<p>A Chinese philosopher in the Fourth Century BCE was known for his claim that "a chicken has three legs." He was not hallucinating, nor are Chinese chickens different from the chickens of other nations. What the philosopher understood was that this "third leg" was the mental leg or concept of "chicken leg" that tells an observer that what he or she is seeing is a "two-legged chicken." This "idea leg" is in the mind of the beholder, and it is a paradoxical synthesis of perception and conception, of seeing and not seeing, of the possible and the impossible. Each story in this book is a three-legged chicken story that starts with statements found in philosophical and religious traditions from around the world, and then examines a "mind egg" that such a chicken might conceivably lay. All similarities to poultry--living or dead--are purely coincidental.</p>

The Ecumenical Cruise and Other Three-Legged Chicken Philosophy Tales

Literature & Fiction

Walter Benesch

United States

Nonetheless Press

<p>Are the world's religions related? How does a religion change from its beginnings to its maturity and old age? What would an (imaginary) Martian anthropologists say about earth religions at the beginnin of the 21st century? How can we be on the threshhold of journeys to outer space--yet have millions of people who believe in astrology, tarot, magic, and pray to saints and the Great Mother Goddess? Strange Birds from Zoroaster's Nest tracks revealed religion from its beginning to its troubling role in today's world.</p>

Strange Birds from Zoroaster's Nest: An Overview of Revealed Religions

History

Laina Farhat-Holzman

World

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