/lit/ - Literature

Can anyone help me find this SF book? I saw it at B&N one time on one of those tables a long time ago.

Set in the far distant future. Potentially millions of years? I didn't get a sense of a character, but more of a huge macro scale narrative for humanity's development. The cover was mostly black with some stars iirc, I think the back was the same. The book looked fairly recent in its design, though it may have been a reprinting of something older. Thank you anyone who thinks they know what it is. I've thought about this book for years.

>>14618734
Here you go anon.

http://www.occult-mysteries.org/

They also review occult books, many are free to read online or download.


http://www.occult-mysteries.org/books.html

>>14040412
>mythic consciousness
What do you mean by this?

>Is there a specific way to read mythical/religious texts?
Yes. Heres a lot of info on this :

Occult symbolism in The Magic Flute

From the sidebar :

Every sacred text, such as the Bible and the Egyptian Book of the Dead, may be read in one of the following ways:

The literal and intellectual—corresponding to the physical plane and lower self.

The symbolical and intuitional—corresponding to the astral planes and Higher Self.

The purely Divine and
Spiritual—corresponding to the spiritual realms and the Soul.

It is for this reason that no sacred text, myth or legend can be understood from a purely intellectual point of view. Its hidden meaning can only be unlocked by using certain keys. These include symbolism, allegory, numerology, astrology and logograms, also called ideograms.
http://www.occult-mysteries.org/symbolism.html

Heres an example of an allegory looked at in different ways :

The Rape and Redemption of Persephone
https://www.reddit.com/r/occult/comments/amwke2/the_rape_and_redemption_of_persephone/

The Mystery Language
An investigation of the universal language of Occult Science and the keys to it :

The aim of this investigation is threefold. Firstly, to show that every theology, from the earliest and oldest down to the latest, has sprung not only from a common source of philosophical beliefs or the revelation of a particular messenger or teacher, but from one, once universal, esoteric science. Secondly, that this science was embodied in, and communicated by means of the 'Mystery' Language. Thirdly, to consider the keys to this language—which is essentially mythological, symbolical, and allegorical—not literal, that opens the door to the Ancient Wisdom.

http://www.occult-mysteries.org/mystery-language.html

More info on symbolism :


What does this symbol mean?

https://www.reddit.com/r/occult/comments/b6t31v/what_does_this_symbol_mean/

>>13630257
In Tune with the Infinite by Ralph Waldo Trine
http://www.sacred-texts.com/nth/twi/twi01.htm