William Irwin Thompson Quotes


The conscious process is reflected in the imagination; the unconscious process is expressed as karma, the generation of actions divorced from thinking and alienated from feeling.


Citations

Thompson, William Irwin. The Time Falling Bodies Take to Light: Mythology, Sexuality and the Origins of Culture. St. Martin's Press, 1981, p. 248.

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William Irwin Thompson
William Irwin Thompson
  • Born: July 16, 1938
  • Died: November 8, 2020
  • Nationality: American
  • Profession: Philosopher

William Irwin Thompson was an American social philosopher, cultural critic, and poet. He received the Oslo International Poetry Festival Award in 1986. He described his writing and speaking style as "mind-jazz on ancient texts". He was the founder of the Lindisfarne Association, which proposed the study and realization of a new planetary culture.