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Cosmogenesis
Cosmogenesis: An Unveiling of the Expanding Universe | Brian Thomas Swimme
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From the host and cocreator of PBSs Journey of the Universe, a fresh look at how the rich collision between science and spirituality has influenced contemporary consciousness The understanding that the universe has been expanding since its fiery beginning 14 billion years ago and has developed into stars, galaxies, life, and human consciousness is one of the most significant in human history. It is taught throughout the world and has become our common creation story for nearly every culture. In terms of the universes development, we humans are not only economic, religious, or political beings. At the most fundamental level, we are cosmological beings. Cosmogenesis is one of the greatest discoveries in human history, and it continues to have a profound impact on humanity. And yet most science books do not explore the effects it has had on our individual minds. In Cosmogenesis, Brian Thomas Swimme narrates the same cosmological events that we agree are fact but offers a feature unlike all other writings on this topic. He tells the story of the universe while simultaneously telling the story of the storyteller. Swimme describes how the impact of this new story deconstructed his mind then reassembled it, offering us a glimpse into how cosmogenesis has transformed our understanding of both the universe and the evolution of human consciousness itself.
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Brian Swimme has created an interesting career and body of work by attempting to construct a scientifically informed eco-theology, or a kind of cosmological pantheism. This book is what he calls his “auto-cosmology,” an intellectual autobiography really, about his journey from a professor of theoretical mathematics and physics to spiritual storyteller. While the book is a touch self aggrandizing at times, I found some nuggets of wisdom & insight.

HillsAndHamletsBookshop I would give this an actual thumbs up but only for a very specific reader: if you‘re interested in the last century or so effort among a certain strain of thinkers to combine cutting edge science/evolution/cosmology into what most would call today a new age spiritual worldview then this is very interesting. It traces Swimme‘s ideas through the intellectual heritage especially of Teilhard de Chardin and Thomas Berry. 2y
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