I've never felt more urgently the need to understand what is happening in this upside down world, and no book I've found addresses that need more profoundly than JUMP TIME.Recognizing the perils of the day while emphasizing the possibilities, JUMP TIME is engaging from cover to cover, with a wonderful blend of the humorous, poignant, and inspiring. Mostly, it is brilliant. I kept thinking, "Why don't today's world leaders...
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I floated an experiment with this book. You know the sort of assay: let the book fall open and follow your gaze to a line, any line. As a personal venture, such experiment, homely and amateur, has, over time, yielded me an efficient, effective test of a writing's worth. In the present case, the line from Jump Time that caught my gaze referenced the Iroquois "Ceremony of Condolence." The ceremony is, at once, a mystical...
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Dr. Jean Houston foresaw the great challenges that America and the world faces today. In light of the tragic events of September 11th, the lessons of Jump Time are more important than ever. If you only read one book this year, read Jump Time.You may know Jean Houston as the best-selling author of such books as The Possible Human, A Passion for the Possible, and A Mythic Life. You may have heard of her association with Joseph...
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Every now and then a book comes along that changes the way I see the world. When I first read Joseph Campbell's "The Power of Myth," it had an enormous effect upon me. When I read Jean Houston's "Jump Time" I felt like all things are possible and I could be a participant, a co-creator in shaping our future. It energized me to continue to do good in the world and to work towards creating a better planet. As an teacher,...
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One of the most provocative, profound and powerful books I have ever read. Houston puts us right in the center of "the biggest change in human history". I have never been so exhilerated by a book before. It makes you want to go out and be part of the change that is happening.
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