US Book Review
How The Rational Mind Repressed The Emotional Mind
Into Submission Once We Got The Spoken Word
By: Chet Shupe
Spiritual Freedom Press
Book Review by US Review of Books
In How the Rational Mind Repressed the Emotional Mind into Submission Once We Got the Spoken Word, Chet Shupe delivers a bold, uncompromising philosophical examination of human civilization, consciousness, and the hidden cost of rational dominance. Drawing from evolutionary theory, psychology, mythology, and systems thinking, Shupe challenges one of modern society’s most deeply held assumptions: that reason alone is the rightful governor of human life.
Written with intellectual rigor and emotional clarity, the book argues that emotional intelligence—our species’ original guiding force—was quietly sidelined with the rise of language, law, and social contracts. What follows is not merely a critique of civilization, but a deeply reflective inquiry into shame, belonging, and the loss of spiritual trust. Shupe’s prose is thoughtful and measured, blending analytical insight with moments of striking poetic force.
The essays invite readers to reconsider concepts such as Eden, morality, ownership, and progress—not as historical or religious artifacts, but as living metaphors for the modern human condition. Particularly compelling is the author’s exploration of how institutional systems, though well-intentioned, may have inadvertently severed humanity from the very instincts that once sustained community and meaning.
This is not a book that seeks to comfort. Instead, it asks readers to sit with uncomfortable truths and to question whether the structures we rely on for survival are also the source of our quiet suffering. Shupe does not offer easy solutions, but he offers something far more valuable: a framework for seeing ourselves, and our world, with new eyes.
Philosophical, provocative, and deeply human, How the Rational Mind Repressed the Emotional Mind into Submission Once We Got the Spoken Word will resonate with readers interested in consciousness studies, social philosophy, spirituality, and the future of human connection.
– US Review of Books-