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Laurens van der Post

Born

in Philippolis, South Africa

December 13, 1906

Died

December 16, 1996

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Sir Laurens Jan van der Post was a 20th Century South African Afrikaner author of many books, farmer, war hero, political adviser to British heads of government, close friend of Prince Charles, godfather of Prince William, educator, journalist, humanitarian, philosopher, explorer, and conservationist.

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Average rating: 4.16 · 6,066 ratings · 639 reviews · 85 distinct works • Similar authors

	A Story Like the Wind 4.39 avg rating — 1,517 ratings — published 1972 — 25 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	A Far-Off Place 4.40 avg rating — 907 ratings — published 1974 — 20 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Lost World of the Kalahari 4.01 avg rating — 667 ratings — published 1958 — 70 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Seed and the Sower 4.14 avg rating — 450 ratings — published 1963 — 31 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Venture to the Interior 3.81 avg rating — 281 ratings — published 1952 — 62 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Heart of the Hunter: Customs and Myths of the African Bushman by Laurens van der Post, Maurice Wilson (Illustrator) 4.03 avg rating — 201 ratings — published 1961 — 40 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Jung and the Story of Our Time 3.95 avg rating — 149 ratings — published 1975 — 28 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Journey Into Russia 3.71 avg rating — 103 ratings — published 1964 — 28 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Night of the New Moon 3.95 avg rating — 96 ratings — published 1970 — 15 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	A Mantis Carol really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 85 ratings — published 1976 — 7 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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“Human beings are perhaps never more frightening than when they are convinced beyond doubt that they are right.”
― Laurens van der Post

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“The Bushmen in the Kalahari Desert talk about the two "hungers". There is the Great Hunger and there is the Little Hunger. The Little Hunger wants food for the belly; but the Great Hunger, the greatest hunger of all, is the hunger for meaning...
There is ultimately only one thing that makes human beings deeply and profoundly bitter, and that is to have thrust upon them a life without meaning.
There is nothing wrong in searching for happiness. But of far more comfort to the soul is something greater than happiness or unhappiness, and that is meaning. Because meaning transfigures all. Once what you are doing has for you meaning, it is irrelevant whether you're happy or unhappy. You are content - you are not alone in your Spirit - you belong.”
― Laurens van der Post

tags: meaning

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“Modern man has lost the sense of wonder
about the unknown and he treats it as
an enemy.”
― Laurens van der Post, Patterns of Renewal

tags: architecture, art, enemy, laurens-van-der-post, mapmaker, mapmaking, mapping, mind-map, mind-mapping, mindset, modern-man, native-american, patterns, renewal, shape, tribal, unknown, village, wonder

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