Popular Sources on Chaos Theory

 

 

Drawn mainly on the work of David Peat, who combines science and imagination beautifully and accessibly.

 

John Briggs and David F. Peat: Turbulent Mirror: An Illustrated Guide to Chaos Theory and the Science of Wholeness. New York: Harper, 1989.

 

See also

Ian Marshall and Dana Zohar, with David Peat: Who’s Afraid of Schrödinger’s Cat? New York: William Morrow, 1997.

 

Danah Zohar: The Quantum Self. New York: Harper Flamingo, 1991.

These give a good grounding in the applicability of the metaphors of “new science” to the human personality.

 

 

The Trickster

  

Lewis Hyde: Trickster Makes this World. New Yorkr: Harper Flamingo

Brilliant and deeply informed look at the figure of the Trickster as imaginal revolutionary and culture founder. This is basic to understanding the interaction of structure and chaos that is central to divination.