John Edward Mack Reihenfolge der Bücher (Chronologisch)

Una ricerca completa sui modi in cui le società, spinte da innata curiosità, hanno interagito con il mare, la vasta distesa che ha allo stesso tempo unito e diviso gli uomini. Gran parte della popolazione mondiale abita sulla costa o nei suoi pressi, vivendo e affrontando il mare nelle maniere più disparate. Storia del mare esplora le diversità insite nei mari stessi, le tecnologie marittime, e in particolar modo la pratica della navigazione, nonché le varie culture che circondano il mare. La separazione fra terra e mare si individua nelle trasformazioni comportamentali di un marinaio quando torna a terra e nello status intermedio dei luoghi nei quali i due regni si fondono e contrappongono, come le spiagge e i porti, dove le navi sono dispiegate anche in contesti simbolici. John Mack osserva il mare attraverso la lente della cultura, componendo con straordinaria agilità uno studio sulle influenze artistiche e mitologiche, con riferimenti che spaziano dai “soliti noti” (Shakespeare, Melville, Conrad, Turner) a scrittori “insospettabili” come Victor Hugo, Bruce Chatwin e Samuel Johnson. La sua carrellata di immagini marittime spazia così dalla letteratura alle arti visive, dalle stampe di Hokusai alle opere di Jonathan Raban. Gettando un’ampia rete, Storia del mare attinge a storie, archeologia marittima, antropologia, storia dell’arte, biografia e letteratura per fornire un resoconto innovativo delle acque che ci circondano.

Masks are objects that demonstrate creative skills of many different periods and cultures. Masks are a nearly universal phenomenon, but their uses and meanings are strikingly different across cultures. In this book, eight leading experts explore the stories of masks across ancient and modern civilizations in a survey of their meaning and power.

A Harvard psychiatrist, the author of A Prince of Our Disorder, presents accounts of alien abduction taken from the more than sixty cases he has investigated and examines the implications for our identity as a species.

The collections of the British Museum offer an exceptional resource for exploring both African antiquity and its contemporary arts and cultures. This book looks at the continent as a whole, in a series of essays

MACK, MALAGASY TEXTILES. AYLESBURY, BUCKS, 1989, 60 p. fotografias.Encuadernacion original. Nuevo.

Based on the testimony of 200 subjects who claimed to have been abducted by aliens, this analysis by a distinguished scholar stands as one of the most definitive and well-researched studies on the subject. It persuasively examines the broader implications of these experiences and their larger place in human consciousness. It serves as a fitting tribute to a pioneer authority in this controversial field, and pays homage to a man who dedicated his career to investigating the phenomenon of alien abduction and its role in the science of human experience.

V tématu možných únosů lidí do UFO je Mack původně skeptikem. Posléze dr. mack zveřejňuje řadu svědectví, která hovoří o realitě únosů. Tvrdí, že "lidé se vracejí s naprosto zahojenými jizvami, které ještě den předtím ne měli. Kromě toho byly v jejich tělech nalezeny podivné implantáty, z nichž některé byly dokonce vyňaty a podrobeny analýze."

Mack, hoogleraar psychiatrie aan de universiteit van Harvard, werkt sinds enkele jaren met mensen die beweren door buitenaardse wezens te zijn ontvoerd. In dit boek beschrijft hij uitvioerig het geval van een tiental van deze mensen, mannen en vrouwen, uit alle lagen van de bevolking. Zij maken "veelal onder hynose" melding van ruimteschepen, kleine grijze wezens en een onwaarschijnlijke hoeveelheid seks. Staat Mack aanvankelijk nog sceptisch tegenover hub verhalen, uiteindelijk kan hij niet anders dan concluderen dat de ervaringen van deze getraumatiseerde mensen berust op ware gebeurtenissen, en niet veroorzaakt door hallucinaties of waanideeën, De auteur besteedt veel aandacht aan de spirituele aspecten van de ontvoeringservaring. Vrijwel allen maken melding van persoonlijke groei en bewustwording van menselijke vernielzucht en de ecologische crisis op aarde.Mack ziet dit alles als een mogelijk signaal van een "hogere"intelligentie" om de vernietigende kracht van het menselijk ras te keren.

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The colour and exuberance of traditional jewellery has always attracted collectors and travellers. African beadwork, North American Indian silver, jade from the Far East and shellwork from the Pacific - these are just some of the beautiful pieces surveyed in this book. A team of experts explains how such jewellery has been made and worn, the relationship of the materials the culture, and how the techniques of manufacture have survived for centuries. Even today traditional jewellery is still being made, although the repertoire is constantly enriched by new materials and influenced by modern taste.