Recorra miles de anos de historia y aventura maritima en busca de El Secreto de Cristobal Colon. Comenzando en la Edad Antigua; David Hatcher Childress aborda barcos fenicios y de otras civilizaciones e inicia una investigacion increible que llega hasta la Edad Media y el conocimiento de uno de los activos mas interesantes y mas desconocidos de la popular Orden del Temple: su gran flota; comparable a las de las grandes potencias maritimas de la epoca; Genova. Una historia que nos conducira ineludiblemente a una de las figuras mas importantes de la historia: Cristobal Colon.
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4 of 4 people found the following review helpful. Essential ReadingBy Linda JohnsenSamkhya is one of the most influential philosophical systems in human history; lying at the root of both Hinduism and Buddhism. Darshan--usually translated "philosophy"--literally means "way of seeing things;" i.e.; a perspective on the nature of reality. Samkhya; in a word play typical of Sanskrit; means both "enumeration" (Samkhya delineates the stages of cosmic and personal manifestation) and/or "undisturbed state of consciousness;" toward which the understanding of these stages leads.It flabbergasts me that Samkhya isn't better known in the West. It's a phenomenally sophisticated analysis of our experience of the cosmos; in some ways eerily reminiscent of quantum mechanics; delineating how consciousness shapes matter/energy into a coherent universe. These days meditation students learn the basic principles of Samkhya at their yoga centers. You'd think this thought provoking system would be taught at universities throughout the Western world.This book is a fine introduction to an important topic.1 of 1 people found the following review helpful. Great buildup of Sankhya philosophyBy Robert D. Herrick III like the metaphysics proposed by Sankhya philosophy and recently have been reading more about it for an Ayurveda course that I am taking. When I wanted some material a bit more deep than the textbook; I turned to Swami Niranjan's rather small; but exceptional; book. I was already a fairly big fan of SwaN's other books; so I expected quite a bit out of this book. It is short; but I felt that it really built up the Sankhya philosophy well. This is a book that I will probably read again - not because it was confusing; but because it was so well-done. In fact; I've recommended the book to my Ayurveda teacher. This is another good book from the Yoga Publication Trust; which came as little surprise.1 of 1 people found the following review helpful. Terrific and Potent Exposition of Samkhya ThoughtBy Vik VI bought this book many years ago; and am just now going through this list of purchases I made on over the years; and reviewing a few noteworthy books. I have now read this book about 5 times; cover to cover; as it is short; yet potent. The author dissects the Samkhya darshan with such precision; yet in a conversational way. There are not many people I have met that are into studying Samkhya philosophy; and that's a shame; as it underpins classical Yoga thought; and is useful in understanding the "engineering" of this manifestation. This book has also been a great reference in general as well.
