The Fifth Dimension

by A.E. Dyson

Book Overview

A.E. Dyson defines 'the fifth dimension' as our unending moment of consciousness - related Janus-wise to clock-time (the Second Law of Thermodynamics) and to Eternity. He studies in depth plays by Aeschylus, Sophocles and Euripides; Christ's two great prayers and his proclamation of 'The Kingdom'; and mystical traditions - with Otto, T.S. Eliot, Vaughan, Blake, Wordsworth among the witnesses. He attacks all dogmatic churches, finding in help for the...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1349139637
• ISBN13: 9781349139637
• Release Date: January 1996
• Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan
• Length: 360 Pages
• Weight: 1.04 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 5.5" x 8.5"