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Science and the Reenchantment of the Cosmos: The Rise of the Integral Vision of Reality
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Science and the Reenchantment of the Cosmos: The Rise of the Integral Vision of Reality
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by Ervin Laszlo
Sales Rank: 131870
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Paperback: 224 pages
Publisher: Inner Traditions January 23, 2006
Language: English
ISBN-10: 1594771022
ISBN-13: 978-1594771026
Product Dimensions:
8.8 x 6 x 0.6 inches
Shipping Weight: 12.8 ounces
From Publishers Weekly
Ever since the beginning of the rise of modern science, according to Laszlo, we have been living in a disenchanted cosmos. The mechanistic view of the universe touted by Newton and others tore apart the organic fabric of the world and robbed humanity of its prescientific unity with the cosmos. In a repetitious and overly simplistic manner, Laszlo, philosopher and president of the international think tank the Club of Budapest, argues that science has now rediscovered a unified universe. (Laszlo points to his own discovery of the Akashic field, which imbues the universe with meaning and coherence.) According to Laszlo, all aspects of the cosmos are connected and integrated; this means that "not only my spouse and my dog but also particles and galaxies have consciousness." This integral vision of reality recalls the spiritual visions of a unified universe in Hinduism and Native American religions. Further, human morality involves a conscious decision to promote coherence with the universe. The final section of the book contains 12 congratulatory essays by writers as diverse as process theologian Ewert Cousins and biologist Jane Goodall. But Laszlo's romantic vision of the world fails to offer any insights not contained in The Dancing Wu Li Masters and other works. (Mar.)
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Product Review
“One hundred years from now the information in this book will be obvious to everyone. Right now, it’s a scientific revelation about how everything and everyone are interconnected. Reading this book is how we get there.”
(William Arntz, producer/director of What the Bleep Do We Know!? )
"[Laszlo] manages to combine and make use of reason and intuition as few other scientists can . . ."
(Ode, Jan-Feb 2006 )
"In this book Dr. Laszlo gives an overview of a very different way to approach our view of the world. It a view of connectedness, coherence, and oneness. Terms that the metaphysical traditions have talked about for centuries, but now science is indeed catching up. And the great thing about this book is that it gives example after example of the scientific basis for the use of those terms in describing the fundamental nature of reality."
(William Arntz, producer/director of What the Bleep Do We Know!? )
"In this book, Laszlo makes key notions of avant-garde science accessible to the lay reader. More importantly, true to his systems-theoretical background, he lucidly explains the interconnection between (and hence relevance of) otherwise disparate findings."
(Georg Feuerstein, Traditional Yoga Studies, Nov 2006 )
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