The Noah Paradox: Time as Burden, Time as Blessing

The Noah Paradox......Page 1
The Noah Paradox......Page 5
Preface......Page 6
Introduction......Page 9
Day One:  Chaos As a Necessary Stage......Page 19
Day Two:  Separation and the Creation of Space......Page 22
Day Three:  The Creative Force of Limit......Page 23
Day Four:  The Creation of Time......Page 24
Day Six:  In the Creator\'s Image......Page 25
Day Seven:  The Creation of Rest......Page 26
Light and Darkness......Page 28
Heaven and Earth......Page 31
Measure of Day and Measure of Night......Page 32
Otherness......Page 33
The Creation and Nothing......Page 36
Creativity and Terror......Page 41
The Beginning of an Idea......Page 45
3— Noah\'s Flood and Ezekiel\'s Rainbow......Page 47
The Bow That Shines in the Clouds......Page 48
Losing Faith......Page 49
Reconstructing the Rainbow......Page 50
Creativity......Page 51
Four Steps to Creativity......Page 52
Creativity and Spirituality......Page 57
4— Another Flood:  Destruction of the Temple and the Vision of the New Jerusalem......Page 59
A Vision of the Temple As a Vision of Creation......Page 62
Failure and Re-Creation......Page 65
A Vision of the Temple As a Vision of Our Consciousness......Page 67
Creativity and Danger......Page 69
Beyond Nonbeing......Page 71
Re-Creation and Our Consciousness......Page 72
5— Spirituality:  Exodus and the Five Stages of the Journey......Page 77
Motivations......Page 79
Beneficiary of the Journey......Page 80
Destinations......Page 81
Exodus and the Allegory of the Cave......Page 82
Exodus and the Five Stages of the Spiritual Journey......Page 83
Moses\' Journey and the Five Stages......Page 85
The Journey of the Egyptians......Page 87
6— The Way of Love:  The Song of Songs......Page 90
The Love of the Mind for God......Page 92
The Song of Songs......Page 94
The Song of Songs and Diotima\'s Speech......Page 105
Love and Suffering......Page 107
7— Exodus in the Light of the Song of Songs......Page 112
Moses\' Deepening Love of God......Page 114
The Children of Israel\'s Deepening Love of God......Page 116
8— In the Presence of the Flood......Page 121
The Flood......Page 124
Salvation through Creation......Page 125
Spirituality and Destruction......Page 129
Spirituality and Desire......Page 130
Love and Destruction......Page 133
The Death of Love......Page 134
Transformation......Page 135
9— Destruction Reconsidered......Page 139
The Self and Suffering......Page 141
Quest for the Real......Page 144
Floods and Creativity......Page 146
10— The One Essential Story......Page 150
The Flood of Awakened Love......Page 151
After the Honeymoon......Page 153
The Aging Marriage......Page 155
11— Conclusion......Page 159
Saints As Artists and Lovers......Page 162
The Three Transformative Ways......Page 164
2— In the Image of God......Page 168
5— Spirituality......Page 169
8— In the Presence of the Flood......Page 170
9— Destruction Reconsidered......Page 171
11— Conclusion......Page 172
About the Author......Page 173