Kairos

Dr. Harald Haarmann

doi:10.5771/9783487423739

Summary

In our psyche, kairos is firmly anchored. Research on the key concept kairos has opened the path for a solid assessment of an essential source in the realm of cultural history. The most significant connotation of kairos is experienced time as social construct and the energy flow released within the Self that makes kairos a navigator for an individual’s self-identification. This self-identification reflects the synergetic interaction of the body, the senses and the mind and, in the search of the Self for social interconnectivity, kairos becomes a measure for the relationship in the sphere of the between-us. Experiencing cultural traditions and the connection with nature in the flow of time is the basis for making one’s living-space meaningful, and this kind of experience is at the very core of the functioning of kairos.Discovering kairos as an organizing principle of the Self in the communal network of a civilization from the far-distant past – focusing on Old Europe (the Danube civilization, respectively) – may be compared with the discovery of a plant the nutritious value of which for everybody’s diet and capacities for healing had been unknown and are secured by modern research results.

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Copyright year: 2023
Publication date: 09.11.2023
ISBN-Print: 978-3-487-16442-7
ISBN-Online: 978-3-487-42373-9
Publisher: Georg Olms Verlag, Baden-Baden
Series: Europaea Memoria – Reihe I
Volume: 136
Language: English
Pages: 216
Product type: Book Titles

Titelei/Inhaltsverzeichnis No access Pages 1 - 12
Introduction – *Western civilization and its fabric - Unveiling the true origins and focusing on a new ‘creation story’ No access Pages 13 - 18
1. An ingredient of the cultural heritage of Old Europe No access
2. The current renaissance for the revival ofkairos - The replacement of outdated scenarios for the emergence of westem civilization No access
3. Diving into the past for recovering the art ofkairos - The egalitarian spirit as a value of Old European coinage No access
1. Mother Nature and female guardian spirits in Eurasian cultures No access
2. Transformation of the basic matrix (of the Mistress ofNature into the agrarian goddess) No access
3. Female shamans in traditional cultures No access
4. The Sun Goddess and her role as Creatrix No access
5. 1. The totemistic tradition in northem Eurasia No access
  2. The motif of transformation of a female divinity into a water fowl in Greek cosmological myths No access
1. First-time innovations in the world of Old Europe No access
2. The early prototype of a continent-wide common market based on the principle of fair trade No access
3. Kairos - the driving-force of prosperous community life No access
4. The ‘daughters’ of Old Europe - Minoan, Cycladic and Pelasgian culture No access
5. The emergence of Greek culture - an amalgamation of Old European and Indo-European traditions No access
1. Communality and the issue of egalitarianism No access
2. Economic egalitarianism No access
3. Gender equality and social interconnectivity No access
4. Old European worldview focusing on a female divinity: The heiresses of the Great Goddess No access
1. Myths, historicity and concepts of reality in the Greek tradition No access
2. Mythology into historiography No access
3. Mythology into philosophy No access
4. Mythology into architectural sculpture (picture friezes) No access
5. Mythologizing history - The crafting of new myths No access
1. The timespan for experimenting with transport technology No access
2. The creation of a specialized terminology of Indo-European coinage No access
3. Conditions for migration facilitated by the introduction of wheel and wagon (Kurgan III) No access
4. The input of ancient European technology and the fabric of ancient European terminology No access
1. Condiments, spices and special dishes - Old European soundings in the Greek cuisine No access
2. Condiments and spices No access
3. Special dishes (including ritual food offerings) No access
4. Experiences of the ancients with medicinal herbs and healing skills No access
KAIROS 8: The spirit of Olympia: The resurrection of an Old European Institution No access Pages 109 - 116
KAIROS 9: The Neolithic spirit in art and its timeless aesthetic appeal - The breakthrough of modern art No access Pages 117 - 122
1. The Old European tradition of theater as performance No access
2. The Greek innovation of theater as architectural form No access
1. Odysseus and his patron Athena: An intimate companionship No access
2. The topic of peace as common good No access
KAIROS 12: The hexameter and its pre-Greek origin No access Pages 133 - 136
1. The secret of ‘Platonic love’ as a medium to gain access to the inner energy resources No access
2. Plato’s idealization of the Common Good as valuable knowledge No access
3. Mythical trails ofknowledge-retrieval from the past No access
4. Knowledge-construction in pre-Socratic philosophy and its transmission to Plato’s world of ideas No access
1. The spiritual dimension of cultural memory as recollected knowledge No access
2. Gaia, the Earth Goddess, and her daughter Themis as patrons of the oracle at Delphi No access
3. Achieving mindfulness for paideia through focusing on kairos No access
4. Paideia - stage 1: Activating a consciousness for the working of practical teachings in the Commonwealth of Old Europe No access
5. Paideia - stage 2: Experiencing the presence of the energetic center of the Self through the path of continued transcendental refmement No access
6. Paideia - stage 3: Finding the path to reorganize one’s Self in the awareness of the interaction between the body, the senses and the mind No access
7. Paideia - stage 4: Achieving bodily consciousness for the interconnectivity of all life forms in the natural world No access
8. Paideia - stage 5: Actively responding to the need to reactivate ancient wisdom in future models ofbalanced community life No access
9. Paideia - stage 6: Exploring a higher level of transcendental being No access
10. Paideia - stage 7: Connecting with the Christian doctrine; the principle of peaceful community life, the spirit of the Old European Commonwealth, becomes transparent No access
1. Athena, the multi-talented patron of the Athenian mosaic culture, a network of pre-Greek traditions and Greek innovations No access
2. Plato’s spiritual considerations to found his Academy at a site dedicated to Athena No access
Epilogue: The enactment of a new ‘creation’ - On the renaissance of a world inspired by kairos No access Pages 181 - 182
Bibliography No access Pages 183 - 208
Figures No access Pages 209 - 209
Maps No access Pages 210 - 210
Text inserts No access Pages 211 - 212
1. Index nominum No access
2. Index rerum No access