Thursday, 22. March 2007
The Book of Life

image
Click the picture for a larger view

Alesha Sivartha was a medical doctor, artist, lecturer and a deeply spiritual man. His writings and drawings speak clearly of his conviction in the oneness of Body and Mind, in the oneness of our Physical and Spiritual Constitutions.

The twelve chapters in The Book of Life correspond with Sivartha's twelve aspects of a well rounded human being. Almost all of his theories and mind maps boil down to the number Twelve (12). If his mind maps make your brain spin, refer back to this Table of Contents for clarification on his twelve fundamental themes. It was Dr. Sivartha's hope that all people of all ages would integrate one hour of our daily activities with the learning and practice of each of these twelve subjects.


The Book of Life is at once Scientific and Biblical: Evolutionist, Creationist, Messianic, and Spiritualist. All woven together to create a fascinating mixture of ancient and modern points of view. His father was a Hindu, his mother a Unitarian, and Sivartha believed that Science could finally answer the Deepest Mysteries to prove Religion. The Book of Life is Dr. Alesha Sivartha's record of such Discoveries from 1859 to 1878. Some might call it Biblical Humanism with a Judaic twist; others call it Theosophy.

Whispers With Sivartha is the dream child of one of Sivartha's rare non-Christian descendents, his great-great-grandson, a California Buddhist with Spiritualist tendencies. Even so, I hope to distill practical ways for people of all faiths to live The Book of Life in this modern day.

-- Don Ross, June 2005.

image
Click the picture for a larger view


image
Click the picture for a larger view

The Book of Life by by Dr. Alesha Sivartha (1834-1915).

An Homage by Don Ross to his great-great-grandfather Alesha Sivartha. Amply illustrations of anatomical maps, mostly brain-based.



In 2004 a rare books publishing company reprinted Sivartha's 7th, final and largest edition of The book of life: The spiritual and physical constitution of man. Since 2005 available as a reprint at Amazon.

Category: Books & Magazines | New Age & New Religion |


Page 1 of 1 pages