Description: R. M. Bucke: Journey to Cosmic Consciousness by Peter A. Rechnitzer First Edition 1st Printing Hardcover w/ dust jacket Canadian Medical Lives - Series Editor: T. P. Morley, M.D. SIGNED by author and inscribed to previous owner: To Helen Haight April 13/94 Best wishes & thank you for coming to my talk - Peter Rechnitzer Fitzhenry & Whiteside, 1994. Minimal shelf wear and rubbing. Signed by author and inscribed to previous owner. Interior pages are clean, bright and tight. A solid, collectible copy. Shipped quickly, securely packaged with delivery confirmation. Richard Maurice Bucke (1837-1902) grew up and practiced psychiatric medicine in London, Ontario, where he became Superintendent of the London Asylum. Bucke came to international prominence through his unusual friendship with Walt Whitman. Whitman served as an inspiration for Bucke's Cosmic Consciousness. In this work Bucke wrote his prescription for the human millennium, an apocalyptic vision with Whitman's Leaves of Grass as the Bible of Democracy.Peter Rechnitzer unravels the complex threads of Bucke's life: his travel adventures, his denial of his father and his adoration of Whitman who becomes his Messiah. Bucke was convinced that only mankind itself can shape its future into perfection, and that guilt, penitence and absolution are regressive steps reversing the march to happiness.
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Return shipping will be paid by: Buyer
All returns accepted: Returns Accepted
Item must be returned within: 30 Days
Refund will be given as: Money back or replacement (buyer's choice)
Binding: Hardcover
Place of Publication: Ontario
Signed: Yes
Publisher: Fitzhenry & Whiteside
Subject: Science & Medicine
Original/Facsimile: Original
Year Printed: 1994
Language: English
Special Attributes: 1st Edition, Dust Jacket, Inscribed, Signed
Region: North America
Personalized: Yes
Author: Peter A. Rechnitzer
Country/Region of Manufacture: Canada
Topic: Psychology, Philosopy, New Age & Metaphysical
