内容简介
金钱是人类思想的产物，人类为了感谢自然带来的丰饶、促进人际的交流、取代以物易物的原始交易方式而发明了金钱。自此，人类社会诞生了无数种形态的金钱：从狗和海豚的牙齿到金属硬币和纸质钞票，再到以比特币为代表的数字货币——金钱形态的极限就是人类想象力的极限。然而，随着社会的发展，金钱的形态变得越来越抽象，我们对金钱的理解越来越固化，距离金钱自诞生伊始就存在的秘密也愈来愈远。
泰德·克劳福德在《金钱的秘密》一书中用大量世界各地关于金钱起源的传说和神话故事——能“点石成金”的米达斯国王，不愿与同伴分享鱼获的渔夫，被金钱囚禁的吝啬鬼斯克罗奇，将债务传播到阿散蒂的猎人，华尔街的公牛和熊的象征意义——揭示了金钱之秘：金钱象征着我们内心世界的丰富性，除了世俗用途之外，更可以用于精神上的流通。这种精神上的流通构建了人们与自身的精神世界、个人与家庭、个人与社会之间的循环与联系，使我们能够触及内心中的“财富”。
这是一本能够驱散消费主义赋予金钱的幻觉，重塑我们对金钱和其他诸如财富、债务、幸福、贪婪、慈善等概念理解的必读之作。
作者简介
泰德·克劳福德（Tad Crawford）是美国奥沃斯出版社（Allworth Press）的创始人及出版人。泰德·克劳福德毕业于塔夫茨大学经济系和哥伦比亚法学系。他曾在纽约开放中心和纽约分析心理学会等场合做过有关金钱的心理学、神话学和象征主义的演讲。他的作品包括《漂浮的生活
Content introduction
Money is a product of the human mind, which invented it to thank nature for its abundance, to promote human communication, and to replace barter as a primitive form of exchange. Since then, human society has given birth to countless forms of money: from dog and dolphin teeth to metal coins and paper bills, to digital currencies represented by Bitcoin - the limits of money form are the limits of human imagination. However, with the development of society, the form of money becomes more and more abstract, our understanding of money is more and more solidified, and the secret that money has existed since its birth is further and further away.
In The Secrets of Money, Ted Crawford uses a wealth of legends and myths from around the world about the origins of money - King Midas who "turns everything into gold," the fisherman who refuses to share his catch, Scrooge the miser who is imprisoned by money, the hunter who spreads debt to Ashanti, the symbolism of the bulls and bears of Wall Street - to reveal the secrets of money: Money symbolizes the richness of our inner world and can be used for spiritual circulation in addition to secular purposes. This kind of spiritual circulation builds the circulation and connection between people and their own spiritual world, between individuals and families, between individuals and society, so that we can touch the "wealth" in our hearts.
This is a must-read that dispels the consumerist illusion of money and reshapes our understanding of money and other concepts such as wealth, debt, happiness, greed, and charity.
About the author
Tad Crawford is the founder and publisher of Allworth Press. Ted Crawford graduated from Tufts University in Economics and Columbia Law. He has lectured on the psychology, mythology, and symbolism of money at the New York Open Center and the New York Analytical Psychology Society, among other events. His works include Floating Life
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