Evolution of Consciousness: The Philosophy of Pierre Teilhard de Chardin and the Evolutionary Transformation Unfolding Within Us

by Vincent Frank Bedogne

Overview

From the "alpha" to the "omega," Pierre Teilhard de Chardin offers an evolution-of-consciousness paradigm of the universe and a triumphant vision of humankind and its future. Guided by a "creative process" that motivated Teilhard, Vincent Frank Bedogne aims to unite matter with consciousness, science with spirituality. He looks beyond Darwin and the big bang; beyond traditional ideas of God, religion, and the human role in existence. As he does, we realize that the universe is crossing the most profound threshold in its evolution since the dawn of reflective thought a thousand lifetimes ago; and, like the threshold to reflection, this blossom of transcendence is unfolding within us. The book philosopher Pierre Teilhard de Chardin would have written had he lived another fifty years.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781725244481
Publisher:	Wipf & Stock Publishers
Publication date:	07/20/2008
Series:	Threshold to Meaning Series , #1
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	190
File size:	2 MB

About the Author

The author of the Threshold to Meaning series, Vincent Frank Bedogne has an academic background that ranges from business, accounting, and economics to physics, engineering, and physical anthropology. He has been a student of Teilhardian philosophy for nearly forty years.

Table of Contents

Series Introduction ix List of Illustrations xiii Preface xv Acknowledgments xxi
1 Emptiness 1 Part 1 Emergence
2 Perception 13
3 Autocatalysis and Uncertainty 20
4 Autonomy in Unity 30 Part 2 Structure
5 Relationships 41
6 Atoms, Molecules, and the Cosmos 49
7 Design Over Structure 60 Part 3 Life
8 The Cell 73
9 Line of Consciousness 82
10 Reflection 96 Part 4 Understanding
11 Human Creativity 109
12 Belly of the Whale 121
13 Meaning 132 Part 5 Fulfillment
14 Perfection of Life on Earth 147
15 Resurrection 153
16 The Omega Point 158
17 Two Worlds 163 Bibliography 165