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Approaching Chaos: Could an Ancient Archetype Save C21st Civilization? Paperback – Illustrated, January 16, 2010

by Lucy Wyatt (Author)

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Twenty-first century civilization faces economic, ecological and spiritual meltdown. To survive this century as civilized people, we need to refer back to a time when city life was in harmony with nature and the wider environment. We cannot dismiss the ancients as 'primitive' when they had a blueprint for civilization that first appeared over 5,000 years ago. Perhaps we should look at the ancient past for solutions.

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Publisher ‏ : ‎ Earth Books; Illustrated edition (January 16, 2010)
Language ‏ : ‎ English
Paperback ‏ : ‎ 360 pages
ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 1846942551
ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-1846942556
Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 14.3 ounces
Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 5.6 x 0.78 x 8.62 inches

Best Sellers Rank: #4,628,016 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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It all just feels right

Reviewed in the United States on April 4, 2011

Thank you! I just finished my first go through, having ADD it will require several for me to embrace all that has been said. I picked up the book and found myself unable to put it down, I'm amazed! At 53 years of age that has never happened to me before a 300+ page book in most cases will take me a month at minimum to complete. I read through this in 2 days, and am anxious to start again.
I listened to with the author interview many times so I could comprehend it all and knew at that point I would have to read your book. While reading I felt as though I was familiar with all that had been written not just from a past educational point of view, more like something I had already lived, I hope that doesn't sound too strange. My wonderful brides mouth dropped open as she read in the "conclusion"what was said about preparing and responsibility. These are words (almost verbatim)I have shared with her,my family and my friends for many years now. It was like being validated, for that I am eternally in the authors debt...
Bravo!

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Nina

Approaching Chaos

Reviewed in the United States on February 6, 2011

`Let history be our teacher' as the saying goes. One thing that stood out for me having read this book is that understanding the lessons from the past, empowers our future. The basic law of the Celts for example was that `the good of the community was the basis of law'. All the events that are currently challenging us on this planet at this moment in time, are serving to remind us of this...

With clear signs that economic growth is unsustainable, the journey in pursuit of material wealth is at an end. As a society we must create a new wealth, based on sustainable principles. The lessons from our ancestors teach us these, presented clearly and insightfully in this book. Through reading it, I learnt that our ancestors were highly skilled, in tune with the natural forces of the planet and were clearly applying a hitherto long lost knowledge.

If you want to be inspired by the achievements of your ancestors, then I would highly recommend this illuminating and thought provoking book!

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Derek Stephen McPhail

Good Conclusions - stewardship not progress needed to survive future

Reviewed in the United States on March 5, 2023

Though I have bones to pick with Ms. Wyatt’s historical analysis, I do share her opinion that our
current patriarchal materialist imperialist culture has much to learn from the matriarchal tribal spiritual
cultures past and present. She is also right on the money about the still delusional scholarly infatuation
with the assumption that civilization originated with the Greek and Roman empires, as well as their
embrace of the Abrahamic religions, which actually evolved from the Egyptian pharaoh “Akhenaten”. I
agree with her research about the assimilation by these warlike empires of aspects of real civilization
from earlier cultures, like the Mesopotamian, Phoenician, Persian, Egyptian, Celt and Etruscan. Despite
the modern linear notion of historical progress, it’s interesting the author makes a good case that the
earlier Bronze Age cultures were actually more sophisticated civilizations, than the later warlike Iron
Age cultures.
However, it’s odd that “Ms. Wyatt” still accepts the Greek and Roman smears of the ancient Sumerian
Scythians and their descendants, the Phoenicians, who later traveled west to the Mediterranean coast.
The Scythians were not ignorant savages, as the Greeks and Romans made out, but originated the
“Sacred Sciences”, kick-started the Bronze age and were the first to domesticate horses and cannabis,
(used for rope, canvas, linen and paper). The Phoenicians developed written language, shipbuilding
and the technology to help the Egyptians, Minoans and other cultures build their brilliant stone
structures. The Phoenicians not only traded throughout the Mediterranean Sea, they also sailed around
Africa to Asia, across the Atlantic to Brazil and up the Mississippi to mine copper and tin from Lake
Superior, for thousands of years before the Greeks were twinkles in their ancestors eyes. Though the
Greeks and Romans love demeaning the Phoenicians as simple traders, their true brilliance was not in
the “art of war”, but rather their “art of diplomacy”, which allowed their many trading partners to
evolve their own cultures. It's nice that Ms. Wyatt occasionally sneaks in a meaty quote or two from Native
American leaders, like: “Only when the last tree has died, the last river poisoned and the last fish been
caught will we realize that we cannot eat money.” by the great Sioux chief “Tatanka Yotanka” (“Sitting
Bull”).

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Summarizing others work

Reviewed in the United States on January 15, 2014

If you have not read much about shamanism, Egypt, mysticism, (implying you are under 25 or 30) then this is an ok book for you. The author does nearly non-stop refer to other authors or researchers who have done the actual digging. In this book you get second hand accounts. For me, these types of books only have meaning when the author is able to add some value from THEIR own experience to the table and is able to create helpful commentary and insightful synthesis to the work of others. I did not get a real feeling that the author was able to full off these last critical items. If you have read Jeremy Naydler, Jeremy Narby, John Anthony West, Graham Hancock, there is not much here for you.

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Luke

Worth reading

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on September 13, 2015

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The book is undoubtedly original and intriguing. One should however keep in mind that it deals with some really complex problems of history / prehistory and it would be prudent to confront its claims with other reliable sources.

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andy williams

approaching chaos

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on February 17, 2013

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Lucy Wyatt managed to answer all the questions I had on the subjects she covered, without posing any more! Very rare! Very well researched and explained.

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Honestbroker

Four Stars

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on August 26, 2016

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Very interesting read.

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JOHN FARLEY

Five Stars

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on October 17, 2016