Reviews for Anarchic Harmony: The Spirituality of Social Disobedience

The average rating for Anarchic Harmony: The Spirituality of Social Disobedience based on 2 reviews is 3 stars.

Review # 1 was written on 2020-11-03 00:00:00 Jim Karey i'm into anti-authoritarian new age as a concept. Dude is still pro-crystals so the anti-authoritarianism seems to be unaware of exploitation of mine workers. I think this line of response is sort of where this work fails. This self-fulfilling heroism can only go so far. Sure society is an indoctrination, a form of code that binds us to a forced reality, but none-the-less it's one we share with many peers and some times have to contend with together. There's tons of great quotes between each short chapter. As a previous reviewer stated, the chapters are sort of vague and often redundant. I'd say it makes it similar to a haiku or short taoist sayings. The intent is to not be a preacher of truth, but to help the reader which a state of contemplation on their place in the world. Promoting thoughts of self-fulfillment that may be out of reach due to societal pressures. great book from any one, anti-vaxxers (porn-stay-at-home-moms) to food shamans/an-prim shintoists etc. Dada egoist new age composers etc. Bonsai orchards etc. ok i'm rambling I'm really not sure if this book achieved anything for me, but I had a little bit of fun reading it, and as a concept it's pretty cute.

Review # 2 was written on 2016-10-13 00:00:00 Paul Guthrie Anarchic Harmony is an interesting treatise by William J. Murray on braking away from society's imposed "reality" and instead following the individual's own instinctual belief system, whatever that may be. According to Murray, society projects its own mythologies with the intention of protecting and supporting the system (society) instead of the individual, often to the detriment of the individual, and in doing so obscures our ability to see the world - and ourselves - the way we are "meant" to see them. While Murray does have some very cogent points, some readers may lost them in the text that can feel somewhat repetitive and vague, especially to those resistant to the unavoidable "New-Age_ feel to the text. He spends a lot of time going over how everything is made up of systems, from the cosmic to subatomic level, and how individuals are both made up of and belong to numerous systems, and how nobody can truly know anything, and sometimes this can all become a bit vague and bemusing after the fifth time it's explained in a slightly different way. However, the overall point of Anarchic Harmony - the need for individuals to recognize their own identities and needs instead of having society assign them, comes across clearly and passionately, even if you do end up skimming the last couple of chapters.