{"product_id":"9781911593195","title":"Joyful Darkness: Entangled in the Invisible","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThis book is about the \u003cem\u003eInvisible\u003c\/em\u003e apparent.\u003c\/strong\u003e Its narratives investigate what it is to be alive with the \u003cstrong\u003econcealed\u003cem\u003e \u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e… its anchors, caresses, respect, stains, touches, tests, threats, zaps … entangling us in myriad ways … a spectrum of forces from the brutally barbaric to the humanely compassionate … a range from \u003cstrong\u003ehere to eternity \u003c\/strong\u003e– a lottery at birth – beyond our choosing – after which we \u003cstrong\u003elive. \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThen we begin our journey, caught-up by what is visible and what is not.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe eighteen hybrid writings within \u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eJoyful Darkness\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e encompass the birth of our Universe to time without horizon – from infancy to the point of dying – from the scale of a tiny insect to that of the tinier, mighty photon – from \u003cem\u003efree will\u003c\/em\u003e to the incursions of \u003cem\u003eartificial intelligence\u003c\/em\u003e. Between these covers, some of the invisibilities that trammel us in these themes are investigated.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMuch is \u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eDarkness\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e – 96% of the Universe.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eCloser to home, the bio-chemical infinities of our brains determine emotional darkness, all of us utterly involved in what we cannot feel, hear, smell, taste, touch, see – and indeed – any of the further 12 to 15 senses that contemporary science informs us that we have.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAs for the search for, and experience of \u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eJoy\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e – well that might be the point of it all – \u003cstrong\u003efoundation to the wonder of mind and consciousness.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Arena Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47033127141616,"sku":"9781911593195","price":30.18,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781911593195_p0.jpg?v=1763631017","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781911593195","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}