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How to Run a Planet: An Essential Guide to the Big Picture and Global Solutions
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How To Run A Planet recognizes that our political and environmental crises are caused by a lack of good government, a laissez-faire ideology, and a materialist worldview. The book describes the wiser worldview of esotericism which includes a political model harmonious with the nature of the universe, and a task for humanity which is to create a beautiful, just and peaceful planetary civilization.
The book explains the deeper causes and general solutions to today’s problems associated particularly with capitalism and nationalism. The latter include a democratically elected world parliament and an economic system based on the pursuit of societal and environmental well-being, rather than growth. The book is essential reading for policymakers, philosophers, social activists and all those interested in the big picture and global solutions.
“John Holman has written an extraordinary book that should be read and debated by anyone concerned with the world as it is, and who believes in the necessity, possibility, and desirability of adopting radically better ways of organizing and sustaining our collective, planetary existence. The reliance on esoteric thought gives Holman's worldview a challenging originality that exposes the shortcomings of rationalism and materialism”.
- Richard Falk, Professor Emeritus of International Law,
Princeton University and Chair of Nuclear Age Peace Foundation
“A work that should be examined by all interested in building a peaceful world.”
- Douglas Roche, Former Canadian Senator and
Chair of United Nations Disarmament Commission
“A lovely and important book that asks us to reject the main narrative of economic globalization, unrestricted markets and unlimited growth – followed by most governments – and to embrace instead one based on inclusivity, sustainability, spiritual growth and a governance system geared to achieving social and environmental well-being for all.
- Maude Barlow, Co-Founder of the Council of Canadians
and Chair of Food & Water Watch
The Return of the Perennial Philosophy: The Supreme Vision of Western Esotericism
“This book is like a strong current that runs beneath the choppy, surface waves of the ocean and controls climates. For those who want - no crave - from their reading something more nourishing, satisfying, and sustaining than the morning’s newspaper, on the one hand, and fiction that can while away evenings on the other, this is your book. Profundity is opposite of superficiality, and this is a profound book. In a way that comes close to being magisterial, John Holman weaves the esoteric strands of Western civilization into a tapestry that ‘for those who have eyes to see,’ is truly beautiful. It is an important and much needed achievement.”
- Huston Smith, author of The World’s Religions
“Essential reading for anyone, scholar or seeker alike, who wishes to understand the roots of the new religiosity that is trying to be born in our spiritually hungry world.”
- Jacob Needleman, author of The American Soul
“This is the kind of thorough overview of the perennial wisdom underlying creation we have needed for a long time. Wise and thoughtful, it should be on the shelves of everyone concerned with the spiritual values of our own time and the way these have been shaped by the past. An important book”.
- John Matthews, co-author of Walkers Between the Worlds