John Philip Newell has a mission. He sees the brokenness of humanity, the division between nations, and the destruction of Creation and realizes that something must be done. Newell’s solution, however, is not something new but something very old. He calls us back to a time of oneness—a reuniting of the spirit, and the earth and the human soul. In A New Harmony , Newell is actually presenting the case for an ancient harmony that underlies our world. He argues that there are certain underlying principles of unity that we have rejected but can learn to embrace in order to overcome our brokenness. After presenting the case for this ancient harmony, Newell discusses how harmony has been broken and then provides a challenge to rediscover and practice that ancient harmony again. In his concluding paragraph, he writes: “The Spirit is doing a new thing. It is springing forth now in our consciousness, among every people, in every discipline, ...
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