{"product_id":"exploring-the-crack-in-the-cosmic-egg-by-joseph-chilton-pearce-9781620552544","title":"Exploring the Crack in the Cosmic Egg","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIn this classic follow-up to his bestselling \u003cem\u003eThe Crack in the Cosmic Egg\u003c\/em\u003e, Joseph Chilton Pearce explains the process of acculturation and the mechanisms that create our self-limiting \"cosmic egg\" of consensus reality. Laying the groundwork for his later classic \u003cem\u003eMagical Child\u003c\/em\u003e, Pearce shows that we go through early childhood connecting with the world through our senses.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eWith the development of language and the process of acculturation, not only do our direct experiences of the world become much less vivid, but our innate states of non-ordinary consciousness become suppressed. Trapped in a specific cultural context—a \"cosmic egg\"—we are no longer able to have, or even recognize, mystical experiences not mediated by the limitations of our culture.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eMotivated primarily by a fear of death, our enculturation literally splits our minds and prevents us from living fully in the present. Drawing from Carlos Castaneda's writings about Don Juan and the sense of \"bodyknowing,\" Pearce explores the varieties of non-ordinary consciousness that can help us return to the unencumbered consciousness of our infancy.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eHe shows that just as we each create our own cosmic egg of reality through cultural conditioning, we also innately create a \"crack\" in that egg. Ultimately, certain shifts in our biological development take place to offset acculturation, leaving an avenue of return to our primary state. Pearce examines the creation of the \"egg\" itself and ways to discover its inherent cracks to restore wholeness to our minds, release us from our fear of death, and re-establish our ability to create our own realities through imagination and biological transcendence.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cul\u003e\n    \u003cli\u003eExplains the process of acculturation and the mechanisms that create our self-limiting \"cosmic egg\" of consensus reality.\u003c\/li\u003e\n    \u003cli\u003eReveals how our biological development innately creates a \"crack\" in our cosmic egg, leaving a way to return to the unencumbered consciousness of childhood.\u003c\/li\u003e\n    \u003cli\u003eExplores ways to discover and explore the \"crack\" to restore wholeness to our minds and re-establish our ability to create our own realities.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Arotahi Agency","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46868437565676,"sku":"9781620552544","price":32.99,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/27201883482764.jpg?v=1759757644","url":"https:\/\/bookhero.co.nz\/products\/exploring-the-crack-in-the-cosmic-egg-by-joseph-chilton-pearce-9781620552544","provider":"Book Hero","version":"1.0","type":"link"}