{"product_id":"recapture-the-rapture-rethinking-god-sex-and-death-in-a-world-thats-lost-its-mind-isbn-9780062905468","title":"Recapture the Rapture: Rethinking God, Sex, and Death in a World That’s Lost Its Mind","description":"\u003cp\u003e“A highly personal, richly informed and culturally\u003cbr\u003ewide-ranging meditation on the loss of meaning in our times and on pathways to\u003cbr\u003erediscovering it.” \u003cstrong\u003e—Gabor Maté, MD,\u003c\/strong\u003e author of \u003cem\u003eIn The Realm of Hungry Ghosts:\u003cbr\u003eClose Encounters With Addiction\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eA \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eneuroanthropologist\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e maps out a revolutionary new practice—Hedonic Engineering—that combines the best of neuroscience and optimal psychology. It’s an intensive program of breathing, movement, and sexuality that mends trauma, heightens inspiration and tightens connections—helping us wake up, grow up, and show up for a world that needs us all.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis is a book about a big\u003cbr\u003eidea. And the idea is this: Slowly over the past few decades, and now suddenly,\u003cbr\u003eall at once, we’re suffering from a collapse in Meaning. Fundamentalism and\u003cbr\u003enihilism are filling that vacuum, with consequences that affect us all. In a\u003cbr\u003eworld that needs us at our best, diseases of despair, tribalism, and disaster\u003cbr\u003efatigue are leaving us at our worst.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIt’s vital that we regain\u003cbr\u003econtrol of the stories we’re telling because they are shaping the future we’re\u003cbr\u003ecreating. To do that, we have to remember our deepest inspiration, heal our\u003cbr\u003epain and apathy, and connect to each other like never before. If we can do\u003cbr\u003ethat, we’ve got a shot at solving the big problems we face. And if we\u003cbr\u003ecan’t?  Well, the dustbin of history has swallowed civilizations older and\u003cbr\u003efancier than ours. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis book is divided into\u003cbr\u003ethree parts. The first, \u003cstrong\u003eChoose Your Own Apocalypse\u003c\/strong\u003e, takes a look at\u003cbr\u003eour current Meaning Crisis--where we are today, why it’s so hard to make\u003cbr\u003esense of the world, what might be coming next, and what to do about it. It also\u003cbr\u003emakes a case that many of our efforts to cope, whether anxiety and denial, or\u003cbr\u003etribalism and identity politics, are likely making things worse.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe middle section, \u003cstrong\u003eThe\u003cbr\u003eAlchemist Cookbook\u003c\/strong\u003e,  applies the creative firm IDEO’s design thinking\u003cbr\u003eto the Meaning Crisis. This is where the book gets hands on--taking a look at\u003cbr\u003ethe strongest evolutionary drivers that can bring about inspiration, healing,\u003cbr\u003eand connection. From breathing, to movement, sexuality, music, and\u003cbr\u003esubstances--these are the everyday tools to help us wake up, grow up, and show\u003cbr\u003eup. AKA--how to blow yourself sky high with household materials. And the best\u003cbr\u003epart? They’re accessible, by anyone anywhere, no middleman required.\u003cbr\u003eTranscendence democratized.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe final third of the\u003cbr\u003ebook, \u003cstrong\u003eEthical Cult Building\u003c\/strong\u003e, focuses on the tricky nature of\u003cbr\u003eputting these kinds of experiences into gear and into culture—because, anytime\u003cbr\u003ein the past when we’ve figured out combinations of peak states and deep\u003cbr\u003ehealing, we’ve almost always ended up with problematic culty communities.\u003cbr\u003ePlaying with fire has left a lot of people burned. This section lays out a\u003cbr\u003eroadmap for sparking a thousand fires around the world--each one unique and\u003cbr\u003etailored to the needs and values of its participants. Think of it as an\u003cbr\u003eopen-source toolkit for building ethical culture.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn \u003cem\u003eRecapture the\u003cbr\u003eRapture\u003c\/em\u003e, we’re taking radical research out of the extremes and applying it\u003cbr\u003eto the mainstream--to the broader social problem of healing, believing, and\u003cbr\u003ebelonging. It’s providing answers to the questions we face: how to replace\u003cbr\u003eblind faith with direct experience, how to move from broken to whole, and how\u003cbr\u003eto cure isolation with connection. Said even more plainly, it shows us how to\u003cbr\u003erevitalize our bodies, boost our creativity, rekindle our relationships, and\u003cbr\u003eanswer once and for all the questions of why we are here and what do we\u003cbr\u003edo now?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e In a world that needs the best\u003cbr\u003eof us from the rest of us, this is a book that shows us how to get it done. \u003c\/p\u003e | \u003cp\u003e\"This apocalypse is far more complicated than end-times usually are, but Jamie navigates the complexities with rigor and merciless wit. He’s one of those writers who frustrates my desire to make disparaging generalisations about non-Indigenous thought!\" - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eTyson Yunkaporta Author of Sand Talk: How Indigenous Thinking Can Save the World, Apalech Clan\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Recapture the Rapture is both a hymnal and an operations manual for the party at the end of the world-as-we-know-it. The cure for spiritual bypassing and conspirituality is not more mindfulness, it seems, but a redemptive and mutant religiosity that dives into the deep end of our contemporary catastrophe.\" - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eErik Davis, author, High Weirdness: Drugs, Esoterica, and Visionary Experience in the 70s\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"I have a feeling that like most readers, I'm closer to those who have lost the rapture than those who live in it. Luckily for us, Jamie Wheal has laid out a fun and accessible path to reclaiming the ecstasy that makes life not merely worth living, but possible in the first place and sustainable in the long run.\"  \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eDouglas Rushkoff, Author of Team Human, Throwing Rocks at the Google Bus\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"In his rhythmic prose, Wheal crafts A mystical balm. A fool-proof formula for transcendence. And the kind of sacraments here, at the end of history, that could spawn the much-needed recognition of our shared humanity..\" - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eBrian Muraresku, Author NYT Bestseller The Immortality Key\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"The way forward, argues Wheal...is to rediscover and reinvent our humanity in radical ways that places community, respect for ourselves, the planet and the human species at the center of our strategy for survival; and it’s a strategy that can work for everyone.\" \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eDennis McKenna PhD Ethnopharmacology, Author Brotherhood of the Screaming Abyss and [The Invisible Landscape: Mind, Hallucinogens, and the I Ching] (https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Invisible-Landscape-Mind-Hallucinogens-Ching\/dp\/0062506358\/ref=sr_1_4?crid=3O61TZHWXXOWP\u0026amp;dchild=1\u0026amp;keywords=dennis+mckenna\u0026amp;qid=1611268231\u0026amp;sprefix=dennis+mckenna%2Caps%2C193\u0026amp;sr=8-4)\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e“This is a book on the biggest sort of thinking -- from personal to societal -- written by an author with an eye for what matters, an ear for story and a mind for the sublime.\" - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eDavid Eagleman, Neuroscientist at Stanford, New York Times bestselling author of Livewired and Incognito, and host of PBS The Brain\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“The death of belief has led to a collapse of meaning, and many of us are looking to neuroscience and psychology for inspiration and understanding.  Wheal knows that peak states bring about deep healing, and he is here to deliver. This enrapturing book not only details various drivers of our cultural evolution, it becomes one itself.” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eJulie Holland, MD, Author of Good Chemistry: The Science of Connection From Soul to Psychedelics and Weekends at Bellevue\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"A highly personal, richly informed and culturally wide-ranging mediation on the loss of meaning in our times and on pathways to rediscovering it, from breath through psychedelics--a search fueled by Jamie Wheal’s boundless curiosity and commitment to transformation.\" - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eGabor Maté M.D., Author: In The Realm of Hungry Ghosts: Close Encounters With Addiction\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“Can humanity survive today’s exponential world change?  Doomsayers say NO--we’re flying blind in the spiraling collapse of civilization.  But Wheal offers us a savvy, intriguing and novel roadmap to self-renewal. And it’s packed with literary, cultural, historical and biological references as well. You won’t forget this gem--it’s a fascinating read.” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eDr. Helen Fisher, Senior Research Fellow, The Kinsey Institute, Chief Scientist, Match.com, author Why We Love: The Nature and Chemistry of Romantic Love\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Recapture the Rapture offers an invaluable roadmap for transformational consciousness and culture, filled with practical tools to harness our healing, reclaim our inspiration and connect to each other for the road ahead.\" - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eRick Doblin, Founder and Executive Director, Multidisciplinary Association for Psychedelic Studies (MAPS)\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Harper","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44889462636773,"sku":"NP9780062905468","price":27.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1842\/7735\/files\/9780062905468.jpg?v=1730231309","url":"https:\/\/k12savings.com\/es\/products\/recapture-the-rapture-rethinking-god-sex-and-death-in-a-world-thats-lost-its-mind-isbn-9780062905468","provider":"K12savings","version":"1.0","type":"link"}