{"id":69994,"date":"2022-10-18T11:23:58","date_gmt":"2022-10-18T09:23:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cetr.net\/towards-a-non-religious-spirituality\/"},"modified":"2022-10-18T11:26:10","modified_gmt":"2022-10-18T09:26:10","slug":"towards-a-non-religious-spirituality","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cetr.net\/es\/towards-a-non-religious-spirituality\/","title":{"rendered":"Towards a non-religious spirituality"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Estamos ante una de las mutaciones m\u00e1s profundas de la historia de la humanidad, una mutaci\u00f3n que nos obliga a ser conscientes de que debemos construir nuestros sistemas y formas de vida por nosotros mismos. Construir mientras cambios r\u00e1pidos y frecuentes ocurren por sociedades de innovaci\u00f3n continua.<\/p>\n<p><strong>TOWARDS A NON-RELIGIOUS SPIRITUALITY <\/strong><\/p>\n<p><em>Maria\u0300 Corbi\u0301 <\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong>CONTENTS <\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Foreword &#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;. 11<br \/>\nIntroduction The Crossroads: A Bird\u2019s Eye View. &#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;.. 15<\/p>\n<p><strong>PART ONE. CULTURAL MODELS FOR HUMAN SURVIVAL <\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>CHAPTER I. Culture, A Biological Invention <\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The Fundamental Condition of our Species: As Cultural Beings &#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230; 25<br \/>\nThe Movement from a Binary Structure of Life to a Ternary Structure. The Dual Experience of Reality&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;.. 27<br \/>\nOur Specific Quality &#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;29<br \/>\nThe Construction of a Viable \u2018Human Nature\u2019 &#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;..31<\/p>\n<p><strong>CHAPTER II. Cultural Structure in Pre-industrial Societies <\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The Method Used to Analyse the Structure of Mythical Systems &#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230; 35<br \/>\nThe Structure of Hunter\/Gatherer Cultures &#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;.. 37<br \/>\nThe Structure of Cultures in Horticultural Societies &#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230; 45<\/p>\n<p>In Maya-Quiche\u0301 Mythology &#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;. 46<br \/>\nIn Desana Mythology &#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230; 48<br \/>\nIn the Mythology of the Marind-Anim &#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230; 50<br \/>\nIn Wemale Myths and Rites &#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;.. 51<br \/>\nIn Aztec Mythology &#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230; 55<br \/>\nIn Inca Mythology &#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;.. 60<br \/>\nIn Kanaka Rituals &#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230; 61<\/p>\n<p>The Structure of Cultures in Irrigation Farming Societies &#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;.. 62<br \/>\nGeneral Considerations &#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;.. 62<br \/>\nIn Egyptian Mythology &#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230; 70<br \/>\nIn Mesopotamian Mythology &#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;. 76<br \/>\nIn Maya-Quiche\u0301 Mythology: the Popol Vuh &#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230; 98<\/p>\n<p>The Structure of Mythology in Livestock Farming Cultures &#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230; 114<br \/>\nIn the Mythology of Israel &#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;.. 117<br \/>\nIn the Mythology of Islam &#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;.. 118<br \/>\nIn Iranian Mythology &#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;. 119<br \/>\nIn Christian Mythology &#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;. 123<\/p>\n<p>General Considerations on Mythical Epistemology &#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;.. 124<br \/>\nThe Anthropological Nucleus that Generates Religions &#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;..136<\/p>\n<p><strong>CHAPTER III. Towards Innovation Societies <\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The Slow Generation of an Alternative Model to Myth and its Epistemology for the Interpretation of Reality &#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;141<br \/>\nThe Appearance of the First Industrial Societies and the Consequences &#8230;&#8230; 153<br \/>\nThe Appearance and Introduction of Innovation Societies &#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;.. 157<br \/>\nStatic Societies and Dynamic Societies &#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230; 161<br \/>\nThe End of Religions &#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230; 165<\/p>\n<p><strong>PART TWO. SPECIFIC HUMAN QUALITY AND ITS CULTIVATION <\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>CHAPTER IV. The Impact of the New Cultural Structure<br \/>\non Traditional Forms of Religion<br \/>\n<\/strong>The Disconcertion of Religious Organisations &#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;. 175<br \/>\nMyths and Symbols as Systems of Beliefs and their Purely Symbolic Reading &#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;. 179<br \/>\nSpirituality without Beliefs; Faith without Beliefs &#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230; 181<br \/>\nThe Failure of the Spiritual Traditions and New Societies to Meet is Rooted in Epistemology &#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;. 186<br \/>\nThe Difference between Beliefs and Assumptions &#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;. 190<br \/>\nSymbols and Myths: Apophatic Affirmations or Metaphors about the Absolute&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;191<br \/>\nNo Substitutes for Religion can be Expected &#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;. 197<br \/>\nThe Nature of How we Speak of the Absolute Dimension of Reality &#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230; 199<br \/>\nThe Great Masters of the Spirit are Uninterpretable &#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230; 206<\/p>\n<p><strong>CHAPTER V. The Dual Experience of the Real <\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The Dual Experience of what is Real in Religion &#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;. 212<br \/>\nThe Dual Experience of what is Real outside Religion &#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230; 215<br \/>\nThe Explicit Cultivation of our Specific Quality is a Group and Individual Need &#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;.216<br \/>\nThe Notion of \u2018Revelation\u2019 in the New Cultural Circumstances &#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230; 218<br \/>\nWhat the Holy Scriptures Speak About &#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;.. 221<br \/>\nWhat the Spiritual Masters Say &#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;. 226<br \/>\nWhat can the Age-old Religious Traditions of Humanity Offer the New Industrial Societies? &#8230;&#8230;231<br \/>\nThe Subtle Offer of Traditions &#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;.. 234<br \/>\nThe Offer of Religious Traditions as an Offer of Humility, Nakedness and Love&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;.235<\/p>\n<p><strong>CHAPTER VI. Silent Knowledge <\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The Path to which the Traditions Invite us is a Path of Subtlety &#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;.239<br \/>\nThe Way to Spirituality is Inner Silence. Its Fruit is Silent Knowledge &#8230;&#8230;&#8230;..242<br \/>\nSilent Knowledge is the Root of Unconditional Love for all Beings &#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;.245<br \/>\nSymbols and Myths Speak to Us of this Reality, not of Any Other. &#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;..246<br \/>\nThe Great Ways to Silence &#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;.248<br \/>\nThe Spiritual Path is an Enquiry and a Free and Joyful Creation &#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;.. 251<br \/>\nSilent Knowledge does not Subjugate or Exclude Doubt because it is not a Formulation &#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;..254<br \/>\nSilent Knowledge does not Distance from this World but is Submerged Within it &#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;..256<br \/>\nTruth Without Form from Silent Knowledge &#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;..258<\/p>\n<p><strong>CHAPTER VII. Human Quality and its Cultivation <\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Silence is the Fundamental Resource of our Species &#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;.. 261<br \/>\nThe Specifically Human Quality &#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;.. 266<br \/>\nThe Group Urgency for Lay Silence &#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;274<\/p>\n<p>CONCLUSION &#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;.276<br \/>\nBIBLIOGRAPHY &#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;279<br \/>\nTHE AUTHOR &#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;.283<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p><span class=\"autor\">Mari\u00e0 Corb\u00ed<\/span> Estamos ante una de las mutaciones m\u00e1s profundas de la historia de la humanidad, una mutaci\u00f3n que nos obliga a ser conscientes de que debemos construir nuestros sistemas y formas de vida por nosotros mismos. Construir mientras cambios r\u00e1pidos y frecuentes ocurren por sociedades de innovaci\u00f3n continua.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":69990,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[355,444,445,446,332,149],"tags":[],"post_series":[],"class_list":["post-69994","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-autores","category-autors-es","category-els-nostres-llibres-es","category-maria-corbi-es-2","category-maria-corbi-es","category-nuestros-libros","entry","has-media"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/cetr.net\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/69994","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/cetr.net\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/cetr.net\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cetr.net\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cetr.net\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=69994"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/cetr.net\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/69994\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":69997,"href":"https:\/\/cetr.net\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/69994\/revisions\/69997"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cetr.net\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/69990"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/cetr.net\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=69994"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cetr.net\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=69994"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cetr.net\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=69994"},{"taxonomy":"post_series","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cetr.net\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/post_series?post=69994"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}