In a heartfelt discussion, Phil Catalfo talks about how we, as parents, grandparents, aunts and uncles, can guide our children's spiritual development at a time when we are questioning our own. As we become disenchanted with the all-too-material world in which we live, Catalfo feels we must not only foster our children's spiritual growth, but we also need to help them find a way to apply it in this world.
The 20th century English philosophers Bertrand Russell and Alfred North Whitehead will be forever linked by their collaboration of Principia Mathematica, a three volume technical work that used purely logical premises in an attempt to deduce the structure of arithmetic and algebra. Whitehead and Russell both admired the ancient Greek philosopher Pythagoras, and in their own ways both were dedicated to the Platonist ideals of Truth, Goodness, and Beauty.
Not enough time is the mantra of an entire generation of Americans. Often we operate in a state of 'hurry sickness,' running headlong from one barely-experienced moment to the next. But there is a cure, says Rechtschaffen--we can learn to 'expand the present moment' to hold all the awareness and fullness that we need to avoid stress and 'time poverty.'
Zajonc explores the history of light and attempts to unravel its mysteries. He has incorporated into his research the struggle to bridge the vital connection between the outer light of nature and our inner spiritual light, stressing the relationship between human experience and scientific exploration.
What are the implications of quantum theory for mystical spirituality? This conversation covers a broad range of topics such as the nature of human consciousness, physical reality, God, creativity, social activity, the future of science, and more. Zohar says the vast implications of being quantum people makes us full members and partners in this universe.
One of the greatest gifts you can give your children is a strong sense of personal values. Helping your children develop such values as honesty, trustworthiness, and self-discipline is as important in their education as teaching them to cross the street safely. The values you teach your children are their best protection from the influences of peer pressure and the temptations of consumer culture. With their own values clearly defined, your children can make their own decisions -- rather than imitate their friends or the latest fashions.
In Teaching Your Children Values Linda and Richard Eyre present a practical, proven, month-by-month program -- full of proven meathods for teaching values to kids of all ages. With games, family activities, and value-building exercises, their program can help you develop a family relationship that is strong, caring, and supportive.
Modern chemistry emerged from the historical traditions of metalworking (beginning as early as the Bronze Age in 3500 BC); medicine (especially 'iatrochemistry', which emerged in the Renaissance); and alchemy (the medieval and mystical forerunner of chemistry). Alchemy was based on the Aristotelian concept of elements (earth, air, water, and fire) and Platonic ideas about pure 'essences' (i.e. ideal forms). The modern idea of a chemical element began to emerge in Robert Boyle's The Sceptical Chymist (1661). Boyle established a systematic approach to a vast subject in which detail frequently obscured basic principles. The 18th century theory of 'phlogiston' appeared to explain combustion and respiration as giving off an 'inflammable' substance. In 1774 Joseph Priestly discovered 'dephlogisticated air' (later called oxygen). In Paris, Antoine Lavoisier recognized the real significance of this discovery, and used it to revolutionize chemistry through his 1789 work Traite elementaire de chimie. A chemical theory of atoms emerged in the early 19th century, and 31 new elements were discovered between 1790 and 1830. Dmitry Mendeleyev laid out the periodic table in 1869. Chemistry was ushered into the 20th century by organic chemistry, valence theory, and the electron theory of chemical bonding. Chemistry and physics would now be linked in an alliance that has had dramatic consequences for scientific progress and the modern standard of living.
After spending nine years in a Catholic convent, Bernadette Roberts went on to earn degrees in philosophy and education, start a Montessori school, and raise four children. Here she shares the nature of self and its relationship with God, the action of grace in our lives, the spiritual value of suffering, the meaning of the Virgin Mary, the purpose of prayer, and more.
Almost single-handedly, through her excavations and discovery of artifacts and remnants from European cultures predating both Egyptian and Greek civilization, the late Marija Gimbutas revamped both history and the field of archaeology. Here she speaks about the thousands of Goddess-related figurines she unearthed, pointing to the existence of peaceful European cultures that existed for millennia prior to 1500 B.C.E.
The combination of the latest brain research with the new image of the shape of reality emerging from quantum physics challenges us to see ourselves anew, according to Pearce, who provides a wealth of knowledge about how we develop, learn, create and relate to the universe we inhabit. He suggests that intelligence is much more than just brainpower and may, indeed, have its source in the human heart.
Bohm tells us why science has become specialized and fragmented at the cost of its soul. He describes his theory of “implicate order” and its implications for human consciousness. He observes that thought is based in memory but true creativity depends on getting beyond the thought process.
