The Book of Becoming: Why Is There Something Rather Than Nothing? A Metaphysics of Esoteric Consciousness
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The Book of Becoming: Why Is There Something Rather Than Nothing? A Metaphysics of Esoteric Consciousness
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Product Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781785351570 |
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| Publisher: | Collective Ink |
| Publication date: | 12/11/2015 |
| Pages: | 408 |
| Product dimensions: | 5.50(w) x 8.40(h) x 1.10(d) |
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Table of Contents
Introduction 1
Part I Cosmos 5
Chapter 1 The Nature of the Cosmos 7
1.0 Introduction 8
1.1 The Emerald Tablet 10
1.2 The Cosmogony of the One Dimension and the Two Realms 25
1.3 Perfection 28
1.4 The Theory of Ideas 31
1.5 The Constituency of the Subtle Realm 35
1.6 The Interaction between the Subtle and Material Realms 45
1.7 The Law of Attraction 49
1.8 The Subtle Particle 50
1.9 The Story So Far 50
Chapter 2 The Structure of the Cosmos 51
2.0 Introduction 52
2.1 The Star Maker 54
2.2 Particle Matter 63
2.3 The Archaeus Particle and Its Field 67
2.4 The Vis Formatrix 73
2.5 Enter the Soul 77
2.6 Gaia 87
2.7 The Story So Far 89
Chapter 3 Consciousness 91
3.0 Introduction 92
3.1 The Process of Consciousness 92
3.2 Consciousness - One Possible Model 97
3.3 Layers and Levels of Consciousness 109
3.03.1 The Potential Conscious Layer (P-Consciousness) 110
3.03.2 The Normal Layer of Consciousness (N-Consciousness) 112
3.03.3 Neo-Consciousness (H-Consciousness) 116
3.4 Thought 118
3.5 Altered and Higher States of Consciousness 133
3.6 The Mundus Imaginalis 139
3.7 The Law of Attraction 142
3.8 An Emergent Gestalt 146
3.9 The Story So Far 147
Chapter 4 Evolution, Destiny, Fate, Good and Evil, and then Inevitably, Death 149
4.0 Introduction 149
4.1 Evolution 150
4.2 Destiny 162
4.3 Fate 171
4.4 Good and Evil 176
4.5 Death 181
4.6 The Encounter with Previous Life Experiences 185
4.7 The Story So Far 190
Part II Cosmic Interaction 195
Chapter 5 The Interactive Cosmos 197
5.0 Introduction 197
5.1 Three Principles: The One, the Subtle and the Material 198
5.01.1 The First Principle: The One Source of All Things 198
5.01.2 The Second Principle: The Subtle Realm 201
5.01.3 The Third Principle: The Material Realm 202
5.02 Perfection 204
5.03 The Immaterial Reality of the Subtle Realm 210
5.03.1 Free Will 212
5.03.2 Time 224
5.03.3 Justice and the Virtues 233
5.03.4 Science and Technology 239
5.03.5 The Genus of All Lifeforms 241
5.4 The Subtle Realm Re-Conceived 243
5.5 The Material Realm Realised 245
5.6 The Soul Complex 249
5.7 The Cosmic Interaction 256
Chapter 6 The Interactive Universe 259
6.0 Introduction 259
6.1 Consciousness 260
6.2 Consciousness and Co-creation 268
6.3 Consciousness and Evolution 275
6.4 Consciousness with Destiny and Fate 278
6.5 Consciousness with Good and Evil 280
6.6 Consciousness and Death 282
6.7 Consciousness and Gaia 284
6.8 Consciousness with Dark Matter and Dark Energy 289
6.9 The Interactive Universe 290
Chapter 7 The Nature of Belief: Religion, Spirituality and Mysticism 291
7.0 Introduction 292
7.1 Belief 293
7.2 Religion 296
7.3 Religion with Atheism and Science 316
7.4 Spirituality 320
7.5 Mysticism 324
Part III Becoming 331
Chapter 8 Becoming 333
8.0 Introduction 334
8.1 Cosmos 338
8.2 A Field for All Disciplines 338
8.3 Beyond Reason? 344
8.4 The Act of Becoming 346
8.5 Evolution as an Act of Becoming 347
8.6 Choice and Free Will as Acts of Becoming 358
8.7 Time and Change as Acts of Becoming 361
8.8 The Act of Becoming Gaian and the Importance of Death 366
8.9 The Mystical Act of Becoming and the Mundus Imaginalis 368
8.10 The Act of Becoming More Thoughtful 371
8.11 The Act of Becoming a New Reality 372
8.12 Becoming 373
The Narrative 381
References, Sources and Further Reading 390