder found in the I Ching. Extremely timely, this book convincingly argues that conscious awareness of the ODP can renew a sense of meaning in our lives, while also leading us to an ethical relationship with our planet and motivation to deal with the environmental crisis.
