The late Jacob Needleman, PhD, shows how money slowly began to haunt us, from the invention of coins in Biblical times (when money was created to rescue the community good, not for self gain), through its hypnotic appeal in our money-obsessed era. This is a remarkable book that combines myth and psychology, the poetry of [...]

The essential tension between our material and spiritual natures is often forgotten as we pursue contemporary concerns. Jacob Needleman, author of The Heart of Philosophy and The New Religions, points to Socrates as the ideal philosopher who, through his attitude toward living, brought people to an appreciation of deeper strata of awareness