Head and Heart: A Personal Exploration of Science and the Sacred

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Summary: Bridge to a Brave New World
Review: As one who writes about Jungian psychology and the feminine principle, I am very taken with this unique and brave book. Mansfield, an astrophysicist who is as scholarly and logical as they come, is also a spiritual warrior at the vanguard of a new breed of men who understand the need for uniting the objective, scientific masculine mind with the personally meaningful sacred wisdom of feminine heart. It takes an unusual degree of consciousness to avoid the trap of taking sides over this, one of the most deeply ingrained splits in the Western mind, and Mansfield is a rare scientist with the wisdom and courage to bridge the gap. In this book, which is an artful blend of personal story and scientific theory, he begins by differentiating between the masculine and feminine principles to illustrate their value as metaphors for head and heart, science and the sacred. In Part II he demonstrates how these opposites meet and interact in such controversial and mysterious phenomena as astrology and synchronicity. Having experienced many synchronistic events myself, I found this section especially interesting and affirming. Finally, in Part III he discusses ways of relating head and heart. The result is a subtle weave of the latest findings of science with the progressive thinking of today's most sophisticated philosophers, psychologists, and authentic spirit persons into a harmonious, balanced, and unified theory about the nature of reality. This book is a must read for serious seekers and deserves to be placed alongside those of our most advanced and enlightened thinkers.