Charles Eisenstein is a teacher, speaker, and writer focusing on themes of civilization, consciousness, money, and human cultural evolution. His writings on the web magazine Reality Sandwich have generated a vast online following; he speaks frequently at conferences and other events, and gives numerous interviews on radio and podcasts. Writing in Ode magazine's "25 Intelligent Optimists" issue, David Korten (author of When Corporations Rule the World) called Eisenstein "one of the up-and-coming great minds of our time." Eisenstein graduated from Yale University in 1989 with a degree in Mathematics and Philosophy, and spent the next ten years as a Chinese-English translator. He currently lives in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania and serves on the faculty of Goddard College.
Sacred Economics:
"This brilliant and beautifully written book is an indispensable
must-read for all those who believe our economic system is
terminally sick and in need of radical, sacred rehaul. Charles
Eisenstein has the great gift of being able to make complex ideas
both thrilling and inspiring. I hope this book begins a serious,
worldwide conversation on how we can reinvent our attitude to
money."
—Andrew Harvey, author of The Hope: A Guide to Sacred Activism
"While political pundits, financial analysts and Occupiers fumble
on how to transcend the intensifying global financial crisis,
Eisenstein is trailblazing bold new ideas and possibilities for how
we conduct monetary exchange."
—Jonathan Phillips, Huffington Post blog
"If you want a convincing account of just how deep the shift in our
new axial age is and must be, look no further than this brilliant
book by Charles Eisenstein, one of the deepest integrative thinkers
active today."
—Michel Bauwens, founder of the P2P Foundation
"With his breadth of knowledge, enthusiasm, commitment, diligence,
and sensitivity, Charles has become a beacon of hope for others.
Your heart and mind will be opened by this treasure of a book that
shines with wisdom of crucial importance to our troubled world
today."
—Kamran Mofid, founder of the Globalisation for the Common Good
Initiative
“[Sacred Economics] meticulously explains why our current system
will inevitably give rise to cyclical and worsening economic
crises. [Eisenstein] exposes the myths and lies that sustain power
structure, the social and spiritual devastation in which we are all
complicit, and lays the foundation for a way of thinking that can
restore hope and help us emerge to a positive future. …
Eisenstein’s book provides some of the most creative and hopeful
ideas out there.”
—New Consciousness Review
“[Charles Eisenstein] puts his money where his mouth is. Sacred
Economics: Money, Gift and Society in the Age of Transition is
published under a Creative Commons copyright. … This arrangement,
similar to that of open-source software, is a tiny sample of the
economic system that Eisenstein predicts for our future. … Of
course, a new economy means the old one needs to go. That would be
scary news if not for Eisenstein’s optimistic way of describing the
transition. He effectively argues that when we dismantle
monetization, we give birth to community. Together, we can help
noble impulses become profitable enterprises. Money may have caused
our biggest problems, but redefining it could help us solve those
same problems.”
—Grid Magazine
"'If anything is sacred in this world, it is surely not money.' So
says Charles Eisenstein, who believes that people can act outside
of the money economy, despite the power it has over their
lives."
—Foreword Reviews
"Eisenstein is no revolutionary or anarchist. In fact, he’s an
evolutionary. While reading Sacred Economics, I realized I had not
achieved an objective relationship with our money system. I don’t
have money. It has me."
—Common Ground
Also by Charles Eisenstein:
The Ascent of Humanity:
"Brilliant and original, with great depth of insight and
understanding, Eisenstein's Ascent of Humanity easily ranks with
the works of such giants of our age as David Bohm, Julian Jaynes,
Jean Gebser, Whitehead. It is a profoundly serious, indeed somber
portrait of our times, even as it opens a door of honest hope
amidst the dark destiny we have woven about us. Accept the
challenge of this major accomplishment and discover the light
shining within it."
—Joseph Chilton Pearce, author of The Crack in the Cosmic Egg,
Magical Child, Evolution's End, and The Biology of
Transcendence
"Quite marvelous, a hugely important work... This book is truly
needed in this time of deepening crisis."
—John Zerzan, author of Future Primitive and Elements of Refusal
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