
“Real freedom lies in wildness, not in civilization.”
As quoted in Lindbergh (1998) by A. Scott Berg, p. 510
Book I, Chapter 6, p. 126
The Origin of Consciousness in the Breakdown of the Bicameral Mind (1976)
Context: The bicameral mind with its controlling gods was evolved as a final stage of the evolution of language. And in this development lies the origin of civilization.
“Real freedom lies in wildness, not in civilization.”
As quoted in Lindbergh (1998) by A. Scott Berg, p. 510
Introduction, Sec. 5
De architectura (The Ten Books On Architecture) (~ 15BC), Book II
Menschliches 2.1.89
Source: Break-Out from the Crystal Palace (1974), p. 80, note
“The slaves of developed industrial civilization are sublimated slaves.”
Source: One-Dimensional Man (1964), p. 32
“Developing these learning capabilities lies at the heart of profound change.”
The Dance of Change (1999)
Context: Mutual reflection. Open and candid conversation. Questioning of old beliefs and assumptions. Learning to let go. Awareness of how our own actions create the systemic structures that produce our problems. Developing these learning capabilities lies at the heart of profound change.
"Down the River", p. 148
Desert Solitaire (1968)
“Everything great in western civilization has come from struggling against our origins.”
Source: Sexual Personae: Art and Decadence from Nefertiti to Emily Dickinson (1990), p. 40
Context: The book of Genesis is a male declaration of independence from the ancient mother-cults. Its challenge to nature, so sexist to modern ears, marks one of the crucial moments in western history. Mind can never be free of matter. Only by mind imagining itself free can culture advance. The mother-cults, by reconciling man to nature, entrapped him in matter. Everything great in western civilization has come from struggling against our origins. Genesis is rigid and unjust, but it gave man hope as a man. It remade the world by male dynasty, canceling the power of mothers.
“Of course, we in the so-called developed countries thought we were civilized.”
At least war wasn't respectable any more, and the United Nations was always doing its best to stop the wars that did break out.''Not very successfully: I'd give it about three out of ten.
1990s, 3001: The Final Odyssey (1997)
In a speech on Democratic Development, Pluralism and Civil Society delivered at the Nobel Institute, Oslo, Norway (7 April 2005). http://www.akdn.org/speech/nobel-institute-oslo
“The difficulty lies not so much in developing new ideas as in escaping from old ones.”