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The Mystique of the Earth, Thomas Berry

02/11/2013 12:11
Interviewed by Caroline Webb I have been having coffee with Confucius, for heaven’s sake. This person is as giant a thinker as Confucius – and I’ve been having coffee with him!’ Speaking at a conference in Berkeley California in November 2002, cosmologist Brian Swimme recalls his astonishment after...

The Five Cosmic Elements

02/11/2013 11:53
by Dr. Gautam Chatterjee Our whole cosmic quest of the world and beyond starts from the point of panchabhuta (five elements) which then manifests in an enjoining manner to form the life force and then, later, those five elements disintegrates to ensue a celestical traverse at the Paramanu (atom)...

Nuclear Energy: the safe choice for now

02/11/2013 11:46
by James Lovelock I write as an independent scientist and environmentalist, not as a representative of any government department, or industry, or NGO. As a scientist my present concern is with the Earth as a self regulating system, one that has throughout the eons sustained for living things a...

The Earth is about to catch a morbid fever that may last as long as 100,000 years

02/11/2013 11:44
by James Lovelock magine a young policewoman delighted in the fulfilment of her vocation; then imagine her having to tell a family whose child had strayed that he had been found dead, murdered in a nearby wood. Or think of a young physician newly appointed who has to tell you that the biopsy...

Environment in crisis: 'We are past the point of no return'

02/11/2013 11:42
Thirty years ago, the scientist James Lovelock worked out that the Earth possessed a planetary-scale control system which kept the environment fit for life. He called it Gaia, and the theory has become widely accepted. Now, he believes mankind's abuse of the environment is making that mechanism...

The whole world in our hands

02/11/2013 11:36
by Tim Radford (from The Guardian) Life is not just a force for good, it is a force for its own good. Life has a way of managing things in favour of more life. And in the course of doing so, life manages a whole planet. It makes an atmosphere to breathe, and water to drink, and food to eat and...

What is Gaia?

02/11/2013 11:33
by James Lovelock Most of us sense that the Earth is more than a sphere of rock with a thin layer of air, ocean and life covering the surface. We feel that we belong here as if this planet were indeed our home. Long ago the Greeks, thinking this way, gave to the Earth the name Gaia or, for short,...

The Conscious Universe

02/11/2013 10:21
by Owen Waters Spiritual Metaphysics was defined as the study of the nature of reality based upon the all-pervasive consciousness which is behind Creation and all of its manifestations. Everything in existence is composed of 100% consciousness. It may seem like a solid, physical world. It certainly...

"In a Beginning ...": Quantum Cosmology and Kabbalah

02/11/2013 10:17
By Primack, Joel R.; Abrams, Nancy Ellen Modern cosmology--the scientific study of the universe as a whole longer sees the universe as an infinite changeless arena in which events take place, the way Isaac Newton did. The universe is an evolving, expanding being, and its origin is the oldest...

Nature of Reality: Illusion

02/11/2013 10:13
Our reality is real, but it is also an illusion. Why is our reality an illusion? We perceive our world with our five senses. They function as electric signals to the brain. However, each one of us experiences our world differently because our senses can be different even if slightly and due to our...
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