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Title: Son of Man: The Mystical Path to Christ by Andrew Harvey, Eryk Hanut ISBN: 0-87477-992-8 Publisher: J. P. Tarcher Pub. Date: October, 1999 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $14.95 |
Average Customer Rating: 3.67 (15 reviews)
Rating: 2
Summary: Another Tome for Oppression Studies, Inc.
Comment: Interesting how reviewers tend to either love or hate this work. I TRIED to listen to it several times, and while I liked Harvey's "Ladakh" book, it was very different from "Son of Man."
I suspect that those who like it approve of its interpretation of Christ as a "radical", visionary iconoclast overturning the orthodoxy of Old Testament Judaism. I sympathize with this view to some extent, but Harvey does (as several reviewers suggest) seem to simply IGNORE the relevance of the overall tradition out of which Christ comes, the tradition of Law, Judgment, of the wrathful God, as simply mistaken and somehow part of a subtle conspiracy of oppression. The Old Testament CAN be hard to reconcile with Christ, it can be infuriating, but a theological balance must be struck.
As a former academic in the humanities, I just could not stomach the cant of modern academe in this book: everything must be an "extremely radical" vision, we must always work everything around to feminism (or some other "ism) overturning patriarchy, we must speak about the "margins" and oppresive "power structures." Harvey has evidently had many rich experiences in life, but the jargon and verbosity and two-dimensional politics of academe constantly get in his way here.
Rating: 5
Summary: Great Work on Christ
Comment: This book is a very interesting book that points readers into looking at Jesus Christ as a non-dogmatic, unconditionally loving spiritual maaster and not the Christ that we here in churches...A religious leader out to propogate a religion and condemn non-believers of him.
Of course, this book will not be accepted by all since it can be seen as overly liberal and unconventional. How? Since Mr. Harvey is primarily out to paint a portrait of a loving, mystical Christ that could never have even intended to be deified and who mainly wanted to teach a love based spirituality, the author uses quotes from many unconventional sources like the Gnostic Gospels (Gospel of Thomas, Gospel of Mary, Secret Book of James, Gospel of the Savior and others). That unto itself will spark some controversy for this book.
Mr. Harvey's Christ has a through-line of that of an enlightened master, say a Buddha of Nazereth, so it is with that Christ in mind that he writes and he pulls from many Christian sources to keep in line with this mystical, unconditionally loving Christ.
What this adds up to is for those that are spiritual 'seeker' types who are lovers of Light and seeing spirituality through Oneness and an Eternal Truth of Unity without dogmas you'll find this book extremely fascinating. For those "fundamenalist" types, you'll either brush this book of as some kind of new age concoction or it'll make you reconsider some of your preciously held beliefs about who Jesus Christ was.
There are some very well written chapters on: Jesus' Message, Jesus and family, Jesus and women, Jesus and the rich, Jesus and religion, Jesus and his Disciples and other topics. Mr. Harvey shows us through Jesus teachings how he promoted love, humility and acceptance in all these areas.
Another nice bonus is that the book has some beautiful Christ based meditations.
This book is unique in that the author is a scholar, well rounded spiritual teacher and poet all at the same time. The author manages to be remarkably intuitive and speak from the heart while always remaining centered and intelligent, not just "way out there". The book is rooted enough in research to deserve to be considered a serious work on Christ (although, many will disagree with me because of the uncommon philosophies put forth). The book has a heartfelt-poetic quality to it while simultanously being very scholarly which is extremely rare. Even though I consider myself to be an open minded spiritual seeker that always saw Christ as a great teacher of Unity, I never saw Christ's teachings with the depth of Mr. Harvey's book. Very enlightening.
Rating: 4
Summary: love
Comment: Christ is represented in Son of Man as an anarchist, a revolutionary, and the human embodiment of unconditional love. No dogma, no church heirarchy, no fanatical fundamentalism. But radical self honesty and spiritual evolution that requires conviction, commitment, and work. This book presents a nice mix of Orthodox and Gnostic wisdom and frames it in the context of universal love.
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Title: The Direct Path : Creating a Personal Journey to the Divine Using the World's Spirtual Traditions by Andrew Harvey ISBN: 0767903005 Publisher: Broadway Pub. Date: 20 March, 2001 List Price(USD): $14.95 |
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Title: The Essential Mystics: The Soul's Journey into Truth by Andrew Harvey ISBN: 078580904X Publisher: Book Sales Pub. Date: January, 1998 List Price(USD): $8.99 |
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Title: Teachings of the Christian Mystics by Andrew Harvey ISBN: 1570623430 Publisher: Shambhala Pub. Date: 16 December, 1997 List Price(USD): $13.00 |
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Title: The Return of the Mother by Andrew Harvey ISBN: 1585420735 Publisher: J. P. Tarcher Pub. Date: 22 December, 2000 List Price(USD): $15.95 |
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Title: A Walk with Four Spiritual Guides: Krishna, Buddha, Jesus, and Ramakrishna by Andrew Harvey ISBN: 189336173X Publisher: Skylight Paths Pub Pub. Date: March, 2003 List Price(USD): $21.95 |
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