Metzner, Ralph - Metaphors of Transformation
Consciousness and Cosmology
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27m
The late Ralph Metzner, Ph.D., was well known as a consciousness explorer. Here he stresses the importance of metaphor in guiding and understanding human development, focussing on the metaphors of transformation from a caterpillar to a butterfly, of the journey, and of death and rebirth. Dr. Metzner is author of Opening to Inner Light and Maps of Consciousness and co-author of The Psychedelic Experience.
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